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I was suprised to come to the site and see nothing about the hurricane. If there is something somewhere else let me know, I think, we as a community need to come together, and do something for the hurricane. Some kind of donation processes. It would look good for the Academy, it would show the public that gamers aren't all lazy/bad losers, and most importantly, it would help out the ppl in New Orleans/other towns greatly. What do you people think? If we could get something like what bungie's doing, that would be awesome. They are selling a halo related t-shirt, that also goes along with the situation, for 19.95. $15 goes directly to the Red Cross, the rest goes to the cost of actually making the shirt. No ones making a dime. I dunno how we as a relativly small community can help, but I really believe we should. I think, never before has our exsistance been so important, we can make a difference. Viva La Academia!, but more importantly, Viva La Katrina survivors!! -Dice _______________ Dicemaster |
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El Vee For - Student 
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Quote: If you have the MREs with the heaters that use water.....you can make little bombs out of them. They give off a gas (hydrogen prolly) when water is added. Put some water in a 2L soda bottle and drop the heater in and cap it. THROW IT BEFORE IT BLOWS UP FROM THE PRESSURE!! ROFL this was mad fun, the MRE heaters are magnesium based and man they would get hot!! The 2-litre firecracker was real popular in the barracks sounds like a shot gun!!  Used to throw then in tents to wake people up in the middle of the night. Great fun.  _______________ “Arguing on the internet is like competing in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.” |
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Fire - Student 
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http://www.threadless.com/product/304/Regrowth:_Katrina I bought this shirt, from my favorite clothing company, Threadless, and my ten dollars towards the shirt is gone towards a Katrina relief fund. You can too. Here's the site This comment was edited by Fire on Sep 15 2005 03:27am. |
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Threat - Student 
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Yeah, I remember having the MRE blockages. Never lasted 10 days tho. 2 or 3 at the most...but that was bad enough.  If you have the MREs with the heaters that use water.....you can make little bombs out of them. They give off a gas (hydrogen prolly) when water is added. Put some water in a 2L soda bottle and drop the heater in and cap it. THROW IT BEFORE IT BLOWS UP FROM THE PRESSURE!! Used to throw then in tents to wake people up in the middle of the night. Great fun. _______________ - Threat Ex-Unofficial Padawan of Rivian, AKA Chaos Ex-Unofficial Padawan of Phantom Owner of Grycen's 180th comment, Raydoe's 455th comment, and Rivian's EVIL 666th comment! This comment was edited by Threat on Sep 15 2005 01:54am. |
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Rivian Na'Dolo - Student 
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el vee... WOW ... so thats why... anyway im only haveing them for lunch  the neigborhood gets together every day and cleans out a fridge or freezer for dinner we had the *best* dinners the first three or so days... lazigna tonight woot woot _______________ What Do We Have To Learn From But Our Mistakes? All We Can Ask For Is Forgiveness. -Chaos~ [Master to Threat Na'Dolo and Trickster Na'Dolo][~Proud Friends~ Trooper, Kensei, RoseRed, Kitmitsu, Gradius, Setementor, Tarpman, Liso Jowol ~] [Owner of Tarpman's 2800th comment][Owner of Thomas Skywalker's 5398th and 5600'th comments][Owner of TreeX's 151th, 250th and 350th comments][Owner of Echuu's 666th and 800th Comments][Owner of JediFire's 123th comment][Owner of Vivi's 107th comment][Owner of Threat Na'Dolo's 100th comment][Owner of CC's 500'th and 1234'th comments][Owner of Kewan Obiobi's 310th comment][Owner of Piccolo's 2400th comment][Owner of Kensei's 3300'th comment][Owner of Liso Jowol's unexpected 2600th comment!] [Owner of the kill-Thomas-whenever-you-want-to certificate!][Winner of the 11000'th comment on Aeth S'kray's Count thread] [Looking for unofficial Padawans To Train]Na'Dolo Site Here. |
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El Vee For - Student
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Quote: MRE's are nasty, yeah one here or there is ok, but when its all you have for 30 days, well that will change your mind, oh yeah and after 3 days of eatin MRE's you may find some stange things going on with yer bowels. Either yer gonna get very constipated or the exact opposite, either way good luck.(those freaking MRE (meals ready to eat) are AWSOME!) Yeah and they are about 3000-4000 calories each. So don't eat too many or you may not be able to do any katas or the like. I had a friend in the army that hadn't #2'd in about 10 days, yep 10 days, well when finally had a movement I swear the damn thing was over a foot long and had the girth of your wrist, he was screaming like he was givin birth. LOL Just had to share _______________ “Arguing on the internet is like competing in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.” |
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El Vee For - Student 
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Quote: 70.9% of USA wealth in the hands of 10%, being corrected is fun, especially when I was making a general social statement, oh then I notice the link is to data that is 3 years old, maybe that is just as new as it gets _______________ “Arguing on the internet is like competing in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.” This comment was edited by El Vee For on Sep 12 2005 08:07pm. |
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Threat - Student
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Quote: (those freaking MRE (meals ready to eat) are AWSOME!) Yeah and they are about 3000-4000 calories each. So don't eat too many or you may not be able to do any katas or the like. _______________ - Threat Ex-Unofficial Padawan of Rivian, AKA Chaos Ex-Unofficial Padawan of Phantom Owner of Grycen's 180th comment, Raydoe's 455th comment, and Rivian's EVIL 666th comment! |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Nice to hear you and your family are ok Chaos  _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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SaZ - Student 
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army is not that worthless after all... _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Rivian Na'Dolo - Student
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hey everyone im aight.. as i posted before my house aint... i just wanted to say if your gonna donate dont do the red cross they arnt doing crap around here nor have i herd of them bing anywhere else, and little fact we moved over to slidell louisiana (or w/e) and we had the eye of the storm pass over us, they'res a few trees on houses but no major damage over here. im on dial up and from my grand parents house, everything over here is fine we dont need anything ATM the army is doing soooooooo well (those freaking MRE (meals ready to eat) are AWSOME!) -ChaoS  _______________ What Do We Have To Learn From But Our Mistakes? All We Can Ask For Is Forgiveness. -Chaos~ [Master to Threat Na'Dolo and Trickster Na'Dolo][~Proud Friends~ Trooper, Kensei, RoseRed, Kitmitsu, Gradius, Setementor, Tarpman, Liso Jowol ~] [Owner of Tarpman's 2800th comment][Owner of Thomas Skywalker's 5398th and 5600'th comments][Owner of TreeX's 151th, 250th and 350th comments][Owner of Echuu's 666th and 800th Comments][Owner of JediFire's 123th comment][Owner of Vivi's 107th comment][Owner of Threat Na'Dolo's 100th comment][Owner of CC's 500'th and 1234'th comments][Owner of Kewan Obiobi's 310th comment][Owner of Piccolo's 2400th comment][Owner of Kensei's 3300'th comment][Owner of Liso Jowol's unexpected 2600th comment!] [Owner of the kill-Thomas-whenever-you-want-to certificate!][Winner of the 11000'th comment on Aeth S'kray's Count thread] [Looking for unofficial Padawans To Train]Na'Dolo Site Here. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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Quote: Do we know anymore on Chaos? Are there any other JA members from that area? Anyone heard from chaos since this started? As far as I can tell he told everyone he was leaving, and was safe, but we haven't really heard from him. I'm talking on irc with him right now-Dice _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Threat - Student 
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Yeah he should be fired. Not only did he do a poor job, he didn't have the qualifications either. _______________ - Threat Ex-Unofficial Padawan of Rivian, AKA Chaos Ex-Unofficial Padawan of Phantom Owner of Grycen's 180th comment, Raydoe's 455th comment, and Rivian's EVIL 666th comment! |
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Buzz - Student 
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So far though the only ones that have really done any corrections is the federal government. Bush actually removed the inept head of FEMA from his role, and hopefully he'll get fired. You've still got the Mayor of NOLA and the governor of Louisiana, who prevented the red cross and salvation army from going to the superdome and convention centers in NOLA. That along with the governor saying she wouldn't have the resources under her(The National Guard) helping with the now mandatory evacuation of New Orleans. And both of your numbers are wrong on that. Wealth distribution in the US Of Course they also pay most of the taxes But its not the individuals that matters, its those big corporations out the squash the little people _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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Threat - Student
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Quote: The United States may be the richest country in the world but that doesn't mean much when 90% of the riches are in the hands of the 10% of the people. Actually, I think it's even worse than that ain't it? Like the top 1% or something? Anyway, it's not good.  No matter what your political leanings, I think it is pretty clear that the governmentS of this country did not do a very good job with the initial response. And I do mean federal, state, and the rest. I am a little embarrassed that the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world was so poorly prepared for something they KNEW would someday come. Hopefully we learn from our initial mistakes and are better prepared for when this happens next time. For the people of the Gulf Coast, hang in there! We're gonna get you back in action! Also, I promise to visit in the future and spend some tourist dollars there to help out! _______________ - Threat Ex-Unofficial Padawan of Rivian, AKA Chaos Ex-Unofficial Padawan of Phantom Owner of Grycen's 180th comment, Raydoe's 455th comment, and Rivian's EVIL 666th comment! This comment was edited by Threat on Sep 10 2005 11:26pm. |
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Dicemaster - Student 
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Do we know anymore on Chaos? Are there any other JA members from that area? Anyone heard from chaos since this started? As far as I can tell he told everyone he was leaving, and was safe, but we haven't really heard from him. -Dice _______________ Dicemaster |
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El Vee For - Student
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Horrible things happen all over the world and they happen all the time. The United States may be the richest country in the world but that doesn't mean much when 90% of the riches are in the hands of the 10% of the people. You can be sure that those top 10% are giving money, up to the maximum tax deductible amount. I am an American and as such I know the responsibility of being such. Even though I live from paycheck to paycheck and drive a $1500 dented up car to and from work. I buy lunch occasionally and once in a while take my kid to see a movie I was able to kick $50 to the Red Cross. Not out of guilt, not because of the destruction in the gulf coast, not to feed empoverished children, not to get medicine to dying people in africa. I did it because I could and the Katrina disaster reminded me I should. Even if it means that my family doesn't get to go to Black Angus but stays home and eats Macaroni and Cheese and hot dogs. That is what being an American is about. Kensei - your proportion is actually perspective Your perspective is that of someone who does not open thier eyes. Sorry but you are blinded by your opinion of America and not the way it actually is here. The American Government, and by association the American People inject billions of dollars into the economies of nearly every nation on the globe. We do this in the form of trade, tourism and aid. For our money we expect little in return, we expect fair trade, safe passage and the continued "pursuit of happiness" for the people that would gladly do business with Americans. For those that won't well to each their own. If anyone asked you for money for relief of the victims of Hurricane Katrina they were asking for the people that don't have anything anymore. These people aren't waiting for a goddamn insurance check, they have nothing. They experience worse conditions everyday they you can imagine in your worst dreams. Your response to which is "let Americans take care of Americans" I wish we could be so liberal when people are killed by nothing more than mother nature. Well we don't have that option, we can't just look away and say "well nothing we can do" cuz we can do something, so can you. When you choose not to do something leave it at that don't point out America as able to take care of itself, cuz this is about people of this world not just people of the greatest country on earth, you live here too and if your country was engulfed by natural disaster I would help without pointing out your governments shortcomings. _______________ “Arguing on the internet is like competing in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.” |
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NotSoLittleCaesar - Student 
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i find it slightly disgusting that some of the people in this thread even Need to look at the massive picture of this. yes. i see all your points. but talk about it AFTER. these people do need help. simply donate it to charity. actualy help them. instead of chatting about it. i send my heart out to all the people effected by the hurricane. good luck. _______________ Quote: I mostly agree oh Lord of the squeezy mop
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AvaloN - Student 
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I wish all those who have been affected by the hurricane the best. |
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Vasper Ba'xian - Student 
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Good to hear _______________ Brother to: Tamal, Kavar, J.D.,Jermia, Devlin, Ulic, Xiabara, Seij,Tarron Mib,>>>ROCK ON .My Spacescapes art page.My Everything Else art page. MY FAV. Jedi Are: Qui-Gon Jinn, Corran Horn, and Anakin Solo. Unofficial Master to Tamal. and Kavar. Founder of the Wuji Hundun Jian saber style. Proud owner of Tamal's 200th comment!//Proud owner of Refl3x's 300th comment!>>>Proud owner of Tyrant's 800th comment>>>Proud owner of Lucky's 170th comment>>>Proud owner of BDKawika's 444th comment>>>To except Existance is to except Reality.
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R2D2 - Staff
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Yea, Chaos' home was almost directly in the path, but her family got out there in time. _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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Quote: Hey guys this is me from my grandmothers house, theres a hurricane comeing so i'll be ova here for a few days. <3 all - Chaos |
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Vasper Ba'xian - Student 
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I see Chaos is down in that area. Anyone heard from him? _______________ Brother to: Tamal, Kavar, J.D.,Jermia, Devlin, Ulic, Xiabara, Seij,Tarron Mib,>>>ROCK ON .My Spacescapes art page.My Everything Else art page. MY FAV. Jedi Are: Qui-Gon Jinn, Corran Horn, and Anakin Solo. Unofficial Master to Tamal. and Kavar. Founder of the Wuji Hundun Jian saber style. Proud owner of Tamal's 200th comment!//Proud owner of Refl3x's 300th comment!>>>Proud owner of Tyrant's 800th comment>>>Proud owner of Lucky's 170th comment>>>Proud owner of BDKawika's 444th comment>>>To except Existance is to except Reality.
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Buzz - Student
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Well remember a few things. New Orleans, despite being a big focus on everything is only a small area of the land devestated. The total area is something the size of kansas. And the state that took the really big hit is Mississippi, no Louisiana. Also, the person in charge of the evacuation of NOLA is currently the governor of LA. Bush has urged her to request federal takeover of the recovery efforts in NO. You know that would mean she's not doing a very good job. She's the one that's only deployed half of Louisiana's National Guard, and took her time in doing so. Its also not any easy thing to get people into a flooded area. Helicopters are about the only option. There were no runways cleared, that might have changed now, but it takes time, so no planes could land. Roads are still flooded so there are many areas unreachable by foot or by bus. Its also not donating money to America. Its donating money to charity groups that are out to help people who have lost everything. You want your proportion? Africa has 3 times the population of the US. The deaths there are about equal to deaths in the US proportionally. If your heart goes out to these people you shouldn't be trying to put it in perspective. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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JamesF1 - Student 
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I'm going to be brief. My heart goes out to all who are mourning loss of family members, and to those who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. The looting stuff is stupid. By all means, loot for food and water (i.e. for survival). But stealing electronics, jewlery and other items that are of no use at the moment is - well - unforgiveable at a time like this. You really don't need an XBox, 20 pairs of Nike's and a brand new gold necklace to survive, now do you? And what's up with shooting at rescue forces? And raping? Raping of CHILDREN? That's just not acceptable, whatever the circumstances, especially in a first world country. However, I do not see the need for donating money to America - the richest nation on Earth and the world's only current super-power should be able to take care of itself in that regard. However, moral support is always a good thing. There should have been much better measures in place to deal with an event like this beforehand. Its not hard to notice that somewhere below sea-level, on a coast, and in an ideal position for hurricanes would suffer something like this sooner or later. Funny how Iraq could be 'taken' in three weeks, but its taken nearly a week to make much of a difference in New Orleans - and that's a lot closer than Iraq. Now, not trying to detract from the suffering, but maybe it'd be nice to have as much enthusiasm or hot-necked debate and demanding about, say, Africa? Where there are more people dying in a week from starvation alone (and more than 3 times more from AIDS), than Katrina has killed thus far. Just putting it in proprtion. And, as I said at the top of this post, my heart goes out to all who have been affected. _______________ Website |
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Buzz - Student
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If you want to do something to help with the recovery, then go to a charity and donate. That's the fastest most efficient way for you to help. The American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, Catholic Charities. All of them are good groups to contribute money too. Even the humane society needs donations to help with rescuing animals. Its out there for you to help with. This is the same recommendations that we had for the tsunami. The reason I haven't said anything is that what is happening right now is devestating and showing that many of the affected areas were not prepared for this. From people placing blame on this to the president; claiming he didn't arrive on scene fast enough and also complaining about him being there at all, to those making accusations of racial discrimination; Jesse Jackson even complained that there aren't enough blacks in the top positions for relief aid, to the images of 250 flooded school busses in new orleans that the mayor did not think to utilize to remove people before the storm hit, to them later saying they need busses to evacuate people from the area, and even those pieces of filth down there that have shot at rescue helicopters. There's also that moronic German minister that said its Bush's fault because he didn't sign the Kyoto protocol, demonstrating that people who believe humans are the cause of global warming believe 6 months of following a garbage document can affect the weather. Its all sad, from the devestation, to the deaths, to the loss of homes, to the worthless scum that politicize this event. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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