I heard that and my jaw just dropped. How could he not know?
He had no reports that arrived through "official channels"?
These are bureaucracies. God forbid they should have to improvise a response to a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I heard that and my jaw just dropped. How could he not know?
He had no reports that arrived through "official channels"?
These are bureaucracies. God forbid they should have to improvise a response to a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Oh, and not for nothing, but I heard someone this morning making an excellent point, but now I forget who -- weren't we supposed to be spending the past four years preparing for a catastrophic event?
Is this the satellite picture whose authenticity bon was wondering about? Or was it this (real one)?
No.
eta: and on ita's edit, yes.
Hang on - lemme find it....
It was the real one, or one like it. And note that even the "false" picture is a real hurricane pic, not someone's photoshop baby. It's just not Katrina.
Here: [link]
IIRC someone else figured out where this actually came from....
eta: nebber mind. We're good.
It's unearthly how pretty those are.
Liars.
"I don't know if it's the Governor's problem, or the President's problem, but somebody needs to get their ass on the plane, and do something."
I watched some of Anderson Cooper interviewing Sen. Landrieu on CNN last night, and he was berating her about the fact that the politicians seem to be spending more time patting each other on the back than actually doing anything useful. He was still irate later reporting on Larry King's show.
-t, so glad to see you. And so sorry. But happy to know that you are safe.
President Bush said on GMA last night that other countries have offered, but the country could deal with this by themselves.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
No, we can't. WE AREN'T. There is no dealing. In related news, I am touch typing as I have suddenly gone BLIND WITH RAGE.
I am very happy to have Natter to talk about this stuff and get links to things. I would go mad without it. Which I can't afford, now, seeing that I am currently BLIND WITH RAGE.
Is there online video of Ted Koppel's interview with the head of FEMA? My co-workers want to see Koppel kicking some ass.