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The bodies come and go with the tides
Toronto Star | Submitted by: ACS
"They wash up onto the riverbanks or float grotesquely downstream, almost always face down. They are all but ignored by the living."
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From: gargoyle1
Date: 12-May-2008 15:08
Wait'll they get all bloated and pop like balloons. The stench will be wonderfully nauseating
From: noracejusthuman
[Alien From Earth]
Date: 12-May-2008 15:13
These poor wretched surviors should be GRATEFUL there was SO much death. Otherwise the rest of the world wouldn't even notice , much less give a small shit worth of food aid.. It takes 100 THOUSAND deaths here to equal 10 in the WEST.
From: snatchvondrippy [snatch]
Date: 12-May-2008 15:18
plump dumplings ripe to burstin
From: gargoyle1
Date: 12-May-2008 15:47
Norace, 9,000 outta 1,200,000,000 who gives a flying fuck? It ain't even 0.00001 percent of the population of china.
From: doughnutman
[guesswhy]
Date: 12-May-2008 15:48
From: noracejusthuman [Alien From Earth] Date: 12-May-2008 15:13 These poor wretched surviors should be GRATEFUL there was SO much death. Otherwise the rest of the world wouldn't even notice , much less give a small shit worth of food aid.. It takes 100 THOUSAND deaths here to equal 10 in the WEST. ============================= If the nations next door and on the same continent don't give a rat's ass to help why should we?
From: diarrheaomelette [with corn]
Date: 12-May-2008 16:27
The smell of poop has been supplemented by the smell of rotting people
From: tat2dchick
[The Tattooed Lady]
Date: 12-May-2008 16:50
Norace, their own fucking pseudo-gov't won't even help these people - they've actually been BLOCKING aid relief coming in from other countries, including the US. In case you hadn't noticed, we as a nation send billions overseas in aid ANNUALLY, yet we hear very little about it really. It's not just the major disasters we respond to. We have aid workers stationed in places you've never even heard of right this very minute. Just because the networks don't consider it newsworthy doesn't mean it isn't happening. But why should we have to play big brother to the entire planet anyway? The world always looks to us first for a handout, and they always get it too. Personally, I think we send far too much food and money overseas for charity. We have millions right here at home who are destitute, from the outright homeless (many of whom should be in psychiatric residential treatment that we no longer fund, thanks to Regan), to the honest working people who can't afford health care. None of that is new since the economy started tanking. Better believe it's gonna get worse though. Don't even get me started about sending our military all over the globe. (Sorry if that rambled a bit, I'm exceptionally stoned at the moment.  )
From: abluecommunist
[Red is for republicans, dammit!]
Date: 12-May-2008 17:02
On May 3, Bush froze all of Myanmar's assets right as the cyclone hit. He later implored the Myanmar junta to 'open your borders to international aid'. The doublespeak aside...I'm betting we invade Burma next, to 'restore order and assist the people (but really set up a pro-us puppet govt like in afghanistan/iraq) Yes, they will try and profit off the deaths of tens of thousands. Just watch.
From: tat2dchick
[The Tattooed Lady]
Date: 12-May-2008 17:16
*Taking a bow* Pats, typos are rarely the problem. It's that thing where my mind wanders and I start out trying to make a particular point and end up all over the board. Dinner's almost ready though, and food should help that issue.
From: sawgunner [Doug]
Date: 12-May-2008 17:19
From: patsystonecheers [Patsy Stone] Date: 12-May-2008 17:01 Tat2, Damn girl! For someone who is stoned right now I did not see one typo. ********* And she made good sense to boot! Cut off ALL foreign aid and close ALL American bases overseas. Then ignore the foreign assholes who hate us now but demand our help on a daily basis.
From: ferret [Honkey Kong]
Date: 12-May-2008 17:26
yes, in a world of 7Billion Folks, if the value of human life is giveaway, then Dead People can't possible be helped 
From: patsystonecheers
[Patsy Stone]
Date: 12-May-2008 17:51
From: abluecommunist [Red is for republicans, dammit!] Date: 12-May-2008 17:02 On May 3, Bush froze all of Myanmar's assets right as the cyclone hit. He later implored the Myanmar junta to 'open your borders to international aid'. The doublespeak aside...I'm betting we invade Burma next, to 'restore order and assist the people (but really set up a pro-us puppet govt like in afghanistan/iraq) Yes, they will try and profit off the deaths of tens of thousands. Just watch. --------------------------- Commie, I doubt very much we will invade Burma. Viet-nam may have ended 30 years ago but it is still as fresh as yesterday in the minds of many.
From: sawgunner [Doug]
Date: 12-May-2008 17:55
I love the smell of rotting flesh in the morning. Of course, by mid-afternoon I've had enough. Who wants to go fishing? We'll need 200 lb test line.
From: crapola
[Quit_Bitchin]
Date: 12-May-2008 18:09
From: abluecommunist [Red is for republicans, dammit!] Date: 12-May-2008 17:02 On May 3, Bush froze all of Myanmar's assets right as the cyclone hit. He later implored the Myanmar junta to 'open your borders to international aid'. The doublespeak aside...I'm betting we invade Burma next, to 'restore order and assist the people (but really set up a pro-us puppet govt like in afghanistan/iraq) Yes, they will try and profit off the deaths of tens of thousands. Just watch. ### Bush cannot freeze another nation's assets. LOL.  Click it. Myanmar is Burma, you ass-tard. Myanmar or Burma is a communist, and very closed country. They are telling all aid suppliers to leave your aid packages at the gate and we will take it from there. The government is suspected in hording and and all aid sent to them. Even the spineless French are up in arms about them. They, the French are considering ignoring Myanmar's official government statement of "no foreign aid workers," and going in anyway. You know what that is you vacuous idiot? A threat to invade. You are one stupid f@ggot. Kill yourself.
From: noracejusthuman
[Alien From Earth]
Date: 12-May-2008 18:23
Blue, I think Burma is safe from Bush and the USA... three reasons come to my mind immediately.. One, Right now.. we couldn't afford to invade Disney Land, we are so stretched thin.. Two, Burma has no oil. Three, Like North Korea, Burma has PLENTY of peasants to burn.
From: barbarossa58
[Phallus Maximus]
Date: 12-May-2008 18:52
From: noracejusthuman [Alien From Earth] Date: 12-May-2008 18:23 Blue, I think Burma is safe from Bush and the USA... three reasons come to my mind immediately.. One, Right now.. we couldn't afford to invade Disney Land, we are so stretched thin.. Two, Burma has no oil. Three, Like North Korea, Burma has PLENTY of peasants to burn. ++++++++++++ That almost came out like the Burma Shave highway signs.
From: gargoyle1
Date: 12-May-2008 19:17
As long as I can't smell the fetid stench of waterlogged decomposing flesh, frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
From: crapola
[Quit_Bitchin]
Date: 12-May-2008 19:22
From: noracejusthuman [Alien From Earth] Date: 12-May-2008 18:23 Blue, I think Burma is safe from Bush and the USA... three reasons come to my mind immediately.. One, Right now.. we couldn't afford to invade Disney Land, we are so stretched thin.. Two, Burma has no oil. Three, Like North Korea, Burma has PLENTY of peasants to burn. ### 1) America is the greatest country in the world. We can do anything we want if we put our minds to it. Simple. Case in point, the Germans in WWI folded in a very short time (relatively speaking) when we entered the war. That is even when they had all of their troops from the Eastern front and Italian front freed up to fight on the Western front. 2) The oil argument is evident of your childish grasp on world events. Mind-up phuctard. Not one drop of oil has been exported to USA. In fact, we import all of our petrol for our operations there. We are still trying to get the Iraqi government stable enough and to employ FAIR oil profits distribution policy throughout the Iraqi citizenry so we can TRADE with them. America's power is trade. America makes her great wealth through trade. The major Iraqi players have a very difficult time sitting down with each other due to the great and long-ongoing mistrust between the Kurd, Shiite, and Sunni factions within Iraq. 3) We decimated the North Korean Army to such an extent the Chinese had to help out their pleading ally. We destroyed that army too. No modern army can win a modern engagement without air superiority. We had air supremacy. It was only the CRA's overwhelming commitment of the NUMBER of personnel in which the Chinese Regular Army fought back to the 38th. Once they fought back to that line everyone realized that this was going to be a long and drawn out affair and everyone decided on NOT to pull the trigger. Now NK is saber rattling and maneuvering much like it did in the months prior June 1950. Also keep in mind Gen. Mac. had a nasty habit of pissing off Truman. His firing also may have contributed to Truman's decision to end the conflict then.
From: noracejusthuman
[Alien From Earth]
Date: 12-May-2008 19:49
Hi crapola.. I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what yer "points" were to my smart aleck post to Blue.. But you are correct about one thing.. We probably could invade Disney Land.. And win .. Within 3 or 4 years, depending on Micky Mouse and Goofy.
From: crapola
[Quit_Bitchin]
Date: 12-May-2008 19:57
From: noracejusthuman [Alien From Earth] Date: 12-May-2008 19:49 Hi crapola.. I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what yer "points" were to my smart aleck post to Blue.. ### That was precisely my intended point. You have "ABSOLUTELY no idea."
From: sawgunner [Doug]
Date: 12-May-2008 20:17
Give it up Norace, your line of reasoning managed to get your pee-pee whacked this time. (And since you love nostalgia, which Cheech & Chong album did that line come from?)
From: absintheredux
[Green Death]
Date: 12-May-2008 21:42
Burma is controlled by a military junta that has nothing to do with Communism. There was a Communistic Wa party, but it was "pacified" by the junta in the late '80s.
From: piscivore [Michael C. Scott]
Date: 13-May-2008 03:02
Something tells me that the local saltwater crocodiles probably think this development is absolutely wonderful.
From: fucktardmama [fook-me]
Date: 13-May-2008 11:45
From: other [unclassified] Date: 12-May-2008 14:24 Hurricane Katrina of the East. - - - - - - - - - - - Well no not really. The fucktards in the Katrina path had a choice and had warnings to get the fuck out. But hey, they had a lot to protect in the ghetto, so they stayed. And then bitched that no one was helping them The Burmese had no warning. Their gub'ment ain't letting the help in.
From: tat2dchick
[The Tattooed Lady]
Date: 13-May-2008 12:11
Hey Mama, the fucktards in Katrina were: A) warned very, VERY late of impending disaster B) had no cars and no money to get out safely Economics ain't about protecting the ghetto.
From: snowwhite [SnowWhite]
Date: 13-May-2008 12:21
All these disasters are just God's way of thinning out the colored folks...there be waaay too many of them. All together now, sing: "Floating down the river, on a sunny afternoon..."
From: piscivore [Michael C. Scott]
Date: 13-May-2008 13:31
"No cars and no money to get out safely." And dipshit Nagin refused to use the city school buses to get them out.
From: noracejusthuman
[Alien From Earth]
Date: 13-May-2008 13:36
Sing it Otis.. "I'm just sittin on the dock of the bay.. Watching the bodies roll away.. Just sittin here, watchin the bones.. and this loneliness won't leave me alone.. Two thousand miles I roamed, just to make this dock my own..
From: fucktardmama [fook-me]
Date: 13-May-2008 14:58
From: tat2dchick [The Tattooed Lady] Date: 13-May-2008 12:11 Hey Mama, the fucktards in Katrina were: A) warned very, VERY late of impending disaster B) had no cars and no money to get out safely Economics ain't about protecting the ghetto - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gee Tat, from what I remember on TV was hearing the warning and discussing with friends and family "they probably should leave. A lot of them probably are not prepared for hurricanes" (ie, hurricane window cover thingee mabobbers). And seeing/hearing people on TV saying "we're staying". As far as no cars/no money... I don't know about you if I had no money/no car, I would do whatever it took to get my fat ass and my family the fuck out of Dodge (even if meant stealing the idle busses). And as far as protecting the ghetto; that comment was pertaining to those who sat on their rooves at shot at National Guard people who were trying to rescue them. All in all, that whole thing was a mess, but there were still a shitload more resources for Hurricane Katrina people than the people from Burma.
From: azdollarbill [Jim Jones]
Date: 13-May-2008 15:14
I am sure the locals have many problems, but by ignoring the dead bodies, they are inviting many more problems, like Thyphus, Thyphoid, and contaminated drinking/bathing water. Actually there does not exist sufficient resources to combat the problems there, and when the Generals don't allow aid in, they are signing their own death warrants. Now, I wonder if Duder, will put up anything about the tens of thousands of Chinese squashed to death yesterday?
From: jaybegood
[Sir Robin of D'Hood]
Date: 13-May-2008 15:28
Hey Mama, the fucktards in Katrina were: A) warned very, VERY late of impending disaster B) had no cars and no money to get out safely Economics ain't about protecting the ghetto. ++++ I can see the media has done its job. All the "fucktards" you refer to were in New Orleans which simply got flooded, and most of them could have simply walked to areas of higher ground not that far away and been a lot better off. Gulfport (Devestated), Biloxi (1/3rd completely destroyed), Long Beach (wiped out), Ocean Springs (Wiped out), and the list goes on and on. The Mississippi Gulf Coast got hit by a Hurricane, New Orleans had high water to contend with. In fact, my cousin's house IN New Orleans had no damage whatsoever.. 90% of the homes, businesses on Highway 90 from the beach to one mile back, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are no longer there. My own home 80 miles inland, received over 15,000.00 worth of damage and we were without power and water for over 10 days. New Orleans was barely touched in comparison.
From: tat2dchick
[The Tattooed Lady]
Date: 13-May-2008 15:35
Mama - the thing about "those people should probably leave" is said in every hurricane, many of which turn out to be little more than severe thunderstorms. People in the Gulf and on the East Coast (don't know where you are) hear this shit all the time; big BIG hurricane on the way, head inland, etc. After a while you don't pay much attention because it's rarely the Storm of the Century they way they like to bill it for sensationalism on TV. If memory serves, nobody had any idea the real severity of Katrina until just a few hours before it hit land. Additionally, NOBODY predicted the levees breaking and as we all know by now, this is what caused all the flooding and made the city inhabitable for so very long. Otherwise we would have just had another run-of-the-mill hurricane, the locals would have spent a week or two cleaning up the broken windows and such and life would have gone on as normal. So, how would these folks have found their way out? They've got say, 5 hours to get out of Dodge and the shit is already hitting the fan with heavy rainfall and lots o' wind. You want 'em to walk? Oh, right you said they should have stolen the busses...sure, so they could get possibly shot for "looting" in the process? And how would they have gotten these stolen busses past the "authority figures" at various checkpoints on the way out of the city? Really? You really think that was the answer? Really? These people were sitting ducks. They had no money and no resources, and their own local gov'ts failed to help them until it was too late. Tragedy.
From: tat2dchick
[The Tattooed Lady]
Date: 13-May-2008 15:43
Jay you're definitely correct, N.O.'s problems were really only the flooding; plenty of other areas that got hit harder, had more damage. But we usually talk of N.O. because it's the biggest city of the region, displaced the most people, therefore makes for the best news stories.
From: fucktardmama [fook-me]
Date: 13-May-2008 18:30
Jay, Good point. I should have specified New Orleans vs. the rest of the area of devistation.
From: snowwhite [SnowWhite]
Date: 13-May-2008 21:30
"My own home 80 miles inland, received over 15,000.00 worth of damage and we were without power and water for over 10 days." ------------------------ Holy shit! It cost's that much to put a trailer house back on it's wheels?
From: absintheredux
[Green Death]
Date: 13-May-2008 21:36
It's not necessarily the local level of gravity in a disaster that causes the major problems. The determining factor is most often the density of the population in an affected area. Think logistics.
From: mrsstipic [Mrs. Stipic]
Date: 13-May-2008 22:28
> 9,000 outta 1,200,000,000 who gives a flying fuck? It ain't even 0.00001 percent of the population of china. Very true. Nothing like Iraq during the last 18 years during which the Americans slaughtered a staggering percentage of the population. A proportionate holocaust inflicted upon America would be a real jaw-dropper. But, for some reason, many stupid Americans think 9/11 was a more significant event. Amazing.
From: estoguy [The Big E]
Date: 13-May-2008 23:58
Like one of the others said... WHO GIVES A FUCK? The Burmese gov't is doing the world a favour. I heard the other day that if the aid doesn't get out there, the death toll could be over a million. Considering the food shortages that have been going on in Asia right now, a million fewer people couldn't hurt. And there are WAAAAY too many people in Asia anyway. And I agree with the other person too who was talking about sending aid and such. We should be looking after our own first, and places that ordinarily hate the west - fuck 'em altogether. They hate us fine until something bad happens, then the hand comes out asking for help. If we're not good enough the rest of the time, then they can go FUCK THEMSELVES. The West doesn't have to the world protector and savior everytime something bad happens. If Burma's own neighbor's don't care, we shouldn't either.
From: jaybegood
[Sir Robin of D'Hood]
Date: 14-May-2008 06:37
From: snowwhite [SnowWhite] Date: 13-May-2008 21:30 "My own home 80 miles inland, received over 15,000.00 worth of damage and we were without power and water for over 10 days." ------------------------ Holy shit! It cost's that much to put a trailer house back on it's wheels? ------------------------ Heheheheheh Cute, very cute. Now, go to your room and git nekkid!
From: jarhead74
[k-bar]
Date: 14-May-2008 11:08
More bodies float down to the ocean, More bodies float down to the sea, More bodies float down to the ocean, You can watch them float by on tv. Bring back, bring back, oh bring back them bodies to me, to me! Bring back, bring back, oh bring back them bodies to me.
From: jaybegood
[Sir Robin of D'Hood]
Date: 14-May-2008 11:27
From: jarhead74 [k-bar] Date: 14-May-2008 11:08 More bodies float down to the ocean, More bodies float down to the sea, More bodies float down to the ocean, You can watch them float by on tv. Bring back, bring back, oh bring back them bodies to me, to me! Bring back, bring back, oh bring back them bodies to me. ----------------- OutFUCKINGStanding! ooooooorah!
From: ferret [Honkey Kong]
Date: 14-May-2008 13:01
 no more talk we update rotten "daily" now!
Updated: 14-May-2008 13:19
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