well,

agreed. you are most defintaly right. well done. nice post.

Wait, those were indigents who died in the tsunami? I thought they were people either living there or visiting.

Wait! The Govenment lied to me? Oh man, What next that guy who reached into my pants on the bus wasn't really a doctor?

This has been the worst year ever. Forst a 150000 thanks to the Tsunami, then the hurricane in New Orleans and now this Earthquake that has now Killed 80000 people, So I guess if there is really a good he/she is preety upset with all of us . Cause we are fighting and killing on his/her name.Maybe tragedy will unite us

"3000 rich investment bankers"? I'm surprised at you Alexa. You know thats not fair. Death is death and it sucks when innocent people get killed, rich or poor, in southeast asia, in guatemala or here. Why would you marginalize one event like that? I ran for my life when the planes hit and I'm certainly not rich or an investment banker.

Jason, I didn't mean to marginalize the people who died in the WTC - someone I know died in the north tower. It upsets me, though, how the media marginalizes deaths abroad even when far more people die.

All deaths are equally horrible, whether they are of Americans or of Asians - rich or poor. I think I may have gone overboard, though, in my post. As such, I am changing it now.

Fair enough. Glad you didn't mean it the way it sounded. Sorry to yell at you the first time I comment.. Long time fan, first time caller. ;)

stick to talking about the norm...

We are at fault if someone else attacks us b/c we invaded a country based on a lie.....

Do you forget when our gov't said (just after 9/11) that we would come after terrorists whereever they are...and we would come after countries that housed and aided known terrorists (like Iraq, Iran, so forth)....I know the media conveniently forgets that but pls, let us tell both sides to the story here...that is all I ask!

james, you're just like those other brainwashed conservatives.

the government said that we'd go after terrorists wherever they are. so we invaded afghanistan, which was good. (of course, we didn't catch osama even though we could have. but i won't harp on our gov't ineptitude.)

there has never been any connection, however, between iraq and 9-11. while saddam is an evil man, there is no connection between osama and iraq. or at least there wasn't any connection before our invasion.

since we entered iraq, thousands of people have died due to bombings there. more importantly, iraq has become a breeding ground for terrorists since al qaeda entered iraq amidst all the chaos there.

i'd say that bush has made our world less safe rather than more safe by invading iraq.

i see...so conservatives are brainwashed while liberals must be what...all knowing, always right, what is it....pls tell me...I think they just like complaining until they get in office, then we will get to hear all the excuses from the left side of the aisle and all the complaining will come from the right...its just a vicious cycle, don't make one side out to be better than the other....yes i am a republican but we are all americans and the problem is that the left and right refuse to get along...

that said...you don't need to find a connection between Iraq and 9/11....9/11 was not the only terrorist act against this country, just the most notorious! Do you forget the bombing of the WTC in '93...it may not have worked as planned (thankfully) but its intent was no different than 9/11....just poorly executed, how about the bombing of US embassies in Tanzinia and Kenya in 98, or the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000...I would like to point out that these acts were carried out under CLinton's administration and did we ever do anything to stop them from happening again, NO!! We allowed them another chance to get it right, and look what happened. I didn't see this type of reaction then, but now with a republican in office, its all his fault??? Gimme a break...its no one person's fault.

Let me also say this, after 9/11, CNN/Gallup released a poll as to how many americans thought and feared another attack would happen on US soil during Bush's term (since you know, it was Bush's fault) and more than 60% thought it would happen....so now we are in his second term, and there has not been an attack on our soil since...so maybe, just maybe...its a good thing that we have established our presence over there, unless of course you think that there would be no attack here if we had no presence over there....which is just plain stupid.

All this said, let me finish by saying I quite enjoy hearing all this banter from a liberal's point of view...I miss that about living in New England...i am a political junkie, among other things, and I mean none of you any offense in my statements, just enjoy the rise it creates from the "other side"...Thanks!

It wasn't government ineptitude that led to Osama not being caught. The government Didn't Want Osama caught. Osama bin Laden is the figurehead, the scapegoat they've propped up as the cause of all their problems. Without him as a target, the general American populace would have likely returned to apathy. Now Bush can use Osama's wide wide influence to justify all the invasions he wants!

Now that I've got that out of the way - Good post Alexa. Unfortunately people here have a sad tendency to use economics as a standard of measuring the base value of a human life. "I'm worth more economically, ergo I'm worth more as a human". People are people, and it's sad to see the death resulting from catastrophe, wherever it is.

Check out a funny site dedicated to the absurdity and satire nature of saying "It's All George Bush's Fault!"

http://www.itsallgeorgebushsfault.com

Regards,
Notta Libb