Now it's TWICE the size of EUROPE

[tedzbear]

First, Chertoff claimed the disaster(s) was the size of Great Britain and now Sen. Ted Stevens says it's 2x size of EUROPE!



After a senators-only briefing by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and other Cabinet members, Sen. Charles E. Schumer (news, bio, voting record) said lawmakers weren't getting their questions answered.

"What people up there want to know, Democrats and Republicans, is what is the challenge ahead, how are you handling that and what did you do wrong in the past," said Schumer, D-N.Y.

Sen. Ted Stevens (news, bio, voting record), R-Alaska, said the administration is "getting a bad rap" for the emergency response.

"This is the largest disaster in the history of the United States, over an area twice the size of Europe," Stevens said. "People have to understand this is a big, big problem."



Stevens is bullshitting us (and probably worried about losing the funding for his mult-million dollar bridge to nowhere).

[fooj]

1. I don't give a shit if it's the size of 3 continents!

It doesn't excuse this evil.

Peace.

[Wabbajack]

2. Looking on a map.Europe is pretty fing big

I think he flunked geogpahy class

[nyhuskyfan]

3. A small area of coastline is the primary problem, though...

Baton Rouge and Jackson, Mississippi have some problems with damage, but their problems pale in comparison to NO, Biloxi, Gulfport, and the smaller towns along the coast.

I can understand if some families in Jackson have to live without phone service or power for a while longer than usual, but the problems lie in the response time where it was truly an emergency.

[Maple]

4. Jeez...how about looking

at a map?

[wildcat78]

5. Its like the blob

These people are incredulous!

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. Gotta spread the pork to more districts

I'm sure Alaska will need money to rebuild.

[Minstrel Boy]

7. He's either an idiot or he thinks we are.

Europe is 4,065,945 square miles. Europe x 2 is 8,131,890.

The United States is 3,537,438 square miles.

[11 Bravo]

10. And Stevens' IQ x 2 is still in single digits. n/t

[Mass]

8. May be Stevens should learn Geography

(Europe is more or less the same superficy as the United states)

Europe 10,600,000 km²
United States 9,631,418 km²

[KamaAina]

9. What an ass. Europe is already larger than the entire USA.

Europe: 4,140,000 sq. mi.; USA: 3,537,000 sq. mi. So "twice the size of Europe" would be more than twice the size of the entire United States.

What an ass. This is the guy who got both our Senators to roll over and play dead on ANWR so that he would support our "Akaka Bill" for Hawaiian recognition -- which has once again stalled in the repuke Senate!!

edit: caps

[BringEmOn]

11. New Europe or Old Europe?

[tabasco]

12. Yeah, and they told Bush it was the size of Jupiter.

And he believed them !

[peekaloo]

15. Originally they said Uranus but Bu$h kept giggling, so they changed

to Jupiter.

[jobycom]

13. The effect on the Republican Party may be twice the size of Jupiter.

[GeorgeGist]

14. Even he was referring to the Bush disaster he's a tad high.

USA = 3537441 sq. miles
Iraq = 171599
Afghanistan = 251825
Total = 3960865 sq. miles

Europe= 4065945

[bpilgrim]

16. He FORGOT 'OLD EUROPE', again!

http://media.globalfreepress.com

peace

[cynatnite]

17. Is Stevens the guy that wanted the fucking bridge to nowhere? n/t

[xray s]

18. what a jackass

Twice the size of Europe? Yeah. I live in Chicago and we had a few clouds pass over from Katrina. I guess that puts us in the "impact area"...

[magellan]

19. When will Republicans stop with the fucking excuses

...and choose accountability over partisanship? GODDAMNIT I am tired of these corrupt assholes getting away with whatever they like just because they're the Majority in Congress -- look at what they've done, JUST LOOK!!! How much more of a fucking clue does America need??? "This was too big to handle"....Do people hear this BS? Do the disastrous results of the Republican power trip need to come knocking personally on every front door in this nation before everyone gets it?? BushCo and the Right lie for a living and aren't about protecting anyone but THEMSELVES!!

Jesus H. Christ.

[Zynx]

20. Dumbass alert.

[Blue_In_AK]

21. Shut up, Ted, you old fart!

Every time the old codger opens his mouth he embarrasses Alaskans more. Jee-zus!