Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
#91
Re: Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
Originally Posted by OzTennis
The home of the free, the 'greatest' democracy on earth???
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#92
Re: Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
Originally Posted by Simone
he most busy/important part of The Netherlands is all below sea level(the 'Randstad', which includes Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague). Where as in the US, it's 'only' New Orleans, not worth the funding for the dike things
#93
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Joined: May 2004
Posts: 622
Re: Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
Originally Posted by Amanda&Paul
What I don't understand is though - the US government won't let consulate officals in to help their own but allow the whole of the worlds media in to film corpses floating in the flood waters and thousands of people in a terrible state.
The idea that Iraq has anything to do with the delay is risible - the resources of the US in terms of people and hardware is formidable, and they're not all in Iraq - that sort of talk strikes me as being purely politically motivated (and I'm not someone who is particularly sympathetic the position that the US finds itself in in relation to Iraq).
Certainly, yes, the extent of the damage overall is extreme and beyond anyone's experience or imaginings, probably, and I am not talking about the provision of medium- or long-term aid or even about the provision of assistance to people who were scattered throughout the area - merely about emergency provisions to the people who were in the Superdome. A delay of day or two would have been reasonable, of course, but five days seems extraordinary. That situation is now passed, thank God, but it has clearly left a very bad and lingering sense of ill well among many people: not surprisingly.
#94
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 975
Re: Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
Oh no, why didnt anyone tell me my husband had joined BE
Originally Posted by Lordflasheart
Nothing like a good whinge. I whinge at work, whinge at home. I whinge about my kids and whinge about my mother in law.
I whinge when the cat shi*ts on my new lounge carpet and whinge when I have to pay to put diesel in my car.
I whinge about my noisey neighbours and motorbikes that overtake me at 90 MPH.
I whinge about my grey hair and my man boobs. I whinge when garden hoppers break my flowers down and when the en suite toilet won't flush.
I whinge when I'm on nights and the bloody Ice cream van wakes me up. I whinge when I stub my toe or crick my neck.
I whinge when it rains, when its too hot and I don't like it when it's dull.
Why the hell do I whinge? Am I happy when I whinge? No. Do I like whinging? No. Do I think to myself while I'm whinging "what the ***** are you whinging for"? Yes. But I still do it.
Christ, I'm whinging about whinging. Anyone got some Karma for a whinging basta*d?
Whinger.
I whinge when the cat shi*ts on my new lounge carpet and whinge when I have to pay to put diesel in my car.
I whinge about my noisey neighbours and motorbikes that overtake me at 90 MPH.
I whinge about my grey hair and my man boobs. I whinge when garden hoppers break my flowers down and when the en suite toilet won't flush.
I whinge when I'm on nights and the bloody Ice cream van wakes me up. I whinge when I stub my toe or crick my neck.
I whinge when it rains, when its too hot and I don't like it when it's dull.
Why the hell do I whinge? Am I happy when I whinge? No. Do I like whinging? No. Do I think to myself while I'm whinging "what the ***** are you whinging for"? Yes. But I still do it.
Christ, I'm whinging about whinging. Anyone got some Karma for a whinging basta*d?
Whinger.
#95
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Location: Manchester-Sydney August 07 and maybe Brisbane or Melbourne 08
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Re: Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
Originally Posted by chattyshazza
Oh no, why didnt anyone tell me my husband had joined BE
New Orleans was a shit hole anyway. You only had to walk down thre "wrong" street and you would be in dog shit alley with crack whores and smack heads with guns and this was 80% of the town.
I was there in march on St Patricks day, and what a shit hole bumtown it was and the people were ill educated with major attitude problems.
We were on a tram one day and it jolted and had gone on to another track doing about 2 mph as someone had left the ponts open,and there were people screaming and nearly passing out as to the thought that another tram may hit us (the tram track was perfectly straight and about 800 yards long and you could see another tram 15 minutes away) and it was as if nothing in their lives had ever happened like this to them before. Very nieve people We just sat tere and laughed as peopl thought that a terrorist bomnb had gone off,.......................... no SERIOUSLY!!!
I dont think the people asking what their gov offices in the USA can do for them was whinging, i think it was a natural reaction as we are told to contact our nearest embassy or consulate.
Anyone who wouldnt Cry for help if you were arrested in a foreign place for something you didnt do and were going to be banged up for 20 years or sentenced to death would be lyingf through their teeth and in no way a whinger. You would be on the embassy first screaming as to what they could do for you so shut up you fools.
I bet there are some Islamic fundamentalists right now saying too that thIs was "GODS WILL "on america!!
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#96
Re: Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
I think Holland is a fantastic example to follow. There is no way that Europe would let this happen to Holland, and that is supposed to be a Soverign nation.
If the Thames barrier were to be unexpectedly breached, I dont think I would be looking west for immediate help. It would probably be Russian, French and German aid coming first, Weird eh ?
This is probably going to go down, as the sorriest event in American history.
If the Thames barrier were to be unexpectedly breached, I dont think I would be looking west for immediate help. It would probably be Russian, French and German aid coming first, Weird eh ?
This is probably going to go down, as the sorriest event in American history.
#97
Re: Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
This is probably going to go down, as the sorriest event in American history.
OzTennis
#98
Re: Whingeing Aussies in New Orleans
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
I think Holland is a fantastic example to follow. There is no way that Europe would let this happen to Holland, and that is supposed to be a Soverign nation.
If the Thames barrier were to be unexpectedly breached, I dont think I would be looking west for immediate help. It would probably be Russian, French and German aid coming first, Weird eh ?
This is probably going to go down, as the sorriest event in American history.
If the Thames barrier were to be unexpectedly breached, I dont think I would be looking west for immediate help. It would probably be Russian, French and German aid coming first, Weird eh ?
This is probably going to go down, as the sorriest event in American history.