MaggieMae
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- Apr 3, 2009
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I found it quite interesting that we were getting weather updates from the president. Why would the Commander-in-Chief man the 24-hour weather channel to tell the American people that hurricane Irene could be an historic hurricane? Could it have anything to do with his abysmal approval rating and the fact that his administrations philosophy is, Never let a serious crisis go to waste. (see 8sec.video)
The fact is Politicians and the Media hyped hurricane Irene for political expediency. Toby Harnden outlines the strange relationship between press and politicians in his article, Perfect Storm of Hype: Politicians, the media and the Hurricane Irene apocalypse that never was. (see article) Read more... Creating Orwellian Worldview
The east coast gets more than that with their yearly Global Warming SNOW--than the rain produced from Irene.
Oh puleeze. That's got to be the dumbest comment yet. Snow runoff and the potential for flooding is always anticipated as an annual cost in state budgets, you stupid shit. Sometimes it's minor, in which case the funding gets rolled over. Sometimes it causes more flooding, and federal disaster relief is needed. But a major hurricane that can cause flooding of the magnitude of Irene is certainly not "anticipated."