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yeah i thought that that was pretty asinine myself.

You are officially the dumbest motherfucker on the planet Bill....

Congrats!

Well, well, well. Aren't you a pompous ass?

Not as dumb as the mayor of Biloxi.

Actually, I'll give somebody a break for spewing a little hyperbole in light of what they have just gone through.

You just sound like an insensitive prick.

So enjoy yourself.

it is pretty ridiculous to compare the two...

you guys are either unable or unwilling to be anything close to consistent or rational when the topic turns to the South. i seem to remember one little boy who was more than a little insensitive when there were a quarter million dead because of, and correct me if i get this wrong, "dat wave", so forgive me if have to side with Bill on this one.

Not so much insensitive as intolerant of egregrious hyperbole, but certainly not dumb. I view Biloxi's mayor as far more insensitive than me, likening a hurricane that may have killed 100 people to a tsunami that wiped out a quarter million. This, to me, exceeds the bounds of "a little hyperbole".

No, believe me, there was massive "DAT Hurricane" talk, and more than one of these bastards caled/pm'd/aim'd me to say "I hope you are down there in the flood zone, so if you don't drown, at least everything you own will be destroyed.."

There are reasons you can't compare the two, but mostly because the Hurricane was trackable, and people made preparations, and our building codes and infrstructure are much, much better. If this thing had just hit New Orleans or Bilox like it did, without warning, we would be talking about more devastation.

Also, I remember none of you Z-grade uppity morons getting bent when 9 people died on a train, and Spain called it "our 9/11." It's called something to compare something else to, a cultural touchstone if you will.

I hope cotton pushes you off that cliff, then we'll all know about tragedy

I don't recall Spanish leadership calling their train attacks "Our 9/11". I'd've called 'em on it, just like I call Dick Durbin on comparing our military ops in Iraq to that of the Nazis in WWII.

That and the 239,900 extra deaths.

I also don't recall anyone here wishing ill will on anyone, so I don't get this statement. Sounds like you got crappy friends.

No, chase said that our insensitivity was blind to ourseleves, or someting like that.

Hey Billze, I think that the HIGH HORSE statue in Jackson Square is still standing in NO, why don't you try to climb it.

Also, give me a link from an international relief agency confirming the number of deaths in both of these.

No but I recall the brits said that in July. I don't have a source for you though.

I can understand the why Yail would be upset about this, but I think Bill is right on this one. The Tsunami killed entire generations of peoples.

edit: He's right although it does come off as a bit insensitive.

I honestly didn't even read the last line of his post until just now, so I had no idea that it was a shot at the south. I just thought it was a very insensitive statement. That's all.

Oh, and you're forgiven.

That would be alot like the holocaust since around 1/3 of the obner bills would be systemically wiped from the planet. How do us bills put up with such persecution. I demand our own state.

I was talking to chase...

That's fine but if a bunch of tornados or massive flooding rolled through Virginia or Illinois and some local official got a little weepy because his hometown got leveled I wouldn't feel the need to insult him and throw out some stereotypical bullshit about "getting the power back on so you can watch Nascar"

Just a difference of opinion I guess, Crack.

i totally agree with chase and bill on this. comparing the two is just idiotic but people are very prone to hyperbole during tough times so I will give the guy a break.

This was a stupid statement, but not at all surprising.

I lauged pretty hard at this.

Whether you find one mayor's emotional hyperbole in the face of his city's massive devastation objectionable or not, the Nascar comment was a cheap shot.

I get it now...the Obnish are the arbiters of taste, style and GRIEF now. I understand. As long as someone is as enlightened and educated as the average a-hole who posts here (some kind of liberal arts degree will suffice as the average in my mind) OR is a noble savage from some pristine and wonderful place that got destroyed by a wave, his grief and statements count.
If however, that person likes NASCAR, his grief doesn't count, and he is unable to make a statement quantofying it.


Good to know.

Of course it was a cheap shot. You didn't really think they'd miss NASCAR, those trailer homes all have portable generators, and at the very worst, someone will set up a TV at the Waffle House.