Blogcritics Comments on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Comment by Ruvy on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:48:52 EDT

I picked this up from the Associate Press, courtesy of Yahoo! News while looking up the weather to satisfy she who must be obeyed (it's sunny, hot and humid here - you don't need computer to tell you the obvious). New Orleans asks: Will the rebuilt levees hold? Somewhere, I stated that I believe that New Orleans is finished as city. I stand by that assertion. The amount of money needed to truly shield it from the storms that will buffet it in the future is just not available to the American government to spend....

Comment by Ruvy in Jerusalem on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:06:26 EST

Reuven - when you return - get out your bible and analog up an explanation for all this bad weather here in the US suppressing #s in our primaries...what is He up to - ? Maybe you are waking up to what I've been telling you for a while, troll. I'll repeat it for you, to get it clear. All "natural phenomena" are the result of either the laws of "'Im Upstairs" in operation (i.e. physics), OR a more direct Intervention to accomplish something more quickly. That is how the Universe works. Rain occurring "naturally" falls because of Divine laws in operation. And we are blessed with the intelligence to discern some of them and to have a vague understanding of how they work. Rational thought begins with realizing the nature of our imperfect understanding, and the recognition of scientists that our understanding is at best imperfect, and thus dictates the tentative nature of all scientific concepts - why theory must needs to change to fit fact, rather than the opposite. This is why the Ramba"m, known to you as Maimonides, strongly recommended the study of cosmology, mathematics and science, and insisted that all religious ideas be tested against science as we understand it. He wanted, among other things, for his students to see the sharp difference between Revealed Truth on the one hand, and imperfect understanding of humans on the other. Generally, the atheist desires to shut out Revealed Truth, insisting that only tentative scientific conclusions can be the basis of Knowledge. Such an outlook fails to see that the Universe is more Mind than Matter, so it misses the point entirely - the point being not "42" but rather that Matter is a reflection of the Divine Mind. I don't happen to think that your elections are all that important. For the most part, you have a pack of second raters running who are just puppets of the oil and banking establishment. But that is just my opinion. I have nothing at all to back that up from any sources in the Bible. But I've pointed out repeatedly that I believe your country is heading down the economic toilet, and when a joke of a currency like the shekel keeps rising against the dollar, something is very wrong with the economy the dollar represents. The best explanation I can come up with is this: The second raters running for idiot-in-chief in your country represent the fact that your country is becoming second rate. It's part of losing that blessing I told you about in the article....

Comment by STM on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:50:36 EST

That's DAME Edna, to you, Rose ...

Comment by STM on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:03:12 EST

Nah, it's Ruvy's favourite party trick

Comment by Jet in Columbus on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:55:27 EST

I was under the impression that I was the only one who left open URLs for Chris to clean up?

Comment by Jet in Columbus on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:53:56 EST

Dear God NO!!!!! Now I'll have to change my "handle" !!!

Comment by Christopher Rose on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:49:47 EST

you're just jealous, Edna! lol

Comment by STM on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:47:58 EST

Enough of the sheila business Rose. We know where all the girly men live. Up your way

Comment by Christopher Rose on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:22:05 EST

troll, unfortunately not! STM, speak for yourself, Sheila!! troll - you were never innocent!!!

Comment by troll on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:58:49 EST

you bet...why when I was an innocent young believer I had to walk five miles barefoot through knee deep snow and coatless through howling icy winds to get to the polls

Comment by STM on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:50:52 EST

You blokes need to get more robust ;-)

Comment by troll on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:42:47 EST

Ruven - when you return - get out your bible and analog up an explanation for all this bad weather here in the US suppressing #s in our primaries...what is He up to - ?

Comment by troll on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:20:05 EST

...asked to leave - ? and here I thought that she had developed some common sense and had recognized a lose/lose situation...shit

Comment by Christopher Rose on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:07:47 EST

It was actually an apparent champion of free speech, who has attacked me many times for "censoring" comments, that wrote to the owners requesting that moonraven be banned. Clavos never called for the banning of moonraven, not even in response to her ghastly remarks about his wife, which quite impressed me, as many Americans are far too sensitive about language and seem to lack the robustness found in Brits or Aussies. It was this over-sensitivity that led to her demise in my understanding. Her comment was unacceptable but could have been dealt with by routine comment editing. On the other hand, by her determined refusal to avoid direct conflict, which was a response to the aggressive hostility with which her first comments on BC, made under her real name, were received, she was creating a pretty destructive atmosphere in the politics space. At least Dave Nalle has one less person undermining his exotic political perception, so not all was lost!

Comment by Clavos on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:53:50 EST

"That said, I valued her insight and alternative viewpoint on subjects she did actually know something about - Latin America particularly." As someone else who knows something about Latin America, I found her comments to be extremely one-sided; to the point of tunnel vision; and often, in the interests of axe-grinding, not truthful. And not just about Chavez, either. She's a propagandist; not at all balanced. I realize most (if not all) of us are to one extent or another, but she is far and away one of the most partisan commenters I've ever seen on the site. That said, I did not ask for her to be censured at any time.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:21:01 EST

I think the final straw was that last, unacceptable (in anyone's book) comment she made about Clav's missus. It may have been a bit of a hoot to some extent, but in the end the way she turned every thread on the bloody site into an insult match (which I'll grant you took no little skill) just made the whole site stop being fun for a whole bunch of people. That said, I valued her insight and alternative viewpoint on subjects she did actually know something about - Latin America particularly.

Comment by STM on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:07:06 EST

I reckon MR should come back. At least she provided us all with many hours of fun, even on the reciving end of her acerbic wit. Why was she asked to leave Chris?? She wasn't that bad. And wasn't it all just a bit of a hoot anyway ... a persona she'd dreamed up?

Comment by STM on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:04:18 EST

JOM, we've all been edited old boy ... even the Doc. You ain't Robinson Crusoe.

Comment by STM on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:49:35 EST

Doc, you can't have a battle of wits with JOM. The poor bastard's got no ammo

Comment by Christopher Rose on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:50:42 EST

Despite her doggedly spirited, if a tad less than polite or reasoned, responses to some of our community, moonraven voluntarily chose to accede to a request to stop frequenting this site.

Comment by Clavos on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:00:41 EST

"Where is MR, by the way? Is her month of Bambenexile up yet?" I think she's done, Doc. "To infinity...And beyond!"

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:51:15 EST

Where is MR, by the way? Is her month of Bambenexile up yet?

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:19:52 EST

Stan: Cheers, mate. Glad you could stop by. I think the TV one isn't really BC material. Well, maybe as a comment. Chris: I've already joined, mate. Check it out. In fact, I believe you yourself may have actually commented on one or two of my articles... I don't write nearly as much as I'd like, either on Blogcritics, my own blog or anywhere. For one thing it's finding the time, and for another I have pretty exacting standards, and if I start thinking about it too much I'll more often than not decide that the piece I'm writing isn't going anywhere, and abandon it. My best work tends to be the stuff I don't think about too much, like this piece about politics books. I rattled that one off in about half an hour. JOM: You're starting to sound like Moonraven. But without the wit.

Comment by JustOneMan on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:52:52 EST

yawwwnnnnnn....are you guys having fun in your circle jerk? Hey its time to change hands... yawnnnnnn

Comment by Christopher Rose on Hurricane Katrina: The Battle of New Orleans Refought?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:35:25 EST

My fucking point is usually after 6 kisses, or 5 pints, or four lines, or three spliffs, or two hours dancing with one hot girl or, best yet, all the above! What's yours?