Hard to believe, Harry -- a deep look what really happened with Katrina comes to Philly
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Hard to believe, Harry -- a deep look what really happened with Katrina comes to Philly
You never know who you'll see in Philadelphia. This afternoon I stumbled across the storied Italian soccer club Juventus F.C., which is somewhat quietly staying in a Center City hotel this week to train for a series of North American matches (none of which, weirdly enough, are in Philly). However, I stumbled right past them to say hello to another legend who's in town right now -- a Friend of Attytood, believe it or not -- and that would be comedian/actor/radio host/political hellraiser Harry Shearer.
Hey, how often do you get to talk with Mr. Burns AND Derek Smalls in one fell swoop?
But Shearer's not in Philadelphia for those things. He's on a mission -- and it's an important one: To make sure that people understand the truth of what really almost destroyed his adopted hometown of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck, so that we make damn sure it never happens again. He's written and produced a hard-hitting documentary called The Big Uneasy, (watch the trailer) to help keep America's eye on the ball in Katrina's wake.
As summed up in the Village Voice:
Shearer’s documentary is a scathing indictment of the Army Corps—not only its staggering incompetence but also the scope of its power to sabotage outside investigators and steamroll dissenting voices. But it’s not just the Army Corps that the film prosecutes. Ecologists and environmentalists weigh in on how corporate greed and shortsightedness from decades ago to today have led to devastating losses of the wetlands, which are nature’s own defense against the destruction of hurricanes.
He'll be screening the movie and answering questions at the Ibrahim Theatre at International House on the Penn campus at 3701 Walnut Street tomorrow (Friday) night at 7 p.m. (More info here.) Please check it out. Maybe if you're nice he'll also say, "Smithers, unleash the hounds!" -- but I kind of doubt it.
I'm also recommending outside entertainment since you won't have Attytood to kick around for nearly three weeks. I'll be back later in August, by which time the Daily News will be completely redesigned but no one will be able to afford it because the United States will have defaulted on its debts and we'll all be wearing those wooden barrels instead of clothes. Should be fun!
And your ideas to reform entitlements are opposed by a 50 mil strong special interest group that would rather protect their gov favor than sacrifice anything. This is how democracy truly works. At least until the money runs out. At that point my bunker wil be worth alot more than your Treasuries or false hope. Blog away with your solutions, reality approaches.— RG- LOL, don't blow a fuse RG. I understand. You just come here to whine, like any hack would, e.g., somebody's friend below. So long as you agree then that there's no reason to take you seriously, we can talk baseball or vittles. Why do you care what the rest of humanity does anyway?
- "As for me, I want to talk reforms..." That's encouraging. Pie-in-the-sky reform discussions will begin at the Int'l House tonight after the movie.— A Friend
MSL I have a bunker on my property you can buy if you want ? whats the going rate for bunkers BTW ?— PAEnglish- Its quite telling that the reforms you want to talk about are often higher taxes and expanded government. IOW, you'd like to use democracy to tax others for the stuff you want.— RG
- ///You'd never get insurance without protection from erosion dummy.///
Not true, dummy. Ever been through Malibu? Plenty of houses there right on the beach with no erosion protection. That's just one example. Nice try though.— General Turgidson - Okay, live in Malibu. Don't mind the mudslides and earthquakes. What's that have to do with beachfront erosion on the east coast? Somebody below tried to mention the experience of Longport, NJ, but sorta botched it, but I'm sure folks on Absecon Island don't mind the Army Corps' efforts to stem nature.
- //You compared healthcare to the work of the Army Corps, not me. Your strawmen can't handle more strawmen? Poor things. ///
Eh, no I didn't Jesco. I compared TRUST in the army corp of engineers to trust in the government to provide my healthcare. At least there's a connection between the two, that being the federal government. With your example, there isn't even a tenuous connection.
No wonder you practice law in West Virginia.— General Turgidson - And so I compared TRUST in private health insurance to TRUST in the private oil and energy companies. Are you simple? Explain why that's a poor comparison, rather than whine about your own strawman being challenged by another.
- MSL, are you under the delusion that you're taken seriously? If so, that alone brightened my day. Now go opine on the socio economic meaning of Gilligans Island. Or bills diaper. Because you're oh so serious about fixing the worlds problems.— RG
- Why do you care so much RG? You agree you can't be taken seriously either. Can't we talk about the weather or something? How bout those Pirates, eh?
- Liberals are arguing against Big Government? The heat certainly has kicked in. If Big Government can't protect a few hundred thousand dopes who want to live below sea level on a de facto peninsula in a hurricane-prone area then how is it going to run the entire health care system? Do you notice that the only whining about Katrina is coming from NO? She shellacked a fair portion of the coast but only the wards of the state complain about having their lives disrupted. If Murrayman is looking for a true correlation he should chart whining vs. personal responsibility. I see that slope coming in at -1.— 2ndNlong
- Since you waited anxiously over an hour for one of my responses, when I cant be taken seriously, you should ask yourself why you care so much.— RG
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