Wow, wow, wow! You know, a friend of mine called me last week extremely upset that Dick Cheney hadn't (at that time) visited the hurricane ravaged area. She kept saying "Why don't the Republicans get up in arms about this? How can the VP NOT show up immediately?" I think she wondered why I--known as a very vocal critic of all things Bush--wasn't equally upset. My response? "Because these people are all fools and self-righteous, self-serving idiots. I don't expect anything from them, and thus don't get disappointed as easily". Was I pissed at Cheney? Sure. Upset that his idiot boss once again shows how stupid and out of touch he is, with slow response time (took a couple of days to cut short his vacation), canned "we shall overcome speeches", and a complete lack of the guts to take responsibility for the mess he's helped create? Of course. But I cried my tears when Bush won the Presidency once, then twice. I raged and cursed and stormed when he wasted resources and lives on the Iraq invasion. I've yelled myself hoarse at a populace so criminally retarded that they could vote for a man who dodged duty in 'Nam, yet who makes the guy who *did* serve out to be a coward. I've been living in a nightmare I hadn't experienced since the horrible days of Reagan. And everytime I hear Bill Clinton or Hillary Clinton or John Edwards or John Kerry speak, I get depressed over the leadership we *used* to have, the leadership we *might* have had, and the disaster we *do* have. So I try to maintain balance and sanity by realizing it can't last forever. I try to avoid losing my mind with anger and disappointment by reminding myself that the "leadership" we have now is too stupid to ever do anything worthwhile, and thus no boneheaded move or comment of theirs should surprise me. The great quotes you posted here do nothing to change my attitude. Someone please wake me up when this is over...
-----Original Message----- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Wodehouse Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 17:04 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] [OT] 25 Stupid Quotes About Hurricane Katrina http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/currentevents/a/katrinaquotes.htm?nl= 1 25 Mind-Numbingly Stupid Quotes About Hurricane Katrina And Its Aftermath >From Daniel Kurtzman 1) "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." -President Bush, on "Good Morning America," Sept. 1, 2005, six days after repeated warnings from experts about the scope of damage expected from Hurricane Katrina (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fmediam atters.org%2Fitems%2F200509020001)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fmediamatters.org%2Fitems%2F200509020 001) 2) "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) - this is working very well for them." -Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the Hurricane flood evacuees in the Houston Astrodome, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ed itorandpublisher.com%2Feandp%2Fnews%2Farticle_display.jsp%3Fvnu_content_ id%3D1001054719)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorandpublisher.com%2Feandp%2 Fnews%2Farticle_display.jsp%3Fvnu_content_id%3D1001054719) 3) "It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's seven feet under sea level....It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed." -House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), Aug. 31, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.su ntimes.com%2Foutput%2Fhurricane%2F)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.suntimes.com%2Foutput%2Fhurrican e%2F) 4) "We've got a lot of rebuilding to do ... The good news is - and it's hard for some to see it now - that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house - he's lost his entire house - there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch." (Laughter) -President Bush, touring hurricane damage, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hu ffingtonpost.com%2Farianna-huffington%2Fpresident-bush-hits-the-s_b_6670 .html)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Farianna-huf fington%2Fpresident-bush-hits-the-s_b_6670.html) 5) "Considering the dire circumstances that we have in New Orleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going relatively well." -FEMA Director Michael Brown, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cn n.com%2F2005%2FWEATHER%2F09%2F01%2Fkatrina.fema.brown%2F)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2005%2FWEATHER%2F09%2F 01%2Fkatrina.fema.brown%2F) 6) "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." -President Bush, to FEMA director Michael Brown, while touring Hurricane-ravaged Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ed itorandpublisher.com%2Feandp%2Fcolumns%2Fpressingissues_display.jsp%3Fvn u_content_id%3D1001054581)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorandpublisher.com%2Feandp%2 Fcolumns%2Fpressingissues_display.jsp%3Fvnu_content_id%3D1001054581) 7) "I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water." -Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, on NPR's "All Things Considered," Sept. 1, 2005 (Source - ttp://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkpro gress.org%2F2005%2F09%2F01%2Fchertoff-reality%2F) 8) "Well, I think if you look at what actually happened, I remember on Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, 'New Orleans Dodged the Bullet.' Because if you recall, the storm moved to the east and then continued on and appeared to pass with considerable damage but nothing worse." -Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, blaming media coverage (http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wo nkette.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmichael-chertoff%2Findex.php%23chertoffs-reading -habits-123841)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wonkette.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmichae l-chertoff%2Findex.php%23chertoffs-reading-habits-123841) for his failings, "Meet the Press," Sept. 4, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ms nbc.msn.com%2Fid%2F9179790%2F)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.msn.com%2Fid%2F9179790%2F) 9) "I mean, you have people who don't heed those warnings and then put people at risk as a result of not heeding those warnings. There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving." -Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), Sept. 6, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ti mesleader.com%2Fmld%2Ftimesleader%2Fnews%2Fbreaking_news%2F12574597.htm) > &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fmld%2Ftimeslea der%2Fnews%2Fbreaking_news%2F12574597.htm) 10) "You simply get chills every time you see these poor individuals...many of these people, almost all of them that we see are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold." -CNN's Wolf Blitzer, on New Orleans' hurricane evacuees, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wo nkette.com%2F%23someones-been-reading-jack-shafer-123532)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wonkette.com%2F%23someones-been- reading-jack-shafer-123532) 11) "What didn't go right?'" -President Bush, as quoted by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), after she urged him to fire FEMA Director Michael Brown "because of all that went wrong, of all that didn't go right" in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort (Source - http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-07-congress-bush-katrina _x.htm) 12) "Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?" -House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX), to three young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the Astrodome in Houston (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs. chron.com%2Fdomeblog%2Farchives%2F2005%2F09%2Fdelay_to_evacue.html)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.chron.com%2Fdomeblog%2Farchive s%2F2005%2F09%2Fdelay_to_evacue.html) 13) "We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did." -Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA) to lobbyists, as quoted in the Wall Street Journal (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.d ccc.org%2Fmt%2Farchives%2F003475.html)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.dccc.org%2Fmt%2Farchives%2F0034 75.html) 14) "Louisiana is a city that is largely under water." -Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, news conference, Sept. 3, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fatrios .blogspot.com%2F2005_09_04_atrios_archive.html%23112597122217543452)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fatrios.blogspot.com%2F2005_09_04_atr ios_archive.html%23112597122217543452) 15) "I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school." -First Lady Laura Bush, twice referring to a "Hurricane Corina" while speaking to children and parents in South Haven, Mississippi, Sept. 8, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cr ooksandliars.com%2F2005%2F09%2F09.html%23a4875)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crooksandliars.com%2F2005%2F09%2 F09.html%23a4875) 16) "It's totally wiped out. ... It's devastating, it's got to be doubly devastating on the ground." -President Bush, turning to his aides while surveying Hurricane Katrina flood damage from Air Force One, Aug. 31, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cn n.com%2F2005%2FPOLITICS%2F08%2F31%2Fbush.katrina.ap%2F)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2005%2FPOLITICS%2F08%2 F31%2Fbush.katrina.ap%2F) 17) "I believe the town where I used to come - from Houston, Texas, to enjoy myself, occasionally too much - will be that very same town, that it will be a better place to come to." -President Bush, on the tarmac at the New Orleans airport, Sept. 2, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ny times.com%2F2005%2F09%2F02%2Fnational%2Fnationalspecial%2F02BUSH-NOTEXT. html)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2005%2F09%2F02%2Fn ational%2Fnationalspecial%2F02BUSH-NOTEXT.html) 18) "Last night, we showed you the full force of a superpower government going to the rescue." -MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.da ilyhowler.com%2Fdh090205.shtml)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyhowler.com%2Fdh090205.shtml ) 19) "You know I talked to Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi yesterday because some people were saying, 'Well, if you hadn't sent your National Guard to Iraq, we here in Mississippi would be better off.' He told me 'I've been out in the field every single day, hour, for four days and no one, not one single mention of the word Iraq.' Now where does that come from? Where does that story come from if the governor is not picking up one word about it? I don't know. I can use my imagination." -Former President George Bush, who can give his imagination a rest (http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wa shingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2005%2F08%2F30%2FAR20050 83002162.html),> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fco ntent%2Farticle%2F2005%2F08%2F30%2FAR2005083002162.html), interview with CNN's Larry King, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ed itorandpublisher.com%2Feandp%2Fnews%2Farticle_display.jsp%3Fvnu_content_ id%3D1001054805)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorandpublisher.com%2Feandp%2 Fnews%2Farticle_display.jsp%3Fvnu_content_id%3D1001054805) 20) "We just learned of the convention center - we being the federal government - today." -FEMA Director Michael Brown, to ABC's Ted Koppel, Sept. 1, 2005, to which Koppel responded " Don't you guys watch television? Don't you guys listen to the radio? Our reporters have been reporting on it for more than just today." (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fameric ablog.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F09%2Fted-koppel-rips-rips-rips-michael.html) > &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Famericablog.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F09 %2Fted-koppel-rips-rips-rips-michael.html) 21) "I don't want to alarm everybody that, you know, New Orleans is filling up like a bowl. That's just not happening." -Bill Lokey, FEMA's New Orleans coordinator, in a press briefing from Baton Rouge, Aug. 30, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.no la.com%2Fnewslogs%2Fbreakingtp%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fmtlogs%2Fnola_Times-Pica yune%2Farchives%2F2005_09.html%23077935)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nola.com%2Fnewslogs%2Fbreakingtp %2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fmtlogs%2Fnola_Times-Picayune%2Farchives%2F2005_09.html %23077935) 22) "FEMA is not going to hesitate at all in this storm. We are not going to sit back and make this a bureaucratic process. We are going to move fast, we are going to move quick, and we are going to do whatever it takes to help disaster victims." -FEMA Director Michael Brown, Aug. 28, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cr ooksandliars.com%2F2005%2F09%2F07.html%23a4845)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crooksandliars.com%2F2005%2F09%2 F07.html%23a4845) 23) "I don't make judgments about why people chose not to leave but, you know, there was a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans." -FEMA Director Michael Brown, arguing that the victims bear some responsibility, CNN interview, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cn n.com%2F2005%2FWEATHER%2F09%2F01%2Fkatrina.fema.brown%2F)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2005%2FWEATHER%2F09%2F 01%2Fkatrina.fema.brown%2F) 24) "I understand there are 10,000 people dead. It's terrible. It's tragic. But in a democracy of 300 million people, over years and years and years, these things happen." -GOP strategist Jack Burkman, on MSNBC's "Connected," Sept. 7, 2005 (Source - http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ <http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cr ooksandliars.com%2F2005%2F09%2F06.html%23a4820)> &sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crooksandliars.com%2F2005%2F09%2 F06.html%23a4820) 25) "Thank President Clinton and former President Bush for their strong statements of support and comfort today. I thank all the leaders that are coming to Louisiana, and Mississippi and Alabama to our help and rescue. We are grateful for the military assets that are being brought to bear. I want to thank Senator Frist and Senator Reid for their extraordinary efforts. Anderson, tonight, I don't know if you've heard - maybe you all have announced it - but Congress is going to an unprecedented session to pass a $10 billion supplemental bill tonight to keep FEMA and the Red Cross up and operating." -Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), to CNN's Anderson Cooper, Aug. 31, 2005, to which Cooper responded: "I haven't heard that, because, for the last four days, I've been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people here who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated. And when they hear politicians slap - you know, thanking one another, it just, you know, it kind of cuts them the wrong way right now, because literally there was a body on the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman had been laying in the street for 48 hours. And there's not enough facilities to take her up. 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