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Chuck: The Tsunami death toll went from 13,000 to 23,000 in the 8 hours I was sleeping. US plans to be 'very responsive,' and I am sure we will.
Funny that we have stressed reliance on the UN. The same UN that most republicans mock and many say should not exist. I wonder if this loser organization approves. I hope these assholes get wrecked by a Tsunami (funny thing, this anti-UN group is located in Wisconsin).
Kyle: ABC has a really good interactive map which gives you an idea of how it happened. You may have heard the story of the Swedish boy who was reunited with his parents through this website posting the pictures of children missing their parents. Most of the information I have gathered on the tsunami has been from reading because I can't stomach the television images. It makes me sick how the western press runs hours of footage of bodies rotting in piles or floating in the water. Then they remind us how much is smells. Sick.
The voice over the footage says something like, "Well Brenda, as you can see total carnage. The death toll includes 5 Americans known dead with up to 100 unaccounted for. On a side note, some 24,000 native peoples are dead. As you can see here there are more bodies than the morgues can handle. It is tough to look at. Here is a pile of school children who were going to get lunch, but got trapped by water. All you can see are back packs and dead kids. A real difficult scene. This next footage is of the maternity ward at a local hospital. You can see lots of mothers and infants here Brenda. You can imagine the stench. It is too much to handle."
I think the press would show more discretion with what they show if the victims looked like you and me. (comment not intended for our Indonesian, Thai, India-Indian, or Somali readers)
I brushed my teeth during the tsunami coverage and when I came back they had moved on to the other top story about a woman who killed another woman and cut out her fetus.
Funny that we have stressed reliance on the UN. The same UN that most republicans mock and many say should not exist. I wonder if this loser organization approves. I hope these assholes get wrecked by a Tsunami (funny thing, this anti-UN group is located in Wisconsin).
Kyle: ABC has a really good interactive map which gives you an idea of how it happened. You may have heard the story of the Swedish boy who was reunited with his parents through this website posting the pictures of children missing their parents. Most of the information I have gathered on the tsunami has been from reading because I can't stomach the television images. It makes me sick how the western press runs hours of footage of bodies rotting in piles or floating in the water. Then they remind us how much is smells. Sick.
The voice over the footage says something like, "Well Brenda, as you can see total carnage. The death toll includes 5 Americans known dead with up to 100 unaccounted for. On a side note, some 24,000 native peoples are dead. As you can see here there are more bodies than the morgues can handle. It is tough to look at. Here is a pile of school children who were going to get lunch, but got trapped by water. All you can see are back packs and dead kids. A real difficult scene. This next footage is of the maternity ward at a local hospital. You can see lots of mothers and infants here Brenda. You can imagine the stench. It is too much to handle."
I think the press would show more discretion with what they show if the victims looked like you and me. (comment not intended for our Indonesian, Thai, India-Indian, or Somali readers)
I brushed my teeth during the tsunami coverage and when I came back they had moved on to the other top story about a woman who killed another woman and cut out her fetus.
By Chuck - 12/27/2004
2 Comments:
Well, the tragic situation in Asia has eclipsed all other news this week. The pics and testimonies are truly heart-breaking.
But I'd like to change the subject for a moment:
Did you guys see this?...
CNN reports:
"Iraq's main Sunni Muslim political movement, the Iraqi Islamic party, says it is withdrawing from next month's general elections...(the leader) said six out of 18 provinces in Iraq would not be able to hold credible elections in the current circumstances."
Well I can't say that I am surprised.
This election is going to be a fiasco.
Ben,
I agree that the election will be interesting. The real battle for the US isn't the election itself. They have to win the perception of the election. If half the country votes it is either half full and a step towards democracy or half empty and illegitimate.
My hope is that things work out, but it doesn't look good.
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