The Storm ... Media Storm That Is
If you watched CNN last night or this morning, or have read papers or articles by a certain Robert Kennedy, you know that many in this country are wishing this Hurricane was named George. Because they sure as heck are looking for a direct link between it's destruction, and the Bush Administration, aka "The Federal Government."
On CNN this morning Soledad O'Brien asked a refugee outside the Astrodome, "Don't you think they should be letting you inside?" When she knows full and well that the Fire Marshall deemed the place full to capacity and would not accept any more people. The man had said earlier he was told to seek Medical attention, presumably at a tent or truck nearby, and then try to get some food. But this isn't good enough. Soledad wants him to say they should let him in. Because she is trying to cause dissent.
I just read that there are people at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX and at a shelter (not sure where) in Texarkana. Texas Shelters at a Glance. Regardless of what it feels like after watching the news, people are getting out. It's just slow. Look at the pictures on Washington Post, these are telling. And THESE pictures from Lone Star Times. There are some people that are glad to have made it out. There are some that have been rescued. And there will be more. They are no starting to organizing commercial airlines to fly into that airport and fly people to San Antonio. The airlines are doing this for free. They are donating the money. The airlines. An industry that's bleeding money. There are good things happening.
I know some people are angry, and maybe some people should be. But CNN is asking people "Do you think, since we knew this deadly storm was coming days in advance, that the federal goverment [read: George Bush] should have done more to help these people prepare?" And of course people are going, "Yeah, yeah you're right! They did know!" Because they are tired, and hungry, and lonely, and scared. And when given the opportunity to lay blame for those things, human nature is set to take it. Why feel sad and hopeless when you can feel angry at the government for making you feel that way? You shouldn't feel that way now, nope, its the governments fault you feel that way. They should be fixing it.
And the Mayor of New Orleans. He blames FEMA. He says they aren't there. Well I say Mayor of New Orleans, you are no Rudy Guiliani. And I don't mean he's not a Republican, because Rudy's a RINO if I ever saw one. I mean he's no leader. You don't get on radio and waste time and minutes complaining, you go find water or money and you contract Greyhoud to get your people out. You order the national guard around, you find people to work with you. You don't encourage dissent and helplessness by actin helpless!
I've seen the video of the people outside the Superdome. I don't know why they are still there. I don't know why I don't see National Guard troops there, except, maybe they are needed in other parts of the city that the media isn't showing us.
But the media is wanting to blame "The Federal Government" [read: George Bush] for this. And if you don't believe, here is a transcript from American Morning on CNN. There is another I'm looking for from Al Sharpton on Keith Olbermann, and I found it. It's an hour long program and it's not segmented out, I wouldn't read the whole thing. Just go to about the middle and find the Al Sharpton portion.
People are looking for this to be The Bush Administrations biggest failure. Whether or not it will be remains to be seen. I hope those people get out of New Orleans. But I also remember that they were told to leave. That they have always known their city was threatened on most sides by water. They were told to have materials on hand in the event of an emergency. Granted those would not last long. But I know my family and I know others like me and I know that we would not sit and sing to a media man with a camera. We would take care of ourselves and make the situation work for us. We, and many, many of the people in the South, are survivors. Most of the people that have been affected by this hurricane are banding together. Just a few are behaving badly. Unfortunately, it seems those are the only ones that CNN and MSNBC want to talk about.
Anderson Cooper had two people from New Orleans that had just had a baby who I guess was still in the hospital at the time the Hurricane hit. They all were separated. They evacuated and the baby was moved. They couldn't find their child. For four days they called around and heard nothing. Finally, yesterday evening around 5:00. They heard their baby was in Dallas. This is good news. Anderson Cooper wouldn't let the man talk. The man just wanted to thank everyone in America for calling around and offering help, because apparently many offered to fly them wherever they needed to go to find their child. And eventually, the story got out to enough places, that when the baby found his way to Dallas, the people there knew who to contact.
This is a great story. There are others like it. There are people banding together to help and salvage. There are people who are donating money time and energy to get this thing beat. Hurricane Katrina is the worst natural disaster anyone in this country has ever seen, and yet you have the selfish few kicking the country while its down and trying to cast blame. Anyone who ever was a child knows that it doesn't matter who's fault it was, what matters is how you fix it. And certainly there is no point in trying to blame mother nature on George Bush. I've seen many articles that say Hurricanes are not a product of global warming. Its only the talking heads that say otherwise. A story from last year.
I don't know. I'm sad. I'm upset. I'm scared for our economy. I know that this is something we can and will overcome. But when?
On CNN this morning Soledad O'Brien asked a refugee outside the Astrodome, "Don't you think they should be letting you inside?" When she knows full and well that the Fire Marshall deemed the place full to capacity and would not accept any more people. The man had said earlier he was told to seek Medical attention, presumably at a tent or truck nearby, and then try to get some food. But this isn't good enough. Soledad wants him to say they should let him in. Because she is trying to cause dissent.
I just read that there are people at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX and at a shelter (not sure where) in Texarkana. Texas Shelters at a Glance. Regardless of what it feels like after watching the news, people are getting out. It's just slow. Look at the pictures on Washington Post, these are telling. And THESE pictures from Lone Star Times. There are some people that are glad to have made it out. There are some that have been rescued. And there will be more. They are no starting to organizing commercial airlines to fly into that airport and fly people to San Antonio. The airlines are doing this for free. They are donating the money. The airlines. An industry that's bleeding money. There are good things happening.
I know some people are angry, and maybe some people should be. But CNN is asking people "Do you think, since we knew this deadly storm was coming days in advance, that the federal goverment [read: George Bush] should have done more to help these people prepare?" And of course people are going, "Yeah, yeah you're right! They did know!" Because they are tired, and hungry, and lonely, and scared. And when given the opportunity to lay blame for those things, human nature is set to take it. Why feel sad and hopeless when you can feel angry at the government for making you feel that way? You shouldn't feel that way now, nope, its the governments fault you feel that way. They should be fixing it.
And the Mayor of New Orleans. He blames FEMA. He says they aren't there. Well I say Mayor of New Orleans, you are no Rudy Guiliani. And I don't mean he's not a Republican, because Rudy's a RINO if I ever saw one. I mean he's no leader. You don't get on radio and waste time and minutes complaining, you go find water or money and you contract Greyhoud to get your people out. You order the national guard around, you find people to work with you. You don't encourage dissent and helplessness by actin helpless!
I've seen the video of the people outside the Superdome. I don't know why they are still there. I don't know why I don't see National Guard troops there, except, maybe they are needed in other parts of the city that the media isn't showing us.
But the media is wanting to blame "The Federal Government" [read: George Bush] for this. And if you don't believe, here is a transcript from American Morning on CNN. There is another I'm looking for from Al Sharpton on Keith Olbermann, and I found it. It's an hour long program and it's not segmented out, I wouldn't read the whole thing. Just go to about the middle and find the Al Sharpton portion.
People are looking for this to be The Bush Administrations biggest failure. Whether or not it will be remains to be seen. I hope those people get out of New Orleans. But I also remember that they were told to leave. That they have always known their city was threatened on most sides by water. They were told to have materials on hand in the event of an emergency. Granted those would not last long. But I know my family and I know others like me and I know that we would not sit and sing to a media man with a camera. We would take care of ourselves and make the situation work for us. We, and many, many of the people in the South, are survivors. Most of the people that have been affected by this hurricane are banding together. Just a few are behaving badly. Unfortunately, it seems those are the only ones that CNN and MSNBC want to talk about.
Anderson Cooper had two people from New Orleans that had just had a baby who I guess was still in the hospital at the time the Hurricane hit. They all were separated. They evacuated and the baby was moved. They couldn't find their child. For four days they called around and heard nothing. Finally, yesterday evening around 5:00. They heard their baby was in Dallas. This is good news. Anderson Cooper wouldn't let the man talk. The man just wanted to thank everyone in America for calling around and offering help, because apparently many offered to fly them wherever they needed to go to find their child. And eventually, the story got out to enough places, that when the baby found his way to Dallas, the people there knew who to contact.
This is a great story. There are others like it. There are people banding together to help and salvage. There are people who are donating money time and energy to get this thing beat. Hurricane Katrina is the worst natural disaster anyone in this country has ever seen, and yet you have the selfish few kicking the country while its down and trying to cast blame. Anyone who ever was a child knows that it doesn't matter who's fault it was, what matters is how you fix it. And certainly there is no point in trying to blame mother nature on George Bush. I've seen many articles that say Hurricanes are not a product of global warming. Its only the talking heads that say otherwise. A story from last year.
I don't know. I'm sad. I'm upset. I'm scared for our economy. I know that this is something we can and will overcome. But when?
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