Blogs Oct 30, 2012 at 11:50 am

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I agree, but did laugh at some guy who tweeted: "Man, every time I wash my car..." so send me to hell.
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I'm questioning why the military hasn't been deployed.

Especially when they have battlefield generators that could be providing emergency power on the streets at least for cell phones and other communications.

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@4: that's a good idea. you should contact the federal government.
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Anybody who posts "I'm praying for the residents" or "stay safe" or suchlike should have $59.95 automatically deducted from their checking account. Fake shoulder-sleeve empathy, like pink accessories at NFL games.... ugh.
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You wouldn't have this problem if you were only connected to people on Facebook that you actually like, who actually share your sick tastes, or lack thereof. Rather than being so desperate for affirmation that you have 5,000 FB friends who mostly say shit that pisses you off.
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Most of the "ironic" humorous posts I see on FB and Twitter are coming from my friends who actually live in New York City.
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@ 6 How do you know its fake an how do you know those people aren't already giving?
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Yes, it is possible to deal with tragedy through comedy. SHOCKER!
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@9
Because "I'll pray for you" is empty of substance or meaning? It's a way to allay the person making the statement's sense of need to take action, without actually requiring action.
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People who try to tell other people what is or isn't funny can go fuck themselves.
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Um, guys, the military is the National Guard. Deployed a long time ago in New Jersey.

Pay attention.
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@4 what good is a charged cell phone if the whole neighborhood grid is down and the cell towers with it?
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Lindsey Lohan: GARBAGE PERSON
http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/linds…
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What @12 said x1,000,000
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I wish it were otherwise, but the shameless cannot be shamed.
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That's great! So now we can expect similar forbearance from Northeasterners next time a storm hits Louisiana or Texas...
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so is marcus calling frizelle a garbage-person, or are you?
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@9: They're not. Mouthy as they are, if they are "praying" loudly through facebook, they'd also be bragging.

It's the shallowest form of support and concern.
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Kelly O's friend can go fly a kite... in Hurricane Sandy's wonderfully strong winds.
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I'm sorry for my hurricane jokes - I know they blow.
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@14- I think the suggestion was to power the cell towers, not to set up a charging station every 100 feet.

Also, it seems like it'd be easy enough to install some sort of emergency shut down for cell phones, where voice and data are blocked outright and the much more capacity-efficient text messages could go into a queue and be sent/received in bursts, as power comes available.
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Meanwhile, Former FEMA Director Mike "Helluva job you're doin', Brownie" Brown, is whining because the Obama Administration is moving TOO QUICKLY to address the needs of disaster victims:

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/1…

Because, as everyone knows, the ONLY REASON to respond quickly to a natural disaster is to "score political points with voters".

What a fucking tool...
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Ditto. Facebook, and the people who live on it, suck.
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@14 and @23
Mobile, self powered cell "towers" or stations have been used in past disasters to keep communication going and will no doubt be used in this one as well. They're really pretty cool.
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I tend to agree with the point, if not the tone of outrage that suggests the author goes out of his or her way to get self righteous and angry about things as a matter of routine.
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I was laughing like a 5th grader at the hurricane's twitter acct just this morning, but I've never purported to be anything but a garbage person.
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@23
During Katrina, many of us in Louisiana discovered that telephone calls were spotty st best, but that texts would get through, even if it took hours or days.
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@24
I was just wondering how long it would take for someone to call Obama out for "politicizing" this.

from the article you link -

"However, Brown’s comments carry a special irony due to the role he played during the Hurricane Katrina debacle in 2005"

To say the fucking least, I'd say!

I wonder how long it will take for the weather machine truthers to speak up
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@22

dude! that was actually almost funny. what you should do now is pull a Costanza and just walk out of the room on a high water mark. seriously, if you stop this bad attempt at trolling right here, we might remember you fondly.

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