Comments on: Homeland Infrastructure http://themoderatevoice.com/14366/homeland-infrastructure/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/14366/homeland-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-93680 Gray Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:38:57 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/breaking-news/14366/homeland-infrastructure/#comment-93680 Hehehe, I love Europe! :D Hehehe, I love Europe!
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]]> By: Lynx http://themoderatevoice.com/14366/homeland-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-93678 Lynx Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:34:05 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/breaking-news/14366/homeland-infrastructure/#comment-93678 Bitte schön Gray :) Bitte schön Gray :)

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/14366/homeland-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-93675 Gray Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:22:19 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/breaking-news/14366/homeland-infrastructure/#comment-93675 Muchas gracias, Lynx Muchas gracias, Lynx

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/14366/homeland-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-93674 Gray Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:21:51 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/breaking-news/14366/homeland-infrastructure/#comment-93674 Ah, so I didn't miss the joke: Ah, so I didn’t miss the joke:

]]> By: Lynx http://themoderatevoice.com/14366/homeland-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-93638 Lynx Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:13:03 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/breaking-news/14366/homeland-infrastructure/#comment-93638 Hello Gray. It's not meant to be funny, per se. This is the classic risk chart used usually for a terrorist attack, presented if I remember correctly by ex-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge. The chart, since it's presentation, has been the object of criticism, ridicule and a huge numbers of spoofs. I remember one for Gay Marriages and another for School Shootings. This is just one for infrastructure collapsing, in reference to the recent collapse of a bridge. If you want to look for further meaning you could say that our obsession over terrorism has caused government to be less efficient in taking care of other essential aspects of governance, like taking care of infrastructure. I don't know how fair that is though, I suspect that plenty of infrastructure gets ignored, terror or no terror. Hello Gray. It’s not meant to be funny, per se. This is the classic risk chart used usually for a terrorist attack, presented if I remember correctly by ex-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge. The chart, since it’s presentation, has been the object of criticism, ridicule and a huge numbers of spoofs. I remember one for Gay Marriages and another for School Shootings. This is just one for infrastructure collapsing, in reference to the recent collapse of a bridge.

If you want to look for further meaning you could say that our obsession over terrorism has caused government to be less efficient in taking care of other essential aspects of governance, like taking care of infrastructure. I don’t know how fair that is though, I suspect that plenty of infrastructure gets ignored, terror or no terror.

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/14366/homeland-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-93629 Gray Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:33:03 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/breaking-news/14366/homeland-infrastructure/#comment-93629 Regarding the overwhelming amount of funny explanations, I understand you can't find the joke in this cartoon, too? Regarding the overwhelming amount of funny explanations, I understand you can’t find the joke in this cartoon, too?

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/14366/homeland-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-93595 Gray Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:55:24 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/breaking-news/14366/homeland-infrastructure/#comment-93595 I know this makes me look like I'm an utter idiot, but for heaven's sake, I can't see what's supposed to be funny in this cartoon. Maybe it's a translation problem, or a case of cultural differences, but could someone explain the joke to zhis dumb foreigner, pls? All I see are 5 different levels of risk, severe, high, elevated, guarded, low. Yeah, so what? Sounds totally rational to me... 8-/ I know this makes me look like I’m an utter idiot, but for heaven’s sake, I can’t see what’s supposed to be funny in this cartoon. Maybe it’s a translation problem, or a case of cultural differences, but could someone explain the joke to zhis dumb foreigner, pls? All I see are 5 different levels of risk, severe, high, elevated, guarded, low. Yeah, so what? Sounds totally rational to me…
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