An emotional exchange just took place between CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. Cooper introduced Landrieu and immediately asked, “Does the federal government bear responsibility for what is happening now? Should they apologize for what is happening now?” Landrieu told him “there will be be plenty of time to discuss those issues,” and proceeded to begin thanking various government officials for their disaster relief support.
Finally, Cooper interrupted her:
Senator, I’m sorry… for the last four days, I have been seeing dead bodies here in the streets of Mississippi and to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other — I have to tell you, there are people here who are very upset and angry, and when they hear politicians thanking one another, it just, you know, it cuts them the wrong way right now, because there was a body on the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman has been laying in the street for 48 hours, and there is not enough facilities to get her up. Do you understand that anger?
LANDRIEU: I have the anger inside of me. Most of the homes in my family have been destroyed. I understand that, and I know all the details, and the President —
COOPER: Well, who are you angry at?
LANDRIEU: I’m not angry at anyone. It is so important for everyone in this nation to pull together, for all military assets to be brought to bare in this situation. I have every confidence this country is great and strong as we can be do to that, and that effort is under way. That effort is under way.
COOPER: Well, I mean, there are a lot of people here who are kind of ashamed of what is happening in this country right now, what is — ashamed of what is happening in your state. And that’s not to blame the people that are there, it is a terrible situation, but you know, who — no one seems to be taking responsibility. I know you say there’s a time and a place for kind of, you know, looking back, but this seems to be the time and the place. There are people that want answers, and people want someone to stand up and say: we should have done more.
Check out Crooks & Liars for the video.
Wow. Media being direct? That’s unpossible!
September 1st, 2005 at 9:35 pmI simply cannot believe what’s happening in our country. This is the worst response to a disaster I’ve ever heard of. Is this the Third World? It’s unfathomable.
September 1st, 2005 at 9:44 pmSomeone needs to send in the U.N.
No, seriously.
September 1st, 2005 at 9:45 pmShe needed to be in jeans, t-shirt and work boots counting corpses. This is the first time I’ve seen her in the field. F*CK HER. Her job is on the line because her votes are disappearing.
September 1st, 2005 at 9:48 pmSend in the U.N. and have Bush and Co. arrested for war crimes while they’re there.
September 1st, 2005 at 9:49 pmglad to see that the good reporting of CNN didn’t leave with carville :)
September 1st, 2005 at 9:53 pmI emailed Cindy Sheehan and asked her to take care of the victims and help their voices be heard. I hope she will take my suggestion seriously.
September 1st, 2005 at 9:54 pmCooper also went to Niger for the famine. The god of horrible cable news will surely strike him down soon enough.
September 1st, 2005 at 9:55 pmGood on Anderson Cooper.I saw him yesterday,when he broke down on the air.I am so sick of seeing Bush,with that sneer on his face.I don’t know if you are aware Canada has had troops and supplies ready to go since day one,but has to await permission from the U.S.,before they can go to help in the relief effort.There isn’t much I can do,but my prayers and thoughts are with all the frontliners,including the marvelous journalists who put their life on the line everyday,to make sure we the people are aware of what goes on in this old world. Marie British Columbia Canada
September 1st, 2005 at 10:00 pmIt’s about time someone from the media presses for real answers. Now, how about getting Bush to sit down and answer a few choice questions?
September 1st, 2005 at 10:01 pmCooper gave it to Landrieu - and she was rebutting saying she knows everything - she’s from there - she was a disgrace -
fire her ass too
President Bush
September 1st, 2005 at 10:02 pmWanted for multiple criminally negligent homicides in and around the city of New Orleans
God bless Anderson Cooper for that.
September 1st, 2005 at 10:07 pmChertoff should resign in disgrace. He has failed in his duty to plan for this sort of emergency.
September 1st, 2005 at 10:08 pmEmail Cindy Sheehan and ask her to take charge of housing refugees @ meetwithcindy.org
September 1st, 2005 at 10:13 pmScarborough on MSNBC was very harsh on gov’t response for his entire show.
September 1st, 2005 at 10:53 pmYou can’t send in the UN until you pay all the membership dues you owe.
September 1st, 2005 at 10:56 pmit’d be nice if these people (usually all Bush fluffers) would be as tough on Repubs as they are on Dems. Scotty’s back in DC deflecting questions about the current Presnit’s competence with “Now’s not the time to blame” but the underlings are attacking any available Dems in full force.
September 1st, 2005 at 10:59 pmI’m in LA, part of the state public health response effort. Having been a bit busy for the past several days, this is the first of the blog discussions I’ve seen - and I’ve watched very little tv/listened to very little radio. Search and rescue folks can’t do their work because there’s no security. They’re targets for snipers and other violent people. An ambulance was turned upside down. The grief is overwhelming. The loss is unfathomable. We’ve begged the feds for security support as our state police, local law enforcement, and national guard units are so busy. We don’t have security yet.
September 1st, 2005 at 11:03 pmScarborough was interviewing his “wife’s Republican friends” and they were not very happy with Bush.
September 1st, 2005 at 11:04 pmDems and Repubs are in damage control because they know they all dropped the ball. We could get a new congress out of this. I think I’ll run.
September 1st, 2005 at 11:09 pmSusan
Why don’t you E-mail George W. Bush, and ask him to help. After all he is the President of the United States of America.
Lay-off Cindy Sheehan, Susan. Your outrage is aimed at the wrong person. It was bad enough Bill O’Reilly aiming a snide remark towards Cindy Sheehan tonight.
That’s why George gets paid the big bucks, to make decisions in times of a National emergency. Not to strum a guitar and fill his fat face with cake.
If I were you Susan, I would apologise to Cindy. How the hell can she be blamed for hurricane Katrina?
September 1st, 2005 at 11:18 pmI saw Cooper yesterday and he was obviously upset by what he was reporting. Let’s see, between Cooper and Cafferty, maybe all is not lost on CNN.
September 1st, 2005 at 11:20 pmAnderson Cooper was magnificent!
Mary “DINO” Landrieu is a she-devil.
Kudos to Anderson Cooper.
The underside of my boot to Mary Landrieu.
September 1st, 2005 at 11:32 pmrotatingmass-Seems our country cannot fight two wars and a weather disaster at the same time.
It must be so painful for you to watch what is happening to your state, your beautiful New Orleans.
I have been stunned that National Guard personnel or military were not pre-positioned for a hurricane as massive as this one, and then sent in to assist with evacuation and provide security.
I have no experience in this sort of thing, just seems, uh, prudent.
I look at what is happening, what was not done, the lack of planning, the lack of vision or comprehension of what could happen, at the Federal level, and I think I see better how Iraq went so cowpie. No real planning, no understanding. Where are the food drops? Water drops? Called my Repub rep today, told by older sounding lady in his office that the government is doing everything it possibly could, that the press just sensationalized everything. I said people are dying from lack of water–please get Bush to do something.
Oh, I do pray things will improve so you can do your jobs, so people can get water, so the sick can get to care. Keep up your strength and, such a weak wish, good luck.
ABC Nightline just reported no buses for 4 hours tonight and crowds growing!
I am up here in NJ and can’t believe this is happening in America. And you are living it. Thank you for what you do.
September 1st, 2005 at 11:42 pm[…] Transcript swiped from Think Progress: Senator, I’m sorry… for the last four days, I have been seeing dead bodies here in the streets of Mississippi and to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other — I have to tell you, there are people here who are very upset and angry, and when they hear politicians thanking one another, it just, you know, it cuts them the wrong way right now, because there was a body on the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman has been laying in the street for 48 hours, and there is not enough facilities to get her up. Do you understand that anger? […]
September 1st, 2005 at 11:55 pmYes, strange behavior from the press. I even saw ORielly point out the fact that Bush did not answer Diane Sawyer’s question about looters, and later he was critical of the national guard not being responsive. I tuned into fox to see what his idiotic spin would be and was surprised to not hear it.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:01 amI called many Dem senators today. When I tried to discuss accountability with them–holding the Bush administration accountable NOW–I was told in very stark terms that now is not the time for political parties.
Oh yeah…well, then when? When is the time?
The worst, unfortunately, was Barack Obama’s office. What’s happened to him? Such hope…and instead such a major disappointment. The guy has been assimilated Borg-like into the Dem establishment. What a goddamned waste.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:10 amAt least Mary showed up. Where is the Republican senator from Louisiana, David Vitter?
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September 2nd, 2005 at 12:24 am[…] Anderson Cooper just can’t take the lies, grandstanding, and lack of accountability anymore and tears into Mary Landrieu. From the transcript: Senator, I’m sorry… for the last four days, I have been seeing dead bodies here in the streets of Mississippi and to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other — I have to tell you, there are people here who are very upset and angry, and when they hear politicians thanking one another, it just, you know, it cuts them the wrong way right now, because there was a body on the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman has been laying in the street for 48 hours, and there is not enough facilities to get her up. Do you understand that anger? […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:28 amCooper is one of the few left at CNN who will speak the truth to power. As bad as Landrieu is, she has no power, she can’t modilize one soldier or transfer one helicopter. Bush on the other had has finally gotten off his fat ass and started the political reaction machine to make it appear that he is effective and responsive. It’s all PR at this point for him. I actually think it is funny what Fox did with the video of looting. They kept playing it up because it was blacks doing the looting, but ended up showing the country and the world, that the government had lost control. But all of the commentary about how Fox has been not as protective of Bush as they usually are shouldn’t get their hopes up. The VRWC (vast right wing conspiracy) will reassert discipline soon enough and figure out a way of blaming this on Clinton.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:49 amAll is lost on CNN. Two sane voices does not save that poor excuse of a cable network.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:51 amIf a government can not take care of its own citizens, it ceases to be relevant. Ms. Landrieu had better get a clue or she will be unemployed. The mutual ass kisssing of those in positions of power is nearly as sickening as the images being broadcast from New Orleans.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:03 amThis is a chance for the media to redeem themselves.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:21 amNot many have been harder on CNN than I the last few years but they are REPORTING THE STORY actually talking to the people on the ground and showing the pics in all their rawness. On Kyra Philips show they showed video of about 20 people standing inside what looked like a dumpster outside the convention center and they were giving the finger, yelling help us and screaming fuck something. The video and audio were unedited and no apologies were made by Phillips when she came back. Maybe all isn’t lost for CNN.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:25 amEveryone knows the ship is sinking. Everyone knows the captain lied. In Florida, the people are finally waking up. Even the bourgeoisie is saying we live in a dictatorship and that life as we know it is over. They say to stop the trillion dollar war and send Halliburton, Bechtel, and Kellogg, Brown, and Root to New Orleans. The bourgeoisie is scared. Not rescuing the poor people of New Orleans is already causing race riots across the country. Obviously, Chertoff’s only plan was to kill off the poor people. I have watched PBS programs for years about this disaster. A movie was even made about it, so not having a plan means the plan was to kill off the people left behind. Is this the plan of a moron who bankrupted every business his daddy set him up in or is it the plan of the Rockefeller Syndicate? I have no idea what country I am living in. America would have sent in the Marines and dragged all those people out, including the prisoners. I am astonished by some of the CNN commentators who are showing empathy. But the fact is that they are not allowed to broadcast a lot of the footage they’ve seen. Americans would willingly take in these refugees if they were decent folk but these people are the dehumanized masses America has been unwilling to embrace since Reagan took office in 1980. They cannot recognize kindness because they have known only exploitation. Maybe they stayed behind to loot, as my mother believes. But looting is not a capital offense, and this government spends billions to keep alive severely retarded, brain damaged, non-ambulatory people, who need constant care, so why can’t it save thinking/feeling humans? Life as you know it is over. People are envisioning the Mad Max movies as hopeful scenarios. As a blacklisted/ watch listed person, I have been living the bourgeois nightmare for seven years. This breakdown of society is a welcome relief to me. This is a terribly backward violent country, and I would not even be here if I were allowed to board a plane. Why should I die among the people who have tortured me unmercifully for seven years?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:59 amWow. Go media. First decent thing I’ve seen from CNN in YEARS.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:02 am#21
Susan is not blaming the hurricane on Cindy. She is not being sarcastic. Susan has a good idea. Send the refuges to Crawford or the White House. It is a good place for them to speak face-to-face with those that have completely let them down.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:09 amLandrieu is a disgrace. Almost all Democrats seem to be neutered and spayed these days… led by the biggest sell-out chump of all…Bill Clinton.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:12 amSusan– how’s this? from the Houston Chronicle:
“Today, [Cindy Sheehan’s] supporters plan to go to Shreveport, La., to deliver more than 5,000 pounds of supplies left over from Camp Casey to hurricane victims” Happy now?
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:20 am#38
That is great news. These people can use all the help they can get.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:36 amWhy isn´t possible to help for a nation with the most modern army (superweapons, helicopters, tanks …..) - Why are they not able to help the people in their own country. IRAQ and Afghanistan - there they are using their high tecnology, their knowledge from wars (years ago) - but are not able to help their own citizen?
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:47 amHopefully you will understand that your president is only interested in the economy and not really in the people.
The war in Afghanistan and Iraq was for oil. Now he also is worrying about the oil meanwhile the people in the “hurrican area” have nothing to drink.
I am glad to see here in Germany that some of your reporter are not blended and do what a reporter has to do - SAYING THE TRUTH - and is not putting lipstick on the pig! - We need more COOPERs!!!
Having lived in La. for 30 years. We have known this could happen to New Orleans under the right circumstances. All it would take is one levee break and the city is under water. Why werent we prepared?
You can never get 100% of the people out of a large city. Some won’t leave and many can’t leave.
Why wasnt the army, national guard, and FEMA ready and waiting to go in. Why wasnt marshall law declared day one? This is a national disgrace.
But beware other large cities such as Houston, Miami, LA, New York and others. Once the power goes out or gasoline runs out the streets will turn to disorder.
September 2nd, 2005 at 3:33 amWe, the people of America, must DEMAND impeachment of Bush/Cheney and the rest who are responsible for this deliberate negligence that now is tantamount to murder.
September 2nd, 2005 at 3:37 am[…] Anderson Cooper tears Landrieu a new one: “Senator, I’m sorry… for the last four days, I have been seeing dead bodies here in the streets of Mississippi and to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other.” (Transcript ) (Video link) […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:12 amSusan, Why would I do this?
“Email Cindy Sheehan and ask her to take charge of housing refugees @ meetwithcindy.org”
Marie, I noticed the very quick refusal to accept help also. (I live in Kelowna)
I think Canada is being punished for not accepting our invitation to partake in the festivities in Iraq.
I have no idea what is going on with Bush refusing help (as I heard it) or delaying it, but I am sure that if it results in harm to stranded, starving, injured, dieing or very youngpeoples, it would be considered ‘not acceptable’.
That is to bizarre to imagine and I will give benifit of the doubt. I am sure it is a nightmare trying to organize and deploy the assistance, and it is just a matter of timing and priorities.
Susan?
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:14 am[…] I’ve been up too many nights until 2 or 3, and I’m tired; so the last word goes to Anderson Cooper who finally told a politician what we’ve all been thinking (by way of Think Progress): (to Sen. Mary Landrieu) COOPER: Well, I mean, there are a lot of people here who are kind of ashamed of what is happening in this country right now, what is — ashamed of what is happening in your state. And that’s not to blame the people that are there, it is a terrible situation, but you know, who — no one seems to be taking responsibility. I know you say there’s a time and a place for kind of, you know, looking back, but this seems to be the time and the place. There are people that want answers, and people want someone to stand up and say: we should have done more. […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:16 amSharon - you were dead on right. I hate to say it but our entire society is sick, especially the republicans which is about 40% of us. The republicans are so absolutely filled with unbridled greed and hate that they are enjoying this. And the democrats are acting like fools - for they will never stop the madness/achieve any real change until they are willing to address the root cause of it ALL. The voting system has been taken over in key states. For the life of me, I do not understand why the progressive community is not screaming bloody murder. What is going on here? I mean, damn, every resouce and able body that we can scrape together should be dead focused on this. Not one progressive that I know or have spoken to has disputed that the voting is rigged, so why can’t I get anybody to listen. Why do you people keep ignoring this? Why? Why? Why? Why isn’t this the headline of every single damned progressive blog and media service in the country? Why is such a vital thing to our entire democratic process being given such light coverage and outrage? Will someone besides me please take up this cause??? Will someone listen?
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:22 amShoot the GOP looters first
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:31 amWell it’s a new day. I just woke up and realized that
September 2nd, 2005 at 7:27 amHOMELAND SECURITY IS A SHAM
HOMELAND SECURITY IS A SHAM
HOMELAND SECURITY IS A SHAM
HOMELAND SECURITY IS A SHAM
HOMELAND SECURITY IS A SHAM
You’re almost right, Brian - Homeland Security is a sCam.
I woke up this morning and had a new thought… the break in the NO levee system is replicated by a breach in the dyke between the ruling elite and the American people. Dubya knows that he’s about to embark on the toughest, hardest 3 years of his life (if indeed he lasts a full term), but this is not just about him.
To the serried ranks of GOPers who have the hands on the levers of power, you people are first in line. To all the Dems who went along with the GOP pillaging of the Federal coffers, without at least registering your objections, you people are gonna get f*cked up as well. If you had the slightest inclination to fight for proper funding of domestic projects and responsible foreign policy the way you fought to protect the filibuster, you’d have the GOP by the balls. As it is, you look as supine as ever.
Hopefully, NO will come out this tragedy. I cannot imagine how desparate things are down there, but I won’t abandon hope.
However, when the time is right, there should be no delay in letting the GAO loose on the FEMA infrastucture. We need one total clear out of the criminally incompetent, irrespective of their partisan colors. Katrina was a natural disaster; in its wake, it has left a national disgrace.
September 2nd, 2005 at 8:12 amThere is no reason for people to be dying in the streets. People just falling over dead from the elements. I can’t believe this.
September 2nd, 2005 at 8:18 amIt’s too damn bad the residents of NO and other hard hit areas can’t receive the same prompt service the bin Laden family received after 9/11, with all air travel suspended even.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:02 amDon’t let anyone tell you different; the missing National Guard and their equipment in Iraq has cost hundreds of lives in a much delayed rescue effort.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:10 amNow civilian Americans in America are paying blood for Iraqi oil.
Cooper is a shameless pig. Is there nothing the MSM won’t politicize to attack the President?
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:11 amSharon, I am afraid I have to agree with you. Our whole society is broken, badly. It has been for some time, but when I realized that the Bushites were covering up the truth about 9/11, I knew that our country is really FUBAR. Everything that has happened since has only convinced me further.
I believe that the whole thing is going to need to come crashing down, before the fools we have put in Washington, at great expense, by the way, “get it.”
If Bush is scared of Cindy Sheehan, I imagine he will mess his pants when all those red-staters turn on him. Those good old boys aren’t all that peaceful when you betray them and mess with them. From what I am hearing, it is already happening. Bush better have himslef one hell of a security team if he thinks he is going to walk around comforting people with hugs and prayers in the Gulf Coast, right now.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:20 amA couple of things:
Anderson Cooper and Shep Smith deserve the biggest awards possible! Both have been laying into people of power and their passion is inspiring. I am guessing that they are used to better conditions but they are stuck like the rest of the people.
Michael Brown, Michael Chertoff, Mary Landreiu, Ray Nogin, POTUS, David Vitter and Kathline Blanco all should be recalled after this disaster settles down. If Gray Davis can be recalled for people’s power being shut off, these “Leaders” should be kicked out for what is no doubt much worse!
Somewhere their are stacks of video of OUR LEADER helping out in Florida last year when that state was hit. What would be different about last year and now?
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:22 amBush has lost it completely. His latest public statement is that the results of “rescue efforts are not acceptable”.
Who the f*ck is writing this script? The efforts of those few people of the ground doing the rescuing is extraordinary and they need all the credit and encouragement they can get. The co-ordination at state and federal level is non-existant. How f*cking stupid is the President if he can’t articulate this distinction?
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:23 amI think we see the rescue personnel displaying the same mental block that the police in Littleton Colorado showed at responding the killings at the Combine School. The police sat outside the school and waited as they hear the shots being fired and people killed inside the school. Why? It is because they feared for their lives.
Now we have the people in charge, and those that are rescuers themselves, holding the back from coming into NO for fear of their lives and not fear of NO people dying because of their own in-action.
Where is the American courage? Where is the American creative leadership?
Not one of the recent emergencies, hurricanes, energy crisis, electrical blackouts, Iraq war, or 9/11 has any leadership or plan to deal with the emergency. Not one plan has been in place. Nothing is provided by the Federal agencies when needed.
Why is this happening here in America? It is the result of the GOP goal to cut Federal funds for programs and then when the programs fail to eliminate those programs as unnecessary.
When will America hold the entire GOP accountable for its gross treasonous actives? They are out to destroy American government for the enrichment of their superrich at the expense of every American not rich.
Remember! We are Americans First!
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:29 amGood for Anderson Cooper! Another cable reporter who’s been great is Aaron Brown - he was pissed off on Tuesday night - before anyone else on TV.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:30 amWith this “Country Club” mentality, there is no one to roll up their sleeves and get the job done in a timely and efficient manner.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:31 amYou’re Fired! ……….says the Donald
How about all of the those millionaire basketball, baseball and football professional athletes? Wouldn’t it be possible for them to reach down deep into their pockets and donate a few millions towards the relief effort? They’ve got the bucks.
Since they have lots of money (they make lots more than Bush does, that’s for sure) and probably enjoy tax breaks, too, one could assume that they could afford to pony up something, don’tcha think?
They probably voted for Bush, just like they all voted for Ronald Reagan when he promised a tax cut back in 1980 when he campaigned for a tax cut from 53 percent down to 39 percent. They all voted for Reagan back then.
Maybe they forgot where they came from.
Where are they now?
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:35 amWell as John McCain is so fond of saying, “Elections have results.” Indeed. We are seeing it in Iraq and now in N.O. I hope it’s a wake up call but I’m afraid I don’t feel very optimistic about voters in this country or leadership on either side.
By the way, intelligent design? Hmm…
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:38 amNeD would defend this admin even if he saw them eating babies. It’s like a mother defending her young (I know, really disgusting mental picture) so absolutely nothing he says has any real meaning - like when your mom says you look good - really believable. NeD’s complete and utter blind following of his leader so slants all of his arguments that he just isn’t worth debating at all anymore. He has lost any shred of credibility that he ever had here. He is lost to the mindless and cannot be unplugged. He is now totally devoid of any humananity whatsoever. It is, at this point, just sad, pathetic and insignificant.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:43 amI second the comment about Aaron Brown. He has shown his disgust since day one. Also, last night Ted Koppel brought down the fact hammer on Mike Brown of FEMA. As Koppel said, kuddos to Brown for having the courage to stand in the box and take the questions, as few of the other politicans have.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:44 amhmmm… Bush’s response in a few months will probably be to promote someone in the Administration or award them a Medal of Freedom.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:56 amPaula Zahn ripped Mike Brown pretty well, too.
This is truly unbelievable.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:57 amI agree with Northeast dilemma, we can’t let somebody like Anderson Cooper ask tough questions.
The slaughter in Iraq must continue. The disaster in New Orleans was going to happen no matter what, so what difference does it make?
Keep up the good work, Northeast Dilemma.
New Orleans floods and Baghdad burns.
What more could any good, fully-invested, Republican ask for?
Um… get a grip, NED.
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:01 amThe nation - its people and its press - must not let Bush off the hook on this.
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:05 amHe restructures the government, he appoints his unqualified friends to high places, he orders tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of domestic programs, and he involves us in an illegal war — folks, what more do we need to impeach this man?
Do you know that Shanghai evacuated 600,000 in advance of a typhoon yesterday?
#53. I’m with you, NED. The mainstream media is constantly attacking President Bush over the war against global terror and now this mess. To hear them talk, the president couldn’t find his ass with both hands.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you think MSN should take a page from Fox News when it comes to shameless politicizing?
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:06 amOh, and NED, before I forget shouldn’t you have mentioned the names of “Gore” and “Kerry” or at least Clinton in your entry at #53?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but you aren’t making my entries any easier to defend our views against the liberals here unless you throw those in now and then.
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:13 amI just came back from redstate.org
Apparently, the single greatest obstacle to humanitarian aid is criticism of the President.
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:20 amGo Anderson!
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:25 amGo Anderson! Nice work. I hope the other reporters and anchors see the amazing response he’s gotten for his challenge and follow suit.
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:29 amOf The People(elite frat boys and corrupt cronies), By The People(rigged elections), For The People(destroy programs and social infrastructure for the average citizen)
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:30 amYou people are correct! The fact that bush violates every tenent of common morality and creates danger and death so he can play GIJoe (because he is apparently too chicken to really be GIJoe, but he wears cute costumes, dunn he?) has nothing to do with the outrage felt by 70% of the worlds population, and over 50% disaproval from his own country.
You called our bluff, dang it, we do it because we are anti-Bush, for no apparent reason.
I also will now admit that it is the cart which pushes the horses. We are caught.
I wish we had the temerity to slam everyone who disagrees with us because we are well reasoned and cautious. But we are feeble and do it before any reasons appear.
Okay, now what? Okay, I will go first.
I admire Bush for planning the war in Iraq since the late 1990’s, I admire the way him and the ‘gifts to mankind cohorts of his’ cooked the books, and then blatantly lied about yellowcake. It impresses me no end that he doesn’t ever let reality affect his judgement, and his loyalty to his obscenely rich oil cartel results in a 1.5 billion dollar gift while sticking the average family for several hundred dolars in extra taxes in donations from average hard workers.
Furthermore, it is with breathless awe that I watch him create a debt of over twenty-five thousand dollars per family from a sex crazed Clinton regime, while selflessly sacrificing 2000 thousand US soldiers, 4000 Iraqi securitry trainees and officials, and at lest 27 up to 110,000 men women and childrens lives so they would quit hogging their two hours of electricity everyday while whining about the 5 fold increase in infant mortality.
He is a very brave and dedicated leader, and I am sorry I am so lame as to harbor ill will towards him for no good reason.
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:36 am[…] I paraphrased, but you get the drift. You can find the full transcript on Gawker, and the video on Crooks and Liars. More coverage on ThinkProgress, TVNewser, and Wonkette. […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:45 amI’m so glad that the US is SO prepared for a terrorist attack that they are handling this disaster with ease!!
This shows just how inept this administration is. Think of it - it’s the equivalent of having a four day warning that a terrorist attack would come, and they do NOTHING!!!!
Chin up, everyone. This could be the end of the Republican party! Maybe Ken Mehlman will give a speech where he apologizes to New Orleans. Whoops! There goes the black vote for Repubs in 2006!!
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:56 amThis has gone beyond responding to Bush supporters on this website.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:01 amBet the Bush administration wishes they had embedded reporters for this one. They are ill-equipped to handle the reality of a situation without control of all info.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:07 am#62 - you for killing babies so what’s the difference.
The NO mayor and Louisiana Gov are a disgrace - typical of Democrats who shamelessly exploit inner city communties for votes, but do nothing for them afterwards. If you people want to play the blame game - fine. Just don’t cry when we blundgeon to political irrelevance - AGAIN.
AND folks - with the MSM on your side, you are doomed for failure. The GOP will add more seats in the senate next year if you want a nasty fight over this.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:12 amAs Brian has stated here, This whole innept reaction to a disaster points out the the fact that terrorism is not a real fear of this admin. or we would be much better prepared. Homeland Security is about scare tactics and is a SHAM.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:14 am#80 - there is a difference between natural disasters and terror. I know it’s hard for a Bush hater to understand, but try, you might learn something.
I laugh at all of you losers. Can’t wait to see the look on your faces when Ginsburg announces retirement next spring - LOL!!!
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:19 am[…] For example, Anderson Cooper, host of Anderson 360 on CNN, interviewed Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu last night and got right to the heart of the issue. Cooper introduced Landrieu and immediately asked, “Does the federal government bear responsibility for what is happening now? Should they apologize for what is happening now?†Landrieu told him “there will be be plenty of time to discuss those issues,†and proceeded to begin thanking various government officials for their disaster relief support. Amidst the overflowing thank-yous, Cooper interrupted her: Senator, I’m sorry… for the last four days, I have been seeing dead bodies here in the streets of Mississippi and to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other - I have to tell you, there are people here who are very upset and angry, and when they hear politicians thanking one another, it just, you know, it cuts them the wrong way right now, because there was a body on the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman has been laying in the street for 48 hours, and there is not enough facilities to get her up. (Transcript Credit: Think Progress) […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:23 amYES, THIS IS THE THIRD WORLD.
If you haven’t figured it out yet, the Bush administration’s “mandate” has been to loot the treasury, destroy the american economy, reduce workers to a slave/servant class for the benefit of the top 2%, to create a indentured class of debtors with the new bankruptcy law, and to place the United States under military rule. That’s why Rummy has destroyed first responders, and has centralized the police power under the department of security of zze Fatherland.
Welcome home, all, good Germans.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:36 amUmm so what do you say to the funding cuts NED? What about theis incredibly slow response from the FEDERAL branch of disaster relief? Where’s the co-ordination from the top? Why does homeland security say that they ‘didn’t know’ about the hurricane shelters?
Why NED why?
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:37 amThat’s right NED, now that America sees what a great job Republicans are doing running the country, we don’t stand a chance.
I don’t see the humor in this, though. Forgive me if my empathy and humanity prevents me from sharing in your chuckle.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:43 am#33, THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE MEDIA TO REDEEM THEMSELVES???
Come on, after the last FIVE PLUS YEARS TO REDEEM THEMSELVES, it is apparent to ALL that they have LOST THAT CHANCE.
I DO NOT WATCH THE MSM REPUGNICAN TALKING HEADS.
I now understand my smart friends that say “I Don’t own a television”
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:48 amEven NPR was kicking Chertoff’s ass last night. It’s about time.
ANd NoD, shut the hell up for a change. You are so full of shit. Stop trying to defend the indefensible.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:49 amHas been hippie - you won’t be laughing when the GOP gains more seats last year. You’ll probably claim Bush stole again to win.
You people don’t get it - as bad off as Bush is right now, Democrats are worse off. People HATE how you think.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:49 amJust because a few of the stories are hitting REAL NEWS at this moment in time, does not mean they have GROWN A SET….. it means RATINGS.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:50 am#87 - stop hating Bush blindly.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:51 amSorry, to post in parts, but…
Further, the WEATHER is neutral enough to report on, and LIGHTLY touch on the people’s outrage!
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:51 amI see nor east DIMENTIA is back to his orig. handle., and STILL OFF IT’S MEDS.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:52 amSimple fact nor east DIMENTIA, no one reads your tripe… PEOPLE WITH AN I.Q. OVER 40, look at the poster before bothering with the content.
Transversly, people with an I.Q. below 40, read your posts and believe you are dumby’s intellictual equal. (actually everyone believes that)
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:54 amnor east will BLOW out of here when it’s shift at McDonalds begins.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:55 amMy GOD NeD is so STUPID. Please don’t interact with this foolish boy - it embarrasses us all.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:55 amBut I FEEL SAFER SINCE DUMBYA AND HIS HANDLERS HAVE DE-STABILIZED THE ENTIRE PLANET.
One thing you can say about him, HE IS A UNIFICATOR. The entire world hates the USA. And people here with an I.Q. over 40 hate HIM.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:57 amKJ Lovell - exactly. As soon as I see NeD now, I just pass it over. It is alway the same line - we win you lose. He is so distraught he doesn’t even know what he is saying. He says people hate what we think. How idiotic. He sees the poll numbers and he sees how the feds have handled this. He is a desperate young boy that doesn’t understand simple logistics. Sad really.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:59 amP & P - how true!! Most Americans love their country, and maybe they don’t like Bush, but they don’t hate him the way you do. They don’t hate religion the way you people do.
They are not praying and hoping for another terrorist attack so they can say Bush isn’t doing enough for homeland security. You people are cheering death and destruction and it’s disgusting.
To even claim A. that Kyoto would have stopped Katrina, B. that Bush isn’t doing enough to help the victims is just plain foolish.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:02 pmLIYING DEMOCOMMIES! YOU PEOPLE WOULD BLAME BUSH FOR YOUR BATHTUB RING BUT YOU FILTHY HIPPYS DON’T EVEN BATH! HE CAME TO MY TOWN AND I SHOOK HIS HAND. IT WAS THE MOST PROUDEST DAY OF MY LIFE. IT WAS AN HONNER. I HAV’NT WASHED MY HAND SINCE.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:16 pm“LANDRIEU: I have the anger inside of me. Most of the homes in my family have been destroyed.”
And yet I’ll bet none of the people in her family are lost, stranded, starving or dead. Funny how that works. She understands the anger of people suffering because her family has lost stuff.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:17 pm#53
“Cooper is a shameless pig. Is there nothing the MSM won’t politicize to attack the President?”
Cooper didn’t say anything about Bush you stupid f*ck. Besides the fact that the MSM has not been attacking Bush at all. That is the biggest part of the problem. The MSM is not attacking Bush ever. They need to start attacking him. People like you need to be attacked also, but not with words.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:35 pmWhat really makes me sick- are the Bush frauds and phonies over at FOX… not only do they continue to make excuses for this pitifull excuse of a President they lied, cheated and stole thier way to “elect.” Bush finily speaks and spends 10 minuites talking about GASOLINE PRODUCTION… and 30 seconds on the HUMAN BEINGS DIEING ON THE STREETS AND BEING EATEN BY RATS!!!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:40 pmCheney?… Still ON VACATION!
“Condi” Rice? Let’s see… last night, DAY 5 of this DISASTER she went to the Monty Python Play! Today? Why Shoe Shopping! Hey, Condi’s on VACATION TOO!
Just now- I watched a long stretched out PHOTO OP, of Bush and the Gov.of Alabama, and the Fema “guy” on the ground… in front of all the tv cameras showing Bush at great length what they are supposedly doing in Alabama… while Bush, obviously uncomfortable. Uncaring… or just plain stupid, “pretended” to be following along as thwey spoke and pointed at the maps rolled out in front of W.. Looking at his facial expressions, you could just see this man either couldn’t understand what he was being shown, or just really did not care. It was written all over his face!. He couldn’t wait to be out of there! It was sickening!
#79
“The NO mayor and Louisiana Gov are a disgrace - typical of Democrats who shamelessly exploit inner city communties for votes, but do nothing for them afterwards.”
Once again, you have us confused with democrats. We are well aware of the fact that 40% of the democrats in office vote republican 70% of the time. These scum bags will be driven from office as well.
Any politician that says anything remotely like “Let’s not politize this.” or “There will be a time for questions later.” should be hung.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:45 pm“I emailed Cindy Sheehan and asked her to take care of the victims and help their voices be heard. I hope she will take my suggestion seriously”
Susan - did you ask her why she was exploiting her son’s death for shameless political game? Did you ask her why she chose to spit on her son and family’s wishes when she aligned the radical far left? You’re a moron.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:11 pmCome on People - Support the Federal Relief Efforts! Your criticism is traitorus and you are endangering the relief workers!
Joe Six Pack - your ignorant name explains your ignorant views.
By the way, is anyone else having trouble with Haloscan? I wonder if Haloscan works on the repugnant sites? I’m going to check.
P.S. I knew you guys would ignore my comments on Election Fraud - just as you largely ignore the “Election Fraud” problem. Hoping that it will go away and voting while hoping and praying that your vote gets counted. Pardon me, but I am not insane and everything I said made sense - so what the F is wrong with you people/my progressive brothers and sisters?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:12 pmI saw Anderson Cooper’s exchange with the (republican in democrat clothing) Senator Landrieu. At first I tried adjusting my TV; then I decided that those ‘body snatchers’ must be back. Now I must say this was Cooper’s finest hour. I am heartened by the response of many in the front line media to the criminal negligence of ALL of these damned politicians whose only concern is covering their asses and patting each other on the back as if the public are too stupid to notice that these bastards have screwed up royally. All the silly ‘You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch your’s’ games ain’t gonna save them when the chickens come home to roost on THIS fiasco! [Of course…that’s what I said after the gutless Democrats knuckled under to GWB’s phoney plans for the Iraq misadventure]
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:15 pmBravo, Poster #103, Spudge-Boy!! That’s the best comeback I’ve seen for the one-dimensional partisans who assume that those who ‘hate our President’ MUST be Democrats.
I’m Green, myself…and I say anybody who sells out his vote to the ‘lesser of two evils’ Democratic candidate again needs to have his or her head examined. This damned ‘two-party system’ has become a joke and a sham!
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:28 pmRemember all of the clamor and threats when Terri Shiavo had no water for 4 days? For days now, every government officials from Bush on down, has asked the people in NO to be patient. (Do not mistake some of the people in NO as heeding Bush plea for patience, they are actually listless because they are dying.)
Oh, excuse me. Connie Rice did not request patience. She was vacationing in NYC. The media busted her and she scurried back to the WH to consider what offers of foreign aid to accept.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:41 pmcapdeblu, I could not agree more with you.
I cannot believe that there was NO plans for an entire evacuation of the city.
There SHOULD have been a plan, and drills should have been performed.
The Japanese have all sorts of plans for evacuation in case of a tsunami. Plus they exercise those plans every year with drills to make sure EVERYONE knows trouble is coming and where to go and what to do when it happens. Just imagine how it would be if our schools or businesses never had fire drills.
Everyone would die in the fire in chaos.
As soon as the first levee broke there should have been alarms going off all over the city to let people know to get out. There should have been an emergency broadcast on TV before the electricity went out.
There should have been plans in place.
Once again this administration has utterly failed to protect it’s citizens.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:53 pmCan’t you people recognize a professional detractor when you see one? NED…go back to your day job. We’re sure you have one, probably in the propaganda biz.
DON’T FEED THE TROLLS!
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:54 pmI’m also definitely NOT a democrat. If I’m considered “liberal” at all, it’s only a side effect of the libertarian idea that people have the right to live their lives free of ANY government interference, as long as they don’t attempt to subvert another’s rights. An idea that, at least on paper, sounds like one of the Republican’s favorite tag lines, doesn’t it?
But the republican’s sold out to the religious “wrong” so long ago that they can’t even hear themselves contradict their own ideals.
If I criticize a politician, it’s not because they’re a republican, democrat or whatever… it’s because they’re doing something I perceive to be stupid, or at least misguided. People who are on the attack of those who would question the president’s decisions seem more interested in finding ways to connect the failures of policy on the critics — after all, none of the things that HAVE gone wrong would have happened if we all just shut up and accepted his wise leadership.
Over 120 thousand people dead in Iraq? That’s our fault, obviously. Not enough National Guard to deal with this catastrophe? Well, if we weren’t hell bent on “sabotaging” the president with our concerns, they all would have been home by now.
Yet there’s a fatal flaw in this approach: The government is currently republican, with a relatively docile opposition. Think the latest controversy around filibusters was a sign that the Dems had finally hit puberty? Folks, they were ALREADY approving over 97% of Bush’s nominees… which gave the republican’s the idea that they might actually be able to go for 100% in the first place.
Democrats, republicans… they’re ALL to blame for this mess. But Bush is the guy in charge, regardless of how he got there, and it’s his JOB to take responsibility for this.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:01 pmU.S. Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla) has urged President Bush to fire Michael Brown as undersecretary of the Homeland Security Department in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Wexler cited reports in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that FEMA under Brown’s management inappropriately gave away $30 million in disaster relief funds to people in the Miami, Florida, area even though they were not affected by Hurricane Frances, which made landfall more than 100 miles away”.
Read more…
September 2nd, 2005 at 3:01 pmLeave it to the moral pigs to politicize this horrendous tragedy!! How much blood and $$ have YOU donated??
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:05 pmThis situation has shown the design flaw in Homeland Security. History and experience tell us that tightly-controlled top-down hierarchies respond sluggishly to fluid conditions and shock situations. The old-school organizational thinking brought in by the Bush team has calcified our safety, emergency and law enforcement agencies into a single rigid structure. A culture which rewards loyalty and obedience is hesitant to react without explicit direction when events unfold quickly and communication channels are blocked.
This is why the response to New Orleans took so long. The President was on vacation. The Congress was in recess. The “power” was down in Washington, so to speak. Until they came back to the office, the DHS bureacracy was paralyzed - better to wait for approval than risk dismisal.
I don’t think Bush is an evil man, or a stupid man — I wish I could say the same for some of his staff — I think he means well. But I do believe his skills as an organizer and leader are severely underdeveloped. And at critical times such this, those deficiencies cost lives, property, and well-being.
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:15 pmGo Anderson! People actually talking truth on cable news?!
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:17 pmThere aren’t very many MSM cable reporters worth anything, but a few are worth watching, even if you don’t agree with them all the time. I don’t want to have to agree with them all the time, I just want the facts, with no spin:
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:20 pmCooper, Cafferty, Brown, Olberman.
#109 said: Just imagine how it would be if our schools or businesses never had fire drills.
Everyone would die in the fire in chaos.
You’re right. We’re looking at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire for the 21st century. On a grand scale.
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:37 pmI too am dumbfounded. I never, ever would have expected to hear FOX reporters and see FOXnews.com question the administration in this manner. I am amazed by the fact that Paula Zahn, Anderson Cooper, Aaron Brown, TED KOPPEL, and many, MANY other news professionals have been as blunt and to-the-point in questioning the lackluster relief coordination.
I think they have, by and large, done an excellent job of pointing out that while the relief EFFORTS have been exemplary, it is the leadership and coordination and availability of those efforts that have made them insufficient. I just about cried when I heard that even O’Reilly’s stopped kissing the administration’s hindquarters!
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:51 pm[…] I know, I know, I am playing politics with the disaster. Bush was quick to CYA and say that he hoped people didn’t play politics during the crisis. Coming from someone who uses 9/11 as political capital at every opportunity, that is a little hypocrtical. Apparently his own party didn’t get the memo. Nice to see Anderson Cooper sack up. Bush is playing politics on his own terms. Today has been a series of feel-good photo ops. I particularly like the photos of Bush in front of the Coast Guard helicopters and men in their dress uniforms. All it needed was a Mission Accomplished banner to be perfect. By the way, shouldn’t those helicopters be in use saving people and bringing in supplies, or they just for show? […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 5:40 pmTo Susan:
If your comments made about Cindy Sheehan were serious comments, and not sarcastic.
Then I apologise.
September 2nd, 2005 at 5:53 pm[…] I’m fed up with her. http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/01.html#a4740. This is so unaccpetable politician like behavior. A portion of transcript can be found at think progress […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 6:30 pm#109 - Brilliant idea about the drills. Let’s see - who might show up?????? Hmmmmmmmmmm??? The poor - too busy flipping burgers or sweeping up at Wal-Mart - how would they get there??? The infirm????? NOLA would take ambulances out of service????? Hmmmmm? The “evil rich” (translation for those not “envy challenged”: “anybody who has more than you!!!!!!!!!!!!”)or the sell-out schlubs from the burbs??????????? Too busy making a living AND exploiting the poor”!! The drug dealers and crack whores????? I’m sure those civic minded enough might consider attending the drills. BUT THE NEO-DEMS AND PROGRESSIVES KNOW THE TRUTH - IT’S ALL GEORGE BUSH’S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!! (Did I sound appropriately pissed off!!)
September 2nd, 2005 at 7:20 pmI never thought the revolution would begin in Louisiana. Of all places, Louisiana. But it has begun. This perfect storm has put the gap between the haves and have-nots in America on display for all the world to see, and it’s disgraceful. Finally, the truth is exposed, and the rest of the world sees the America that lies between “Friends” and “Baywatch.”
Sure, the world felt sympathy for us after 9/11/2001 - they expressed their condolences and laid their wreathes — but deep down they knew… we had it coming. Decades of economic imperialism disguised as “foreign policy” will do that.
Now, the world pities us. They can see through the facade of our propaganda to the disparity and utter desperation of segments of our society and we should be ashamed of ourselves. We look like complete and utter hypocrites. The beacon of freedom and democracy, the land of opportunity, the greatest nation in the world - but at what? Now the world doesn’t just mourn our dead, they pity our survivors.
It’s time to take our country back. The neo-cons and evangelicals have had their time. Their time is over. Now we must make them extinct. It’s time for revolution in the United States of America. Not the violent, bloody kind - we have too much violence as it is. The one that happens in hearts and minds. We need to reinvent this country into one that cares for its citizens and does all that is necessary to keep us safe. Not by fighting senseless wars and building an iron curtain on our borders, but by saving our environment, investing in our future, and working towards real peace in the world.
We could be such a great country, in every sense of the word. And we will be, if we start acting now.
September 2nd, 2005 at 8:51 pm#118 I think ou spoke too soon. O’Reilly is back to blaming the victims again — they planned this, you see, because they wanted destruction. The man is incorrigible. A creep. A pervert.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:10 pmNick Caine, #21 in case you come back to this thread. I was being serious about Cindy helping the displaced Americans. I believe in solutions and what better way to allow their voices to be heard than to descend on Crawford or D.C? At least they’ll be given food and water. It’s not like these people have anywhere else to go.
I don’t know how you read my post as being against Cindy. And to suggest that I ask Bushie to help is ludicrous, the only thing I want from Bushie is his resignation.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:29 pmSusan, it just read to me as a pop at Cindy Sheehan. I was wrong, when the right-wing have been making those types of comments. It can become difficult to decipher some posts as for or against Cindy.
Cindy could probably sort out this terrible mess. Cindy is a woman of great courage and fortitude. And Cindy can obviously organise a piss-up in a brewery, (maybe that’s a British expression, but you get the gist of it), unlike George W. Bush and the GOP. But I think she has other things on her mind at the moment. Like making Bush accountable for the war in Iraq. And the current tour she is undertaking across America. Culminating in the war protests in Washington DC at the end of the month.
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:01 pm#60, Why don’t the Bush family personally pony up some money to help? They have all that wealth generated by financing and propelling Hitler in the 40’s.
How about Halliburton giving some of the “gouged” money to this effort?
How about the Super Rich giving the tax break money back to this effort, and while they are at it, dip into their deep pockets?
How about Rove giving his raise (after the CIA scandal) to this effort?
Why doesn’t Condi (sleezy) Rice-arony, take back that $2000 in shoes (she purchased during the disaster) and give that money and some of her salary to this effort?
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:30 pmIts about time someone like Anderson Cooper confront these politicians. To give them a new perspective outside the political atmosphere of their lives. A realistic perspective instead of seeing money. It would be great to see Landreau amongst the Hurricane Katrina victims instead of “tossing” money in. Money is not always the solution. This ought to be a lesson for all politicians.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:48 pmSusan I agree with your posts. You and I want bush’s resignation! Cindy does as well. I truly believe so.
I also truly believe she and you and I will receive bushie’s resignation shortly. I do think Cindy will have a better chance at this if she concentrates on her game plan without diversions.
I think Canada is really ready and able to handle this disaster, if dumbya will LET THEM IN OUR COUNTRY.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:49 pmWhat’s going on here?! Are some MSM reporters suddenly becoming human beings? Even Shepherd Smith on FauxNews just about broke down while reporting on Hannity-Colmes tonight. He appeared to be just barely holding his temper as that A#1 A__hole Hannity kept coaxing him to jump aboard the Bush Spinwagon.
September 3rd, 2005 at 12:07 amYes, America is the third world. I can’t believe you guys haven’t figured that out yet.
September 3rd, 2005 at 12:10 amThe division between the classes WIDENS!
September 3rd, 2005 at 1:38 amThe Rockefeller Foundation controls the government, media, healthcare system, educational system, the financial structure, and all major charities within the American colony. In the Rothschild world government, we are the war makers and producers. That is our role in the world, as designed by the men own the chessboard. You were told you were free from the time you were born, so it is a miracle if you do not believe it. All of you who display dissident reactions are miracles. I congratulate you. The problem is that we have this role in the world because we are the only country dumb enough to sacrifice ourselves and our children for the purpose of increasing the wealth and power of the elite through war.
September 3rd, 2005 at 2:11 amFew of you realize that 9-11 was an inside job, that the WTC buildings were wired for demolition, and that there were no terrorists. Some of the people named as hijackers are living in their respective countries. Their passports were stolen by Mossad agents. The rest were CIA employees. Everyone in the government knows this. There are hundreds of web sites devoted to this information. See the Dancing Israeli sites and the media lens sites. Zionists and neocons created this war with Iraq. The idea was to divert Arab oil into Haifa. At any rate, all of you are pawns in the chessboard. The future of the world depends upon your non-cooperation, and you need to step it up. Above all, do not contribute to the Red Cross or any charity mentioned by the elites. The Red Cross is a scam, which funnels your blood money to elites, not victims. Do not ever give a dime to the Red Cross. If you want to do something, adopt a family. Go to the Astrodome and take a family home with you. Other than that, don’t contribute.
Is this our media? If they’d been half this brave and unwilling to carry water for idiots and liars, we wouldn’t be in Iraq.
September 3rd, 2005 at 3:49 amI’m sorry, but your government/agencies are just unbelievable. What the hell is going on? The response is pathetic beyond description and would be laughable if it didn’t have such traqic consequences.
September 3rd, 2005 at 4:13 amAnd what happened to your media’s much lauded “The public has a right to know.” If Cooper’s recent programme is really such an anacronysm in American broadcasting then you all really have serious grounds for worry.
As far as culpability goes, I am still staggering after reading this article in the Guardian On-line http://www.guardian.co.uk/ katrina/ archive/ 0,16441,1560621,00.html
###KATRINA COMES HOME TO ROOST (excerpt)
….The Bush administration’s policy of turning over wetlands to developers almost certainly has contributed to the heightened level of the storm surge. In 1990, a federal task force began restoring lost wetlands around New Orleans. Every two miles of wetland between the Crescent City and the Gulf reduces a surge by half a foot. Bush promised a “no net loss” wetland policy, which had been launched by his father’s administration and bolstered by President Clinton. But he reversed the approach in 2003, unleashing the developers. The army corps of engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency announced they could no longer protect wetlands unless they were somehow related to interstate commerce. In response to this potential crisis, four leading environmental groups conducted a study that concluded in 2004 that without wetlands protection New Orleans could be devastated by an ordinary - much less a category four or five - hurricane. “There’s no way to describe how mindless a policy that is when it comes to wetlands protection,” said one of the report’s authors. The chairman of the White House’s council on environmental quality dismissed the study as “highly questionable”, and boasted: “Everybody loves what we’re doing.”
Is this common knowledge in America and if not, why not?
[…] Think Progress » Cooper to Landrieu: Americans Want Answers An emotional exchange just took place between CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. Cooper introduced Landrieu and immediately asked, “Does the federal government bear responsibility for what is happening now? Should they apologize for what is happening now?†Landrieu told him “there will be be plenty of time to discuss those issues,†and proceeded to begin thanking various government officials for their disaster relief support. […]
September 3rd, 2005 at 6:26 amThat’s exactly what happens when your government is a business… if it’s not profitable, it’s not possible.
I’m a Canadian, watching the horrors of New Orleans unfold and I am so disgusted with how your government is handling the situation that I don’t even have the slightest idea what I would do if I was faced with the situation you have down there.
The US has waged a war against terrorism, causing terror to erupt on foreign soil, for some time now. Like the days of the Roman Empire, you have become spread too thin. You have a hurricane at home, something that should be a top priority to handle, and yet the speed of relief is utterly retarded by government greed and corruption.
The emergency could have been handled much better by officials, and if the Democrats were in power, I am sure that a far more swift response would have been executed.
The spin-off of this has financial ripples that reach Canada, too. Everything is becoming inflated like crazy.
We are experiencing the highest gas prices in Canadian history. $1.44 CAD per litre, and rising. That is 3.7854118 * $1.44 = $5.45 CAD per US gallon of gas, which is $4.58 USD a gallon!!!!
Is society crumbling? Is this just the beginning of another great depression?
Well I guess it’s certainly depressing, right across the board.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:29 amDear PH*k - We agree on one thing - initial response was too slow. Knowing the propensity for widespread flooding, more helicopters with foodstuffs should have been dropped until rescuers could arrive. I notice you for got to mention the heoic efforts of anyone, so I’ll tip a collective hat to the Coast Guard! As for Canada - your country went squishy years ago - you let every known puke in and pay them for the priveledge of putting up with you. You want to lower gas prices in your neck of the woods - cut the horrifyingly high tax rate you government leeches demand to pay.
September 3rd, 2005 at 1:46 pm#133- “Few of you realize that 9-11 was an inside job, that the WTC buildings were wired for demolition, and that there were no terrorists. Some of the people named as hijackers are living in their respective countries. Their passports were stolen by Mossad agents.” I’ve got news for you Sharon, there’s a black helicopter (filled with MOSSAD agents circling your house RIGHT NOW!!!
September 3rd, 2005 at 1:58 pmI was wondering who was manning those things. They have, in fact, stopped. Black helicopters from MacDill AFB began buzzing me in December 2001. How often they flew over I can’t say, because I wasn’t home that much. There were roadblocks on the access roads to my home, and unmarked, white patrol cars were constantly staked out around my house. Some group confiscated my neighbor’s home after he was arrested for DUI, and strange men lived there in shifts, carrying in heavy bags of equipment.
I was put on a watchlist under the Clinton Adminstration, but I can’t find out why because I live in a dictatorship. If I did not live in a dictatorship, I could request my FBI file through the FOIA and sue the government for what it has done to me, as did some members of the Weathermen Underground in the early 1980’s.
The Patriot Act was recently renewed, however. If it hadn’t been, the government would have been overwhelmed with lawsuits from completely innocent citizens, like myself. Obviously, the watchlists are meaningless; otherwise, they would not be secret watchlists, and I would be charged with some infraction of some law.
I have 600 pages documenting what happened to me, but this is not the forum for explaining my case. All I wanted to say is that I have seen only a few, white, unmarked helicopters circling my house lately (possibly U.N.). This is my latest house. I have m