Comments on: Careless In Crawford: Catastrophes Gather While Bush Vacations http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:57:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Hanry http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-1158169 Hanry Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:01:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-1158169 The lawmakers don’t give a rats butt. As far as they’re concerned, health care couldn’t be better. But then, they ARE getting socialized, single-payer health care, unlike the rest of us. The lawmakers don’t give a rats butt. As far as they’re concerned, health care couldn’t be better. But then, they ARE getting socialized, single-payer health care, unlike the rest of us.

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-465949 Lora Sun, 05 Mar 2006 03:59:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-465949 Mighty Hypocrite, 94 - Dear Cyra - “You’re entitled to your own opinion - but not your own set of facts,” (D. P. Moynihan, D-NY). You may be right in this case, Mighty, but I have found many cases where you use your own set of (non)facts or change the subject when you can no longer offer an excuse for the Busheviks or a dig at liberals/progressives. (Your recent attempt to blame us for your crooked ex-Congressman Randy Cunningham was particularly egregious.) Do you have any excuse for the $300 million worth of FEMA trailers sitting unused in Hope, Arkansas rather than going to people left homeless by Katrina? Yes, I know there's a rule about the kind of land they can be set up on, but one would think a competent government might be aware of that rule before spending all that money on the trailers and to transport them to Arkansas, or at least make an exception to the rule to help the thousands who need living accommodations. Do you have any explanation why Dumbya, Condi, etc. ignored warnings in August 2001 about Bin Ladin's intention to attack within the US and FBI agents' warnings about the suspicious number of Arabs suddenly enrolling in flight schools and not wanting to learn how to land the plane--just fly it? Do you have any excuse for the fact that nearly 4 1/2 years after 9/11, the US State Dept. still has only 10 people capable of translating Arabic, and undoubtedly even a smaller number of those competent in Urdu, Farsi, Pashtu, and other languages spoken in the Muslim countries? Do you think the potential and real terrorists are communicating to each in English? Mighty Hypocrite,
94 – Dear Cyra – “You’re entitled to your own opinion – but not your own set of facts,” (D. P. Moynihan, D-NY). You may be right in this case, Mighty, but I have found many cases where you use your own set of (non)facts or change the subject when you can no longer offer an excuse for the Busheviks or a dig at liberals/progressives. (Your recent attempt to blame us for your crooked ex-Congressman Randy Cunningham was particularly egregious.)
Do you have any excuse for the $300 million worth of FEMA trailers sitting unused in Hope, Arkansas rather than going to people left homeless by Katrina? Yes, I know there’s a rule about the kind of land they can be set up on, but one would think a competent government might be aware of that rule before spending all that money on the trailers and to transport them to Arkansas, or at least make an exception to the rule to help the thousands who need living accommodations.
Do you have any explanation why Dumbya, Condi, etc. ignored warnings in August 2001 about Bin Ladin’s intention to attack within the US and FBI agents’ warnings about the suspicious number of Arabs suddenly enrolling in flight schools and not wanting to learn how to land the plane–just fly it? Do you have any excuse for the fact that nearly 4 1/2 years after 9/11, the US State Dept. still has only 10 people capable of translating Arabic, and undoubtedly even a smaller number of those competent in Urdu, Farsi, Pashtu, and other languages spoken in the Muslim countries? Do you think the potential and real terrorists are communicating to each in English?

]]> By: mighty aphrodite http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-465881 mighty aphrodite Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:02:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-465881 #94 - Dear Cyra - "You're entitled to your own opinion - but not your own set of facts," (D. P. Moynihan, D-NY). The young man was 22, saw the buses (bright young man) broke into the shack where the keys were(brilliant young man), picked up approx 60 people (ages: infant to senior citizen) was NOT turned away from the AstroDome and was NOT threatened with arrest. Other than a few minor, diparaging details, Cyra, you did quite well. Congratulations! #94 – Dear Cyra – “You’re entitled to your own opinion – but not your own set of facts,” (D. P. Moynihan, D-NY). The young man was 22, saw the buses (bright young man) broke into the shack where the keys were(brilliant young man), picked up approx 60 people (ages: infant to senior citizen) was NOT turned away from the AstroDome and was NOT threatened with arrest. Other than a few minor, diparaging details, Cyra, you did quite well. Congratulations!

]]> By: Cyra Brown http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-465391 Cyra Brown Sat, 04 Mar 2006 06:45:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-465391 Does anyone remember that young man, 17-18, I think, who got on a bus, and went around, picking up as many people as he could, then drove them to Texas, and was turned away at the Astro Dome, because he was "not authorized" to transport evacuee's ? And then he was even threatened with being arrested, for "stealing" the bus ? So even when they did try to save themselves, those "in charge" had their heads so firmly lodged in their rectums, that they were only capable of making a horrible situation even more so. Way to go !! And as usual, Bush shows up, and starts writting checks with his mouth that his ass has NO intention of cashing. Like always. He IS "Cornholio". Does anyone remember that young man, 17-18, I think, who got on a bus, and went around, picking up as many people as he could, then drove them to Texas, and was turned away at the Astro Dome, because he was “not authorized” to transport evacuee’s ? And then he was even threatened with being arrested, for “stealing” the bus ? So even when they did try to save themselves, those “in charge” had their heads so firmly lodged in their rectums, that they were only capable of making a horrible situation even more so. Way to go !!
And as usual, Bush shows up, and starts writting checks with his mouth that his ass has NO intention of cashing. Like always. He IS “Cornholio”.

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-465050 Lora Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:38:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-465050 say something remarkably stupid. Comment by mighty hypocrite — March 3, 2006 @ 4:09 pm Do you mean like you all the time? And when you can't defend Dumbya, either change the subject or the facts? The report "Bin Ladin determined to attack in the US" and the warnings (ignored, of course, by the Busheviks) from some FBI agents about the suspicious number of Arabs in flight schools came over the summer before 9/11--not around January 22. Stupid but definitely not delicious. say something remarkably stupid.

Comment by mighty hypocrite — March 3, 2006 @ 4:09 pm

Do you mean like you all the time?
And when you can’t defend Dumbya, either change the subject or the facts? The report “Bin Ladin determined to attack in the US” and the warnings (ignored, of course, by the Busheviks) from some FBI agents about the suspicious number of Arabs in flight schools came over the summer before 9/11–not around January 22. Stupid but definitely not delicious.

]]> By: Dot Connector http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-465022 Dot Connector Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:03:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-465022 We must keep this individual from going back to his ranch next August, as it is my beach month and I don't wish to be blown up while taking my rays. We must keep this individual from going back to his ranch next August, as it is my beach month and I don’t wish to be blown up while taking my rays.

]]> By: mighty aphrodite http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464933 mighty aphrodite Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:09:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464933 #85 - "Even if Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco are partly to blame, all evidence indicates that President Shrub was warned of the likelihood of the levees breaking but did nothing about it." Lora - ****"Partly to blame"...oh, that's too delicious....stupid...but delicious. You ARE right about binLaden - Bush should have grounded EVERY SINGLE plane from 1/22/01 through 09/15/01. THAT might have prevented the awful catastrophe - or they might have moved to trains, or boats, or RV's...yeah, that's it - at..say Mt. Rushmore. BUT when you can't blame Bush for everything - say something remarkably stupid. #85 – “Even if Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco are partly to blame, all evidence indicates that President Shrub was warned of the likelihood of the levees breaking but did nothing about it.” Lora –

****”Partly to blame”…oh, that’s too delicious….stupid…but delicious.

You ARE right about binLaden – Bush should have grounded EVERY SINGLE plane from 1/22/01 through 09/15/01. THAT might have prevented the awful catastrophe – or they might have moved to trains, or boats, or RV’s…yeah, that’s it – at..say Mt. Rushmore. BUT when you can’t blame Bush for everything – say something remarkably stupid.

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464348 pete Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:15:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464348 #73. Thanks for proving my point. I'm satisfied that you really don't have any kind of a reasonable way to use the busses. You're all snappy comebacks and vitriole aren't you? #73. Thanks for proving my point. I’m satisfied that you really don’t have any kind of a reasonable way to use the busses. You’re all snappy comebacks and vitriole aren’t you?

]]> By: Impeach http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464330 Impeach Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:26:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464330 Holocaust Jews Uneducated miners Residents of New Orleans Residents of Darfur Dying African AIDS patients So easy to hate. Holocaust Jews
Uneducated miners
Residents of New Orleans
Residents of Darfur
Dying African AIDS patients

So easy to hate.

]]> By: Impeach http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464326 Impeach Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:19:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464326 <i>" I blame the residents malaise not on race, but the horrible welfare state mentality."</i> mighty, I know how it is. There are members of my family who can't decide whom they hate more: The survivors, or the dead. You're using the "welfare state" slant as a cover for your hatred. There is a broad spectrum of people who chose to stay behind. And it's the srories of white people concerned for their property whom chose to stay who tend to make the news. People stayed behind. Whether it's because they're stupid, mentally unfit, poor, concerned home owners, risk takers, thieves, drug dealers, pimps, whores, geriatric-Who cares? You pity or you hate from what I've seen. There's no in between. You play like a cheap fiddle, mighty. ” I blame the residents malaise not on race, but the horrible welfare state mentality.”

mighty,
I know how it is. There are members of my family who can’t decide whom they hate more: The survivors, or the dead. You’re using the “welfare state” slant as a cover for your hatred. There is a broad spectrum of people who chose to stay behind. And it’s the srories of white people concerned for their property whom chose to stay who tend to make the news.
People stayed behind. Whether it’s because they’re stupid, mentally unfit, poor, concerned home owners, risk takers, thieves, drug dealers, pimps, whores, geriatric-Who cares? You pity or you hate from what I’ve seen. There’s no in between.
You play like a cheap fiddle, mighty.

]]> By: richb http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464271 richb Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:41:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464271 NEW ORLEANS - NBC News has now obtained the videotape of a key private meeting between federal and state officials on Monday Aug. 29, the day Hurricane Katrina hit. Though Michael Brown has been critical of President Bush, the tape shows Brown praising the president that day, saying they'd already talked twice. “He's asking questions about reports of breaches,” Brown says in the video. “He’s asking about hospitals. He's really engaged, and he's asking a lot of really good questions.” NEW ORLEANS – NBC News has now obtained the videotape of a key private meeting between federal and state officials on Monday Aug. 29, the day Hurricane Katrina hit. Though Michael Brown has been critical of President Bush, the tape shows Brown praising the president that day, saying they’d already talked twice.

“He’s asking questions about reports of breaches,” Brown says in the video. “He’s asking about hospitals. He’s really engaged, and he’s asking a lot of really good questions.”

]]> By: richb http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464270 richb Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:41:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464270 NEW ORLEANS - NBC News has now obtained the videotape of a key private meeting between federal and state officials on Monday Aug. 29, the day Hurricane Katrina hit. Though Michael Brown has been critical of President Bush, the tape shows Brown praising the president that day, saying they'd already talked twice. “He's asking questions about reports of breaches,” Brown says in the video. “He’s asking about hospitals. He's really engaged, and he's asking a lot of really good questions.” NEW ORLEANS – NBC News has now obtained the videotape of a key private meeting between federal and state officials on Monday Aug. 29, the day Hurricane Katrina hit. Though Michael Brown has been critical of President Bush, the tape shows Brown praising the president that day, saying they’d already talked twice.

“He’s asking questions about reports of breaches,” Brown says in the video. “He’s asking about hospitals. He’s really engaged, and he’s asking a lot of really good questions.”

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464267 Lora Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:46:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464267 Mighty Hypocrite, Even if Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco are partly to blame, all evidence indicates that President Shrub was warned of the likelihood of the levees breaking but did nothing about it. Maybe he is only partly to blame in the Katrina case. But at whom do you intend to blame for Bush's decision to ignore warnings that "Bin Ladin is determined to attack in the US" using airplanes? Really, can a title of a report get much clearer than that? Mighty Hypocrite,

Even if Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco are partly to blame, all evidence indicates that President Shrub was warned of the likelihood of the levees breaking but did nothing about it. Maybe he is only partly to blame in the Katrina case. But at whom do you intend to blame for Bush’s decision to ignore warnings that “Bin Ladin is determined to attack in the US” using airplanes? Really, can a title of a report get much clearer than that?

]]> By: gocatgo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464254 gocatgo Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:32:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464254 Let's face it this is a rich boy that is completely in over his head. Through his whole life, whole life, he has had it fixed for him, fixed. Imagine that, everything is fixed and he still figures out a way to fuck it up. I mean how fixed can 2000 be, how fixed can the Congress be, how fixed can the media be, fixed, fixed, fixed. And he still just messes it up. No wonder his mother always wondered about George, He hobbles emotionally across our stage, and somehow we give him credit. You are witnessing a true freak of nature that has become our politic. Wealth of the second genertion, very ugly, very psychopathic. Let’s face it this is a rich boy that is completely in over his head. Through his whole life, whole life, he has had it fixed for him, fixed. Imagine that, everything is fixed and he still figures out a way to fuck it up. I mean how fixed can 2000 be, how fixed can the Congress be, how fixed can the media be, fixed, fixed, fixed. And he still just messes it up. No wonder his mother always wondered about George, He hobbles emotionally across our stage, and somehow we give him credit. You are witnessing a true freak of nature that has become our politic. Wealth of the second genertion, very ugly, very psychopathic.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464228 Jay Randal Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:31:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464228 Bush never cared about New Orleans > he even sent paid mercenaries from "Blackwater Corp." into the Big Easy to murder some of the Blacks who did not drown! Impeach the Dubya dummy already!!! Bush never cared about New Orleans > he even sent paid mercenaries from “Blackwater Corp.” into the Big Easy to murder some of the Blacks who did not drown! Impeach the Dubya dummy already!!!

]]> By: Bowdler http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464201 Bowdler Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:04:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464201 Spudge sounds like Mr. aphrodite is making a move for you. Now, I don't care what two people do in tneir own privacy. I have never got the impression you were that type. Mayb e we can hook Mr. aphrodite up with Jeff Gannon, they seem to have a lot in common. Spudge sounds like Mr. aphrodite is making a move for you. Now, I don’t care what two people do in tneir own privacy. I have never got the impression you were that type. Mayb e we can hook Mr. aphrodite up with Jeff Gannon, they seem to have a lot in common.

]]> By: Spudge_Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464197 Spudge_Boy Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:52:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464197 <blockquote>No, SpongeMan - I realize what’s good for the goose is better for the gander - But I do give you MAN status….</blockquote> What the fvck is that supposed to mean?

No, SpongeMan – I realize what’s good for the goose is better for the gander – But I do give you MAN status….

What the fvck is that supposed to mean?

]]> By: Lunatic Left » Blog Archive » I knew Cherry Creek school district had problems — Denver liberal blog featuring moonbats, commies and other lefty scum http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464186 Lunatic Left » Blog Archive » I knew Cherry Creek school district had problems — Denver liberal blog featuring moonbats, commies and other lefty scum Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:22:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464186 [...] Fox can be so shameless. I know, that is repeating the obvious, but how do they say “fair and balanced” with a straight face? The home page tonight was a spinfest. First they are spinning the bush Katrina video as proof that it was the local official’s fault. Because the real story isn’t the fact that Bush went on TV and lied. [...] [...] Fox can be so shameless. I know, that is repeating the obvious, but how do they say “fair and balanced” with a straight face? The home page tonight was a spinfest. First they are spinning the bush Katrina video as proof that it was the local official’s fault. Because the real story isn’t the fact that Bush went on TV and lied. [...]

]]> By: Bowdler http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464172 Bowdler Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:50:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464172 Sorry about the triple entry . Not intentional. Glitch related. Sorry about the triple entry . Not intentional. Glitch related.

]]> By: Nick Caine http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/comment-page-2/#comment-464112 Nick Caine Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:02:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/02/distracted-in-crawford/#comment-464112 George W. Bush to the assembled reporters. "I was doing some fishing with some good old folks from here in Texas, when Hurricane Katrina struck. "I caught a huge fish, an absolute whopper, it was this big." "Is somebody going to tell me what a heck of a fisherman I am?" "You're one heck of a fisherman Mr. President." George W. Bush to the assembled reporters.

“I was doing some fishing with some good old folks from here in Texas, when Hurricane Katrina struck. “I caught a huge fish, an absolute whopper, it was this big.”

“Is somebody going to tell me what a heck of a fisherman I am?”

“You’re one heck of a fisherman Mr. President.”

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