Comments on: Rumsfeld Continues To Blame Newspapers

By: alan hindle

alan hindle — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:42:54 +0000

The President, I understand, is a follower of the Rapture Index. I’ve read this several times in various places, though, obviously I can’t know if it’s true. If it is, a hurricane is considered a good thing by the Rapture, it has a positive score, because it brings the world one step closer to fulfilling the criteria in the bible for Doomsday. To overexert yourself countering the snowball down a mountainside that Rapture and the End of The World signifies is, I believe, a sin against the intents of God. Bush wants Armageddon, so all the good Americans can go to Heaven. I have a feeling you’re all f***ed. Doesn’t the American constitution have a means to get rid of a dangerously useless president? Impeachment at least.

By: Maggie Dusnic

Maggie Dusnic — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:51:18 +0000

… and guess who gets the contract to repair the naval facilities damaged by Katrina? Haliburton. (see http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/hurricane_katrina.html)

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:45:32 +0000

The point you are making is important, but this is the more obvious question: WHAT WERE THEY DOING GETTING THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE PAPER? Why weren’t they AT WORK?

Do you get to leave work when there is a threatened disaster or an emergency of any kind if you are a manager or have any significant critical role?

Let’s say you are the Manager of Technology at a company and your firewall has been penetrated. Do you wait to find out what the on-call network administrator says is happening the next morning, or do you go into work? If you want to keep your job and your reputation and your moral obligation as a competent administrator, you damn well go to work.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:35:25 +0000

What kind of leader leads by what he reads in the newspaper? Are they saying they have no other information pipeline than the media? That’s completely absurd. Did they first hear about 9/11 from a newspaper headline? This weak attempt at a defense for being incompetent just makes them look more incompetent.

By: Now That's Progress

Now That's Progress — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:17:20 +0000

Katrina: The Kitchen Sink Edition

“It Wasn’t in the Papers, How Would We Know?”
Think Progress finds the administration defending its efforts by saying the newspapers told them the storm would spare New Orleans. At yesterday’s press briefing a reporter asked this obvious question:…

By: Zookeeper

Zookeeper — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:13:17 +0000

#81 – Your comment made me remember several excellent posts by Justin Frank MD on Huffington Post regarding Georgie, his untreated alcoholism, and the consequences to the country. Quite interesting.

By: Ryan Neat

Ryan Neat — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:21:31 +0000

Alcoholics and adicts always blame those who try to tell the truth instead of assuming accountability. This is why the ‘christian’ route of going dry is such a bad psychological disservice to alcoholics. It just turns them into adicts of religion, hate and ignorance instead of helping them address they psychological underpinnings that support them being an alcoholic in the first place. Too bad bush didn’t go to 12 step and get good therapy instead of following some christian quack with a bible and a level ignorance only surpassed by his arrogance…

By: Keith H.

Keith H. — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:08:35 +0000

I’m really getting to the point of confronting every as*hole on the street that has a W/04 sticker on his car. I’m so fuc*ing frustrated and mad that I’m ready to go postal.

By: David B

David B — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:51:56 +0000

I think Rumsfeld and Myers have enough to worry about in Iraq and Afganistan. We have enough “experts” involved with disater relief as it is.

By: Sharon Cox

Sharon Cox — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:40:17 +0000

I Can’t believe they read the paper to get their info with our technolegy now, the net, high speed everything, who do they think they are kidding. I’m continuely learning even now. All the GOP lies are dragging us back to the dark ages, they might start the witch trials next. Where’s my broom….Blessings

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:56:15 +0000

Not to worry. They don’t waste their precious time reading major American newspapers, they read World Net Daily.

I found the “New Orleans dodges bullet” headline here:

http://w115.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46025

By: Sharon Cox

Sharon Cox — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:27:23 +0000

No, think I heard somewhere they have a morning prayer meeting to start the day. Wonder what they did while all were on vacation. Where was Rummie all this time.? Remember the young Service man last year that asked the big question when Rummie was on a photo opp and in Iraq.? What a pile of crap he is. Sorry I have been off point here can’t stand any of this bunch.Blessings

By: BelmontShore

BelmontShore — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:48:47 +0000

WHY IS ANYONE ARGUING WITH THESE GOONS OVER NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.

WHAT THE HELL ARE THE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY DOING USING NEWSPAPERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER A CAT 4 HURRICANE.

My GOD, it’s the wrong damn thing to hit them on. Forget the newspapers, how about communicating with the states hit? What are they doing, having coffee and danish in the breakfast nook, figuring out what to do that day?

Criminy.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:45:21 +0000

Ryan Neat
I just saw the clip of Pelosi of which you spoke — as you say, it WAS strong. I would like her to keep it up – and I hope others join her.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:43:33 +0000

Gosh, I sure hope you’re right, Ryan.
Keep up those encouraging words.

By: Ryan Neat

Ryan Neat — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:41:00 +0000

Marie,

Before you say the demos are all too polite – remember that Pelosi called bush oblivious and dangerous today… I think this event might have finally given the press and the opposition party some guts. It’s ‘abstract’ when it’s ‘over there’, but to see so many americans die, lose their health and lose their jobs I think is a watershed event.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:11:58 +0000

I agree Marie. Its time for the people to start voting out all members of congress. In the next election I will vote against any current member. I’ve used this practice when voting for judges. They get cocky and lazy when they get too many terms.

You may have noticed that the pugs consistently tout that we aren’t behaving when we speak out and many dems fall for that nonsense. Speak loudly and if you must riot!

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 03:54:05 +0000

nittacci,
I am afraid you are more correct than I would like to believe.
We must all hang together against the powerful machine of the right and we must force our representatives to do the jobs we elected them to do – and for which they get paid. They are playing too nice, too polite.
The Republicans would not think twice to step on their necks, and we should demand that the Democrats use similar tactics. I am usually not this physical, but drastic times require drastic measures. If our leaders don’t show some backbone, we will have to do it ourselves.
The nation is headed toward disaster for lack of good leadership on both sides. Theirs is criminal but strong, ours is democratic, but appears weak.

By: nittacci

nittacci — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 03:30:48 +0000

I wish I could be more optimistic that citizens are becoming more aware of the disaster that Republican leadership has been. I am in awe of the discipline of the Right-Wing Meme Machine has when it comes to monopolizing the public dialog.
I wish even more that the Democratic Leadership would show some inspiration and guts. Even if it means risking being trashed by the Right Wing Media. One real leader of FDR or even Wellstone quality should be able to tear the Bush Administration to shreds.
I don’t know if I’ve got the time to wait for the new Liberal Think Tanks to start showing results, or the patience.
In a country with a real opposition, we’d be seeing a general strike or some other massive public response.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 03:16:17 +0000

We can do both Ryan.