Thank you for a very concise (and accurate) explanation of what happened. The not-so-secret dirty little secret about New Orleans and Louisiana is the fact that corruption reigns supreme there and was instrumental in the lack of planning and the pathetic decision making that ensued after the hurricane made landfall. However, a willing MSM will let the governor and the mayor go unchallenged because it's just so much more useful to parrot nonsense like "Bush doesn't care about black people" and "He continued his vacation while black people suffered." Never mind that we've seen video of policewomen stealing shoes.
I find it interesting that while there's no shortage of criticism of GWB by the MSM for the response to this disaster I have yet to hear any journalists report that since they were coming to New Orleans to report on the tragedy they had the forethought to bring food and water themselves to distribute among the needy. After all, doesn't every bit help?
I wish one of these assho!es would shove a mic in my face because that's the first question I'd ask him. Sheppard Smith of FOX said this morning he and his crew were staying somewhere an hour away from New Orleans. What makes me think he didn't haul any people out with him last night? Yet he and others have the audacity to bitch and moan that "it's just taking too long". He and others need to understand that sometimes it's just more important to do the right thing than to simply report the story.
"Sheppard Smith of FOX said this morning he and his crew were staying somewhere an hour away from New Orleans. What makes me think he didn't haul any people out with him last night? Yet he and others have the audacity to bitch and moan that "it's just taking too long". He and others need to understand that sometimes it's just more important to do the right thing than to simply report the story..."
You're right...and your observation points out a flaw in our society: Everyone expects the federal government to do everything for them. This was a natural disaster of epic proportions...and instead of people lending a helping hand to those around them, the media found it more important to report the story.
There is this perverse mentallity that nothing can...or should be done without the governments help. If Shep, Geraldo or any of these media pukes were disgusted with what they were seeing, they should have dropped their microphones and started helping.
These people were obviously equiping and getting their own people in and around the city...why not help others get out? This was life and death...and these media manipulators were all around the city watching it happen instead of helping.