The Furious Spinner

I have been on this planet for many years. I was around a good portion of the century of holocausts—the 20th century. We have seen some really horrible things happen. Many of them are far worse than this unnatural disaster. I certainly don't want to say Katrina is the worst thing that has ever happened on this planet, because it's not. The tsunami was a far deadlier disaster, for one thing. And according to the climatologists, it's only going to get worse. But what is happening in New Orleans and what has happened this past week has exposed the rotten insides of this government for all the world to see. (I do think the local and state governments have plenty to answer for, too, by the way. But I'll talk about that later.) I was glad that after Bush FINALLY went to New Orleans things started to get better, but how many people died before the federal government got going? And they're still fucking up.

The president of Jefferson Parish says that FEMA keeps turning away supplies, among other things. He said today, "Yesterday — yesterday — FEMA comes in and cuts all of our emergency communication lines. They cut them without notice. Our sheriff, Harry Lee, goes back in, he reconnects the line. He posts armed guards and said no one is getting near these lines."

Broussard also said, "We have been abandoned by our own country. Hurricane Katrina will go down in history as one of the worst storms ever to hit an American coast. But the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will go down as one of the worst abandonments of Americans on American soil ever in U.S. history. … Whoever is at the top of this totem pole, that totem pole needs to be chainsawed off and we’ve got to start with some new leadership. It’s not just Katrina that caused all these deaths in New Orleans here. Bureaucracy has committed murder here in the greater New Orleans area and bureaucracy has to stand trial before Congress now."

Read the whole exchange, especially the last part. I was sobbing as I listened to him and absolutely outraged. I looked for a clip, by the way, and couldn't find one. It was amazing. If you find it, let me know.

He complained about all the press conference, just as the mayor of New Orleans did. You'll notice they've continued to have press conferences, and they are continuing to say the same thing. This is the Karl Rove strategy that has always worked in the past. They just keep saying the same thing again and again: "No one could have anticipated this. There were three disasters, not just one." Despite the facts that MANY people had anticipated this, despite the fact that Bush gutted FEMA (plus it's no longer a cabinet position), despite all the ways that the federal government has fucked up, they continue to have these press conferences.

The Emperor sent Rumsfeld down there to pontificate. I was furious. Who on Earth has any confidence in Rumsfeld besides Bush? And he was so patronizing. He just talked about how great everyone in the leadership is. I dreamed last night that I was throwing up and all these women around me were throwing up, and I swear it was in anticipation of these blowhard assholes trying to indoctrinate us instead of saving these people. As I was watching today, I suddenly got the shivers: what if they are actually trying to destroy this city? (Not the rescue workers, but the federal government.) The right wing christians must hate a city like New Orleans. Bush Watch has a interesting (and chilling) roundup.

They may also be changing the historical documentation of when the governor asked for federal help. (They've done this before with the Emperor's speeches.) If I find out more, I'll post it.

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1 Comments:

Kim,

Crooks and Liars claims to have a video. I can't vouch for it as I don't dare click on a video link. Regular HTML w/ graphics and JAVA is loading slow enuf thank you. Anyway here is the link to their post and their link to to the video:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/04.html#a4783

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Meet-the-Press-Broussard.wmv

By  Joy Renee, at 6:39 AM  

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