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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:20 AM Original message |
"There is no food" " the Japanese media is too frightened to tell the truth.” |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Can't their and our militaries air drop supplies? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. yes we could. Don't know why we are not. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
71. "We" can't because Japan is a sovereign country and must ask & allow us to do it. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #34 |
72. ... because we're too busy bombing the shit out of Libya ... |
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hourglass1 (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
64. the scale is daunting |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. Of that (daunting, that is), |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
73. Yes, it's technically not very challenging to do |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. sure they could, but it hasn't happened yet! |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. American military assets are spread out. They're too busy helping Afghans and Libyans! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
69. If Japan only had an oil supply. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. If they did, we would be occupying it now. nt |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. There never would have been a war with them if they did. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. How can they let this happen? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. So, now the news comes from some guy stealing gasoline? |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Lighten up a little... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You know, whenever someone tells me to "lighten up," |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. I recall reading on the BBC site... |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. one cup of rice per day... |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. + 1 |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
70. Agreed & Well Said |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
79. Thanks. I briefly used the "ignore" feature... |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Take care of yourself, keep your blood pressure lower |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. The people are in survival mode. There is no time or ability to make sure BP gets their profits |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. AMEN!!! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
65. It is all that is really important to them. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. If you would prefer you could listen to the mayor from the Miyagi prefecture crying |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
77. I saw him and the refugees...heartbreaking |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. At least this one is THERE, on site, in the middle of it all. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. So. Let me see if I have this straight. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Once again Lowering the Bar for DU. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Man, I had not seen those pics. Powerful. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
67. I remember seeing these pictures and the comments... |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. That's what came to my mind, as well. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It seems to me... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. "stealing" during a absolute disaster?!?! LOFL!! Come on dude |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. How can you build it on what some DVD seller who hangs around a military base and speaks English? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
63. To be fair, I think many adults in democratic countries illegally download media, which makes them |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
66. Did you read the article? It's more than just one man. Read the story. nt |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's very sad. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. And instead of food, they are putting more police on to stop 'looting' |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They are taking gasoline and food from damaged sources because they have no aid |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. "says a man filching petrol" Wait is this the looting phenomenon that isn't supposed to happen? |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. In the case of this particular man... |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I call that, trying to survive..plain and simple. n/t |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes, you are correct... |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Kinda like the people of New Orleans were trying to salvage food |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No, no, no. The white folks were liberating food, the black folks were looting. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Not liberating, finding. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. No, I'm quite certain they were risking their very lives to rescue those groceries. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. someone stole 500k out of the bank, too.... when they loot, they loot BIG. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. NOTE: This is a new administration in Japan, this is politics also |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm afraid this is only the beginning. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Wait until India and Iran have nuclear disasters and they lack equipment |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. At the rate we're going..... |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. gak. Looks like measles! nt |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. Think of how much could be done if our Leader wasn't consumed |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. This is why people need to be prepared. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Your plan sounds good, as long as..... |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That is right. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. It's all good until your house and car get washed away. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. See post #33. n/t |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is outrageous. It's been weeks. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. 400,000 people lost their homes, their jobs, their towns without warning in a matter of minutes. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. absolutely. nt |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. This is intolerable. Rec'd with anger and sadness. So what's the plan here? n/t |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Seems to be: Abandon those in The Zone. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I'm shocked. I'm not quite sure why knowing how governments view expandable labor |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because the other 2/3 of japan has no access to foreign media. Only the Telegraph has the truth. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. The months-long interval after a catastrophe is always chaotic |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Something you all could do... |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. On Yahoo news page they say the Japanese food is safe! hahahahaha! |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
57. At this point it is foraging |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. Then there is this... |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
68. I was wrong |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
74. I think the sad truth |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Here is a 1997 column about the Japanese officials' slow response to disasters and the unexpected. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
78. This is heartbreaking. |
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83. Here's how to help |
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