A state governor, the mayor of one of the nation's largest cities, and the previous President have now called out those in charge for their incompetence and apathy, and multiple news sources are picking the tone up and running with it as it becomes clearer that this is the way the public is leaning. I don't think the press is going to back down from this one.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
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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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 05, 2005 9:01:18 pm PDT #4847 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Volans - Sep 05, 2005 9:21:59 pm PDT #4848 of 10002
move out and draw fire
We'll never take aid from Cuba. It would be admitting the failure of our government to take care of its own.
It's become rather a source of embarrassment, in fact. We're all having to face people who are like, "You're the richest country in the world and you can't handle this? Tiny economies are giving your aid money back to you?" This is usually followed up with a few points about how if we weren't spending all this money in Iraq.
On the other hand, we've backed off our original stance, directed from DC, of accepting no foreign aid whatsoever.
The Cuba thing, though...we can't verify that they are in fact doctors, and the Castro administration has tried in the past to send us people from their jails. So there's a possibility that "1100 doctors" means "1100 folks we want out of our prisons."
libkitty - Sep 05, 2005 9:27:12 pm PDT #4849 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Yeah. The Cuba situation is messy enough that I wouldn't blame Bush for turning down this one. One of the very few things I don't blame him for this last week.
tommyrot - Sep 05, 2005 9:27:16 pm PDT #4850 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So there's a possibility that "1100 doctors" means "1100 folks we want out of our prisons."
I suppose we could test them first: "Here - perform an appendectomy on this guy. Points will be deducted for infection, failing to close the incision, uglier than usual scars, removing the wrong organ, or death."
libkitty - Sep 05, 2005 9:28:16 pm PDT #4851 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Yeah. The line for volunteer testees starts over there ----->
Trudy Booth - Sep 05, 2005 9:33:37 pm PDT #4852 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Cuba DOES have a lot of unemployed doctors. You read those articles about how professionals in Havana turn tricks to make ends meet...
Sighh...
So sad. It's all so fucking sad.
Strega - Sep 05, 2005 10:06:35 pm PDT #4853 of 10002
I can't play the video of Olbermann right now; is it the same as this entry in his blog?
aurelia - Sep 05, 2005 10:20:18 pm PDT #4854 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
multiple news sources are picking the tone up and running with it
That and journalists were right there. I don't know how many reporters I saw crying on air. They were letting people use their cell phones, flagging down ambulances and doing what they could to help. They're as pissed as the rest of us.
Theodosia - Sep 06, 2005 1:47:35 am PDT #4855 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
That, and the public officials being caught out in bald lies and/or dreadful misapprehensions, showing their lack of caring/ information / bureaucratic direction, such as Bush's "No one could have predicted" or Brown and Chertoff's repeated assertions about being warned about the consequences of a Cat 5 storm, or conditions on the ground in NO starting on Monday morning.
brenda m - Sep 06, 2005 3:46:30 am PDT #4856 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The Cuba thing, though...we can't verify that they are in fact doctors, and the Castro administration has tried in the past to send us people from their jails. So there's a possibility that "1100 doctors" means "1100 folks we want out of our prisons."
Cuba does have more doctors per capita than the US. And last time I checked, equal or better life expectancy, so they can't all be turning tricks.