rushmc 23 #26 October 31, 2012 Quote Quote When do you gratuate to 7th grade? Irony score 100% Fun isnt it???You gotta go somewhere else in this thread cause you got caught pushing an already exposed lie "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,182 #27 October 31, 2012 Quote Quote Quote When do you gratuate to 7th grade? Irony score 100% Fun isnt it???You gotta go somewhere else in this thread cause you got caught pushing an already exposed lie Get a clue, Marc.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #28 October 31, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Quote When do you gratuate to 7th grade? Irony score 100% Fun isnt it???You gotta go somewhere else in this thread cause you got caught pushing an already exposed lie Get a clue, Marc. Deal with your embarrassment and fess up like a man It is less painful"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #29 October 31, 2012 QuoteDeal with your embarrassment and fess up like a man It is less painful Funny you say that. Still waiting for you to prove causality and correlation in the Collin Powel thread. You were also supposed to explain why blacks voted along the same split in previous elections. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,182 #30 October 31, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote When do you gratuate to 7th grade? Irony score 100% Fun isnt it???You gotta go somewhere else in this thread cause you got caught pushing an already exposed lie Get a clue, Marc. Deal with your embarrassment and fess up like a man It is less painful Romney's words are on record for all to see. Ryan's proposed budget cuts are on record for all to see. Only the willfully blind like you attempt to spin them to mean something other than what is said. Like so many other things Romney has said, his words have come back to bite him. Shake the Etch a Sketch yet again.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #31 October 31, 2012 I think the argument could be reasonably made either way about who should pay, states or feds, although I'm not sure why people in North Dakota should be on the hook for a boardwalk in Atlantic City. That said, there is one very clear flaw in our system that you're alluding to about mitigation vs repair, and that's the separation of money and control. Governors Christie and Cuomo are about to get a bunch of money to play with. Imagine two engineers are standing in front of them with draft rebuilding plans. One of them focuses on attracting tourism and business and increasing property values. The other focuses on robustness/resilience of infrastructure. Knowing that they can always get more checks when this happens again, which way do you thing the governors will go? Yep, there's the problem. In my opinion, whomever is paying for it should have decision-making authority, or at least VERY substantial input. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #32 October 31, 2012 Yes his words are Also on record is the lie to twist his words into political foder You are on record pushing the same lie"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgiaDon 385 #33 October 31, 2012 QuoteI think the argument could be reasonably made either way about who should pay, states or feds,...Just a point to ponder: apparently Japan has no equivalent to FEMA, and cleanup after the tsunami has been handled very efficiently entirely by state/local governments, and NGOs. On the other hand the US population differs from other countries in some ways (a point some use to argue that you can't compare health care systems between the US and Europe), and I wonder how well a Japanese style system would work here. Just some food for thought. Don_____________________________________ Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996) “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,182 #34 November 1, 2012 QuoteQuoteI think the argument could be reasonably made either way about who should pay, states or feds,...Just a point to ponder: apparently Japan has no equivalent to FEMA, and cleanup after the tsunami has been handled very efficiently entirely by state/local governments, and NGOs. Don Maybe not. Just today NPR had a piece on how Tsunami cleanup funds have been misappropriated. Such as millions spent in Okinawa, over 1,000 miles from the devastated region.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,473 #35 November 1, 2012 Hi John, Quote Tsunami cleanup funds have been misappropriated I was listening today also. Apparently, it was not 'misappropriated' as it is completely legal within the Japanese system. I think that they were building/repairing roads in Okinawa. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #36 November 2, 2012 Replying to my own post just to post a link to an article that discusses rebuilding with resilience in mind. Lessons from Sandy: Building with Resilience in Mind Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
