Originally posted by Nuugha
Coverage every day here in Sweden too.

The Americans are so busy fighting themselves, one cannot expect them to be interested in anything else.

Hey Nuugha!

I'm an American and I'm interested in the flooding in Australia. I hope my hard earned tax dollars that I give my country will find it's way to the people of Australia who are devestated by the flooding. You know Nuugha, it is people like yourself that give your country a bad name. Tell me, will your country give any money for disaster relief in Australia? I would hope so,but seeing that your past record has been to stay neutral I will leave it open to discussion. Your MORONIC statement above should not go unchallenged and this little bit of history will be just as ridiculous. I remember a time when your country{we will call the swedish people} let the German Wehrmacht use Swedish railways to transport the 163rd infantry division{June/July1941} to Norway and Finland along with tanks and anti-aircraft weapons to be used against the russians during the invasion of the Soviet Union. German soldiers traveling on leave between Norway and Germany were allowed passage through Sweden{this was all kept secret}. This was a violation of your neutrality pact. To keep from getting your arses kicked you let some refugees stay in your country but that didn't make up for the heavy losses of allied soldiers. You can't stay wimps forever...i mean neutral. Oh!,Just so you know Nuugha, The remaining neutral countries were going to be invaded as soon as the allies were crushed{just a little secret},but us fighting Americans like other fighting people who wanted to remain free prevailed because we knew what would happen if we stayed neutral.

Originally posted by Nuugha
Coverage every day here in Sweden too.

The Americans are so busy fighting themselves, one cannot expect them to be interested in anything else.

Hey Nuugha!

Don't make blanket statements unless you can back them up. We ALL don't fight each other. We are interested in other things. En sadan Moron....fa en pojke liv!

It does not surprise me that this issue is not being covered more then it should be. Like really, when was the last time we have ever heard of Australia flooding? Signs of the times or just plain ol mother earth?

It's amazing how little we really know about each other on this planet. We've been separated for so long, we don't know each other, and we assume things about each other, or we take other people's word for it.

All Americans aren't fighting each other, no more than all the people of Islamic nations are terrorists.. This is media induced ignorance, no offense to anyone. There are so many of us on this planet who just want the idiots out of power, so we can move on with life. None of us are perfect, but most of us on this planet would love to have peace.

Again, to my brothers on another continent, I hope healing comes quick.

Troy

I don't watch TV at all, but the only thing about Australia I've heard about on any of my RSS news feeds, is about Australia granting exploration rights to BP and another oil company. Sorry, but in America and much of the world, the media only exists to keep the corporate overlords informed about money matters.

Meantime, we've been having weird weather in my kneck of the woods. 20F temperatures one day, 60F the next, back and forth over and over.

Originally posted by hadriana
In the USA it is being reported but you will only see for the last several days if you really pay attention to global news. (I do.)
The shooting of a congresswoman and judge and the resulting political (don't know what to call it!) 'stuff' have dominated the news.
CNN is now carrying it front page US edition but it is still small.
I let my circle of friends know about it. I'm sending you guys my thoughts and hopes it will get better soon.
I love Australia. My entire family does. I want you guys to be ok.

Yes, there is coverage in the US, but it is relatively brief, which is nothing new. Tragedies all over the world are only mentioned in brief segments. Things like "around the world in 60 seconds" where they give the whole world a run down in under 60 seconds seems to be the average fare here. Exceptions are things that have been cherry picked like the miners in Chile, or some natural disaster where Clinton and Bush want you to give money to govt. run organizations for relief aid. Mainly the media outlets just peddle "bubble gum" to the brain washed masses in order to distract them while Rome burns.

Texas here:

I don't watch the news often, about 20 minutes a day, but they've been talking a lot about it. And it worries me a lot because I have a friend down there who I haven't heard from...

Chicago here and I always check the news websites every day and not one report, I watch the local news off and on and not one report I caught.

God Bless you Australia.

Originally posted by ArchDreamer
It does not surprise me that this issue is not being covered more then it should be. Like really, when was the last time we have ever heard of Australia flooding? Signs of the times or just plain ol mother earth?

We get floods in Australia every couple of years,not near the scale of these thou,Brisbane and surrounds had floods bigger than these in 1974,18 dead thus far

you are so correct and it has been remise of me not to mention our kiwi friends throughout this whole post. they are always first to respond to us and visa versa.

although i did find it funny that when they sent their first group of responders, they landed, and promptly hired a snake catcher before they would go anywhere.....pml