Bush Steps in to aid in Hurricane Katrina.
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Is this what you mean? (Really this belongs in the lyrics thread.)
Political Science
Randy Newman
No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too
Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
Political Science
Randy Newman
No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too
Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
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From: San Diego, CA
Another interesting article... (taken from OT)
[QUOTE=http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372348,00.html]
Why Europe Hasn't Jumped to Help Katrina's Victims
By Jody K. Biehl in Berlin
When a tsunami hit South Asia in December, the world mobilized to help and aid poured in. Now that parts of America are underwater, the US is handling the relief work virtually alone. What is going on?
DPA
New Orleans is littered with devastation. Here, a floating casino lists dangerously.
Virtually overnight, fun-loving New Orleans transformed from America's playground into a waterlogged wasteland. Photos of houses and highways underwater and reports of dead bodies floating in swampy debris and frightened refugees huddling for cover have left us mute. Hurricane Katrina turned out to be at least as violent as expected and will likely turn out to be among the biggest hurricanes of all time.
Yet, in Europe, the Web sites of major aid organizations -- including international branches of the Red Cross in Germany, France, England etc. -- don't even mention its existence. Instead, they continue to highlight such worthy causes as hunger in Niger, ongoing aid for victims of December's South Asian tsunami and, in the French case, an airline crash in Venezuela. But the US Gulf Coast is nowhere to be found. It begs the question: Don't the desperate people of Lousiana and Mississippi need the world's help and attention?
KATRINA'S AFTERMATH: FLOOD CHAOS IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES
[QUOTE=http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372348,00.html]
Why Europe Hasn't Jumped to Help Katrina's Victims
By Jody K. Biehl in Berlin
When a tsunami hit South Asia in December, the world mobilized to help and aid poured in. Now that parts of America are underwater, the US is handling the relief work virtually alone. What is going on?
DPA
New Orleans is littered with devastation. Here, a floating casino lists dangerously.
Virtually overnight, fun-loving New Orleans transformed from America's playground into a waterlogged wasteland. Photos of houses and highways underwater and reports of dead bodies floating in swampy debris and frightened refugees huddling for cover have left us mute. Hurricane Katrina turned out to be at least as violent as expected and will likely turn out to be among the biggest hurricanes of all time.
Yet, in Europe, the Web sites of major aid organizations -- including international branches of the Red Cross in Germany, France, England etc. -- don't even mention its existence. Instead, they continue to highlight such worthy causes as hunger in Niger, ongoing aid for victims of December's South Asian tsunami and, in the French case, an airline crash in Venezuela. But the US Gulf Coast is nowhere to be found. It begs the question: Don't the desperate people of Lousiana and Mississippi need the world's help and attention?
KATRINA'S AFTERMATH: FLOOD CHAOS IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES
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While I would welcome the donations from the ROW I tend to agree that the US can and will absorb the entire bill. The question of how much and what should be rebuilt is another story.
As for the Netherlands they had to lose 2000 lives before they came up with thier modern solution so maybe this will spur something in NOLa but I doubt it. The sea walls they have are incredible and the newer stuff they have is really cool from what I saw on a discovery channel show.
As for the Netherlands they had to lose 2000 lives before they came up with thier modern solution so maybe this will spur something in NOLa but I doubt it. The sea walls they have are incredible and the newer stuff they have is really cool from what I saw on a discovery channel show.
