Posted on 09/02/2005 6:45:16 AM PDT by Chickenhawk Warmonger
Now is the Time to Shut Up Robin Mullins Boyd
The complete and utter devastation of the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina breaks my heart. Every picture of the damage, every picture of the victims rips at my soul. My heart tells me that the flattened cities are just scenes from a movie, while my brain tells me that the Gulf Coast will never be the same.
In spite of the mass of suffering humanity, some have decided to use this fierce attack from Mother Nature as another excuse to blame President Bush, the Republicans or even the United States. I woke this morning to hear Miles O’Brien braying like a jackass while attempting to goad Gov. Barbour into blaming the Federal Government (AKA the Bush Administration) for “dropping the ball.” I listened to callers on AM talk radio proclaim that Hurricane Katrina was God’s wrath on the United States because George W. Bush is President. Other callers decided that the evil Republicans were deliberately not helping the African Americans in New Orleans so the plan for a “New World Order” could proceed. People running off with televisions and boxes of Nike shoes were called “victims” while snipers shot at hospital personnel trying to evacuate patients. And who could forget Robert Kennedy Jr’s truckload of manure, disguised as an op-ed on the Huffington Post, thrown at President Bush and Governor Barbour.
That spark of the anti-war movement, Cindy Sheehan, took time away from her I Hate Bush bus tour to blame the President for the Hurricane. Meanwhile the 3-bus tour continues while we regular folks wait in line to pay over $3.00 per gallon for gas. The New York Times was more concerned with a critique of President Bush’s speech and the old canard about “global warming” than the looters preventing the rescue of survivors. Sidney Blumenthal lamented the Bush budget cuts for New Orleans flood control to pay for the illegal, immoral and unjust war in Iraq. Blumenthal conveniently forgot what the Clinton administration did to funding for flood control in New Orleans.
Over at the “underground”, the grassroots of the Left took up where the media stopped. Here is a few of the best of the worst…
“We are all victims of this disaster called the Bush Administration. And the best way to help ALL the victims of this disaster is to end it.”
“Did Bush order the failure to fill the levee breach? The City of New Orleans has essentially been destroyed because of a massive failure to attack the levee breach in time. There was a plan in place - but for an as yet unexplained reason - the effort to fill the breach never began, as if someone ordered it not to occur.”
“This has GOT to be our opportunity. Bush *#@% royally on this one. We have to do or say absolutely anything to use this disaster to get rid of the useless chimp.”
“There is no doubt that Bush could have prevented this. We have to make sure that this is the end of this slimy administration.”
“Well, the Bushgang never liked New Orleans anyway.”
“With all the looting happening in New Orleans, and bad as that is, especially with the gun-toting thugs shooting at rescuers and relief workers, STILL I can’t imagine anything as bad as the Corporate looting that has been going on in this country ever since GWB took office.”
“The people who BENEFIT from Republicans in power flew out of New Orleans to their Vacation Resort Homes in Aspen two days before the storm. They are over insured and will be at the front of the line of the government payouts. The top 1% will make money off of their losses on the Gulf Coast.”
“Imagine if this happened in some lily white red state city – the reaction would be much different. I’m guessing the repukes are letting people just die there.”
“They call it thinning the herd.”
“Those Louisiana and Deep Southern mega churches are just storming into action. I see all those big volunteer teams of white Christians fanning out and helping their fellow man, reaching across race lines, volunteering their time, money, and efforts, lowering prices to help the poorest refugees make it through in their time of need. Oh wait; I’m not actually seeing any of that.”
“Fundies probably have no interest in helping New Orleans anyway. Bush is probably celebrating.”
“I have to wonder if the failure to patch the levees was somehow intentional. We know New Orleans is a hugely Democratic area.”
“I guess Homeland Security funds can only be spent chasing down people wearing turbans.”
“Know your America: White people salvage, black people loot.”
There is plenty of time for the left wing fringe to fire up their black helicopters and make their tin foil hats. There is more than enough time left in the Bush Administration for the media to beat up on the President. You have three more years to blame President Bush for everything from hurricanes to panty lines. People are waiting on their roofs for rescue workers. Resources are being diverted to control looting. Rescuers are risking their own life to save the hurricane victims. Families are searching for some tiny piece of their life before the hurricane.
Now is the time for the hate filled Bush bashing party of blame to shut up. Channel some of that energy into helping your fellow Americans. You will have plenty of time to spew your venom after the rescue and recovery efforts are completed.
Read my last post carefully, then read yours. Your own words are painting you.
When the good citizen-survivors of this catastrophe in NO get through this and start to point fingers they should be reminded of how much suffering was caused, how many lives were lost and how many lives were put in jeapordy by the thugs they themselves have tolerated and sheltered in their neighborhoods. That can include both the goblins in the streets and the politicians and judges they have elected. This is the fruition of liberalism. They created these circumstances and conditions.
We have a system of representative government here. The pols in NO and LA are a reflection of the people. This is 'tolerance of diversity' in action.
Darned right and it's about three days past time to issue that order.
If you'd read my post a bit more carefully, you'd know that the hypothetical speech there was one I'd liked to have heard BUSH I deliver, NOT BUSH II.
“Imagine if this happened in some lily white red state city – the reaction would be much different...”
if this had happened in some lily white red state city (i assume the commentor is talking about a city that is predominately affluent white republicans) the reaction WOULD be much different. the people would have left, and instead of fighting looters, we'd already be into clean-up.
Word on the street is that he wasn't legally elected the first time so I think there's a good chance he can serve a third term.
"Word on the street is that he wasn't legally elected the first time so I think there's a good chance he can serve a third term."
If you want to really drive liberals into total insanity. Tell them apparently GW was never elected according to them. So he can run for election two more times.
We are so split as a society. Just what those in power have wanted and worked towards for many years, so we will all reap the whirlwind.
Our system of governance is really broken and I don't believe even Humpty Dumpty could pick up all the pieces.
By your "reasoning", we should be in every single hellhole in the world to bail every1 out. I'll bet you gripe along w/every1 else on FR anytime some "foreigner" complains the US isn't doing enough for THEM. Same principle here, only less so.
How you turned suggesting some are too far away to do much but drop money into being mere cold-hearted "let them eat cake" is beyond me.
Again - YOU DON'T KNOW ME, SO QUIT YOUR !#!%#@ ABOUT JUDGING **MY** CHARACTER IN ANY WAY. >:( I hate yelling at some1 who's being helpful, but that doesn't give you the right to paint any1 not parachuting in as being careless.
Not me, nor most of us, I suspect.
Typical entrenched euro-socialist thinking--don't look at the problem analytically or try to come up with a solution--just find a plausible scapegoat on whom to fix the blame. Yeah, that will sure help the hapless chumps laying around on the pavement waiting for someone to rescue them.
But questions have to be asked
but at the same time are open-mouthed in amazement
Regular little butt-monkey, aren't you? And ignorant. In spite of myself, I always take grim satisfaction when a demonstrably ignorant foreigner makes a flaming anus of himself. You and your amazed countrymen need to get out more, try to be a little less provincial in your bigotries.
Sending troops and relief supplies to a foreign country isn't state level coordinated and dispatched. It's Federal. I n the case of a local disaster the governor, as outlined by the Constitution, MUST REQUEST assistance from the Federal government FIRST BEFORE troops and aid can be sent. The governor only asked TODAY, NOT THE FIVE DAYS AGO YOU KEEP HARPING ON.
Understand now?
Bump
I don't know where you are getting your info from but you'd better check your facts. To say that it took 5 days for help to reach these people is a blatant lie!
One person who has certainly shut up is Mary Landrieu. Has anyone seen her face for 2-3 days? I haven't. Between the time she said it was ok to loot and the time the looting became a HUGE problem, she just disappeared. What's wrong Mare, don't want to answer for your bad judgment?? Don't want to be seen popping your face between Blanko and Nagin anymore, eh?
Anyone with the energy to criticise should apply that energy to the relief effort.
That comment is beneath you - as most of your comments are usually thoughtful. There is a little historical anger there which is typical of the modern world. We are all victims eh?
I'll just leave you with this thought though - if it wasn't for little ol' Britain; Hong Kong, USA and New Zealand would either not exist or be radically different.
Although these places are thankfully on their own, who invented their systems and populated the lands? Martians? ;-)
Maybe you would prefer war-dances, wigwams and Mao?
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