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Posted: 9/3/2005 7:25:19 PM EDT
Just announced on WAFB Channel 9 news out of Baton Rouge. FEMA has contracted with Carnival Cruise Lines for three 8000 passenger cruise ships. They said one will be docked in Galveston and one in Mobile. They didn't state where the third will be.
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And I bet the people will bitch that the rooms are too small and the all you can eat buffets don't have enough food selections.
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Who wants to bet that these ships will need to be refurbised when FEMA is done using them?
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The newscasters did state that the ships will probably need some renovations after the relief effort.
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They'll be looted and resemble garbage scows when it's all over.
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One word: scrap. Two of the three are older boats. This is the last cruise for them. |
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Time to short Carnival stock. When they get 'em back, they'll look like the Superdome.
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Yesterday we just got off a Carnival cruise and the ship is beautiful. We were able to sleep 5 in one of their rooms and we were VERY comfortable.
These people are gonna live in the lap of luxury for a while... I wonder if Carnival is gonna offer the same ammenities as we got? If they clear out the dining rooms and add cots and beds... they will be able to sleep something like 4000 on board. |
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Yesterday we just got off a Carnival cruise and the ship is beautiful. We were able to sleep 5 in one of their rooms and we were VERY comfortable.
These people are gonna live in the lap of luxury for a while... I wonder if Carnival is gonna offer the same ammenities as we got? If they clear out the dining rooms and add cots and beds... they will be able to sleep something like 4000 on board. Strip it and outfit it like a WW II troop ship. |
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Exactly. They will end up just like the trailers / mobile homes that FEMA provided for Ivan victims....so damn trashed they couldn't give the damn things away. |
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$1 They'll be destroyed. |
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Agree. They can tow them out to sea and sink them when FEMA is done. |
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...and let me be the first to say that the Jesse Jackson section 8 support group will use the term:
SLAVERY SHIPS ...more than 1,000 times in a 72 hour period. |
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I hope you are wrong... I mean if someone gave me free housing you bet your ass I would respect it as if it were my own home... well temporarily, but it is STILL my home. |
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The ships being used are:
The Holiday Maiden Voyage 1985 Tonnage 46052 tons Length 727 feet Beam 92 feet Draft 26 feet Speed 21 knots Registration Country Panama Passenger Capacity (dbl) 1452 Space Ratio/Passenger 31.72 ft/pass Normal Crew Size 660 Crew Nationality International Nationality of Officers Italian Nationality of Dining Staff International The Ecstasy Maiden Voyage 1991 Tonnage 70367 tons Length 855 feet Beam 103 feet Draft 26 feet Speed 21 knots Registration Country Liberia Passenger Capacity (dbl) 2040 Space Ratio/Passenger 34.49 ft/pass Normal Crew Size 920 Crew Nationality International Nationality of Officers Italian Nationality of Dining Staff International The Sensation Maiden Voyage 1993 Tonnage 70367 tons Length 855 feet Beam 103 feet Draft 26 feet Speed 21 knots Registration Country Panama Passenger Capacity (dbl) 2040 Space Ratio/Passenger 34.49 ft/pass Normal Crew Size 920 Crew Nationality International Nationality of Officers Italian Nationality of Dining Staff International |
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Frige...you have the correct thought process in place. The evacuees/refugees/victims/whatever have that entitlement attitude that is engrained into them since birth. A majority of them will be unsatisfied and will demand more. They might not burn it down, but will trash it. I see claims of "segregation" and "slavery ships" in the near future. |
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WTF is wrong with some of you people?! THESE ARE AMERICANS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING! THESE AREN'T CRIMINALS OR LEPERS! THEY ARE AMERICANS! |
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Why dont they put all these evacuees on all the god-damn military bases BRAC is closing!?
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<joke>Can we sink them when they reach deep water beyond the 12 mile mark?</joke> |
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It's BUSH'S FAULT! It's BUSH'S FAULT! It's BUSH'S FAULT! It's BUSH'S FAULT! It's BUSH'S FAULT! It's BUSH'S FAULT! |
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Drop them off at Jamica! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WTF is wrong with some of you people?! THESE ARE AMERICANS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING! THESE AREN'T CRIMINALS OR LEPERS! THEY ARE AMERICANS Hey, I could have suggested Detroit! |
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What about all the concentration camps that FEMA built? We can put them there! YEA! We can even build them working replica gas showers and a huge cremetorium!
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Nothing wrong with Detroit. Your state can have em. |
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Quoted:
Quoted: Drop them off at Jamica! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WTF is wrong with some of you people?! THESE ARE AMERICANS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING! THESE AREN'T CRIMINALS OR LEPERS! THEY ARE AMERICANS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, I could have suggested Detroit! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing wrong with Detroit. Your state can have em. We are getting them. www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm5892_20050903.htm I bet they would like Jamica better. |
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Did your mom and dad teach you to be a racist or did the KKK? |
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Back to the DU for you |
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What I think is that most of us are tired of the people that are whinning and bitching even as people are trying to help them. I can comfortably say even the most poor of our members would have hoofed it out with 3 days warning. So its not racism or prejudice, its frustration at looking at people who will not heed warnings and those that will not help themselves. |
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Back to the DU for you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's DU, Uncle Tom? Typical liberal way of attacking someone. Just Call them a racist, and throw in the KKK for good measure. |
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I wont take that bet with YOUR money! LOL |
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Its Carnivals way of totally getting the boats refit at someone elses expense. Also in the world of cruise ships those are pretty old and are smaller then the more recent monster boats.
But it wont be long before the toilets will overflow and rapes and murders occur on board. Too many places to hide and do bad things. |
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Oh, that's just fucking peachy. Right next door. That should help my case load. We have to let them live like the Queesn and Kings they think they are to keep them from looting and rioting I guess... |
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No kidding! I would'nt want to go below decks. It'll be just like the projects in any large city. I feel for the local LEO's wherever thy dock these ships. |
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If the "Chronics" from NOLA move in they will need to sell them for scrap |
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I suppose that somewhere, someone on DU is spreading the rumor they wont even wait until they are empty to sink them |
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Load them with "The Chronics" And sail them to the Bermuda Triangle. |
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What this guy said. Take a look at government housing projects. Doesn't take long for brand new ones to look like dumps. |
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+1 |
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Ahhhhh.... Who told Schmeg about the FEMA Camps and the showers? I thought everyone was going to keep it a secret!!!!! |
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all of the way back to Africa |
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more like burned down to the waterline and sold for scrap! |
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