I can’t help it. Here are the funniest things I’ve read about the NOLA disaster:<\/p>\n
No, this is not a logistical problem. This is a red-tape-fuckup of astronomical proportions, the likes of which will haunt our country for years to come.<\/em><\/p>\n mister_borogove<\/a> said: Nowhere on the planet is more than about 6 meals away from a riot. <\/em><\/p>\n This guy<\/a> says: One in ten stay, one in ten of those die, 30,000, total. Just in New Orleans.<\/em> It’s really a very good little article.<\/p>\n This guy<\/a> is on the ground, and blogging there.<\/p>\n And oh my God, check out this recent satellite image<\/a> Zoom in. See where it turns to all water? Holy crap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can’t help it. Here are the funniest things I’ve read about the NOLA disaster:<\/p>\n
\nmark242<\/a> said: It has been 48 hours since the levee break. The FY2005 United States military budget was $420.7 billion dollars. Each and every one of those evacuees could be riding in 50-foot yachts with gold-plated bathroom fixtures and kobe beef steaks served to them on Ming Dynasty era flatware, each yacht individually delivered via C-130 airdrop within 2 hours of the first levee break, and it still wouldn’t make a dent in our total expenditure.<\/p>\n