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Nobody better tell the NYT editorial
board about the Waffle House Index
Hot Air, by Mary Katharine Hame
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Posted By:MissMolly, 10/31/2012 4:48:13 PM
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| As flood waters were pouring into every low point in New York City Monday night, the New York Times took the opportunity to knock Mitt Romney for remarks he made during the Republican primary about federal disaster assistance in an editorial entitled, “A Big Storm Requires Big Government.” (Snip) The restaurant chain has a guide for serving limited menus if there is “gas but no electricity, or a generator but no ice,” which allows the company to keep the supply chain fine-tuned and perishables headed where they’re used, not wasted. It becomes, literally, a port in a storm
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Msctex1, 10/31/2012 4:54:27 PM (No. 8977617)
Would have thought FEMA would be a finely tuned machine by now.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
disasterman, 10/31/2012 4:59:49 PM (No. 8977632)
Ask the people that lived through Katrina who they think did a better job with immediate help, FEMA or Wal-Mart. Wal Mart trucks were on the way with supplies before the wind died down, so were Lowe's and Home Depot.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
MissMolly, 10/31/2012 5:26:16 PM (No. 8977702)
Ham, not Hame.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/31/2012 5:26:35 PM (No. 8977704)
Waffle House would be great if they did not allow and encourage smoking. Realizing it is legal and some people enjoy it, I do not.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
kanphil, 10/31/2012 5:27:54 PM (No. 8977708)
This is a good article on the power of private enterprise and private charities to handle even the worst situations. FEMA is a bloated bureaucracy that eats up millions of dollars even when there is no emergency. Get rid of it. And Waffle House specifically? You won't find pheasant under glass on the menu, but the food is good and the staff unfailingly polite and efficient. Glad we got 'em in Texas.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Blackeagle, 10/31/2012 5:43:10 PM (No. 8977754)
Perhaps FEMA would benefitr from some PR and a ''rebranding''.
Renaming FEMA the Fast Action Response Team would be my choice.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 10/31/2012 5:44:55 PM (No. 8977762)
#5, I have a friend who is admittedly not a sophisticated diner. She plans her road trips around where the Waffle Houses are located. She says the menus and the food are dependable, tasty and affordable. I can't argue with that opinion at all.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
FenwayFrank, 10/31/2012 5:51:32 PM (No. 8977783)
The NYT is a non-critical entity, superstorm or not. I hope all their paper is wet.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
tocsin, 10/31/2012 5:56:15 PM (No. 8977794)
The Feds need to be ''chunked, covererd & smothered''!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/31/2012 6:13:22 PM (No. 8977833)
#8, years ago my best friend and hunting buddy was in the cleaning supply business. He said the cleanest eating establishments were the Waffle Houses. A very good testimonial.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
mossley, 10/31/2012 7:26:51 PM (No. 8977957)
#2, around here Wal-Marts were sold out by Thursday morning in advance of Sandy. As I went to pick up a prescription, I passed a manager on a phone coordinating the deliveries of new items. From what I've heard, that Wal-Mart got in several shipments of propane, Coleman fuel and lanterns, generators, batteries, flashlights, etc, before Sandy hit.
I'd rather trust a business than a government agency; businesses have to face consequences for bad service.
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Authorities on Tuesday revealed little new information about the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon, the most high-profile bombing on U.S. soil in more than a decade and a tragedy that presents a new test for President Obama. Obama, like all Americans, is standing by, waiting for answers as to who planted two bombs improvised from pressure cookers at the finish line of the storied race, and why. Three Americans were killed in Monday´s attack and more than 170 others were injured. "Anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror," Obama said,
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MSNBC contributor Joy-Ann Reid told the host of Now, Alex Wagner, that she thought President Barack Obama’s response to the attack on the Boston Marathon on Monday was powerful and comforting in a way that President George W. Bush’s response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, was not. She accused Bush of being unavailable to the American people for the “first couple weeks” after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Reid told Wagner that the president’s statement actively combatted the intention of the terrorists, which is to make their targets feel “discombobulated.” “Having, sort of
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CNN: Pressure Cooker Bomb
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Breitbart´s Big Journalism, by Lee Stranahan
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/17/2013 8:56:39 AM
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An article published on CNN´s website makes an unproven claim that pressure cooker bombs like the ones used at the Boston Marathon terror attack are a ´signature´ of ´right-wing extremists.´ The article was co-written by Jennifer Roland and Peter Bergen. Bergen is the CNN ananlyst made the claim that right-wing extremists could be behind the bombing less than two hours after it took place. The article says (emphasis added) :A senior U.S. counterterrorism investigator told CNN that pressure cooker bombs have also been a signature of extreme right-wing individuals in the
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Let’s hope the Boston Marathon
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SALON, by David Sirota
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/17/2013 7:38:32 AM
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As we now move into the official Political Aftermath period of the Boston bombing — the period that will determine the long-term legislative fallout of the atrocity — the dynamics of privilege will undoubtedly influence the nation’s collective reaction to the attacks. That’s because privilege tends to determine: 1) which groups are — and are not — collectively denigrated or targeted for the unlawful actions of individuals; and 2) how big and politically game-changing the overall reaction ends up being.
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Mark Kelly threatens to back
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The Hill [DC], by Daniel Strauss
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/16/2013 4:33:26 PM
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Mark Kelly, the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), is threatening to back an election challenge against Sen. Jeff Flake if the Arizona Republican votes against legislation to expand background checks. At a Christian Science Monitor breakfast on Tuesday, Kelly said he would back an opponent to Flake if the "right candidate" was available and if the senator failed to support a background check bill, according to reports. Flake, who is not up for reelection until 2018, has been close to Kelly and Giffords. But Kelly said the issue of control trumped their ties.
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