and hearing all the sob stories about how rich people don't know if they have a house or not and how its so terrible for their kids to have to be away from their house and all their stuff and not knowing if its still there or not. one woman talked about how it was sad to always hear about it but now that it happened to her she knows first hand how devastating it is to be displaced

BOO FUCKING HOO. nobodys hurt+ nobodys injured+ you will get another house= a good day

people die, drown, starve and go homeless all the time so don't be such bitches you californians

then fox news just did a segment on A DOG RESCUE and how the animals had been through so much left in a hospital and many of their owners are far away or in Europe and still haven't claimed them. give me a break.

are you kidding me? who's the kid here?

thats all i gotta say.....makes me wanna puke

10/23/2007 2:26:24 AM

yeah this is how i felt about 9/11.

10/23/2007 2:28:08 AM

dude, at least one person is dead already

so I don't think your assertion that

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"nobodys hurt+ nobodys injured"

is very accurate

10/23/2007 2:29:12 AM

What do you propose, then?

Katrina victims vs. Fire victims in a sympathy-garnering fight-to-the-death?

10/23/2007 2:29:16 AM

im sure there isnt another thread about this...another 12 threads?

10/23/2007 2:29:19 AM

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"dude, at least one person is dead already "

i was talking about the individual stories that were on the news, not the entire event. yes for those people i can grieve their story because they lost somebody but all the people on larry king and fox were unharmed except for one woman who lost 2 turtles and a lizard

10/23/2007 2:31:48 AM

i'm sure you would feel differently if your house was up in flames

10/23/2007 2:41:47 AM

I haven't watched any coverage of the fire, and I wouldn't know about it if not for bits posted on message boards.

10/23/2007 2:51:56 AM

ditto that.

10/23/2007 2:52:58 AM

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"Katrina victims vs. Fire victims in a sympathy-garnering fight-to-the-death?"

all i know is the chargers are gonna get some wins

go p riv

10/23/2007 6:39:57 AM

woot

10/23/2007 6:43:10 AM

We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn, burn motherfucker, burn

10/23/2007 8:36:46 AM

what about people who lost someone before the fire burned all the remaining memories of that person up into flames? any sympathy for them?

seriously dude...some of the possessions lost aren't just plasmas, a billion dollar home, and a kitchen fit for a professional chef. it's the memories made inside them, or old pictures and memorabilia that can't ever be replaced by their insurance. it's a pretty devasting thing to lose your home...no matter how rich or poor you are.

10/23/2007 8:56:33 AM

two of my good friends have lost nearly everything out there.

they're students, on scholarships, and supplement that with loans. far from "rich" as you say.


it sucks

10/23/2007 9:03:29 AM

however, civility reigns at the San Diego Stadium. Nothing at all like what we saw in Katrina.

10/23/2007 9:07:19 AM

I could watch Megyn Kelly talk about wildfires all day.

10/23/2007 9:09:21 AM

You're forgetting that politicians, and therefore nobody, cares about poor people. But rich people? That deserves our full and devoted attention.

10/23/2007 9:10:06 AM

just cause you're rich doesn't mean it's not traumatic....

Howard....STFU

10/23/2007 9:12:23 AM

Next time just change the channel.

10/23/2007 9:18:15 AM

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"however, civility reigns at the San Diego Stadium. Nothing at all like what we saw in Katrina."

i wonder why that is...

10/23/2007 9:40:02 AM

HERE COME THE RACISTS

10/23/2007 9:43:06 AM

Here I am, oh wait, am I racist?

10/23/2007 9:48:39 AM

just because someones been successful in life doesn't mean they're worth any less as a human being.

10/23/2007 9:52:44 AM

I have a friend who works in LA - she seems to be doing alright, because her HOUSE ISN'T BURNING DOWN (she actually lives in DC)

I can see how it would be traumatic for anyone, all their precious items in their houses are being vaporized!

10/23/2007 9:54:55 AM

does she commute every week from DC to LA? my sister is doing that now from Texas to DC, she's ridiculous

10/23/2007 10:08:00 AM

Bush:

We're gonna find the terrorists that started these fires and we're gonna take them out. California and the people that live there will have their vengence.

10/23/2007 10:10:34 AM

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"however, civility reigns at the San Diego Stadium. Nothing at all like what we saw in Katrina."

do they have power and working plumbing?

10/23/2007 10:13:15 AM

the people at the superdome during katrina were the ones too fucking stupid to leave town before a HUGE ASS HURRICANE hit them.

these people are ones who had the foresight to leave their homes before the fires burned them.

of course there is a difference.

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"just because someones been successful in life doesn't mean they're worth any less as a human being."

in fact, it means they're worth more.

10/23/2007 10:24:13 AM

why all the hate, Howard? If your house burns down, you are losing a lot more than simple possessions and lots of money. It doesn't matter if you were rich or poor, your home still has significance beyond what money can replace.

elkaybie's post explained my point better than I can.

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"what about people who lost someone before the fire burned all the remaining memories of that person up into flames? any sympathy for them? seriously dude...some of the possessions lost aren't just plasmas, a billion dollar home, and a kitchen fit for a professional chef. it's the memories made inside them, or old pictures and memorabilia that can't ever be replaced by their insurance. it's a pretty devasting thing to lose your home...no matter how rich or poor you are. "

10/23/2007 10:29:58 AM

all this fucking coverage of the fire is pissing me off...i want some real news not this bullshit

10/23/2007 10:31:08 AM

there is no real news. nothing exciting ever happens.

10/23/2007 10:32:47 AM

^^^

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"what about people who lost someone before the fire burned all the remaining memories of that person up into flames? any sympathy for them? seriously dude...some of the possessions lost aren't just plasmas, a billion dollar home, and a kitchen fit for a professional chef. it's the memories made inside them, or old pictures and memorabilia that can't ever be replaced by their insurance. it's a pretty devasting thing to lose your home...no matter how rich or poor you are."

Boo fucking Hoo. I lost everthing to a fire, my familys second fire and because everyone was out and nobody was hurt it was a BLESSING not a tragedy and i'm not even rich. People die everyday but you want me to sympathize because these people lose a few pictures? what a joke!

It means nothing to me for rich people to lose their homes because they have other places to go and things to do until their house is rebuilt right back on some cliff in malibu overlooking the ocean in a place they know is likely to have wildfires

O and people in New Orleans had no means of leaving, no insurance to replace their homes and what you don't hear about is there are still at least 75,000 homeless people from Katrina that had houses before the storm and aren't being supported by the government anymore.

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"just cause you're rich doesn't mean it's not traumatic...."

but it does mean its no big deal

possible loss of a pet and belongings is tragedy. I bet these are the same people that cry when their luggage gets sent somewhere else on the way back from aruba.

these people don't know what tragedy is

10/23/2007 1:14:18 PM

i hope more people don't die

[Edited on October 23, 2007 at 1:17 PM. Reason : meh]

10/23/2007 1:16:33 PM

^^like you wouldn't be upset if your house and everything you owned was burned to the ground?

regardless of how much or how little money you have, losing all you own sucks, especially if it's a pet.

you're pathetic

[Edited on October 23, 2007 at 1:34 PM. Reason : ]

10/23/2007 1:34:05 PM

^

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"I lost everthing to a fire"

10/23/2007 1:39:23 PM

losing ones home is horrible regardless of income. To not feel sympathy for anyone in this situation shows you are either jealous of their lifestyle or just an idiot.

[Edited on October 23, 2007 at 1:53 PM. Reason : .]

10/23/2007 1:53:26 PM

ya, if they actually lost their home, but if it will be easily replaced, i don't sympathize with the inconvenience.

10/23/2007 1:59:23 PM

well, who cares?

10/23/2007 1:59:54 PM

^^^^

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"^^like you wouldn't be upset if your house and everything you owned was burned to the ground? regardless of how much or how little money you have, losing all you own sucks, especially if it's a pet."

10/23/2007 2:03:26 PM

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"i wonder why that is..."

More than likely mostly due to class differences... and yes, more African Americans were in the lower class in NoLA.

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"the people at the superdome during katrina were the ones too fucking stupid to leave town before a HUGE ASS HURRICANE hit them."

I'm sure there was a segment of the population too stupid to leave but there was also a segment of it (most likely the majority) that didn't have the means to leave.

[Edited on October 23, 2007 at 2:09 PM. Reason : oh, this is chit chat. i forgot stupidity reigns here]

10/23/2007 2:07:18 PM

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"O and people in New Orleans had no means of leaving, no insurance to replace their homes and what you don't hear about is there are still at least 75,000 homeless people from Katrina that had houses before the storm and aren't being supported by the government anymore."

[gross generalization]
Most of the people you saw that were displaced by Hurricane Katrina didn't even own their home. I'd wager money that a lot of people came out far better off for having been through the hurricane with the outpouring of relief funds.

The real difference is that these people actually had a stake in the homes that burned down.
[/gross generalizations]

Your lack of sympathy is disgusting. It is possible that they are both upset by their loss and grateful for the fact that they weren't hurt you know. It's not all black and white.

10/23/2007 2:15:00 PM

Howard is pretty ignorant. Maybe he should just stay on the internet and never venture out into the real world, he might get that ass whoopin' he deserves.


BLANKET STATEMENTS ROCK!!!

10/23/2007 2:17:00 PM

I just get sick of the "perfect fire-storm" references.

[/care]

10/23/2007 3:23:54 PM

ya, people who lose a couple of wedding pictures and think they've been through a lot are going to whoop my ass

10/23/2007 3:28:33 PM

i'd rather hear about the rich people losing their homes than the poor people

cause the poor people would blame everything on the government, and the whites.

10/23/2007 3:30:14 PM

I wish you would burn up in a fire.

10/23/2007 3:31:51 PM

10/23/2007 3:35:02 PM

Suffering is always relative

Torture victims say murder victims have it easy
Murder victims would say that rape victims have it easy

Torture victims would LOVE to be raped and then left alone

But just because it's relative, that doesn't mean that getting your house burned down doesn't suck a hell of a lot

10/23/2007 4:57:40 PM

So I get it....if you work hard and earn enough money to buy a nice house, then if you lose it, it's OK because it was only your own money...but if you have a relatively small amount of money, and depend a great deal on other people's money then if you lose your house, it's NOT OK because it was someone else's money.

10/23/2007 5:05:52 PM

oops i meant

set em up

10/23/2007 6:41:04 PM