new orleans

[The Jays]

A. I never voted for Bush.
B. I have already said in this thread that I haven't watched any of the coverage (not that I'm wouldn't if I could have, I was just working until midnight all the past week and didn't see it) and therefore have not been following the hurricane.
C. My point was that what little I have seen is complaining about how the government is doing a horrible job, yet no one is saying what they should be doing, other than turning hundreds of thousands of people on a dime and shifting trillions of dollars of funding in a day or two. It's like when Donald Trump walks around The Apprentice and says "work faster" and "time is money"
D. I've also seen the connection to Iraq made ad nauseum, like it was some "talking points" memo that got sent around, which is just foolish.

If this disaster hit any other place in the country, it would not have been nearly as bad. The majority of the problem was caused by not addressing it before the hurricane hit moreso than not doing enough fast enough after it did.

And I have no qualms about blaming the government for not addressing the issue beforehand when everyone knew New Orleans was ill-equipped to handle a hurricane of this magnitude

A.) You are always the only person to be like "hey guys, you're all just Bush bashing because you can't understand how brilliant a job he's doing, you pathetic poor people.."
B.) Fuck television, and fuck coverage. You've clearly been surfing the web most of the time, you can't tell me you haven't seen video of the most craziest shit ever, nor taken a glance at the sites that Sir O called out. That's all the real coverage you need. If you've read this thread at all, and just clicked on the links, you would know everything you need to know.
c) EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SAYING WHAT THEY SHOULD FUCKING DO. GET EVERYONE THE FUCK OUT OF THE NEW ORLEANS AND GULF COAST AREA! IS THAT SO FUCKING HARD FUCKING PEOPLE TO COMPREHEND?? THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TO DO! GET PEOPLE OUT OF A DAMAGED FUCKING SUPERDOME THAT'S FILLED WITH PISS AND SHIT AND DEAD BODIES, HAS RAPISTS AND MURDERERS RUNNING AROUND! IT TOOK A FUCKING WEEK TO DO THIS?

THIS IS A WEEK FUCKING LATER, AND NOW THEY'RE JUST GETTING AROUND TO AIRLIFTING PEOPLE OUT??? NOW, WE'RE GETTING TROOPS IN THERE? IT TOOK TILL FRIDAY TO GET THAT 10 BILLION DOLLARS PASSED AND SIGNED?


D.) The connection to Iraq is vague. One is that New Orleans is poor, and all the soldiers are poor, therefore, George Bush doesn't care about the lives of poor people. Of course, the real point is that the New Orleans-Iraq connection is not necessary to validate the very real fact that George Bush does not really care about the lives of his citizens.

Mary Landrieu proposed today that George Bush create a Cabinet level position specifically to deal with Katrina Damage.

This, of course is stupid, because we already have two people who can, and are supposed to, handle the responsibility of federal emergency. One is the cabinet level position of Homeland Security, which absorbed FEMA, and the other is the guy who used to have the job, THE FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT'S ONE OF HIS JOBS. TO EXECUTE AND MAKE SURE SHIT IS TAKEN PLACE.

George Bush, as President, is the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, State Police, Park Ranger, And Local Police all rolled up into one. If he says it needs to happen, it fucking oughta happen. If it doesn't, it is his fault. If it doesn't happen in a goiod timeframe, it's his fault.


When the fuck did this thread start? If we've known, and been tracking, just how powerful this hurricane would be, how come the President couldn't get the emergency crew, and armed troops in there fast enough? That's his fucking job. To protect and preserve life, liberty, and property. And what has he allowed to happen in the Gulf Coast under his watch? He let people die, he didn't let them leave, and he didn't bring in any troops to stop people from stealing other people's property.