The tornado destruction in Oklahoma is beyond belief. The video looks like the ground was scoured bare. We visited Kaua'i several months after Iniki, the scenes of tragedy were similar. We were told that a wind gauge at Koke'e broke at 183 mph, which was a bit less than the wind speed at Moore, Ok. Our hearts go out to the people of Oklahoma. We will contribute money, help is being sent from all over the country. Brother and sister Americans will stand with our fellow citizens. But at the same time...when the people of New York and New Jersey needed help from the country after Hurricane Sandy members of the Oklahoma delegation in congress voted against aid. A tragedy like this in Oklahoma should show that we really are all in this together, whether we are from Hawai'i, California, New York, Oklahoma, we actually do need to stand with each other during times of need.
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Of course bringing it back to politics: Oklahoma congress people are praising the weather service for issuing timely warnings which no doubt saved hundreds of lives. Yet weren't at least some of these congress people responsible for the sequester, cutting funding to the weather service and other vital services? You can't put a price on the value of human life.
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Originally posted by Kalalau View PostYou can't put a price on the value of human life.Peace, Love, and Local Grindz
People who form FIRM opinions with so little knowledge only pretend to be open-minded. They select their facts like food from a buffet. David R. Dow
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Its the ultimate in hypocrisy, "christian" hypocrisy: Oh, I am a perfect Christian therefore my well being counts more than some Jew's in New York or some Italian's in New Jersey and I love guns which we all know Jesus worshiped. Still, they are our fellow Americans and we do not want them to suffer, but how can they possibly think they are entitled to federal aid and the people of New York and New Jersey aren't? That said, obviously not everybody in Oklahoma has ever felt that way but those who do really chafe my hide.
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WHAT makes you think that Catholics or Christians value guns more than any other American group?
This seems like simple projection to me.Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!~ ~KaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehikuSpreading the virus of ALOHA.Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.
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The power of these winds simply cannot be understood unless
one has seen one of these storms.
A one square foot area of surface will present a load of about
one horsepower of energy when presented to the wind at sixty miles per hour.
Car manufacturers are well aware of this.
The newtonian laws of physics will ramp this up at the square of the velocity.
at 120 miles per hour , the wind exerts a force of 4 horsepower.
A rough equivalent to a horsepower in watts is about 750.
At 240 miles per hour the storm had 16 horsepower per square foot of
exposed frontal surface.Last edited by lensperson; May 21, 2013, 05:40 PM.
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Originally posted by lensperson View PostA rough equivalent to a horsepower in watts is about 750. At 240 miles per hour the storm had 16 horsepower per square foot of exposed frontal surface.Peace, Love, and Local Grindz
People who form FIRM opinions with so little knowledge only pretend to be open-minded. They select their facts like food from a buffet. David R. Dow
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Originally posted by Kalalau View PostIts the ultimate in hypocrisy, "christian" hypocrisy: Oh, I am a perfect Christian therefore my well being counts more than some Jew's in New York or some Italian's in New Jersey and I love guns which we all know Jesus worshiped.
Here is the roll call for H.R. 152 (Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 ). It was very much a Dem vs Rep vote. YEAs 62, NAYs 36, Not Voting 2.
All Nays were R. Nearly all Yeas were D.Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.
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Originally posted by Amati View Postalso that the funding for recovery should come from budget cuts.
All Nays were R. Nearly all Yeas were D.Peace, Love, and Local Grindz
People who form FIRM opinions with so little knowledge only pretend to be open-minded. They select their facts like food from a buffet. David R. Dow
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There is nothing wrong with taxing the rich. The country had its best days when tax rates on the rich were much higher. Look at the US now: could we possibly do another moon program? We don't even have our own launch rockets any more, we pay the Russians of all people to use theirs. There are so many good reasons to tax the rich, one of the best being that you really do not want this country becoming another banana republic where 1 % of the population sits on its ass owning 99 % of the wealth while the other 99 % of the population lives in ignorance and squalor and hopelessness because the country won't tax rich people to build and maintain schools, roads, public health, etc. Why did the country work so well under the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Clinton,etc, tax rates? Why does it work so poorly now? Seriously, we lost our credit rating, the citadel of capitalism can't be trusted to pay its debts, roads falling apart, college grads in lifetime debt because education isn't adequately funded, all so the wealthyprivilegedelite can deposit a few more million in Swiss bank accounts, refurbish the yachtS, buy a bit more caviar for their dogs.
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Originally posted by Kalalau View PostThere is nothing wrong with taxing the rich.
Now do we go for a flat tax (10% of ALL income for everyone), or a graduated tax (0% for under the poverty line and increasing percentages as your income increases)?
And there are so many ways to avoid taxes that we must eliminate as well.
Time for a revolution --- SOME kind of revolution, anyway.
(I wonder if that will be blanked out as well, as one of my earlier emails was!)
Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!~ ~KaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehikuSpreading the virus of ALOHA.Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.
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Originally posted by Kaonohi View PostTime for a revolution --- SOME kind of revolution, anyway.
But the sentiment was long valid and needs to succeed.
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