US offers 200M in aid to Lebanon...Hezbollah says "Fix New Orleans"

[SoCalDem]

Today on "Democracy Now"..

Isn't it brutally sad, when aid is scoffed at because WE offered it?

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. WOW!!

Back atcha monkeyboy.

[Xenotime]

2. I'm inclined to think that Hezbollah has a genuine interest in our country

that the current administration does not.

[EFerrari]

3. I have to agree. Too bad the Bush administration isn't as interested

in the wellbeing of Americans as Hezbollah is. :crazy:

[liberalmuse]

4. That is just pathetic.

It's pretty bad when supposed 'despots' and 'terrorist organizations' have to tell the Idiot dumbass in charge where he needs to spend OUR tax dollars.

[neoblues]

5. Considering the role we played in creating the need for it...

Or perhaps the role we didn't play in preventing/reducing the need for it... whether it was right or wrong.

In any case, they're just highlighting their opinion that we're responsible--it plays beautifully in their own propaganda. Ours would've suffered even more had we not offered, whether sincere or not.

"bbbrrrrring... bbbrrrrring..."
"Hello? Southern Lebanon speaking... Who may I ask is calling?"
"Oh, it's you... what do you want?" (listens)
"No, No Thank You... No Thanks For Anything! By the way.. Maybe you should fix New Orleans first!"
"<click>..." (sound of phone being hung up followed by silence)
(ps. um... and don't call us, we'll call you...)

Edit: fix sequence of phone conversation, added New Orleans...

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. It appears that Hezbollah could probably do a better job in New

Orleans than the US government.

[neoblues]

9. Think about it... Where else...

Where else in the world, at least in what other modern country with reasonable resources, would the government sit on it's thumbs for days... and then not bother to make a concerted effort to restore the people to their homes?

Maybe I'm just not being fair to the government... but if they've done everything possible, they're doing a lousy job of communicating that fact, because it sure doesn't seem like they've done a good job... instead, it seems they've only bothered to line the pockets of the owners of Halliburton (and the like).

[EFerrari]

10. It's giving more money to the Lebanese people than FEMA

is giving Katrina survivors.

[Selatius]

12. That's a rather sad fact.

They were cutting checks to people who lost homes within days of the ceasefire. Our insurance companies were never so fast, and they may use loopholes to get out of paying you any money.

[EFerrari]

13. It's horrendous and I hope some Democrat uses it.

I'm mostly afraid to ask my friends how they are managing with their insurance companies and FEMA because it has been so awful. :(

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. As if insurance companies had the best interests of the clients

in mind. The whole free market thing only works in fair weather, while there is plenty of money & profits. As soon as things get shitty nobody wants to be responsible for it.

[Selatius]

15. But, but, but State Farm Insurance says...

"Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there."

They must be telling the truth!

:sarcasm:

[donsu]

7. a lot of smart people running Hezbollah

smacked that money ball right back into the neo con's faces

I'm thanking them as I'm sure N.O. thanks them.

[Rex]

8. Excellent suggestion, fix New Orleans with the 200 million.

Of course we don't live in a country where they really will fix NOLA, not if Halliburton has it's way.

[Selatius]

11. 200 million is a pathetic pittance for the amount of damage inflicted

Lebanon's infrastructure suffered--I guarantee--at least several billion dollars worth of damage.

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. 200 million wouldn't even rebuild one freeway overpass in LA.

By the time Penhall & Steven P Rados divided it up. And it would take at least 2 years to do it.

[AspenRose]

17. oooooOOOOOooooh, SNAP

That was fierce :wow: