SezWho2 said...

SezWho2 at 12:41 PM JST - 1st September

I think the fundamental difference between Katrina and Gustav is that people had a false sense of security concerning the integrity of the levees under Katrina. I don't think any governor or mayor--Democrat or Republican--would bet their political career on the levees holding again.

The thing is, what if the…

Posted in Nearly 1.9 million flee coastal Louisiana at 12:41 PM JST - 1st September
SezWho2 at 11:40 AM JST - 30th August

WhiteHawk,

I think you were the first one to wade in with the charge of myopia. You seem to want to dwell on name-calling and characterization instead of just addressing the point at hand. But, if I may point out, if you were myopic, you might be the last person…

Posted in Democrats choose Obama to thunderous acclamation at 11:40 AM JST - 30th August
SezWho2 at 11:25 AM JST - 30th August

DanManjt,

Why should China respect American power? What do you imagine the consequences would have been of China continuing her prosecution of lawbreakers? I don't really see that there is much that the US could have done.

Posted in U.S. Embassy urges China to release American activists at 11:25 AM JST - 30th August
SezWho2 at 08:22 AM JST - 30th August

It seems as though we're really trying hard to pick up those disaffected Hillary voters.

Posted in McCain picks Alaska Gov Sarah Palin for running mate at 08:22 AM JST - 30th August
SezWho2 at 08:22 AM JST - 30th August

rajakumar,

I'm not sure what you mean by this being the first time we could have a female VP. 24 years ago Mondale's choice was Geraldine Ferraro.

Posted in McCain picks Alaska Gov Sarah Palin for running mate at 08:22 AM JST - 30th August
SezWho2 at 07:33 AM JST - 30th August

That is as good an explanation as any for their support of the Workers Paradise that brave Robt Mugabe is trying to build.

That is as good an example as any of irrelevance to the issue of the Russia and Georgia.

Posted in Putin assails U.S. over Georgia conflict at 07:33 AM JST - 30th August
SezWho2 at 07:24 AM JST - 30th August

sailwind,

I think you have identified grounds for doubt, not proof of falsehood. In other words, you do have to go further than that.

Posted in Afghans say deadly U.S. raid based on misleading tip at 07:24 AM JST - 30th August
SezWho2 at 09:56 PM JST - 29th August

Alinsky4prez,

We'll talk again when you can muster something more than one sentence of sarcasm.

It doesn't seem to me that Russia has shown any greater continuity than its arch-enemy has, perhaps less in that it was willing to try to get along with the US. But it seems to…

Posted in Putin assails U.S. over Georgia conflict at 09:56 PM JST - 29th August
SezWho2 at 09:45 PM JST - 29th August

Mark McCracken,

Good question. I've got another. How can Morgan Stanley learn if they get bailed out each time their executives miscalculate?

Maybe, for example, Obama might help citizens be responsible by being clear to banks and others that the government would no longer be responsible for their bad decisions.…

Posted in Obama tells crowd of 84,000 that he'll fix Washington at 09:45 PM JST - 29th August
SezWho2 at 07:39 PM JST - 29th August

Alinsky4prez,

I think that the borders of the Soviet Union were fairly well defined by the end of WW2. The aggressions that I am thinking of were the put-down of uprisings in Hungary and Poland in the 50s and its attempts to control the governments of its buffer states on…

Posted in Putin assails U.S. over Georgia conflict at 07:39 PM JST - 29th August