Posted on 12/05/2005 12:43:55 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
December 5, 2005 - 15:39.
Someone, quick: buy the man a Valium. Make it a double!
I'm sure most here remember the hysterics in which Shep Smith engaged while reporting from New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina.
He was back at it today, shouting, screaming and accusing as he zinged the government for its shortcomings as detailed in the just-released 9/11 Commission 'report card' on implementation of its national security recommendations.
Thankfully, Shep had James Carafano, across the video lines, to hold his hand, burp him on the back and assure him that the sky wasn't falling.
Carafano, a cool customer, is a top scholar on security issues at the Heritage Foundation. A West Point grad and retired Army colonel, he also has a doctorate from Georgetown University and a master's degree in strategy from the U.S. Army War College.
As Shep raved on, Carafano explained that we have in fact made a lot of progress, that many of the recommendations simply take a lot of time to implement, and that the one short-coming on which Smith harped - the failure to have a radio frequency on which all first-responders can communicate - would not, contrary to Shep's fulminations, have made any difference in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Look, I don't really know how good a job or not the feds have done. Government being government, I'm sure there has been plenty of inefficiency, etc.
But Shep Smith's histrionics don't help, and I can't see them as much more than self-righteous grandstanding.
The 9/11 Commission was last year's Cindy Sheehan.
How many hats has he lost so far?
Shep Smith drama-prince-ping to Today Show ping list.
He needs an eyebrow trim and a smack in the head.
I think his type is often prone to melodramatic behaviour if you know what I mean?
Gosh..Shep sure is getting hysterical a lot lately...the Holiday season must be stressing him out...LOL
BTW, Shep, you should take a good look at who's picking up the tab for the 9-11 Commission's latest incarnation.
Hey Shep you idiot ... How about giving the 9/11 Commission a report card
ON ALL THE THINGS THEY REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE!
Boy, is that cold or what?
LOL....Shep, the gay blade of Foxnews...(may not be the only one, either)
Maybe it's that time of the month. ....again.
OMG! That is brilliant.
Curly, Mo & Shep!
Shep jumped the shark during Katrina.
He's still pissed that Anderson Cooper got a prime time show.
I giggled like a schoolgirl the whole time I was making it.
Er, in the most masculine way possible that is.
Hey Shep you idiot ... How about giving the 9/11 Commission a report card
ON ALL THE THINGS THEY REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE!
Such as ABLE DANGER!
Under normal conditions, this is the last thing you want. Can you imagine having the police, fire, highway patrol, ambulances, hospital, etc., all on the same frequency?
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