Recent content by rich64

er, actually you (and we) need to use less oil.

But surely this is the crux of the problem, the failure to move quickly and get adequate numbers of relief aid and key medical/logistical staff on the ground together with large numbers of troops to both reasure and help evacuate people has allowed the desperation to grow and led directly to the...

Very sad indeed and, as you say, it is the poorest 20% or so who suffer the most. The response to Sept 11th seemed to be very efficient and well coordinated but then one tends to forget that most people there had the wherewithall to help themselves and for the most part had their possesions...

Watching all this as a UK subscriber, I am shocked at the complete incompetance of the US authorities.....if I were American I would be calling for the Govt' to resign after this. I travel to the States twice a year minimum and love the country and it's people and can't believe this is...