A Great Rant....... - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

NJSPEEDER · 09-16-2005, 06:27 PM

http://www.southjerseydirtracing.com...d=45822&page=1

and i couldn't agree with the guy more.

later
tim

JPiZZiJP · 09-16-2005, 06:34 PM

Likewise. That guy said it very well.

badzracing · 09-16-2005, 06:35 PM

PDubs87Z28 · 09-16-2005, 06:43 PM

I LOVE IT! I'll 2nd that to the fullest! BRAVO!

deadtrend1 · 09-16-2005, 06:52 PM

well put. Now we need to get a good year blimp big enough to display all that and fly over the area.

jims69camaro · 09-16-2005, 07:04 PM

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well put. Â*Now we need to get a good year blimp big enough to display all that and fly over the area.

good rant. not politically correct, which is why you don't hear people saying it out loud. but there are a bunch of us thinking it...

PDubs87Z28 · 09-16-2005, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by deadtrend1

well put. Â*Now we need to get a good year blimp big enough to display all that and fly over the area.

good rant. Â*not politically correct, which is why you don't hear people saying it out loud. Â*but there are a bunch of us thinking it...

I agree with the blimp idea

j0n · 09-16-2005, 07:51 PM

awesome rant...i approve!

79dizZy28 · 09-16-2005, 08:10 PM

camaro2you · 09-16-2005, 10:00 PM

hmm, now where the hell do we find a blimp

NJSPEEDER · 09-16-2005, 10:10 PM

pass teh link along on any board you guys can. hopefully it will help people to think a little bit more before they look for a hand out, point fingers, or make excuses for their problems.

later
tim

PDubs87Z28 · 09-16-2005, 10:24 PM

one thing i MIGHT do is donate clothes but that could go to anyone because i don't need them and we have a **** load @ my crib. Clothes is something anyone can use and i don't need them. THATS SOMETHING NICE I'LL DO

deadtrend1 · 09-16-2005, 11:25 PM

On second thought, they would shoot the blimp down.

skorpion317 · 09-17-2005, 05:17 AM

damn good rant! i agree wholeheartedly.

ShitOnWheels · 09-17-2005, 06:52 AM

Only thing I don't agree with is the whole mandatory evacuation and they should of all left. Yes, some people just made the excuse that they didn't have a car or whatever. But there were a lot of elderly, sick, and/or handicapped people that could not get out. Hence the use of the dome, NO knew there would be people unable to leave. There were also people in a nursing home not evacuated by the management.

I know we don't get many devestating storms up this way, but if we did, and your only home was demolished, wouldn't you want some help in rebuilding or finding a new home? Should the government rebuild the entire city with our money? Probably not, but help is necessary.

Anyhow, I agree with pretty much everything else in that rant.

JPiZZiJP · 09-17-2005, 09:08 AM

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Only thing I don't agree with is the whole mandatory evacuation and they should of all left. Yes, some people just made the excuse that they didn't have a car or whatever. But there were a lot of elderly, sick, and/or handicapped people that could not get out. Hence the use of the dome, NO knew there would be people unable to leave. There were also people in a nursing home not evacuated by the management.

I know we don't get many devestating storms up this way, but if we did, and your only home was demolished, wouldn't you want some help in rebuilding or finding a new home? Should the government rebuild the entire city with our money? Probably not, but help is necessary.

Anyhow, I agree with pretty much everything else in that rant.

I don't think the guy meant the people that were elderly, sick/handicapped... given this situation, there were MANY MANY people that were told to leave, but decided to ride it out. I heard one woman's story on tv, how she and her husband didn't want to leave the city or go to a shelter, but felt it was unsafe to stay in their home... so... they decided to "ride it out" on their BOAT. Pure stupidity. Their boat was demolished during the storm and they had to be saved by rescue workers.

I think the guy is just trying to emphasize the point regarding the ones that could have left, but chose not to... elderly and handicapped excluded.

slasherbarb · 09-17-2005, 09:46 AM

we need more people like him...big kudos on the rant...someone should send that to reverend al and see what he says...

skorpion317 · 09-17-2005, 01:05 PM

there were a LOT of people who were told to leave and didn't. The reason was, they had evacuated the city twice before earlier this year because of hurricanes, but nothing happened because of them. when the call came out to evacuate for Katrina, the people thought they were crying wolf this time and stupidly decided to stay.

we shouldn't give a dime to them. i'm almost sorry to say that, but their own stupidity cost them their lives, homes, businesses, etc. also, the governor and mayor of N.O. should be imprisoned. the federal government has been after them for YEARS to fix those damn levees, sending millions of dollars to pay for repairs or reconstruction. Know what they did with it? they spent the money on navigational projects for the Mississippi river. they should get life sentences in jail for the utter neglect and failure to protect their citizens.

j0n · 09-17-2005, 01:34 PM

i've got an excellent article for all of you...its at my new house so i gotta bring it to my paretns house to scan it in...my english prof. gave it to my class to read...basically a 6 page paper done in september of 2001 detailing exactly what would happen in the event of a large hurricane and teh chances of it happening in the next 5 years

jims69camaro · 09-18-2005, 04:03 PM

ok, so where is it?