Re: Off-Topic, New Orleans Images

Sandy, this is far far off topic and likely to do far more harm than
good. This is a photography list. This is an international list, based
in a non USA college.

Dan's one sentence comment had enough humor to avoid annoying even a
libertarian type like me. What has followed in has, on the whole, been
hateful non tolerant USA political lecturing. I'm tempted to respond
point by point, but that would be inappropriate here.

Please stop, this is a place that all alt photographers should feel
welcome.

Tom

On Apr 29, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Sandy King wrote:

> Well, now that some of us have had a chance to reflect on the goings
> on in the recent thread I have something to add.
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> As we recall, part of the thread evolved from Dan Burkholder's comment
> that Dick Cheney should go hunting for quail in the slime and muck
> still in New Orleans. Dave Rose's comment was, essentially, what does
> Cheney have to do with New Orleans?
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> OK, a belated response, that Dave may or may not hear. The fact of the
> matter is Cheney has everything to do with the situation in New
> Orleans. Folks there  are in desperate need of some federal relief,
> but there has been very little forthcoming. And why is that? Well, one
> of the major reasons is that Dick Cheney's manipulations and lies led
> us to an elective war in Iraq that has squandered billions and
> billions of dollars. What is the figure now? 100 billion? 200 billion?
> Too bad some of that money is not available to upgrade the levee
> system in New Orleans and for other important projects in the US. So
> that is what Dick Cheney has to do with the situation in New Orleans.
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> And to suggest that Dan Burkholder's comment was a "snide" attack
> against republicans is to overlook the fact that his approval rating
> of 18% clearly means that more than half of all *republicans* reject
> him. I do, and although I am not a registered republican, I vote
> republican in state elections more often than democrat.
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> And the relevance of this to photography? Well Dan Burkholder, and
> others, can go to New Orleans today, six months after Katrina,  or to
> the Gulf Coast between Pass Christian and Biloxi, and take photographs
> of complete devastation. Is it not reasonable to assume that one of
> the major reasons there is no federal money to correct this situation
> is because of the needless waste of resources in a war in Iraq for
> which Dick Cheney bears considerable responsibility?
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>> So this guy walks into a psychiatrist's office and he's got a pelican
>> sitting on his head.
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>> He says to the psychiatrist, "I have a friend that has a problem I'd
>> like to talk to you about."
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>> Best Wishes,
>> Mark Nelson
>> Precision Digital Negatives--The Book
>> PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups
>> www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
Received on Sat Apr 29 16:46:25 2006