munkees81 asked:


I received this email tonight, and I’d like to hear your opinions.
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Just a personal observation…as I watched the news coverage of the massive flooding in the Midwest with over 100 blocks of the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa under water, levees breaking, and the attention now turned downstream for when this massive amount of water hits the Mississippi, what amazed me is not what we saw, but what we didn’t see…

1. We don’t see looting.
2. We don’t see street violence.
3. We don’t see people sitting on their rooftops waiting for the government to come and save them.
4. We don’t see people waiting on the government to do anything.
5. We don’t see Hollywood organizing benefits to raise money for people to rebuild.
6. We don’t see people blaming President Bush.
7. We don’t see people ignoring evacuation orders.
8. We don’t see people blaming a government conspiracy to blow up the levees as the reason some have not held.
9. We don’t see the US Senators or the Governor of Iowa crying on TV.
10. We don’t see the Mayors of any of these cities complaining about the lack of state or federal response.
11. We don’t see or hear reports of the police going around confiscating personal firearms so only the criminal will be armed.
12. We don’t see gangs of people going around and randomly shooting at the rescue workers.
13. You don’t see some leaders in this country blaming the bad behavior of the Iowa flood victims on ’society’ (of course there is no wide spread reports of lawlessness to require excuses
AJ….

I never said I believed anything. I have not stated my opinion on the matter in any way, shape, or form. Read the question again if you need to.

WILDERMAN

Actual Size asked:


Isn’t Cedar Rapids kind of like katrina?
‘Jermaine’, no actually there ISNT any looting in Iowa. You’re saying people in New Orleans needed TVs from stores (when there’s no electricity) to survive?

WEIL

Actual Size asked:


RoVale, they’re not reporting looting for one reason - there isnt any

KUDO

MrJohnson asked:


Big cities are very bad for lonliness.
Sometimes, it seems as if they were specifically built for lonliness.
So many strangers that won’t talk to or even look at you.
In my skyscraper I work in, no one will give you the time of day.
In the starbucks on the main people, you just see individuals sitting by themselves, using a book as cover for their solitary
situation. I’m sure most of them would rather have some companionship. You can see them looking when someone actually has an animated, happy conversation, and the books aren’t such an effective cover anymore.
People are scared to meet people in big cities, because of the crime as well. They just walk back solo to their condo or apartment, and maybe play with the cat a bit, before they
go to sleep alone……..
this is beyond sad……..anyone else here had the ennui and lonliness of big cities?
Honestly. the only people that say anything to anyone downtown are the homeless bums looking for money.
so sad, isn’t it?
Connie makes me think now about big city life. Her point is that commuting itself is a rat-race, with the consequent road-rage, and the cutting people off thing. We bowl alone, according th Connie, because we relish the peace of our homes………………….
That would be true, except for the fact that the suburbs we go home to are hellishly
crowded as well….I fight with as many if not more people on my suburban streets
than the city itself, where at least pedestrians are somewhat respected.
In my suburb, they aalmost seem to be trying to run over you if you cross the street, and you look weird walking because
everyone drives.
People bowl alone in the city AND suburbs……
Lets face it, most people in cities and their
burbs have a little handful of friends, and everyone else is a stranger, who, in fits
of raod rage, are a jerk or a-hole if they happen to be driving faster or slower
than us.

It very much ***** to live in a major city or its burbs.Is there a option

TYTLER

George L asked:


Was there any reports of looting needed supplies like Flat Screen TVs and 12 packs of beer

LAMMERT

julia n asked:


I have a friend I cant get in contact with and I am worried about her and her family.

BELTRAMI