# hippies go to far in cali

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**Created:** [February 8, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hippies-go-to-far-in-cali/195363 "2008-02-08T13:39:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hippies-go-to-far-in-cali/195363/57 "2008-02-15T05:43:43Z")

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> [@Official: ICE BOWL SABRES VS PENGUINS 01-01-2008](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-ice-bowl-sabres-vs-penguins-01-01-2008/34919/23):
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> So it’s the federal government that builds the levees that are supposed to protect my city, but when they fail the government should just let my city turn into a great big bowl of dead nigger soup?

The Army Corps of Engineers built the levees and stated they would only withstand a category 3 hurricane. Katrina came and broke them, a category 4 hurricane.

Trying to live below sea level next to the ocean is a preposterous idea. Anyone who lived in that soup bowl needs to have their head checked, and anyone who moved back in should be checked into a mental hospital.

> [@Official: ICE BOWL SABRES VS PENGUINS 01-01-2008](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-ice-bowl-sabres-vs-penguins-01-01-2008/34919/23):
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> YOu do realize that the majority of the population of the United States lives in fairly low lying coastal areas. If a big ass hurricane managed to get north enough and blasted Norfolk, Washington DC, Baltimore, NYC, Boston, etc. I doubt you’d be saying the same thing.

I don’t care what hurricane hits where. We’re 10 Trillion in debt, bailing people out who choose to put themselves in harm’s way is not the job of the federal government. We subsidized those people’s insurance with our rates for decades, now the companies got smart, raised coastal rates and stopped issuing policies in many areas.

Fix the levees after they break…I guess that’s ok, although everyone knew they could only hold back the ocean for so long. I’m sorry, everyone with an IQ over 80 who cared to pay attention knew. Know the risks of where you live and stop relying on the Federal Government to save you.

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