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Liberals: It's silly to blame Katrina for an Act of Bush

by JohnHuang2

Gov. Kathleen Blanco, reports the New Orleans Times Picayune, "canceled a scheduled trip Monday to visit Louisiana evacuees in Houston shelters to stay in Baton Rouge to meet with President Bush." Bob Mann, Blanco's Communications Director, said the governorette had no idea Bush was visiting. "We had no idea the president was coming." Until early Monday morning. But don't worry. The governorette had no idea Katrina was coming. Until early Monday morning, August 29.

Can't blame her, though. She'd just never heard of the Weather Channel. And didn't have the foggiest clue what the President meant when, days before Katrina hit, he personally phoned to tell her, "Lady, for the umpteeth time, EVACUATE NEW ORLEANS NOW!" New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was just as clued-in. Apparently, neither governor Tweedle-Dee nor Mayor Tweedle-Dumber were privy to reports over the years that hurricanes are dangerous. And that if you're 'Mayoring' a city 12-feet below sea-level, 30-foot storm surges could be a problem.

When it comes to blithering idiocy, Kathleen and Nagin are leading authorities. When someone screws up, the pair sue for patent infringement.

Hours after Katrina hit South Florida, any citizen with access to an Idiot Box knew Katrina was headed straight for Louisiana. By early Saturday, the next day, every six-year old Aborigine in Australia knew Katrina was headed straight for Louisiana. (Katrina was the second disaster to visit the Big Easy in one year! The first was Howard Dean.)

In fact, well before Katrina turned Louisiana into a disaster area, Bush declared Louisiana and Mississippi disaster areas, urged residents to flee, mobilized FEMA, mobilized the Coast Guard, mobilized search and rescue crews and disaster medical teams, pre-positioning them near the expected strike area -- all part of Bush's "slow response" to Katrina. In fact, if I hear anyone say "slow response" again, I might have to punch him. Literally.

The liberals' idea of a "quick response"? Sending hero and Mideast expert Sean Penn on his 'Swift Boat' mission. One whole week after Katrina. The boat, lightly loaded with handlers, cameramen, make-up artists, hairdresser, the professor and Mary Ann, began sinking seconds after launch from the drain hole at the bottom of the vessel that the moron forgot to plug because he forgot to plug the one in his head first. Chirac in the hospital. Katrina. Breached levees. Now this. Karl Rove never rests.

In fairness, Penn worried that people in New Orleans were going without food and water. Liberals care deeply for people going without food and water. Just ask Terri Schiavo.

Look, Penn can complain about inadequate disaster preparations by the feds all he wants, but it's noteworthy that after that harrowing ordeal with his boat, he got a diaper change and a feeding for free -- thanks to FEMA.

After the deadliest natural disaster to strike the U.S. in a century, real Americans responded immediately with generosity and compassion. Liberals responded movingly -- by blaming Katrina on Bush. Katrina -- an Act of Bush. It's Bush's fault. It's global warming. It's Big Oil. It's BushCo. It's Kyoto. It's Iraq. It's racism. It's Bush in Crawford. It's tax cuts. It's chicken-hawks. It's Bush. It's Zionists. It's SUVs. It's Bush. It's the neocons. It's the BFEE. It's Bush. It's Halliburton. It's Haley Barbour. It's Haley Barbour derailing Kyoto which caused New Orleans to flood. Or, the levees failed because of money spent on Iraq. Or, it's Louisiana's National Guard "diverted" to Iraq to fight Chimpy's War for Oil to increase global warming and cause a worldwide flood. And Katrina hit New Orleans because "Bush doesn't care about black people!"

Apparently, Bush doesn't take seriously his duties as President of the United States of New Orleans.

So, if I understand the bitching correctly, Bush (a) steered Katrina into New Orleans because it's mostly black, (b) breached the levees, (c) deliberately blocked relief efforts, (d) blocked delivery of food and water to the Convention Center, (e) ringed the Convention Center with electrified barbed wire fence to block any escape. Bush. He'll do anything for glowing headlines.

Let's see now. Republicans run Mississippi. Republicans run Alabama. Don't hear many complaints about the organized response out of either state. Out of Louisiana, you hear nothing but complaints about the organized effort. I wonder what's different about Louisiana? I'll have to look into it.

The lesson of Katrina is that putting Democrats in charge of your state can get you killed. It's clinically proven. D'rats run New Orleans. D'rats run Louisiana.

The primarily responsibility for local disasters doesn't lie with the Oval Office. In Louisiana, that's the job of corrupt mayors and governors. Local pols there spend oodles of time planning evacuation routes in case of disaster, such as getting indicted.

So Katrina strikes and the locals get caught unprepared and you end up with people huddled in the Convention Center running out of food and water, Mayor jackass too busy sticking pins in his Bush Voodoo doll and yammering away to realize they're running out of food and water, and NOLA police joining in the looting. Even a rescue helicopter was shot at. So much for predictions we'd be greeted as liberators by cheering crowds with flowers and that troops would be home by Christmas. Bush invaded Louisiana without a plan to win the peace! Yada, yada.

Also, local incompetence and corruption is how you end up with rows and rows of school buses in a flooded New Orleans parking lot. Hundreds of buses. Could've been used to transport poor residents out of New Orleans before Katrina. Mayor bozo: Couldn't use 'em -- no bathrooms. Residents would rather swim around in sewage than evacuate in a bus without a bathroom. No, not that!

Frankly, I'm surprised. I thought liberals loved Forced Busing. Here was the perfect opportunity to bus thousands! Too bad it wasn't Election Day. Blanco and Nagin: We can't let Katrina disenfranchise the voters of New Orleans! If we don't bus, Katrina wins.

Truth is, had the locals done an effective evacuation, we'd still be talking about Tom DeLay's golfing trips. No hampered relief effort. Mayor Nagin waited until the last minute to order a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, which he executed by directing residents of New Orleans to the Superdome and Convention Center, in New Orleans. Brilliant.

To evacuate as many residents as possible out of Katrina's path, Blanco gave the National Guard authority to seize buses -- just two days after Katrina passed! Makes you yearn for government-run health care, doesn't it?

The Mayor of NO of the party of "No" who has no city to mayor over and the governor of LA who lives in LA-LA Land. Come the next elections, I wouldn't wanna be a Democrat in Louisiana.

Anyway that's...

My two cents

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[dutchess]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation Under God, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for All.

[dutchess]

It's Thursday and John's 2cents day. Just got this message! He would LOVE to hear back from you!

We dems are feeling helpless!! HELP!!!!!!!

[Razz Barry]

Brilliant.

[SerpentDove]

A Message From Mayor Nagin

[Mama_Bear]

Good evening morning, sistah!

This looks like a great read and wonderful illustrations! I will be back tomorrow when I can take my time and enjoy JH2's pithy wit and your Fine layout.

Good job, dutchess. Good night!

[Cougar66]

liberals in a 'nut' shell

[battlegearboat]

Get over it snake bird.

[kayak]

John ~~~ I knew your comments on this would be superb and biting. As always, you didn't disappoint!

dutchess ~~~ great work on putting the thread together!

[Diver Dave]

Absolutely Brilliant!!!

Perfect graphics to compliment a masterpiece essay.

Glad you were able to get this posted tonight. Won't be around - Heading over the river and through the woods to Mom's house tomorrow (flying, actually). She's got a 90th birthday coming up this month. See y'all next week.

[GeronL]

passing through bump

[Mama_Bear]

Heading over the river and through the woods to Mom's house tomorrow (flying, actually). She's got a 90th birthday coming up this month. See y'all next week.

Have a safe trip, Dave. We will miss you at our barbecue Saturday, but gosh.....Mom's 90th birthday! What a momentous event! I hope she has a wonderful birthday and you and your family have a great time celebrating with her.

[Bellflower]

I actually heard a "Dr."Bill Sardi saying on a radio show that he thought Bush used weather control to create the hurricane aiming it NO to take attention away from his political problems. You would have thought he was joking but he wasn't. I think some of these people are opportunist commie infiltrates. They use their position and people's respect to come out and hit decent Americans hard whenever they can. Their goal is to cause the destruction of America from within. I don't think he is stupid enough to believe his lies but is telling them because he hopes enough people are.

At my job in Madison WI any number of my co workers believe the stupidest awful lies about Repubs, especially President Bush, and repeat them often. It's hard to believe the drivel they believe. Most of it is totally illogical but they don't care or think anything through. If you try to talk to them they usually don't want to listen. They just want to inundate you with their garbage.

[GailA]

A hit and run Good Morning all. Off to work after my 2 days off.

[Temple Owl]

Good morning, another great post.

[The Mayor]

September 8, 2005

A Helping Hand

Read:
Luke 5:17-26

To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend. —Job 6:14

Bible In One Year: 2 Chronicles 26-29

A college student named Kelly shattered her arm in the first volleyball game of the season. This meant she couldn't work at her part-time job. Then her car stopped running. To top it all off, the young man she had been dating stopped calling. Kelly felt so low that she began spending hours alone in her room crying.

Laura, a Christian friend on the volleyball team, became concerned about Kelly and decided to help her. So she planned a party. She and some friends collected money, and a couple of guys got Kelly's car running again. They found a temporary job she could do, using just one hand. And they gave her tickets to see her basketball hero when his team came to town. Before long, Kelly was herself again. When she asked why they did all this for her, Laura was able to tell her about the love of Jesus.

Kelly's story reminds me of the paralyzed man who was healed by Jesus. The afflicted man's friends cared enough about him to bring him to the Savior (Luke 5:17-26).

Do you have a friend in need? Think of some ways you can help. Show the love of Christ and then share the gospel. You never know what might happen when you lend a helping hand. —Dave Egner

Reach out in Jesus' name
With hands of love and care
To those who are in need
And caught in life's despair. —Sper

Real love puts actions to good intentions.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
The Compassion Of Jesus
What Is Real Love?

[The Mayor]

Right on! Well done a great read..

Thank you.

[SerpentDove]

>>Get over it snake bird.<<

Yeah. It's a big joke, isn't it? Why make a big deal of it, right?

Your comment is an enigma.

[SerpentDove]

BTW-

Get over what, exactly? Please explain yourself.

[texianyankee]

That's a masterpiece and a homerun. Thanks for sharing.

[DollyCali]

Pure excellence~!

John, this has to be your best essay ever. EVER.(well, at least the ones I read). your wit had me roaring.

Dutchess.. this has been the best graphic selection overall from you - I suspect a few are from existing toons but I do see Billie's signature on one..(neat BillieBlue) and maybe your own creativity.

I know you did this all after work. GREAT JOB.

Pookie, there is at least one you can use - maybe more.

Another overwhelming day here. Will try to stop back later.