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Rockey To Katrina Victims: Stop ‘Sitting Around and Complaining’ About Bush and ‘Be Thankful For What We Got’

Last week, Katrina survivor (and former right-wing politician) Rockey Vaccarella visited the White House and said, “I just wish the President could have another term in office.” Subsequently, Rockey was plastered on the White House website homepage and featured in President Bush’s weekly radio address.

Now, the President’s preferred representative of Hurricane Katrina is lashing out at other victims. Today on Fox, Rocky said that victims of the Hurricane should stop “sitting around and complaining” about the Bush administration and instead “be thankful for what we got.” Watch it:

[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2006/08/rocky.320.240.flv]

Transcript:

CAVUTO: You know what happens with an anniversary like this. You blame the authorities, the conventional wisdom, blame the big guy, blame the President. You met with the big guy, you met with the President. You’re saying, “Too much of that.”

ROCKEY: Whatcha mean, I’ve been saying “too much of that”?

CAVUTO: — that the criticism’s been unfair? The criticism’s been unfair?

ROCKEY: Well, you know what, like I told many people, I’m an optimistic-type person, I kinda look at the glass half-full instead of half-empty. And one of the things I wanted to thank the President for, part of what we went there for, is for all the FEMA trailers. I mean, here, you can always point the fingers and say shoulda, coulda, woulda, and been a Monday-morning quarterback. But I’m not a Monday-morning quarterback. I have a roof over my head, my family’s living there, we have air conditioning, we have running water, I can take a shower, shave. I can move on as I rebuild. I mean, the President didn’t order the Hurricane Katrina, she just came through with her whipping winds. And instead of, you know, sitting around complaining and saying, “This is what they shoulda did, what they coulda did,” well, you know what? You ought to be thankful for what we got. Hurricane Mitch slammed into the Honduras coast and the people of that country stayed in literally tents for over two and a half years, and were served with trucks going by just feeding them food. At least we were able to have miniature homes parked in front of our house — electricity ran, television, phone line, all of the necessities we need to carry on. I even can get on the internet!



204 Responses to “Rockey To Katrina Victims: Stop ‘Sitting Around and Complaining’ About Bush and ‘Be Thankful For What We Got’”

  1. lilmadguy says:

    So good ol’ Rocky just likened the response of the richest nation in the world to one of the poorest, Honduras. I guess American people don’t deserve any better.


  2. Badmoodman says:

    “be thankful for what we got.” – - A pot to piss in?


  3. no commies says:

    it’s funny how it seems the white folks went out and did for themselves but the blacks just sit around waiting for someone to help them and whine and bitch.


  4. n says:

    hey “no commie”, I think you may need some grammar lessons, you sound like an ignorant bigot shit head (good grammar wouldn’t help with that though)


  5. Prince Myshkin says:

    3,

    It’s a lot easier to ‘do for yourself’ when you already have plenty of money and live above the floodwaters.


  6. Goebbels says:

    His philosophy and advice to other Katrina victims is to declare to Das Fuhrer:

    “Thank you sir! May I have another?!”


  7. Roger_Roger says:

    Honestly,

    Is the Federal government responsible for these people financially? Seems like a local issue to me. Also seems like a place I would move away from, not move back to. Why people live in areas below the sea level that get hit by hurricanes is beyond me. My guess is that they do it because they know the Feds will bail them out when they get in trouble for being stupid and living in a dangerous area.


  8. PLC (PatrioticLiberalChristian) says:

    Questions:
    1. Who made this guy a spokesman for New Orleans? (rhetorical)
    2. How many whites got trailers vs. how many blacks got trailers?
    3. Rockey, are you half full of s–t, or completely full of it?


  9. Citizen80203 says:

    What? You didn’t get a reconstruction/welfare contract?


  10. howardx says:

    living in a fema trailer in your front yard is doing it for themselves? idiot.


  11. Elliot says:

    It’s appalling that the media is now treating Rocky as an “expert” and not seeing that this is part of the Bush campaign to fix is “Katrina Image” instead of actually doing something about the Katrina Damage. It was in the paper a few days ago that the White House was planning a media campaign to repair the Presidents image.

    Go check out the White House home page, by the looks of it you wouldn’t think we are fighting a war in Iraq.


  12. Jebus loves me says:

    I knew this was a stunt created by Karl Rove


  13. elizm says:

    Hey, no commies….did you not learn correct verb tense agreement in high school?


  14. Elliot says:

    #7, Should everyone in the Midwest move since they are in a tornado zone? Should everyone on the East Coast move since they are in the path of hurricanes, should everyone in California move since they live on a fault line, should Hawaii be abandoned since they live on a volcano, should we leave Alaska since it’s cold?

    Go ahead and blame the victim, she shouldn’t have worn a short skirt it’s her fault.


  15. Baldrick says:

    Let them eat cake!


  16. AustinSF says:

    Rockey Vaccarella is a GOP Operative. See the Blogs DairlyKOS, Huffington Post etc..
    He is a former GOP candidate for office and big time Republican. The “impromtu” (as the WH portrayed) was really a meeting with the President planned well in advance for the Ktrina Anniversay PR blitz. Fox is just the next stop on his Katrina > GOOD PR campaign.
    Please everyone altogether press your GOP Bullshit Button to eliminate this Guy. Unreal.


  17. Roger_Roger says:

    #14

    Actually,

    We just got hit by a tornado last week. My home was fine but I have many friends that had serious damage. Needless to say, the media commented on it in passing and the Feds aren’t giving anyone a dime or shelter. Now our state is doing alot and so are we locally. That is how it should be though. My friends aren’t whining about the feds not helping because that isn’t the feds job.


  18. Badmoodman says:

    Roger: “…they know the Feds will bail them out when they get in trouble for being stupid and living in a dangerous area.” – - Guess we better evacuate all of coastal California, eh Rog? But then, all of our ocean coasts are susceptible to tsunamis after oceanic earthquakes so we’ll have to move all those millions of people inland somewhere. How about those saps living near Mt. St. Helens? The nerve of them too. Those folks near the WTC in New York City should have known better. Why don’t those New Yorkers get the hell out of that terrorist target-rich area? Same goes for all high rises in every major US city. Oh, and Rog, while we’re on the subject of “stupid,”….


  19. Amy says:

    Honestly, Roger Roger, get a grip.

    Is the Federal government responsible for the victims of terrorist attacks financially? Seems like a local issue to me. Also seems like a place I would move away from, not move back to. Why people live in areas with tourist attractions/important buildings/Olympic venues/federal courthouses is beyond me. My guess is that they do it because they know the Feds will bail them out when they get in trouble for being stupid and living in a dangerous area.

    See how ignorant that sounds?


  20. Badmoodman says:

    Roger: they know the Feds will bail them out when they get in trouble for being stupid and living in a dangerous area. – - Well Roger, looks like you’re stupid for living in an area that got hit by a tornado.


  21. Prince Myshkin says:

    7,

    I’m sure a whole load of the poorest people in New Orleans would gladly have moved somewhere else, for the simple reason it was a bit of a s***-hole. And this actually predated the hurricane. If you’re too poor you can’t move away- ever tried selling your house if its in a bad area, or getting a new one if you’re not in a decent job? And of course that’s not all- there are considerations like friends and family too.

    Besides, who could have predicted the devastating events accurately? As 14 says, who ever thinks that a natural disaster will destroy them, even though they live in an area liable to be affected by one?

    The prospect of Federal Aid has nothing to do with it.


  22. BuckarooBanzai says:

    #7 Roger Roger Honestly,

    Is the Federal government responsible for these people financially? Seems like a local issue to me.

    I would rather spend the money on them than the $250 Million a day in Iraq.


  23. napu says:

    #14 nice retort. But it always amazes me how people can be so blind when they have two functioning eyes and some sort of mental capacity. Is it really that difficult to think of others when they face hardship no matter how it came about?! Empathy isn’t for everyone?


  24. Roger_Roger says:

    Isn’t this what home owners insurance is for?

    You collect what your home was worth and then either move or rebuild? Why are the feds paying for it, it is an insurance issue afterall.


  25. bones says:

    I’m sure the German guards at Aushwitz said the same thing to the Jews in the camps.


  26. Jebus loves me says:

    Thank you President Bush:

    1. For taking a long vacation while the Hericane was on a collision path with New Orlean
    2. For Playing the guitar while the levies broke
    3. For failing to send help for 5 days
    4. For a job well done by Browny.
    5. For not giving a S**t about Black people


  27. theone says:

    The neocons never run out of shills.


  28. WORFEUS says:

    This guy Rockey is a worm of the first order.

    He is demeaning everyones loss down their because he’s not feeling his.

    We have entire states lying in ruins, and this clown wants to thank the President.

    What a boner.


  29. For Truth says:

    Well Roger it may go way back, to when us white folk brought those black people here to be slaves. We freed them, but barely. We didn’t educate any of them, encouraged them to live in crappy areas that no one else wanted, and then put them on welfare, for generations. The government would rather these poor folks stay on welfare, cuz if they actually did something with themselves, they might get a clue and change some things.


  30. For Truth says:

    Oh yeah, Roger,

    Seems some of the insurance companies are not paying the claims, and yes that is what homeowners insurance is for.


  31. For Truth says:

    And Roger, you have not been informed of having “:white privalige”, its priviliges we whites have that we are not aware of. Like being served faster at a store, or not being profiled, or being treated better in general.


  32. TheToonGuy says:

    The fact of the matter is that the President made promises to these people. If he for some reason does not feel the need to live up to those promises, shouldn’t he at least tell them why?


  33. WORFEUS says:

    Heres the key folks.

    I have a roof over my head, my family’s living there, we have air conditioning, we have running water, I can take a shower, shave

    I HAVE.

    Not WE.

    I HAVE this stuff, so everyone else should be thankful.

    Someone needs to point out to mr grateful that MOST people never got those FEMA trailers. In fact, I was watching on the news last week how a couple of local Councilmen STOLE 5 trailers to deliver them to families who have been waiting for a year for one.

    So while he’s busy proclaiming HIS comfort, and his Trailer, he may want to consider the thousands who never got one.


  34. bones says:

    #30, you saw the recent stories that adjusters for State Farm (?) took pictures, videos, and filed claims in Mississippi that the damage was hurricane damage, not flood damage, and the insurance company hired a mobile shredding truck, changed the reports and shredded the originals. Yeah, why the heck should people whine just cause their homes arenn’t covered for “flood” damage.


  35. WORFEUS says:

    And BTW.

    Someone point out to this nimrod that “Brownie” wasn’t fired for doing a “heck-uva job”.


  36. Five of Diamonds says:

    This Rocky story strikes me as instructive about power of human beings to completely divorce their minds from reason and their hearts from conscience for the purpose of remaining loyal to an ideology. No wonder the right-wing spends so much time hypnotizing people with utter lies, they have recognized that a sense of self-righteous loyalty combined with pseudo-logic can create a comfortable fiction to brainwash people en masse, affording them just enough plausible deniability to ignore reality. It’s a strategy taken right out of the Nazi playbook.


  37. BuckarooBanzai says:

    Roger Roger Isn’t this what home owners insurance is for?

    You collect what your home was worth and then either move or rebuild? Why are the feds paying for it, it is an insurance issue afterall.

    The NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program) IS a Federal program. People have to buy separate flood insurance because the weasel insurance companies won’t cover floods usually.


  38. WORFEUS says:

    I have a roof over my head, my family’s living there, we have air conditioning, we have running water, I can take a shower, shave

    I HAVE.

    WE HAVE.

    I CAN.


  39. WORFEUS says:

    Like all the rest of the right wing lunkheads.

    Better them than me.


  40. For Truth says:

    Yes there will always be the freeloaders, the lazy bums who want a free ride. Do we generalize this to all the people in NO? Likely not. I agree that the people who just want to wait around for free help should get off of their butts, however, I am sure there is more to it and its not that simple.


  41. not the troll Amy says:

    You know Roger_Roger, I’m pretty sick of Dick Cheney and all of his sleazy friends at Halliburton, sucking at the teat of the federal government. Good God, if you are going to complain about anyone, complain about those pigs who ream the federal government (the American taxpayer) every which way (fraud, overbilling, non-competitive bids, etc.)


  42. ann says:

    it’s funny how it seems the white folks went out and did for themselves but the blacks just sit around waiting for someone to help them and whine and bitch.

    Yep, Rockey went out and did for himself by getting a FEMA trailer.


  43. G.W.SuperChrist says:

    Why doesn’t the President meet with those people that didn’t make out as well as ol Rocky… maybe he could fast track them into a home?

    Oh Yeah… he hates black people!


  44. Five of Diamonds says:

    I wish you librul demuhcrats would stop complaining about President Bush. Even though he is ordained by God and hand-chosen by Jesus Christ, he is not powerful enough to order hurricanes. His power is limited to being above the law of man, and can ignore the constitution when God tells him to, like when God speaks through Dick Cheney.

    Freeloading poor people didn’t need rescuing when trapped without food or water or means of escape. I mean, the old people who died from exposure were old anyway, and those who had to die in hospitals were already sick! Shit, they got a free roof over their heads at the Superdome, what else do they want, a gold-plated social security check signed by Lenin?!


  45. Freedm Hater says:

    Good one, Rove. Its better to get a paid actor to spread the true message.


  46. unbelievable says:

    Next, he’ll be thanking Bush for not stopping 9/11…


  47. AnAmerican says:

    How long before we find out how much the RNC paid him?


  48. tablogloid says:

    Insurance coverage for hurricanes is only liable for wind damage, not water damage unless you pay extra for it. State Farm is under investigation on claims being changed to water damage after the original assessment indicated wind damage.

    Roger and others: The federal government does have some responsibility for New Orleans. The Army Corps of Engineers are the ones who built the levees that were breeched. Claiming that people shouldn’t live in high risk areas for natural disasters would eliminate much of the lower 48s landbase.

    OH! BTW, Rocky you are a dipshit middle class fool to blame people for whining. The dead ones are not whining in New Orleans. And those with no money or recourse are not even in New Orleans anymore.


  49. buzzbomb says:

    Their going to have to give Rocky Rococoa Secret Service protection if that fool wants to set foot in New Orleans ever again.


  50. rockey vaccarella's to do list says:

    things to do today:

    1. wipe neil cavuto’s stench from my mouth.
    2. order new kneepads for next trip to washington
    3. have dinner with karl rove and discuss 9.11 strategy and his knob
    4. wipe karl rove’s stench from my throat
    5. get on knees for bill o’reilly and bark like a doggie
    6. wash fallfel of bill’s white stain
    7. go to ritz carlton in arlington
    8. order room service, a dirty movie, and make dirty phone calls.
    9. brush teeth
    10. wash republican pubic hairs down drain
    11. return to new orllleeensss with a big old bag of cash
    12. burn in hell


  51. •WolfBlog• says:

    [...] Think Progress reports on Rove’s favorite New Orleans resident, Rockey Vaccarella. Apparently, Rockey thinks people living in FEMA trailers (if they’re lucky) are a bunch of whining babies. Now, the President’s preferred representative of Hurricane Katrina is lashing out at other victims. Today on Fox, Rocky said that victims of the Hurricane should stop “sitting around and complaining” about the Bush administration and instead “be thankful for what we got.” What a guy that Rockey. Read the rest here: Think Progress » Rockey To Katrina Victims: Stop ‘Sitting Around and Complaining’ About Bush and ‘Be Thankful For What We Got’ [...]


  52. terra says:

    As to those who are complaining about the people in Louisiana expecting help from the feds…well since the hurricane did not do the damage…but the failed levees did…and since they were built and maintained and owned by the feds…and they have admitted to cupibility…THEY are responcible.

    As to the fact that the levees were supposed to hold up to a cat 3 hurricane and Katrina was a 1….I would guess the feds..who built the levees would be responcible.

    And since New Orleans is where a good bit of this countries oil and gas comes through …I would want to protect this area…that is why it is called the Energy Coast.

    So dufi…I would also guess you have not been to Naw’lins…maybe you need to get the straw out your teeth and go down to the Big Easy. And those folks who are just waitin on those hand outs can change your sheets in the hotel…wait on you in the resturants, park your car, or scrub out your toilet.

    And I guess you all are also some of those who do not believe in paying more then $5.15 an hour to get those things done.


  53. Coffins draped with flags says:

    This is the same guy that made Bush sound literate and made Bush look intelligent. Naw…. only a dumpkopt(idiot, fool, stupid, dumbf**k) would pay any attention to what Rocky has to say.


  54. PLC (PatrioticLiberalChristian) says:

    We have a freeloader as President: failed oil man bailed out by daddy’s buddies in a sweetheart deal, failed baseball owner bailed out by daddy’s buddies in a sweetheart deal, used daddy’s connections to run for Governor and then President. Now he’s got Rockey bailing him out. Bootstraps?


  55. buzzbomb says:

    only a dumpkopt(idiot, fool, stupid, dumbf**k) would pay any attention to what Rocky has to say.

    Comment by Coffins draped with flags — August 28, 2006 @ 6:20 pm

    -Thats why he was on FOX news.


  56. tablogloid says:

    I got a kick out of the ironic headline below the picture in the fox news link for this thread.
    It reads “Stop Politicizing this Tragedy!” Talk about projection, Rocky.


  57. Coffins draped with flags says:

    Does Rocky always talk like he has marbles in his mouth?


  58. Coffins draped with flags says:

    Wow – tablogloid

    Wasn’t it Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld and their cabal that politicized 9/11 and continue to do so? What hypocrits. I wish Fox News would imploded on itself.

    Can’t trust them Cheney/Rumsfeld/Gingrich Republicans to speak the truth. They never did and they are not about to start now.


  59. Coffins draped with flags says:

    #7 Roger_Roger – it’s you that sounds stupid. Get the facts before you make judgement calls on others.


  60. Wilco says:

    Comment by unbelievable

    Steve!


  61. Coffins draped with flags says:

    If Bush wants to fix his Katrina imagine, he needs to get a better spokesperson that Rocky. He can’t even speak an intelligent word. Heard that Rocky ran for some office as a Republican and lost. After hearing him speak, I can understand why.


  62. Prince Myshkin says:

    59,

    Good point. All the noise Coulter has made about the 9/11 widows obscures the fact that the right in general has made the same event an excuse to invade two different countries- on grounds of ‘revenge’. If that isn’t politicising the event, then what is?


  63. Gregor Samsa says:

    Hurricane Mitch slammed into the Honduras coast and the people of that country stayed in literally tents for over two and a half years, and were served with trucks going by just feeding them food.
    —Rockey Vaccarella

    More lowered expectations courtesy of the Bush administration.

    Next: Learn to build your own cardboard house on squatted land.


  64. sam says:

    This whole Rockey thing is very strange and all of the recent events causing airplanes to be diverted, or land are very strange.

    I think Rove is trying to scare us into voting Republican by purposely having so many airplane terror events. Weren’t there something like 7 in one day?

    Up until the Republicans learned that the Dems have a serious chance in the Nov. elections, the airplane terror events were relatively quiet.

    Reps are behind all of these airplane events.


  65. OxyCon says:

    Two Pineapple Heads with the exact same haircut.
    They sure put Rocky on the right Fox News program.
    Were these two idiots seperated at birth?


  66. Ole Misery says:

    This guy is a TOOL! Ignore him.
    At any rate, I wouldn’t stop to relieve myself in Louisiana. Sadly, I have inlaws that lost their homes there. That place is the armpit of the 50 states.


  67. rocky 'is that iraq in my pocket or do i love him' vaccarella says:

    my talking points from karl — through someone named joseph — regarding 9.11….

    It seems to me that one thing has to be said in the midst of the profusion of feelings. Only a few know Bush well. Most of the millions who look to him with faithful trust do so from a distance. He has become to them a symbol of their faith in the future. Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Bush the opposite is true. The longer one knows him, the more one admires him, and the more one is ready to give oneself fully to his cause.

    We will let others blow the trumpets. His friends and comrades gather round him to shake his hand and thank him for everything that he is to us, and that he has given to us. Let me say it once more: We love this man, and we know that he has earned all of our love and support. Never was a man more unjustly accused by the hate and slanders of his ill-wishers of other parties. Remember what they said about him! A mishmash of contradictory accusations! They did not miss accusing him of every sin, or denying him every virtue. When he nonetheless overcame in the end the flood of lies, triumphing over his enemies and raising the American flag, fate showed its favor toward him to the entire world. It raised him from the mass of people and put him in the place he deserved because of his brilliant gifts and his pure and flawless humanity.


  68. MrBlueSky says:

    Roger Roger:

    Once the hurricane wreaked havoc on New Orleans, President Bush went to NO to promise aid and relief… so you asked

    Quote from Post #7 above:
    Is the Federal government responsible for these people financially?
    End Quote

    Yes, Roger Roger, when President Bush promised the aid, the Feds BECAME responsbile for the financial well being of “these people.”

    And, as you can see from one year later, only a fraction of NO has been cleaned up… and yes, it IS the responsibility of the Federal Government.


  69. jurassicpork says:

    Gee, Faux “News”, too. What’re the odds?


  70. Vincennes says:

    Hmmm….wonder if the initial meeting was all staged by the administration. Obviously they wouldn’t have let good ol’ Rocky see the Prez unless he signed a loyalty oath but it appears he’s become a FOX consultant too with the signed contract.


  71. Wilco says:

    Hearing this guy speak and embrace the president, I no longer am embarassed by the administration’s reaction to Katrina or the botched recovery efforts or the negligible reconstruction efforts.


  72. PLC (PatrioticLiberalChristian) says:

    For every time Rockey runs his mouth, there should be a replay of the young black child in New Orleans who stood by his grandmother (who died shortly thereafter) and called it “pitiful” that aid was not forthcoming.


  73. Rosencrantz says:

    What an ignorant ass! First of all he uses the typical Bush apologst “logic”. He always praises everything Bush does but the second somebody points out the FACT that Bush isn’t only doing a bad job but practically NO JOB AT ALL, suddenly he lashes out calling them “negative”. Maybe if he had a relevant point or a single original thought in his head, he could come up with a logical rebuttal to people’s complaints. But he doesn’t so he can only attack and insult those who expose him as the fraud he is.

    Second, like most Bush apologists he is anti-free speech. His first defense against criticism and complaints isn’t to listen and address them. It isn’t even to say he disagrees. No, his first defense to criticism is to tell people to “shut up.” Meanwhile he gets amplified over the news (thanks to Republican Fox News) and the victims get zero air time.

    Finally, he uses the typical over-priveledged, self-entitled “logic” that other Republicans and Bush loyalists use. Those poor black people should be greatful for what they got? What do they have? ANythign? Have the majority even got a place to live? Jobs? Have the dead come back to them? Has the President helped them at all? Has the President even shown any signs of concern other than at PR stunts and photo-ops? So basically, these people have no homes, possibly no family, no money, nowhere to go and no-one willing to listen to their concerns…and the media isn’t even bothering to help them any more now that stories of the damage (still) has lost its impact for ratings…but they should be greatful for something.

    If you ask me, that is like watching a homeless man get beaten and stabbed in an alley, throwing him a quarter, and when he gets angry for you leaving him you kick him again to show him not to sit around complaining and to be happy for what help you did give him.


  74. the fly-man says:

    What a surprise Mark Karr didn’t kill JB Ramsey. I’m sure he’ll get a nice check from the GOP for his distracting ruse. Katrina and Judge Taylor’s ruling must really be getting to them to need such high caliber smoke. Rocky is Bernie Kerik Jr. without the domestic help issues. Why won’t the administration just come out and say it. Sorry, we’ll protect you from Terrorists but not from natural disasters. Bad things happen to good people but we need oil more than a levees. They are the worst parents in the world.


  75. RealScientist says:

    Isn’t this what home owners insurance is for?

    You collect what your home was worth and then either move or rebuild? Why are the feds paying for it, it is an insurance issue afterall.

    Comment by Roger_Roger — August 28, 2006 @ 5:44 pm

    For someone who claims to own a home, you don’t know squat about homeowners insurance. If you don’t start learning more about it, you might find yourself wiped out and uncovered.


  76. Coffins draped with flags says:

    sam – I agree about all the airplane terror threats and the planes being diverted etc… . I don’t hear any chatter in the cafeteria about these terror threats. Rove did state that he was going to use terror to win the November elections. I’m not so sure folks are buying it, at least not in southeastern PA.


  77. RealScientist says:

    If you don’t start learning more about it, you might find yourself wiped out and uncovered.

    Oh, and when that happens, it will be a local problem, i.e. local to your pocketbook.


  78. Coffins draped with flags says:

    We all know that everything that touches frat boy Bush gets destroyed or fails. Look at Tony Blair – finished politcally and the citizens of Isreal are asking for the inquiry into the attacks on Lebanon which is now looking badly for the PM of Isreal (another one goes down for sucking up to Bush). And Rockey – your career is over. Better enjoy your trailor because you won’t be able to afford anything bigger unless traitor Rove promised you a big check. Then again, Rockey, can’t trust traitor Rove to do the right thing.


  79. katy says:

    Katrina Videos
    By: John Amato on Monday, August 28th, 2006 at 1:19 PM – PDT
    I’m going to be posting a lot of my Katrina videos from last year this week to mark the anniversary. If anybody wants to make compilation videos using my clips…

    from the comments:
    a great time line video at National Geographic:
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060823-katrina-video.html


  80. Mainah says:

    It is the fed’s job to clean this up as they are the ones who declared it a National Emergency…


  81. jeremy says:

    What a vile, disgusting man.
    We are not some third world country, so his comparisons to the after-effects of Hurricane Mitch are ridiculous.

    Yes, we’ve become spolied Americans thanks in part to being one the richest & most powerful nations on earth, so we do expect better from our government.

    Bush is currently in the Gulf Coast region, MY region, as a token act of concern.

    Where was his concern on August 30th last year when New Orleans drowned, 2 Mississippi towns got wiped off the map, over a thousand people died, thousands of homes and businesses were ripped apart. and thousands of Americans were suffering?
    Oh, that’s right. He was playing guitar at a California fund-raiser.


  82. shrubbit says:

    “be thankful for what we got.”

    It’s not enough that thousands of black folks were left to die, theyd better be THANKFUL they were left to die.

    Real sweet, Rockey.


  83. mighty aphrodite says:

    Roger – When we had the horrible fires in 2003 here in San Diego, FEMA did a great job. Obviously these posters have little experience in homebuilding or re-modeling because to sit and WHINE about the building which has not taken place, less than a year after the water was pumped out, ignores the sheer volume of building materials needed AFTER final debris removal. Little hard to run down to Home Depot when it’s under water, too. But if a prog isn’t whining….they’re imitation progs…..


  84. WORFEUS says:

    Next, he’ll be thanking Bush for not stopping 9/11…

    Comment by unbelievable — August 28, 2006 @ 6:12 pm

    LMAO.

    Good one.


  85. WORFEUS says:

    if a prog isn’t whining….they’re imitation progs…..

    Comment by mighty aphrodite — August 28, 2006 @ 7:16 pm

    Yea.

    Quit whining down there and drink your sewer water.


  86. kasinca says:

    Tax cuts for the wealthy cronies and the hell with those in dire need and who live in poverty…Dubya and the cons are “christian hypocrites”, not Christians…Christ would have helped the needy and those in dire need…not turn his back on them.


  87. PLC (PatrioticLiberalChristian) says:

    Mighty Mouth
    So, the FederalEmergency Management Agency has no role to play in a disaster which crosses state lines (making it federal)? The federal government has the greatestresponsability because it has the greatest ability to respond. Need building materials? – Bush could have ordered it sent there by military or commercial vehicles. And you say the local Home Depot is under water, too? Well, why didn’t that big company pull itself up by its bootstraps, rebuild, and start selling building materials to the locals? You and Rockey can call it “whining” but I call it “demanding accountability”. Finally, I see enough whining and crying in your posts to create another devastating flood.


  88. WORFEUS says:

    And while people are busy trying to explain to the government just why they were accountable before hurricane season is here.

    I imagine somewhere right now there are bookies taking bets on the levies breaking.


  89. katy says:

    more from crooksandliars comments:

    You can see a discussion and video clips of New Orleans today in a documentary put together by Greg Palast at:
    http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/28/1342222

    and: Here is a video that seems to nail it:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRcEXtLpTo


  90. unbelievable says:

    Steve!
    Comment by Wilco — August 28, 2006 @ 6:30 pm

    Howdy!


  91. unbelievable says:

    Isn’t it spelled R-o-c-k-y? No ‘e’…

    There are just some people you don’t want in your corner.


  92. ronin says:

    Rocky is this year’s Gannon.


  93. Cheney/Voldemort 2008 Campaign HQ says:

    Aw, gee, Rockey, you’ve been such a good Bushtard authoritarian follower 29% back-washer lately that I’m sure the Junta will let your mother’s tits out of that vice grip real soon now!


  94. WORFEUS says:

    If this trailers rockin, don’t come-a-knockin.


  95. WC says:

    Actually,

    We just got hit by a tornado last week. My home was fine but I have many friends that had serious damage. Needless to say, the media commented on it in passing and the Feds aren’t giving anyone a dime or shelter. Now our state is doing alot and so are we locally. That is how it should be though. My friends aren’t whining about the feds not helping because that isn’t the feds job.

    Comment by Roger_Roger — August 28, 2006 @ 5:41 pm

    So when will you start packing up? Thanks to Mother Nature, if you choose to stay, you just became one of the idiots living in the path of a likely future natural disaster. Will you be leaving soon, or only when your insurance company drops your homeowners’ because you “may” get hit by a future tornado?


  96. For Truth says:

    things to do today:

    1. wipe neil cavuto’s stench from my mouth.
    2. order new kneepads for next trip to washington
    3. have dinner with karl rove and discuss 9.11 strategy and his knob
    4. wipe karl rove’s stench from my throat
    5. get on knees for bill o’reilly and bark like a doggie
    6. wash fallfel of bill’s white stain
    7. go to ritz carlton in arlington
    8. order room service, a dirty movie, and make dirty phone calls.
    9. brush teeth
    10. wash republican pubic hairs down drain
    11. return to new orllleeensss with a big old bag of cash
    12. burn in hell

    Comment by rockey vaccarella’s to do list — August 28, 2006 @ 6:17 pm

    May I add

    13. Go to ER to have gallon of jizm pumped from stomach


  97. the fly-man says:

    Here’s some insight to my biggest question: Why was Katrina never declared a catastrophy? Read it if you have time…
    http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1005/101805c1.htm


  98. budpaul says:

    Thank you, Mr. Douche for your thoughts. Now go play in some flood water.
    America’s Least Wanted


  99. WORFEUS says:

    Remmeber last week in the Jon Bonet thread we were all questioning the timing of the confession of this so called killer?

    I came right out and said he didn’t do it.

    Now today we find out we were RIGHT.

    He was RELEASED today.

    So now comes the hard questions. Why did this guy confess when he did, the day after Lamont wins the election and a Judge rules against Bushs spying program>

    Why was he on the plane with NO handcuffs, and eating shrimp and drinking wine and champagne???

    And WHAT was HOMELAND SECURITY DOING THERE????

    Next thread maybe???


  100. katy says:

    that would be a good one worfeus, but probably wishful thinking…


  101. reb in NC says:

    God. What a moron.


  102. WORFEUS says:

    that would be a good one worfeus, but probably wishful thinking…

    Comment by katy — August 28, 2006 @ 9:27 pm

    Really? Then how did I KNOW last week he didn’t do it?

    How did Bill Maher KNOW last week he didn’t do it?

    Come on Katy. I’m telling you this guy smells like a republican worm. And I’ve never seen a confessed murderer taken anywhere without handcuffs. I mean if they thought this guy murderer a little girl, WHY didn’t they cuff him?

    Why did they feed him Champagne???Wine??? You don’t give booze to a prisoner! So why?

    And what in Gods name was the US Department of Homeland Security doing there???

    And why did every stinking news channel dedicate every waking minute of coverage, even the political shows, to this stupid case that I am so sick of hearing about I could puke?

    There I was, waiting to see the news talk coverage over the Lamont win. Chris Matthews was salavitating over it on Hardball and talking about his next nights show. He was so excited and everyone was buzzing about the Lamont win.

    Right about the same time the Judge ruled against Bush’s spying program, and that was also going to be a big story. Together they spelled trouble for the republicans and benefits for the left.

    Then, suddenly, magically, this skinny, republican looking white guy confesses to the Jon Bonet killing and POOF!

    Every news channel dropped the Lamont win and went for this stupid peice of crap RED HERRING.

    I know it. I can feel it in my bones. I know it as sure as I KNEW he wasn’t the killer.

    And I was RIGHT about that, wasn’t I?


  103. Zooey says:

    You guys are a riot…


  104. WORFEUS says:

    I’m not saying Bush ordered it.

    But SOMEONE did.

    Someone choreographed this thing like Las Vegas line dance.


  105. katy says:

    wo wo wo! i’m on your side worfeus!

    i meant – wishful thinking – getting a new thread!

    zooey knows what i mean!


  106. Zooey says:

    Worfeus,

    I knew that pervert didn’t kill the Ramsey kid. It was fishy from the beginning. I think dude had an inkling he was going to a Thai prison, and decided he’d rather do time in the US — and get a little attention and maybe a book deal at the same time.

    Homeland Security? I’ve been wondering about that one myself. Seems like the “homeland” would be safer without that sicko.


  107. Zooey says:

    katy,

    I knew what you meant. No way is Judd putting up a thread about baby beauty queen killers.


  108. katy says:

    and i called it first thing that morning also..
    said he was a sicko, media fame whore maybe…
    a diversion, definetely…


  109. Zooey says:

    But I am still interested in the Homeland Security angle.


  110. Zooey says:

    Cavuto needs to grow a goatee, then he could look like his new boyfriend.


  111. WORFEUS says:

    Oh sorry Katy.

    I should have known you could see this too. You probably were one of the ones questioning it the day he confessed.

    Man this one stinks to high heaven.

    It really bugging me.


  112. WORFEUS says:

    I knew what you meant. No way is Judd putting up a thread about baby beauty queen killers.

    Comment by Zooey — August 28, 2006 @ 9:57 pm

    I don’t want a thread on killers. Karrs not a killer, at least not of Jon Bonet.

    I want a thread on just how and why the Department of HOMELAND SECURITY was involved, and why he was treated like someone they’d just made a deal with.


  113. WORFEUS says:

    I think SOMEONE at the White House ordererd this and they used DHS to make it happen. Karr looks like a stooge. A plant.


  114. katy says:

    i found some comments at raw story’s thread on that…
    got a few good tips to satisfy my curiosity, but, ewww – too creepy…

    one might get some insight there though… worfeus?


  115. Zooey says:

    Me, too, Worfues! Settle…


  116. Zooey says:

    Sorry — Worfeus


  117. katy says:

  118. tru_thordare says:

    I think I finally have a place to use my special, patented, homeland defence ducktape: right over this guy’s mouth!


  119. WORFEUS says:

    LoL, I check it out Katy. I don’t want to see any crap about the guys mentality or anything. I don’t believe ANYTHING he says. I think hes a plant, and I’m glad to see I’m not the only one.

    I think Bill Maher thinks so too. Anyone see him on Larry King tonight?


  120. WORFEUS says:

    If Bush or anyone in the right wing (Karl Rove) is using our Federal agencies to change news cycles to reflect favorable news for the Presdent, then I think thats a big, big deal.


  121. katy says:

    i forget wher/who i first head the idea that he was a stooge, a plant – positively a DIVERSION… likely it was mike malloy, but that would be nighttime… but he pointed out the bush brother who had thai connections, and thought it was plausible for rove et al to make a call, knowing this guy was being watched, that it was time to reel him in…

    but, i knew the first time i saw the guy and the way his eyes worked that he was playing some sick game…

    i’m not well versed on the homeland security story, but it sounds fishy for sure…

    ah well… is this a thread derailment yet?


  122. Zooey says:

    I think the kissin’ cousins, Neil + Rockey, are about played out.


  123. WORFEUS says:

    Well when we discover this guy that “confessed” was not the killer, we can all applaud the MSM for their little smoke and mirrors show for the prez.

    Comment by WORFEUS — August 18, 2006 @ 2:37 pm


  124. WORFEUS says:

    The same day that a ruling burns Bush, suddenly, magically, someone comes forward and confesses to a 10 year old murder. A republican looking clean cut mealy mouthed guy comes forward and says out of the blue, “I DID IT”.

    Kinda lucky for the President, huh?

    Guess they knew people weren’t going to buy another terrrorist threat story.

    Comment by WORFEUS — August 18, 2006 @ 2:12 pm


  125. WORFEUS says:

    I don’t know who posted it first. I’m not trying to make the point I’m clarivoiant or something.

    I just want to impress on people that when this many people SMELL a RAT, and then it turns out to BE a RAT, then maybe its time for the Anti-Conspiracy theorists to shut up and learn something.

    I’ll be honest with you guys. I’m tired of being right about this crap. And I bet you are too.


  126. WORFEUS says:

    Well when we discover this guy that “confessed” was not the killer, we can all applaud the MSM for their little smoke and mirrors show for the prez.

    Comment by WORFEUS — August 18, 2006 @ 2:37 pm

    How did we know???


  127. katy says:

    yep – you nailed it, worfeus…
    i haven’t heard what the msm is saying about this particular embarrassment… my background noise is air america radio… malloy was in for randi today, but i don’t remember ih went off on it – he had to restrain himself for the daytime audience… bet that was a trial!

    time to walk the doggy… then it’s jon – i’ll be he’s got something to say about it…?

    i liked what maher said – the guy killed her “IN HIS HEAD”…

    later…


  128. WORFEUS says:

    Of course, maybe the question we should be asking is how did the right NOT KNOW?

    I mean, are they missing a gene or something?


  129. katy says:

    …I’m tired of being right about this crap. And I bet you are too.
    Comment by WORFEUS — August 28, 2006 @ 10:25 pm

    agreed… i get no joy out of knowing “i told ya so”… damn…


  130. WORFEUS says:

    time to walk the doggy… then it’s jon – i’ll be he’s got something to say about it…?

    Comment by katy — August 28, 2006 @ 10:28 pm

    Wow. We’d get along. I got a Shepard. And I never mis Jon.

    :|


  131. Zooey says:

    That’s what it was!

    Worfeus, I’ve been trying to remember what GWB needed a diversion for. The ruling by the federal jusge! Of course!!

    The MSM will never go back to it now. Unka Karl’s an evil genius.


  132. Zooey says:

    We’re on the same wavelength, katy 7 Worfeus.

    I have a shepard/chow mix, and she needs to walk, too. Back in a little while…


  133. buzzbomb says:

    I know this was addressed earlier, but the seven airline scares in one day, what the hell do you ever hear AFTER the incidents? Nothing, nada, no follow up, cause it’s all an ass load of fear to scare the sheep into voting for those real tough repugs. PUKE!! Sad thing is people actually buy it.


  134. kdaves says:

    Do dumb and hateful always go hand in hand?


  135. Briseadh na Faire says:

    I know the Karr thing is off-topic, but I wanted to chime in with a comment I heard over the radio this afternoon. There is now a concern that the attention given this guy will attract copy-cats all wanting the same first-class treatment; air-fare, champagne, shrimp…

    But he’s not free to go, he’s wanted on some charges in California. Maybe Afraudite can defend him? oh, sorry, he’ll need a real defense attorney.


  136. Briseadh na Faire says:

    on-topic…far too many victims of Katrina got nothing…and that’s what they’re telling Bush… thanks for nothing!!!

    But hey, out of the hundreds of thousands of victims of Katrina, the Bush Administration found ONE person who supports what they did. That must have been like finding a needle in a haystack. I mean, figure the odds, what, about a million to one? Gotta give them credit for finding that one!

    hmmmm I wonder if Rocky is going to run for public office again?


  137. WORFEUS says:

    Bush Ignores Calling For Minimum Wage Increase On 10-Year Anniversary Of Last Increase

    Paul Wolfowitz had just stated that Iraq is Forced To Import Oil To Tackle Shortages

    22 Former Military and Diplomatic Officials Caution Against Striking Iran

    Congressional Budget Office released its budget projections, estimating the deficit will rise to $286 billion in fiscal 2007, up from this year’s $260 billion projected deficit. Moreover, the long-term outlook remains bleak; total deficits over the next decade are estimated at $1.7 trillion.

    A Federal District Court Ruled that Bush’s NSA Wiretapping Program was Unconstitutional

    The National Review calls Iraq Bush’s “Viet Nam”.

    And to top it all off Ned Lamont had just beaten Joe Lieberman a week earlier and the story was gathering steam.

    One might say it was the President was having a “bad day”.

    Then?

    WALLA!

    Some right wing Lee Harvey Oswald looking ditz in Thailand suddenly confesses (with the help of the US Department of Homeland Security) to the hotest murder case of the last 10 years, and POOF!

    All the other stories just “disappear”.

    :|

    Its magic.


  138. WORFEUS says:

    But he’s not free to go, he’s wanted on some charges in California. Maybe Afraudite can defend him? oh, sorry, he’ll need a real defense attorney.

    Comment by Briseadh na Faire — August 28, 2006 @ 11:00 pm

    Oh by all means. Let MA defend him.

    :P

    They’ll throw away the key…


  139. Zooey says:

    I just hope Rockey runs for office again. There are some pissed off NO residents who’d probably like to boil him up as a side to the crawfish dinner. Mmmmm, lagniappe…


  140. Briseadh na Faire says:

    Its magic.

    Comment by WORFEUS — August 28, 2006 @ 11:09 pm

    No. It’s Rove.


  141. katy says:

    aww – jon and colbert were re-runs tonight… i forgot that they’ve been in california… btw – a good post at crooks and liars about that…

    Wow. We’d get along. I got a Shepard. And I never mis Jon. :|
    Comment by WORFEUS — August 28, 2006 @ 10:31 pm

    well, of course… i can get along with anyone…
    i love the shepards… most big dogs… have a new/old rescued little shitzu now… i would guess you were a shepard kind of guy…

    oo oo – talking about karr on countdown now…”why they had to go after him so suddenly”…
    uh huh…


  142. katy says:

    msnbc (and all others i’m sure) will be doing a special on the karr case and how it fell apart – no mention of that homeland security connection…

    back to dave now…


  143. WORFEUS says:

    Well the guy on the airplane was wearing a T Shirt that had the Homeland Security logo on it they said. Least thats what the reporters on the plane reported.


  144. WORFEUS says:

    And it was reported apparently to the press by the Department of Homeland Security.


  145. katy says:

    maybe something here, worfeus:

    Do you really think…
    By: John Amato on Monday, August 28th, 2006 at 6:30 PM – PDT
    that the JonBenet Ramsey case will cool down on 24/7? They’ve invested too much time already on this nut John Mark Karr. Jeralyn follows the case and is all over TV tonight…


  146. Juan C says:

    You ought to be thankful for what we got.

    which is…


  147. American Nightmare says:

    For real coverage of this tragedy from a REAL news source:

    http://www.democracynow.org


  148. Cyra Brown says:

    They really scraped the bottom of the Republican barrel to find this ‘charmer’. I can’t understand why he didn’t win his election bid. This was an extremely obvious BushCo staged production number. But their ’star ‘could have used some ‘bit players’ to take the focus off of him, he really suffers under extended scrutiny. If you can get past the horrid hairstyle, and that ugly goatee he is sporting, and hear him speak, my goodness… Cavuto carefully takes the lead, but at the first question, ‘Rockey the Rookie’ displays his stupidity. Not only does he not understand the question, but he instantly becomes really defensive, and accusational as well. Cavuto deftly rescues the situation, by rewording the question and asking it twice. Good save. (*snort*) Then he begins to explain why, based on his own situation, other Katrina victims should just shut the hell up, because he is doing very well, and they should be thankful for what HE has, along with his family. He did say “… for what WE got…”, referring to himself of course. And just how did this this fool end up being the lone recipient of FEMA assistance so far? Payment? Sorry, boys, this one will go over like a lead fart in a spacesuit.


  149. Suspect Device: The Blog » Kiss my motherfuckin’ ass says:

    [...] Heeeeere’s Rocky: I mean, the President didn’t order the Hurricane Katrina, she just came through with her whipping winds. And instead of, you know, sitting around complaining and saying, “This is what they shoulda did, what they coulda did,” well, you know what? You ought to be thankful for what we got. [...]


  150. The DLC are Frauds says:

    I’d like to meet “Rockey”. If the Feds actually turned NOLA into a success story they might actually have to acknowledge the benefits of the New Deal. NOLA is just another area where Neocons deliberately fail to make us hate government.


  151. Corinne says:

    And what are the odds that Rockey lives on higher ground? Sure he’s got running water and air conditioning.

    This guy’s a joke.


  152. Blow Me, I'm Irish! says:

    I’d really like to see how “Rocky” paid for his little cross-country jaunt to see Chimpy….Does anyone think this Repugnantcan paid for his own gas – getting, what?, 8 miles per gallon at $3/gal????

    Somebody financed this asshole….


  153. Albert says:

    Are we sure this guy didn’t get a load of no-bid contracts that he pissed away on himself and his family – making him so “thankful”?


  154. JustJohn says:

    But Rocky, we didn’t want any Kool Aid, we, the REAL people of the United States of America don’t need anything to swallow the shiat that gets ait time these days.


  155. Darin says:

    Someone PLEASE get this ignorant retard off TV. He’s doing more damage to NO than he realizes with his cheerleading for Bush. Bush Co. is filled with a bunch of cowards who are afraid to meet with REAL people because they know for a fact that real people in America are disgusted with Bush. Bush has been so incompetent that he has no defense for his actions other than to avoid contact with anyone who doesn’t bow down and kiss his feet. Bush is a disgrace to the Office and will be considered as the Worst President in US HIstory.


  156. Tyler Durden says:

    if the people in the damaged area would get off of their asses and at least make an attempt to clean up then it wouldn’t take as long to rebuild. All you people are doing is waiting around for your FEMA checks to pay for all of the shit you need. If you would get off you ass, maybe pack up and move, get a job and not choose a shitty area to live this stuff wouldn’t happen. It’s wrong of you to blame the president, he doesn’t need to baby you just because you live in a hazardous area.


  157. Another Goddamned Liberal says:

    You know, a move should be made to put “Rockey’s” photograph in Webster’s Dictionary, next to the entry for Dumb Inbred Hillbilly Racist Bush Supporter.

    Just a thought.



  158. The Juice says:

    It really baffles me that people come to this board to tell us how OUR government doesn’t have a responsibility to protect the people who have elected them to office. This is OUR government….it is OUR tax money….they do what we ask them to. Or at least that is how it is supposed to work in theory anyway.

    The people that say, “don’t rebuild New Orleans, it’s below sea level” just don’t get it. What if the last time there was an earthquake in San Fran someone said, “hey they shouldn’t have built a city on an active fault line…let’s not rebuild…it’s a waste of time and money. There will just be another earthquake anyway.”

    When we start writing off entire American cities because we do not have the money or political will to rebuild them WE ARE IN TROUBLE FOLKS! This strikes at the very foundation of our great country and democracy. What sets us apart from the rest of the world is our unhindered spirit to help our fellow American, regardless or class, race or geographical location. We take care of our own. And the federal government is there to serve as a safety net, a stop gap in case all else fails.

    Guess what, if that was your city that was hit by a natural disaster you would want to rebuild. And you would want YOUR tax dollars that YOU paid to the federal and state government to help YOU in that process. And if that was your family, your friends trapped in the water (regardless of how they got there) you would want FEMA, The Marines, Army Reserves, whomever there ASAP. You would be mad as hell if someone wasn’t there to help right away. I would too. And the people in New Orleans expected and deserved nothing less.

    The mayor and the governor could have ABSOLUTELY done more to help the situation in advance. But when things went wrong and the levees broke our elected Federal Government Officials should have stepped in ASAP to save people’s lives. The state and local governments were overwhelmed, people needed help, and no one was there to offer it.

    Here is the bottom line. If OUR government can turn their backs on the people and city of New Orleans….they can turn their backs on you…your family….your city. And that’s the scariest prospect of all. If that doesn’t scare you, then you don’t get it and never will.


  159. Another Goddamned Liberal says:

    And for those who just loooooooooove to lay all of this on Mayor Nagin, answer me this: who has a greater accountability for his actions (or lack thereof), a city mayor or the president of the United States and supposed leader of the free world?


  160. Otherworld » Days of Hurricanes Past… says:

    [...] Bush went on a carefully scripted visit to New Orleans to commemerate the destruction of Katrina. You have to wonder when he says things like that above quote if he’s only talking about the parts that he’s allowed to see or the people that he’s allowed to talk to? [...]


  161. meme says:

    To Roger_Roger comment #14

    The reason the federal government is responsible for home damage in New Orleans is that the fed were in charge of fortifying the levees. The feds were given reports about the levee failure all before that specific hurricane. People died and their homes and cars ruined because of floodwaters.

    Let’s break it down to the everyday.
    Pretend you are the people of New Orleans and the Feds are your neighbor.

    Your neighbor was told 2 years ago that his tree was rotting. He sticks 2×4 under a limb. That tree falls on your house during a thunderstorm. You find out your neighbor when for years the tree was rotted. Should you pay of roof repair or should your neighbor? It that simple. No fuss. No Muss.

    However, unlike your neighbor the people of New Orleans cannot take the feds to court.


  162. meme says:

    No offense but how the hell does Rocky there know about hurricane Mitch in Honduras?


  163. Fuzzy says:

    In the begining it was chaos and everyone is to blame starting with NO government saying it was not that bad and rising all the way to the top for not following through. Now we need to consider the rebuild.
    The people whe had to leave where offered jobs to help rebuild the city and get them back on their feet at the same time. They refused. Some are still in motels still receiving checks and complain because they have to make their own bed instead of having a maid do it for them. I feel for all who have suffered and have helped in the situation. It is not a race issue. I have read all this reguarding the blacks, there were whites involved also. People have completely forgotten about the surrounding areas who also did not receive help. Are they not being mentioned because their cities were not as prominent? They all need help. Those that are trying with the aid of the govenment I have nothing but praise for. Those who are sitting back drawing a check and complain because they have to make their own bed in a rent free home I do not. Those of you on here who are speaking what crap is coming out of your mouths come on down, get a first hand view and help out. Is the government not the people?? Can we not just help each other without reguard to race or status? I will go and stand next to any one of you who is willing to come and pick up debris or hammer a nail. Consider this a personal invitation. Come on lets get our hands dirty and then we won’t have to worry so much about what others are doing because we will be to busy helping to take the time to put others down.


  164. AtypicalWeb.com » Rewriting History: What it means for America. says:

    [...] Be aware, the latest power play from God’s Own Administration is forming up. When Rockey went tits up after telling us that President Bush should get another term in office and Katrina victims should be happy for what they got; since everyone took notice of how just 2 short days after the President and the Secretary of Defense delivered a new national message calling anyone who disagrees with profiteering war facists supporters of terrorism, Al-Queida was NICE enough to come out and help reinforce that message; when all that failed after making a big stink about making a successful PR push (About the good in Iraq? Maybe about the progress in New Orleans?) it was clear what to do next: Time to roll out the big guns marked Nine and Eleven. Don’t groan! You made ‘em do it! [...]


  165. Steve S. says:

    ROCKEY IN THE NEWS TODAY, January 17, 2007:

    Today Rockey Vaccarella was on Fox News Network with Neil Cavuto to discuss the current situation in the New Orleans region in respect to the progress of the rebuilding effort. Rocky’s interview was live on FOX NEWS across America today at 3:30pm CST from the WVUE Television studios in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rockey told Cavuto that he is concerned that the rebuilding is moving slowly and that his mission is to continue to remind America that the job is not finished and not to forget the people of the New Orleans area and Gulf Coast region. Rockey also told the FOX News Anchor that President Bush and him discussed the 110 billion dollars that was sent to help the people in need during their August meeting in the Oval Office. The President told Rockey that the money sent to the region was the largest sum of money ever spent on American soil to help people affected by a natural disaster. Rockey’s new documentary film FORGOTTEN ON THE BAYOU: Rockey’s Mission to the White House is complete and takes the audience behind the scenes of his struggle to survive Katrina and his personal mission to deliver his message of hope to the President of the United States and the American people. The film’s producers are now seeking distribution. The film is represented by David Garber of Lantern Lane Entertainment in Calabasas, California. For more information visit http://www.ThePeoplesStory.com .


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