 The killer video and audio sound bite would have been for a Senator to ask Michael Brown if he would inform his wife by email if their home caught on fire and burned to the ground. |
Posted on 02/11/2006 5:29:57 AM PST by finnman69
It must be tough writing for the New York Times. Day after day, you have to come up with an anti-Bush angle to every story, whether it's legitimately there or not.
Take today's multiple reports on the Congressional investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina. One of the Times' articles is titled "White House Knew of Levee's Failure on Night of Storm." Wow, sounds like quite a revelation. The article, by Eric Lipton, reports that President Bush has said that he didn't learn that the levee in New Orleans had broken until Tuesday, August 30. But new documents made public by Congressional investigators reveal that ... drum roll ... the White House received an email on the levee breaking at midnight on the night of August 29! Which means that Bush learned about the levee on August 30. Not exactly a scoop.
That was just a misleading headline. But Lipton made an outright misrepresentation just a few paragraphs later. In its original version, which I assume appeared in print this morning, his article said:
But the alert did not seem to register. Even the next morning, President Bush, on vacation in Texas, was feeling relieved that New Orleans had "dodged the bullet," he later recalled.
Only Bush was not on vacation in Texas. Lipton just made that part up. Actually, on the morning of August 30 he was in California, meeting with soldiers who were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. So the Times has done a sub silentio correction. The article now reads:
But the alert did not seem to register. Even the next morning, President Bush was feeling relieved that New Orleans had "dodged the bullet," he later recalled.
Just another hit-and-run by the Times.
Today's Senate testimony was unedifying, as Michael Brown and the Homeland Security Department pointed fingers at one another. They're probably both right, but I think it's highly plausible that establishment of the Homeland Security Department, and incorporation of FEMA and many other agencies under that umbrella, probably did confuse lines of authority and make response more complicated. With hindsight, President Bush's initial resistance to establishment of the HSD was probably right.
The Times published a number of significant documents today; one that wasn't emphasized in the paper's coverage, but seemed significant to me, was the "After Action Summary" by Captain Timothy Bayard of the NOPD on the city's response. Captain Bayard wrote:
The New Orleans Office of Emergency Preparedness failed. They did not prepare themselves, nor did they manage the city agencies responsible for conducting emergency response to the disaster. Their function was to coordinate with state, federal and other local agencies, to enlist logistical assistance. We did not coordinate with any state, local or federal agencies. We were not prepared logistically. Most importantly, we relocated evacuees to two locations where there was no food, water or portable restrooms. We did not implement the pre-existing plan. We did not utilize buses that would have allowed us to transport mass quantities of evacuees expeditiously. We did not have food, water or fuel for the emergency workers. We did not have a back up communication system. We had no portable radio towers or repeaters that would have enabled us to communicate. The other mistakes have been mentioned previously.
The first paragraph of Captain Bayard's "Summary/Recommendations" reads:
The Office of Emergency Preparedness needs to be revamped. If their role is to have us prepared to handle a disaster such as this they FAILED. They lacked a plan, did not provide the necessary equipment, provided no direction or leadership, did not coordinate or attempt to have commanders of field operations coordinate with any state or federal agency, etc. We really need to take a long hard look at this section.
Bayard's view of FEMA doesn't seem to be as negative as the Senate's. His second recommendation reads:
Connect with FEMA as soon as possible. They have an unlimited amount of assets, personnel and equipment available. We must assign a Captain to FEMA as soon as they arrive. This Captain must coordinate all search, rescue and transportation operations with the FEMA commanders.
The Times, however, has no interest in critiquing the performance of Democrats in Louisiana.
After attending ceremonies here[Coronado, CA] to mark the anniversary of the end of World War II, Bush flew back to his ranch near Crawford, Tex., in the afternoon and prepared to leave for Washington on Wednesday morning...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/30/AR2005083000945.html
[August 31, 2005] Returning to Washington, President Bush witnesses the devastation from Hurricane Katrina as he flies over the Gulf Coast in Air Force One. The president ended his August vacation two days early...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4826744
I'm just amazed at how unprofessional the Slimes has become. Sloppy sloppy sloppy.
That is not "sloppy", that is intentional deception.
If it doesn't fit their agenda .. they lie or just plain make it up.
What I've been wondering is .. how long have they been doing this and getting away with it because there was no talk radio or internet to hold them accountable ..??
Their time is running out. They are complicit in undermining the WOT. This will result in a devastating attack in NY and in the nation's capital again. This time a nuclear device will explode leaving either or both cities uninhabitable for 100 years or more. And many will die. Even some reporters for the Times and the Post. They can't say they weren't warned.
Oh, and because Washinton, D.C. is largely populated by minorities and the Times and Post are endangering those cities with their undermining of the WOT, ergo: The Times and Post hates minorities.
"President Bush's initial resistance to establishment of the HSD was probably right."
I thought that was Bush's idea.
Then WHO came up with the idea of consolidating FEMA with HSD?
| The killer video and audio sound bite would have been for a Senator to ask Michael Brown if he would inform his wife by email if their home caught on fire and burned to the ground. |
Time for a rousing chorus of ......
Oh th old gray mare she ain't what she never was.........
ANSWER: They have been doing it forever ... because they could get away with it. It is such an ingrained habit that they do it instinctively. The NYTimes has always been used for left wing propaganda ... and, for more than a quarter of a century, my husband has refused ever to allow a NYTimes in the house! So, this is nothing new with the NYTimes! They function on the old Big Lie theory ... if you tell it often enough ... people will believe it ... and, even worse ... if it was printed in the NY Times ... it must be true. It is surprising how many people still believe that and even say that! It is up to us to call them on it every time they do it.
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