Reading the White House line on the New Orleans disaster is making my blood pressure surge.
This NYT editorial might make you feel better. Or worse.
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George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom. In what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the president appeared a day later than he was needed. He then read an address of a quality more appropriate for an Arbor Day celebration: a long laundry list of pounds of ice, generators and blankets delivered to the stricken Gulf Coast. He advised the public that anybody who wanted to help should send cash, grinned, and promised that everything would work out in the end.
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Sacrifices may be necessary to make sure that all these things happen in an orderly, efficient way. But this administration has never been one to counsel sacrifice. And nothing about the president's demeanor yesterday - which seemed casual to the point of carelessness - suggested that he understood the depth of the current crisis
(To be completely honest, the whole things screams "Hoax!" to me. Not saying it *can't* be real, but I won't be surprised if it's ever debunked.)
I didn't get that sense from a skim, but I wouldn't be surprised if you're right. I find it hard to believe almost anything I can't see with my own eyes about what's happening in NO right now.
I have an instinctive distrust of anyone who enjoys playing survival. As one might expect, I met a lot of them as I was growing up, and I can't think of one that didn't have me backing away with minutes of meeting (normally him). Survival living isn't fun or enjoyable. It shouldn't be.
Well, he's got a bunch of photos that were obviously taken from a high elevation....
I know, but I can't shake the feeling.
Why would someone care about server uptime in a city that's going to be evacuated for months? Just how much fuel do they have for their generators? Weird.
(To be completely honest, the whole things screams "Hoax!" to me. Not saying it *can't* be real, but I won't be surprised if it's ever debunked.)
I stopped reading after the part where he says that women are more hysterical than men and then plugged his girlfriend's modeling site while being so proud that she was doing all the cooking and cleaning.
Why would someone care about server uptime in a city that's going to be evacuated for months? Just how much fuel do they have for their generators? Weird.
Well, he was talking about moving 55 gal. drums of diesel fuel around. I didn't read enough to find out where he got them from.
I am telling you now that the people we've been talking to say they are not recognizing the NOPD as a legitimate authority anymore, since cops have been seen looting in Walmarts and forcing people out of stores so they could back up SUVs and loot them. Don't shoot the messenger....
Yes, but if the loaded SUVs then drive off to decimated areas this is a GOOD thing.
I stopped reading after the part where he says that women are more hysterical than men and then plugged his girlfriend's modeling site while being so proud that she was doing all the cooking and cleaning.
I didn't read that part, but I guess his girlfriend must be "Hotness" to whom he referred.
I stopped reading after the part where he says that women are more hysterical than men and then plugged his girlfriend's modeling site while being so proud that she was doing all the cooking and cleaning.
Huh.
He'd probably be one of those people who'd help build Thunderdome.
