Am I the only person who is not getting any form of glee over Gustav/RNC?

[meegbear]

A major storm may hit an unprepared city (again). I'd rather see the repugs have the bestest convention ever than NOLA and the region to go through that again.

[Kool Kitty]

1. I agree.

[thunder rising]

2. It is just not possible to say Gustav is a threat to NOLA right now. NOLA is just a pin point along

a large coast line.

[Brotherjohn]

20. It's a threat, just not a large one yet. But they have to watch it closely. In a day or two...

... it could become a MAJOR threat, or it could fizzle and/or turn more to the east or west and become no threat to NOLA at all.

But right now, it is a minor threat worth keeping a very close eye on. If the worm turns badly, people will only have a day or two to get out.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

3. Anyone Here Hoping It Hits During The Convention Is A Certified Jackass. n/t

[Dr.Phool]

6. Of course they are.

Minnesota don't do hurricanes.

[old guy]

10. You're faster than I am.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

15. LOL Just Realized I Left Out The Word 'During'. DOH!

Talk about changing the meaning

:rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

18. We'll postpone your beating until the next gaffe!

:toast:

[siligut]

41. That isn't the issue.

What I heard from NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams during last nights convention was that Gustav might pull media time from the RNC. Not that Minnesota was going to be hit.

[dbonds]

7. Not a jackass as much as meteorogically challenged.

[Dr.Phool]

4. I don't think that anyone gets any "glee" out of it.

But, some of us do reserve the right to make snarky comments and black humor.

[rebel with a cause]

40. Dark humor is all I have to keep me alive,

Don't take it away from me. :cry:

With that said, I don't wish a hurricane and the damage it can bring on any one, but I pray for seven days of drizzling rain for St. Paul just the way the repubs prayed for rain for Obama's night. Now if my prayers are answered, we will all know who the powers that be listen to. O8)

[dbonds]

5. I'm not sure what you are seeing is really glee.

It is a juxtaposition to have the threat of katrina repeat while the republicans (who gave us the katrina response) nominate george mccain to run for them. There is no glee in the hurricane hitting and doing damage, that is a horrible thing. But the threat of it happening reminds people of katrina at a time the republicans want you to forget about it. Seeing that facade taken down causes people to smile, but it isn't about the hurricane hitting.

[JeanGrey]

8. I don't see what the two have to do with each other.

The hurricane is five days out. New Orleans has plenty of time to prepare.

[merh]

9. The people can't prepare for the emotional toll this will take.

For the love of god, don't you realize that these things are more complicated than just "evacuate and get out of the way" - once they are over there is so much to contend with, to learn to live with or without.

Fucking give me a break, you can't prepare for this shit, you just get out of the way and hope you can handle what it does.

[JeanGrey]

29. I never said you could prepare "emotionally". But hopefully

those than can leave won't sit there.

[Mugsy]

11. Isn't that what THEY are doing???

Excuse me, but isn't that *EXACTLY* what Dobson and his crew were doing... and not just noting an irony, they seriously wanted "bad" weather.

Criticizing anyone for pointing out the simple irony is just sad.

Get yourself an "irony implant" for Christmas.

[NashVegas]

12. Agreed. It's Pretty Silly.

Anyway, the Republican Party's answer to Barack Obama - Bobby Jindal - is Louisiana's governor, now. You think they're going to allow him to look bad?

[Spacemom]

13. I'm worried about NOLA

I've never even been there, but my mom spoke often of it. She loved the city. I'm in TX, but I'd still rather it hit anywhere but there, those people have been through so much.

[Liberal Gramma]

14. How about if I just hope it only takes the convention site?

with all of its participants intact, and sets them down in, say Darfur. The world would be a better place.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

17. Uhhh, the convention site is St. Paul, Minnesota

It's possible that a tornado could hit the XCel Center, but by the time the after-effects of hurricanes reach us, they have dwindled down to nothing more than a heavy rainstorm.

[LostinVA]

16. I'[ve lived through some vicious coastal hurricans -- no glee from me

[angrycarpenter]

19. I live on the gulf coast.

I see no humor in the irony of a possible repeat of their greatest blunder during the convention. I have seen too many blue tarps covering too many roofs to even think for a minute that any political gain is worth the misery that I have had to live through too many times.

[MadHound]

21. You're not alone

And frankly I find all the glee, all the prayers, all the people wishing for this to happen in order to spoil the 'Pug convention rather disgusting. There is something much more important here than the doings of one arm of the two party/same corporate master system of government. There are thousands of people's lives at stake, and wishing for them to come to harm in order to score political points is abhorent and sick.

[MaryEllen9399]

22. I bet the RNC wants it to happen

they can use it to their advantage like having McAsshole on a boat rescuing poor people.

[mentalsolstice]

23. I'm not happy

I lived and worked in Pensacola for 7 years (after living in Ft. Lauderdale until I was 14), and my husband was born and bred in NOLA. It pains me to think of more damage and destruction to this area.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. I think its cryptic. We shouldn't be looking for political gain out of it.

I think we are better than it.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

25. Just in case anybody wasn't sure...

Despite what the Church Lady may have taught you in sunday school, thinking bad thoughts does not cause bad things to happen, even bad whether.

[cboy4]

26. Yup. I agree

:thumbsup:

[flvegan]

27. Agreed. And regardless of preparedness, people

will be hurt, possibly die and will lose property they may not be able to replace. We can win this with our candidate. We don't need folks to suffer for a leg up.

[nancyr]

28. I'm worried about my daughter and family.

They're on the gulf coast in Mississippi and still haven't fully recovered from Katrina. At this point I could care less about the Republican convention.

[liberalhistorian]

30. I agree totally, and no, you're not alone.

I think it's sick and childish to get any kind of "glee" whatsoever over a hurricane or tropical storm just because it might interrupt a political shindig you don't like. Imagine if it were the other way around, how angry we'd be. So, what's the difference?

[Midlodemocrat]

31. I gotta say, I can't imagine anyone being happy about this.

But, then again, I'm surprised all the time by the things I read online.

I hope it dissipates quickly and no one is hurt.

[SeattleGirl]

32. I'm with you, meegbear.

I cannot wish bad things like hurricanes upon my fellow humans.

[AirmensMom]

33. No.

I'm with you.

[gratuitous]

34. Golly, you're right

What was I thinking? I mean, here I am in Portland, Oregon, musing on the cosmic juxtaposition of two events that could make it clear to even the dullest minds in the electorate just how criminally, murderously inept the Republicans are at governance. There's not much of what anyone would call "glee" there, but I'll accept the label, I guess.

So, what should I be doing to counteract a colossal force of nature from 2,500 miles away?

[amuse bouche]

35. No decent person would be happy about impending doom

[AnnieBW]

36. My MIL and Niece are on a Caribbean Cruise

In that area. I'm worried sick about them. No glee here.

[elshiva]

37. I agree. I don't want that at all.

This storm is some serious business. I hope it's not that bad. I do hope the RNC has an awful convention, but only in the sense of not being as popular as the DNC.


buffy

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. Nope, I worry, and I wonder if I will need to use my typing fingers and

calling fingers AGAIN.. after all we have a bunch of incompetents in charge

And no, I don't get any joy

[tammywammy]

39. No, not at all

I have a lot of family in SE Texas.