Or better known as…
People are dying. Poor people are dying. They are dead. Many, many of them.
Not from the storm. But from a man-made disaster. One that was wholly preventable.
I do not care to argue your points Illusionsofmagic about the terminology people are using as they witness this destruction of humanity in front of thier eyes as their leader, their President, jokes about rebuilding that racist SOB Trent Lott’s house and sittin’ back and drinking on his front porch.
I’m a tad bit hot on the rhetoric myself now-adays… for example… I really couldn’t care less about what “the media” or “supposed rightwing nutbars who will magically do ten hail mary’s and come over to the good side if we only don’t say this, or don’t support that, or accept money from them” think about me or anyone else yelling into the wilderness as people are starving, drowning and living in rivers of shit and petrochemicals.
Sorry for ruining your tea.
However, frankly, at the moment, I would rather talk about Tim Russert and Don Imus on national TV & radio for 16 minutes this morning lamenting and raging about how the government was accountable for the aftermath of Katrina and the death and devestation suffered by tens of thousands, if not hundreds or millions of American citizens.
Forgive the poor transcription, I’m not really a stenographer, but I do the best I can… anyway, you should really listen to it and not read what I typed, but your call, c’est la vie and all… 😉
the one thing govt is supposed to do, the reason we have a govt is to protect its people
now we need to find out exactly who did not fulfill their responsibility
we were told it was not a matter of if, but when
no command and control, no communication, no preparation
that is what we have to find out, who’s accountable.
this notion now that we are all too busy now and need to look forwards, we can’t look back. we can do both.
imus – we need some answers now. the fundamental observation that many american’s are making now is that if Beverly Hills or Westport Ct were under 20 ft underwater it wouldn’t have taken 5 days to get people out, it wouldn’t have taken 5 mins.
russert – amtrak, greyhound, fedex, ups, cruise ships to evacuate people and then have a place to bring them.
does anyone in this country have any confidence that if there was another terrorist attack or hurricane today or tomorrow we would do it any better.
what has gone on the last 4 years since sept 11th?…
it reminds me so much of what happened after iraq and the wmd.. when no weapons were found it was suggested then by the admin “well, we can’t talk about that now”…
It cant be brushed under the rug.
…That’s not communications breaking down, that’s a human disaster.
Imus – Kayne West said bush doesn’t care about black people…now I don’t believe that to be the case, but I do believe that neither he nor anyone else cares enough about them. and if you’re him or a black person in NO what else are you supposed to think? the facts are the facts.
russert – you can’t say things like that, there’s no evidence…
imus – well the evidence is, there’s plenty of evidence
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russert –
there were 10’s of thousands at the convention center without food or water and on thurs chertoff and brown say they didn’t know they were there? command and control, come on.
There is nothing disloyal or being not patriotic about asking tough questions thats why we’re here. we need to hold the govt accountable, especially when there are bodies floating in the streets of New Orleans.
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imus – he acted like a road was flooded on that stupid ranch of his
IllusionsofMagic… Listen to all 16 minutes of it and then take 10 breaths and chill out. Actually, that’s a good idea for everybody.
The tides are changing. People are talking. People are WAKING UP. And you know what… a lot of this conversation wouldn’t be happening on a NATIONAL scale if we weren’t having it on a micro scale in our daily lives… including on a blog… so disagree or agree with the stance, it has gotten people talking… and most of what they are saying is… yeah, I can see your point or can at least understand why you might see it that way.