Ice Storms Strike the Heartland: Where’s Obama?
The devastating storm has been virtually ignored by the national media. The lack of coverage is a media blackout compared to the media onslaught and 24-7 coverage provided in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. President Obama has been living it up in the White House while people have been suffering and dying. Five days after the storm, he still has not traveled to the area to provide aid and comfort to the victims.
When President George W. Bush delayed traveling to the areas ripped apart by Hurricane Katrina in order to allow the recovery efforts to take place without distraction, the left denounced him for “not caring.” Rapper Kanye West actually claimed that Bush did not do more to help because he “doesn’t care about black people.” The “Bush hates black people” theme was picked up and promoted by the anti-Bush mainstream media. President Bush was derided as the “bystander-in-chief;” as someone who had ideological hostility to those needing help; and as “staggeringly indifferent” to the plight of those in New Orleans because of the race of those who were most affected. Those were the more “moderate” comments from the supposedly “mainstream” columnists and reporters; the left-wing blogosphere definitively claimed that “Bush hates black people.” They even had bumper stickers.
The left-wing extremists suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome even went so far as to claim that President Bush “played golf” rather than help those suffering souls in New Orleans. It was, of course, a lie. But that lie persists to this day.
The fact that President Obama is “living large” while Americans suffer is no lie. So where is the collective outrage over his callous disregard for the lives of those who reside in a state that does not worship “The One” and which did not deliver any electoral votes last November? Where are the calls for investigations from the Congress? Perhaps the Democratic Party leadership is too busy sharing cocktails with the president at the White House to notice the ongoing tragedy in “flyover country.” Or maybe they just share his contempt for the “white people” living in those areas where people cling desperately to their guns and Bibles while their government ignores them.
Barack Obama and the politically correct “elite” establishment simply do not care about the nation’s white citizens. Race relations were obviously going to be set back a minimum of twenty years if he were elected president of the United States. Obama sat in a pew listening to racist pastor rant against white people. Why should anyone therefore be surprised by his present behavior? I warned everyone before the election that the white elites who graduated from the so-called best universities were going to align themselves with bigoted black folks to stick it to ordinary white Americans. This will, needless to add, empower the vile David Duke and other hard right-wing reactionaries. They will regretfully gain many converts.
Roughly 95% of all blacks voted for Obama. They were primarily motivated by racism. It’s going to get real ugly. The crisis in Kentucky is only the beginning.
Gill, President Obama was watching the Super Bowl as he should have been watching his and my team the Steelers win a super Super Bowl. He can’t control the weather. You wouldn’t be trying to create a non-story like your friend Rush would you? Get a life pal!
It’s a winter ice storm and not confined to a specific area. There are ice storms every year. A major city was not destroyed. Your logic is specious.
Funny, when the system acts as it’s supposed to. I.e. the local level on up to the county and state levels of response it’s “non news.” Also when it’s flyover country it’s a non story.
But when the system doesn’t work properly (as mentioned above) instead of the story being how the system broke down, it’s the PRESIDENT’s fault?! WTH? I had a major discussion about this with my wife and pointed out that the president has NO ROLE in an emergency response. NONE. He’s not in the response plan and I was glad Bush kept his nose out during Katrina.
The next major Wildfire or earthquake here in California I don’t expect to see Obama come over and “help” us. I expect him to fly over and maybe say some nice words later but not to do anything.
So I’m perfectly fine with Obama doing his normal high living right now. I just wish the media wasn’t so friggin two faced about the whole “emergency response” reporting.
I’m not sure I understand your point.
Were you thinking that obama actually was going to BE POTUS? If that’s the case, I can understand your puzzlement.
However, if you back off a bit, think through his very short political career, you will notice that he is always and only playing a role: the role of Senate candidate, the role of Presidential candidate, the role of President-elect and, thus, now the role of President.
He never actually intended to be president (which is just as well, since he isn’t qualified on any front).
The reason he is not responding is because he truly doesn’t care and truly doesn’t have any sense of responsibility. Those things are only embraced by people who are ALIVE.
He’s like a black hole: you only know something is there by the evidences of gravitation on things in the immediate vicinity (think Hilary and Rahm and Co-president Craig or Gregg or whatever his name is). When you look directly at “where the black hole is” there is—NOTHING!
That ice storm is Obama’s Hurricane Katrina. And so soon too. There’s more like that to come.
I think the lack of any kind words or caring , soothing phrases from the white house is a direct extension of Barack Obama’s previous behavior. In Chicago he played the hardest kind of politics against his opponents. Kentucky became his opponent during the election. Expect not a lifted finger from the petty tyrant , he too busy relishing in their misfortune.
This what FEMA is doing:
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=47382
FEMA:
“FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are working together to provide industrial-size generators needed to power critical facilities. Teams are assessing needs and installing these generators each day.
Other states help through the National Emergency Management Assistance Compact – called EMAC. Mississippi is sending generators to Benton, Ky., to help power shelters housing victims of the storm.
FEMA also is fulfilling the commonwealth’s requests for diesel fuel and unleaded gasoline. Delivery of a total 80,000 gallons began Saturday at commonwealth staging areas in Greenville and Paducah.
Other federal agencies are supporting FEMA as necessary. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has officials in the Kentucky Emergency Operations Center to identify any medical-facility needs.
Under President Obama’s emergency declaration issued Wednesday, FEMA directs other federal agencies and provides 75 percent federal funding for emergency measures for public health and safety in 61 designated counties.”
he’s already sent help. it’s already noted that he sent help. FEMA has already been there but is having trouble due to ice and roads. maybe next time, Obama should make an announcement that he did help so you can stop the ridiculous accusation.
Until some celebrity calls attention to the terrible situation with this ice storm, the story will just be on the American public’s distant radar.
We’re become a nation of celebrity followers, no better than the paparazzi.
Unlike the author, I would be surprised if Obama did anything. I have never gotten the sense that he cares about people, they are a means to an end. It may take another year or two for him to realize the world does not revolve around him, or longer.
B.O. hates white people. That is all there is too it.
“he’s already sent help. it’s already noted that he sent help. FEMA has already been there but is having trouble due to ice and roads. maybe next time, Obama should make an announcement that he did help so you can stop the ridiculous accusation.”
But, But, he should fly down and stop what little is going on so he can make a good campaign ad. Why isn’t the media on this because he has not done this.
8. vivo:
Are you being serious? There are more trucks in any one truck stop in America full of cat food and widgets than what is enumerated in that report.
It was liberals and a complicit media that utterly distorted the proper chain of command in response to a natural disaster. And they did it for political gain against their opponent, President Bush, absent any criticism for the actual boogie men – the Democrats in office in LA that completely dropped the ball – and had been doing so for years before the hurricane.
The proper role of local, state and federal government in response to a disaster notwithstanding, this is the paradigm the liberals wanted to erect – the all seeing, all knowing, always hyper-prepared Federal government. Able to swoop in, cartoon-like, in the wake of a disaster, irrespective of time, distance, logistics, and make it all whole again. I am just helping to point out the hypocrisy.
For people like vivo, their patron saint is Janus.
gee. i sure hope there are no icy roads on the way to getting us out of the great depression. maybe we could dump the remainder of the brandy and cigars he had with the ceo’s on the roads. ceo’s, who by the way, president obama forgot to chastise for their 100 million dollar bonuses. especially the ones who drove companies into the ground. but, hey, he did remember to shake his finger at wall street, where you’re supposed to make nothing BUT money. and thanks prez O for the equal pay when no one has a job. now, that’s prioritizing. and, the foreign nopolicy policy. and, of course, FEMA, now doing an even betterheckofajob. this guy is some shmuck.
“Where’s Obama?”
Now wait just a Climate Change minute…where’s Big Al? I was hoping he would drive a Zamboni over to Kentucky to help out.
The sophomoric urge to “hit back” at the left is not a good one.
Give the tragedy its due, and let FEMA do its job as appropriate, but keep in mind that the higher you raise expectations for federal assistance, in the form of bailouts and emergency management, the weaker the governments of the states.
These sorts of disasters are far more a local and state responsibility than a federal one. Surely the Feds can help, but it is not wise for state and local governments to rely on them or abdicate their responsibilities in such matters.
With that said, this ice storm does go a long way in exposing the sheer hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of the media and the Left. Once again they demonstrate that human suffering and misery is nothing more than a tool to be used to further their agenda. If it does not fit their narrative, it simply does not matter. If it does fit their narrative they exploit it to the maximum.
What despicable excuses for human beings Leftists are.
“He can’t control the weather. ”
Why was this rarely said about George W. Bush during the Katrina crisis? Kentucky is perceived by the politically correct establishment as a predominantly white state—and Republican. There would be hell to pay if most of its citizens were considered black victims of white exploitation.
Is Vivo the same VIVO who left hate mail 1/3 of the way down this page? http://maddox.xmission.com/hatemail.cgi
How’s it possible for more than a million people to get in and out of D.C. in a day, when several thousand couldn’t get out of New Orleans with several days warning? The threat of death and destruction doesn’t stir these people, but a mythical figure does.
There’s always the chance New Orleans will get another chance to rerun this scenario in the next four years; We’ll see how effective “His Emptiness” is.
I’m sticking another pin in my Obama voodoo doll today; Wonder how long it’ll take before there’s any effect?
Only Republican presidents get criticized for lack of disaster relief. Haven’t you guys noticed that there were no ice storms, floods or hurricanes during the eight years Clinton was president. This is clearly more media bias. If Bush was still president we would be getting crucified by the press right now.
To be fair, it’s the media that has a Katrina/NOLA problem. Remember all the media attention on NOLA in 2008 when it was threatened by a hurricane once again? Then, when the storms passed and nothing happened, attentioned turned back to the 2008 elections. Nevermind that Galveston and Houston were devastated….where were the cameras then?
If it ain’t President Bush, no one in the media cares about people in “flyover country”.
3. Red Blooded American:
“It’s a winter ice storm and not confined to a specific area. There are ice storms every year. A major city was not destroyed. Your logic is specious.”
Does that mean that those that died are not really dead? The fact is that a whole region of the country, not just Kentucky, is without power and cold and hungry. Where is Obama? Celebrating and living larger than Bush ever did. Not one word of criticism from the press.
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Who is John Galt?
The pandering media will now give some notice to these people since the Super Bowl is over and they need something to sensationalize.
9. vivo:
FEMA:
“FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are working together to provide industrial-size generators needed to power critical facilities. Teams are assessing needs and installing these generators each day.”
Vivo, FEMA is not the problem. They are an excellent bunch, probably the most efficient federal organization and certainly the smallest. They are made up mostly of part time and reservist workers. The problem is the utter hypocrisy on the part of the media in all this and the impression that Obama doesn’t give a darn. Too busy watching the Super Bowl.
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Who is John Galt?
20. RE:
“this ice storm does go a long way in exposing the sheer hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of the media and the Left. Once again they demonstrate that human suffering and misery is nothing more than a tool to be used to further their agenda. If it does not fit their narrative, it simply does not matter. If it does fit their narrative they exploit it to the maximum.”
Well said! And our versions of Pravda in this country will continue to cover for him in all circumstances.
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Who is John Galt?
The Governor of Kentucky has just asked Obama to declare a Massive Emergency (WTF does this mean). Where has he been for the last week.
Bussta Brown:
Gill, President Obama was watching the Super Bowl as he should have been watching his and my team the Steelers win a super Super Bowl. He can’t control the weather. You wouldn’t be trying to create a non-story like your friend Rush would you? Get a life pal!
Bush couldn’t control the weather either but that didn’t stop him from being blasted over FEMA’s response to Hurricane Katrina. It’s the shameless double standard of the Left and the Press (but I repeat myself) that we’re complaining about.
PS. Another no name Governor, guess which party?
Who cares about that?
Trot out the girls! Aren’t they cute? They are super cool.
Problem solved.
After reading another headline about the storm, I was thinking how this would have been reported differently during the Bush Administration, and shortly after came to Pajamas Media and read this article. Mind meld! I don’t think taking note of the media’s bias is sophomoric. It’s just another bit of valuable knowledge in my daily brain-aerobics routine.
Red Blooded American….Please choose another name. It really doesn’t suit you. Cold hearted %$&^$&^$&^$*G maybe? When you start qualifying a major disaster only in the context of it affecting a major city you are showing your lack of education. It’s the flyover states that provide most of the food for the ignorant a**es like yourself. Any thoughts as to if you’d like to eat this year?
Well, Steve, I get it. Some people, apparently, have no sense of irony. Obama can do exactly what Bush did, suddenly it’s all different? He can behave badly in reality whereas Bush did so mostly in the leftist imagination but now it’s alright? Reap as ye sow, Dems. Reap as ye sow. Two can play at this. So much for hopey-change!
If this had happened during Bush’s administration, we would have been hearing non-stop about how Bush failed the country, how it was all somehow his responsibility (Bush couldn’t control the weather either, but that was never accepted as an excuse in his case), and that the Karl Rove and Dick Cheney had somehow manipulated things behind the scenes, in order to attack innocent Americans.
Funny how having a “D” after the president’s name can change things.
Meanwhile, you’ve gotta wonder why FEMA always seems unable to do much of anything in these situations. Let them do their job? Uh, who’se stopping them?
Granted, icy roads and the like might be hampering FEMA’s capability to get in there. On the other hand, again, flooded roads were not seen as an excuse during Katrina when FEMA and the Red Cross apparently had trouble getting into the area.
Our prayers are with fellow Americans in harm’s way, at home & abroad.
To quote Michele Malkin: as you vote, so shall you reap.
I think if the right wants to make some hay over this issue, and they can, they need to lose the “Barack hates white people” spin whicn immediately discredits the whole issue and turns it into racist sour grapes. Also, since Obama is half-white, it just sounds idiotic.
BUT there is legitimate criticism here that can be made of the press. You can really indict the press for this double standard, particularly in the face of the unconscionable lies and dramatics the press engaged in during Katrina (10,000 are dead, babies are being raped where is Bush!). Bush declared NOLA a state of emergency before the storm even hit and even that birdbrained Gov. Blanco admitted that Bush called her “begging” her and Nagin to evacuate early and to get the National Guard going (her job, not his). Katrina was a disaster that was mismanaged by local and state governments. And the same people who are now admitting that FEMA had a hard time getting through in the midwest bad weather still don’t want to admit that they had a hard time getting through Mississppi and Louisiana, too.
That’s what hate gets you.
The press was unprofessional, mendacious and agenda-driven on Katrina, where they learned they could say anything and people would believe it. So, they took down that president. This time, they’re going to cover-up and minimize to build up “their” president.
America is in trouble and a large reason for that is because the press is no longer honest.
Hey, if you don’t fall into the right identity group, liberals could really give a s**t.
“…hey need to lose the “Barack hates white people” spin whicn immediately discredits the whole issue and turns it into racist sour grapes. Also, since Obama is half-white, it just sounds idiotic.”
Excuse me, but Barack Obama sat in a church pew for twenty years listening to the racist rants of his pastor. The politically correct establishment is also existentially committed to the notion that white people are a cancer on this Earth. Have you already forgotten the late Susan Sontag? Obama’s own writings and recent utterances clearly indicate his self-hating Americanism and his subconscious, if not even conscious, belief that whites are still crapping on the so-called dark skinned victims of Western imperialism. And let’s not forget that he ruthlessly employed the race card during the presidential campaign! At the end of the day, Obama is indeed going to “stick it to whitey.”
Power is out. I recall how Obama called for death of the coal generated power generating companies. These companies are hit with millions of dollars in damage. Putting up poles and labor to restore power is huge expense. But now are still facing obama punishing them for burning coal to provide cheap electricity.
I suspect Obama sees nothing in this for him so he will let it slide.
41. Jbl
The “Barack hates white people” spin from some people is a direct response to Kanye West’s highly publicized “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” theatrics during some televised ceremony in which entertainers give awards to themselves.
The people who chose to use this approach to highlight hypocrisy really should put it in proper context.
I understand the pointed reference to West. I still say it does less, not more, to make the case. Acting like the worst of the left does not do anything for the right.
It is obvious Mr. Gill wrote this artice to accentuate the overt bias of the mainstream media, which is still attacking President Bush over FEMA’s perceived shortcomings during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. That same elitist media cared little for the fate of the hurricane’s victims, and probably care even less for the small-town and rural folks currently dealing with the effects of the ice storm. The fact is the media needs to adjust its cloak, as its duplicity is showing. After all, where is the mud slinging and finger-pointing of Katrina? The outcry of victims of failed policy and preparedness? The venomous attacks of racism and indifference to the plight of common folk? Where are the reporters, selectively interviewing those who would openly accuse President Obama of incompetence and negligence? Thank you for calling attention to the foul stench eminating from America’s “news” rooms, Mr Gill.
“The “Barack hates white people” spin from some people is a direct response to Kanye West’s highly publicized “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” theatrics during some televised ceremony in which entertainers give awards to themselves.”
Nothing could be further from the truth. The “hate whitey” mindset has been around since at least the 1960s. This is the time period when Susan Sontag uttered her contemptible comments. No, this nonsense has been going on long before Kayne West came onto the scene.
On the other hand, treating the Left politely, even when it was in its worst attack dog mode, even-handedness and courtesy hasn’t done much for the right in recent history—and won’t do much for those suffering through the Heartland ice storm now, if we’re too nice to point out the hypocrisy here, and how the media has ignored their plight.
saddened #19 SAID:
“The sophomoric urge to “hit back” at the left is not a good one.”
After 8 years of being hit on, the urge to hit back is pent up! Not too mention the hypocrisy of all the BHO butt-kissers now that they are in the driver’s seat.
Get used to 4 years of hitting back – it’s only human nature. Now you’ll see what we’ve put up with.
Maybe more people will appreciate that at least “W” had the class to not lash back when he was being unfairlay attacked.
Google “pathological narcissism”. That is what we are in for the next 4 years. All of us (libs and recnecks) are just tools and means to an end for BHO.
The Left made hay out of President Bush’s alleged indifference to New Orleans. Payback’s gonna be a bitch.
I am not sure how to put the Kanye West comments in “better context” than referencing them and linking the video where he made the comments, as was done in the column.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDMyArnIdzY
But it was NOT just Kanye who picked up the “Bush hates blacks” theme. There were plenty in the supposedly mainstream and responsible media who did the same thing. It wasn’t just a question, it was a definitive point for them. In this case, they don’t even ask the quesiton, much less seek an answer.
Don’t hit back? Turn the other cheek? Funny. When it’s their turn to get a smack they suddenly find religion.
fred:
“The Left made hay out of President Bush’s alleged indifference to New Orleans. Payback’s gonna be a bitch”
I wish that were true but without the mainstream media even trying to be fair I won’t hold my breath. Anyone who doesn’t see hypocrisy in the media on this is just blinded by cool-aid
I find it amazing that you would compare these two events.
Yes, the ice storm is deadly, but emergency response is on the way. This was not a preventable event.
On the other hand, the failure of levies and subsequent flooding of New Orleans was a failure on the part of the federal government to maintain infrastructure.
Apples and Oranges, folks.
Peace.
DS
52. Steve Gill:
You did it right Steve. I’ve seen it appear elsewhere without the link.
David S.
La.& New Orleans were governed almost exclusively by Democrats for the past 40 years. With leadership like that, NO should have been an exemplary city with honey flowing from the water fountains, sunshine 24 hrs/day, no homeless and full employment. Just look to other Democrat models like Calif., Chicago and Detroit for more examples of what the entire country could be like with your Democrats in charge now.
#55. “Apples and Oranges folks”
Yes and the hours of filming from a news helicopter apples, oranges and other miscellaneous debris outside the Superdome and reporting it as victims of President Bush’s hurricane was a complete failure of the news media to report accurately and without bias.
Apples and Oranges folks
Peace
LS
#55
the levy failure was the fault of LOCAL democratic elected officials who were more interested in their pocketbook.
drop the “peace”. it makes you sound even more like a stoned ’60′s hippie
Did anyone read Stealth Jihad? You would have read about the Muslim camps all over the U.S. where no one can get in to take a look at what they are doing. Training like a military. And blacks are signing up left and right, Carlsbad Calif, outside New York, Georgia, etc. Now remember that Obama said during the campaign that he wanted a civilian security force. Guess what bill Alcee Hastings has just proposed:
“Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., has introduced to the House of Representatives a new bill, H.R. 645, calling for the secretary of homeland security to establish no fewer than six national emergency centers for corralling civilians on military installations.” Check it out on Savage Politics http://savagepolitics.com/
#55 – David S:
The failure of the levies was a state and local problem – moneys earmarked for levy maintenance and repair were repeatedly diverted to other projects. The breach of the levies was also preventable, had local and state government done what they were supposed to do. The stupidity and cupidity of local politicians is not the federal government’s fault.
subcutaneous writes:
“After 8 years of being hit on, the urge to hit back is pent up! Not too mention the hypocrisy of all the BHO butt-kissers now that they are in the driver’s seat. Get used to 4 years of hitting back – it’s only human nature. Now you’ll see what we’ve put up with.”
Sub..I scrolled down the fine comments on this article comments (David S., Saltherring, etc.) building up my own “pent up remarks” about this subject and then — curse you — I read your response. You stole my thunder 100% — right down to the point about GW having class not to hit back.
Well said, my friend, well said.
Maybe the storm needs a name like;
Katrina, Sasha, Michelle, or Oprah to get his excellency’s attention.
Obama hates White people.
Well, if they can say it about Bush and Katrina, I can say it here.
@59. ked5:
Actually, the levees were maintained by the Army Corp of Engineers, a federal entity.
On April 5, 2006, months after independent investigators had demonstrated that the levee failures were not due to natural forces beyond intended design strength, Lt. Gen. Carl Strock testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water that, “We have now concluded we had problems with the design of the structure.” He also testified that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not know of this mechanism of failure prior to August 29, 2005. The claim of ignorance is refuted, however, by the National Science Foundation investigators hired by the Army Corps of Engineers, who point to a 1986 study by the corps itself that such separations were possible in the I-wall design.[
Blaming local officials for the levee failures is dishonest. Just like comparing ice storms to levee failures.
Peace.
DS
I suggest every weather event be given and inner city African-American name so it’s stigma and the attention of our newly elected messiah, have an accurate/balanced record, for posterity’s sake!
BTW, this is only a reflection of the compassion this charlatan brings to the White House.
Stand by for more of the same.
PS; How would have Bush been treated? An interview with Matt Lauer?
Obama’s just trying to populate all those FEMA concentration camps we’ve been hearing about.
“Yes, the ice storm is deadly, but emergency response is on the way. This was not a preventable event.
On the other hand, the failure of levies and subsequent flooding of New Orleans was a failure on the part of the federal government to maintain infrastructure.
Apples and Oranges, folks.”
I suppose all the idiots that A) live BELOW sea level and B) refuse to leave when threatened with destruction have no responsibility here? Why shouldn’t they sit on their asses and wait for people to come knock on their doors individually and drive them off in their own limosine? Why even attempt to care for yourself? That’s what daddy government is for.
No levee can be built that’s big or high enough to keep out every possible storm. new Orleans flooding was an inevitability. ANd it will happen again. No matter who’s in charge.
Maybe the newly funded and wealthy ACORN and black Panthers can go in there and clean up the damage and rebuild.
OHHHH, but will the “annointed one” receive one moment of negative air-time due to his failure to act rapidly to the ice-storms (as Bush was with Katrina,even though most of the blame ought to have been directed at local and state officials and the generally low I.Q.’s of the population in that area)….??? FAT CHANCE.
Obama WAS there. Didn’t you see him? He flew over in Air Force 1. Went real low, too, just to show how much he cares. What, did you want him to actually DO somehting? Why would he? It’s Kentucky for gosh sake. You ever been to Kentucky? You know what kind of people live there?
Sure he was a little late flying over because he was in Texas having birthday cake with John McCain while the storm was going on. But just as soon as he could he committed to a selfish and perfunctory display of concern which I am sure will be followed up by an equally pathetic speech under the blue lights of Dred Scott Square there in the beautiful little town of Monkey’s Paw.
How about this . . . where is Mitch McConnell? He’s from Kentucky. And why did he leave the military after just nine months? My nephew left after nine months, too. He’s in San Francisco now.
You’ve got it wrong – the New Orleans were/ are all victims of oppression struck again by the vile Western civilization, while the Ky people are nothing but a crew of sadistic white imperialists. And they got what they deserve, those ice people, and now get used with it.
Hope and change – yes, we can!
There are plenty of blacks in Kentucky and Tennessee. I guess they do not count as “real blacks” or that the ice missed where they live.
I enjoyed Gill’s piece because it affirmed for me the reason B. Hussein wanted to be President. Because of the perks! Air Force One, White House servants, parties with the finest foods and drink — all paid for by the U.S. Tax payer. It was never to “help the people”; it was always about power and perks. I wonder how long it will take for the ignorant and foolish who believed B. Hussein’s rhetoric realize they have been had?
I simply don’t believe this, though future events might convince me.
But I do believe that Obama does not have the leadership sense of, say, Rudolph Guiliani, who knows that he has to be there and be visible when the dung meets the blower. In this he is like David Dinkens, who triggered race riots by his failure to make it clear that he would make sure that the very real crime was investigated, the facts aired, and, if appropriate, prosecutions begun.
I believe there’s less fan fare from the ice storm because Kentucky and Tennessee’s Governors aren’t inclined to a knee jerk reaction and lying about their situation like uber-idiot Ray Nagan did during Katrina. Way to show some ‘backbone’ Ray!
I don’t believe the White House received any hysteric voice mails from Kentucky or Tennessee claiming ’25,000 killed’ from the catastrophe, right? Lemme see, how many perished from Katrina? Oh yeah, less than 200! Much of this blame goes to the hospitals, nursing homes having *iss poor procedures, personnel employed. In New Orleans? That’s surprising?! (sarcasm off)
Through all this sorting out, these 2 Governor’s are earning their stripes. Then again, this means very little. Seeing as how Nagan won his reelection bid after showing his ‘leadership’ skills.. stupid is, stupid does..
Hurricane Katrina was tailor made as an act of God, the response to which could be conveniently blamed on George Bush. The media, predictably, loved to make this connection. Nevermind the fact that local officials and the citizens of New Orleans were really to blame. Now comes Barack Obama. The Apocalypse itself could occur on his watch and the media would blame it on – George Bush! At any rate, they’re not about to blame our current President for much of anything. And, our enemies understand this.
“I simply don’t believe this, though future events might convince me.”
Future events? What world are you living in? Our “better” universities have been advocating this point of view for a least the last four decades! This did not occur yesterday. White people are deemed to be the scum of the Earth. Why are you seemingly ignorant of this widely held mindset? We are the supposed victimizers of dark skin people. Ever heard of the reparations movement? Barack Obama would never have been elected if he possessed white skin. Many guilt-tripped whites voted for him primarily to prove that ”I’m not a racist.” The Democratic Party white elites have every intention to stick it good and hard to the unwashed white masses. A high percentage of black voters feel exactly the same way. Don’t believe me? When is the last time you looked at the national polling data concerning affirmative action policies?
Are those redneck Kentuckians shooting at the helicopters yet?
Do you think the victims of this crises will remember who helped and who did not help, come the next election cycle?
” Now you’ll see what we’ve put up with.”
No. People don’t see anything they don’t wish to see. Besides, it’s never too late to blame Bush. For example, over the next four years, you’ll be hearing about Obama’s valiant attempts to fix the Bush-ravaged economy.
I agree that Obama doesn’t need to get involved beyond signing the right forms and such. Making a statement about it is good because it makes the news and people who have the means to help can be informed that help is needed.
What I do agree with is that the news coverage of this is almost like Katrina should have been. A little more for this might be helpful as I said above. Katrina should not have been the disaster it was. Nagin was appalling. Blanco was bizarre and appalling and the President of the United States was reduced to begging the governor of the state to do her job and authorize federal help!! And yet, even after the facts of the event are out there for all to find (without the MSM because they’ve declared it ‘old news’) ‘Bush hates black people’.
The mainstream media is horrendous and gets worse daily. An affront to the constitution that protects them.
Nah! He was busy with a cocktail party and a Superbowl Party. It is the social season, you see, and he IS a socialist.
More griping about Obama? Does the right think it will get back into power by complaining like the left did when it was out of power?
I was without electricity for twelve days during December’s major New England ice storm (which was not as devastating as Kentucky’s, but bad enough). The last thing I wanted to see was the President or Governor showing up with their huge entourages. I just wanted the bleepin’ power back on as soon as possible.
Awful hypocritical of you Bussta. Too bad I have to share the same team as you. I’m embarrassed that a Kool-Aid drinker like yourself likes the Steelers. Not to mention I have to share them with the ONE.
The desperation of the Right to discredit our President is both laughable and pitiful.
Sure, a winter storm is Obama’s Katrina. Please…
OK, thanks for playing our game. Try again when your meds take effect…
My being a cynical type, this would be a huge PR op for Sarah Palin (which would also publicize the President’s absence) to visit the good people of Kentucky now and show the ice and cold who’s boss. Come on!
Obama is scum. He’s a corrupt, racist crook. Worse, he’s a traitor. He’s gonna gut defense while massively increasing every other govt agency.
Obama is the smiling face of evil. Charming, but wicked as hell.
Jon, you can snark all you like–but we’re not going to shut up about this, or the media’s obvious bias, just because you disapprove.
The left was desperate to discredit Bush, and it used to Katrina to help do so. Now that we’ve got a president with a “D”, instead of an “R” after his name, we’re all just s’posed to shut up, get with the program and never, ever criticize him? (I don’t think so. . . )
If nothing else, Obama’s throwing a huge party, complete with expensive steak, as the country heads into a depression, AND there’s been a huge ice storm, affecting more people than Katrina did, where people aren’t getting the help they need. . . well, “insensitive” is about the best spin you can put on it. Let ‘em eat Wagyu! Apre moi, le Deluge! “Hope and Change”, yessiree, yessireeee BOB and indeedy! Didja see Michelle Obama’s new dress? Wowzers!
It’s not us discrediting him; he’s doing a great job, all on his own, he needs no help from us.
this kinda crap is the reason pajamas media is going under. Later dumbasses.
Now, now, Dave, Jon would say you’re just a mean ol’ right-winger, trying to discredit The One. When your meds take effect, you’ll realize he really is wonderful, we should never criticize him at all, and, gosh ‘n gollies, he deserves that fancy steak! (As the economy heads down the tubes, but jeekers, Michelle’s new ball gown sure is pretty!)
/Sarc. Of course.
By the way—what with the economy, this disastrous ice storm and the state of world in general, shouldn’t the president be focusing on our actual problems, instead of throwing expensive parties and watching the Super Bowl? I mean, wouldn’t it have been a nice gesture to send some of that money to the areas blocked by ice?
(Okay, okay, I confess—-my meds haven’t kicked in yet, so I still don’t love Obama. Hey, lookit Michelle’s dress! It’s sparkly!)
Where is my Disaster Debit Card? a la Katrina
86. Jon Hall:
The desperation of the Right to discredit our President is both laughable and pitiful.
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Really Jon? Was it laughable and pitiful during the eight years you were doing it? The pot calling the kettle black? Hypocrite!!!
you guys should actually click on the links…..these were pretty bi-partisan events. i guess the repubs. don’t deserve any scrutiny. ok, i’ve spent too much time in the wilderness, now back to reality.
Talking Camel”
Bush spent 35 % of his time in office on vacation. Think he had something better to do at the time?
Wow shoe on other foot. Obama should have shown some interest in the Kentucky situation. He’s too busy planning what size car I should drive and how many billions to give to Acorn.
Just another dictator like Pol Pot, and Chavez.
You don’t get it, man. Obama…he really cares, really. And he really felt bad for all you folks down there. But it wasn’t like a hurricane, man. Wasn’t like you didn’t have a jackass for a mayor and a moron for a governor.
Believe me, Obama was hurtin’ inside, but he didn’t want anyone else to feel his pain, so he pretended like he was having a good time.
Hail, Obama!
PJM is being invaded by juvenile trolls
Better than geriatric trolls.
David Thomson — you should check out Lawrence Auster’s website I think that yYou would like him. He touches the same touchy touchy subject you like to touch, and he had a falling out with his compatriots of the more paleoconservative persuasion (people like me) over their insufficient philo-Semitism. I believe the blog is called View from the Right.
I guess I should be happy that Florida went Blue, even though I personally didn’t vote for the Obamessiah. That means that we should get hurricane relief from FEMA if we get hit in the next four years.
Obviously, the Obama response to Red states is, “Hey, they didn’t vote for me, so f*** ‘em!”
Cybergeezer–We have to find a few reasons to laugh about him or we are going to cry. And if you are calling me “troll”–okay, but I resent “juvenile”. I’m 80!!!
A little early in his term to be blaming him for the failure of FEMA here. There will be plenty of subsrantive failures later on. Lets keep the ODS to a minimum. It really won’t be necessary.
It really is heartening to see that now that the left has their guy in the Whitehouse, we can all start acting like adults. Suddenly the weather and the limited ability of federal employees to overcome mother nature (and in the case of New Orleans, the incompetence of local governments) is no longer an issue.
The hypocrisy of the left is so arrogantly stunning, that it is almost humorous. Sadly the MSM enables them so it is only going to get worse.
President Obama offers hope and change where Bush offered nothing but oppression, intolerance and war. Of course, President Obama is doing everything he can to help these people. It is important that Americans learn to use alternative energy options to live in their homes and learn not to harm the Earth.
“On the other hand, the failure of levies and subsequent flooding of New Orleans was a failure on the part of the federal government to maintain infrastructure.”
Actually, that was a failure on the part of the Orleans Levee Board, which took millions of dollars of taxpayer money appropriated for infrastructure upgrades and spent it on things like marinas and floating casinos, with a significant portion raked off for local Democratic politicians.
Earlier today, I read an item off of the CNN homepage on this topic, and interestingly, a search for the anagram FEMA or the word “emergency” yielded no references to FEMA or the lack of response from the agency. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/02/02/winter.weather/index.html
Sambo, Bush isn’t president now. Obama is. And, as I recall, Bush did get criticized about his vacation time, whereas Obama isn’t getting any flack at all for the current situation (much worse than just taking too much vacation time).
Bussta Brown whines in comment #2 that Obama should enjoy the Superbowl while FEMA stands around and people freeze to death in the Kentucky area. But over on his blog, he was happy to parrot a HuffPo hit piece using Katrina as a club to beat McCain with — because (Senator, not President) McCain only made one public tour New Orleans after Katrina.
You’ve been Busted, Brownshirt.
Have any of you guys got your free stuff from obama yet?
I’m remembering today that he REPEATEDLY promised that “95% of Americans would get tax cuts” if he were selected. How’s that going down? Anybody know?
Isn’t it fun watching the righteous indignation of the obamabots who don’t like it when we ask questions about their manboy….if he wasn’t such poison for the United States of America, it would be a whole lot funnier.
Much has been made of Barack Obama’s 20 years in Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s church: the vitriolic Trinity United Church of Christ. A church so “radioactive” even the other “O” (Oprah Winfrey) chose to leave. But very little has been said of Obama’s time in Hawaii.
I don’t know if you knew this, but many Hawaiians hate white people. In fact, they even have a derogatory word for them: haole. True, the word has other meanings, but it is mainly used in contempt.
I’ll bet Obama spent his teens smoking the world’s finest marijuana and raggin’ on “haoles.” It is not the least bit puzzling to me how Barack Obama could sit in the pews of a poisonous church; for decades. He’d been hearing the same sermon long before moving to Chicago.
The sad, simple truth is that if this stuff was going on in Kentucky, and it was President Bush eating steak and watching the Super Bowl, the press would be screaming for his blood.
That’s really what it comes down to. The press destroys who it hates and protects who it loves. Which means the press is not really any good to the country any longer. They’re useless.
And the government did not destroy the press, as in other countries. The US Press destroyed itself. Wow. That’s sad.
#104 – read again. noone is “blaming Obama for FEMA’s failure.” No one is even saying FEMA failed. They’re just calling the press out on its double standard. Again, if this was going on and Bush was doing what Obama is doing, the press would be screaming…and so would you. You’d be calling for his head.
Maybe Obama IS an inexperienced utopian liberal. Maybe he IS clueless like a moonbat. I don’t know. I will never be allowed to get close enough to look him in the eye and engage him and see what he amounts to. After all, he IS the POTUS and I am just a citizen.
Why doesn’t he care about the people of Kentucky. Is he ignoring them because they gave Hillary a boost and then went heavily for McCain?
55. David S:
“I find it amazing that you would compare these two events.
Yes, the ice storm is deadly, but emergency response is on the way. This was not a preventable event.
On the other hand, the failure of levies and subsequent flooding of New Orleans was a failure on the part of the federal government to maintain infrastructure.
Apples and Oranges, folks.
Peace.
DS”
Actually the breach of the levies were due to massive corruption and fraud in the political circles in Louisiana. No justice, no peace.
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Who is John Galt?
The (waiting-for-that-special-bail-out) media wouldn’t want Obama’s days in office to be ‘distracted’ with anything ‘less than perfect’; or we’d find a more searchable FEMA report…
Yep, hope and change sure has changed since Obama’s pre-election “push-with-shovel in hand”…
Obama is BLACK, the news media will NEVER!!! find fault with anything he does. His race endemnifies him against criticism for his policies, lest one be called racists. The Kentucky po white trash have just been kicked in the teeth by the mess-iah. He keeps the White House at 85 degrees, eats $100/lb steak that I’ve never heard of, while white people he doesn’t give a shit about literally freeze to death in their homes. He is a black racist and supremecist of the worst ilk. I wonder if his fancy-ass steak goes well with Arugala?
Ann, yeah, I know—even with the situation as dire as it is, all the righteous indignation is pretty funny. Makes me think I might even make it through the next four years (without meds, yet!) Can’t we just let Obama eat his steak? Hey, Michelle’s got a new dress.
Our free stuff is in the mail.
” … the failure of levies and subsequent flooding of New Orleans was a failure on the part of the federal government to maintain infrastructure…..”
Maintenance of the levees is not the responsibility of the feds. In any case, LA got humungous amounts of federal funds for those levees for decades, and all of it went to Democrats because for decades Democrats ran LA exclusively.
I lived through the ice storm here in Lexington (soon to be renamed Mexington), KY. The real problem now is that trees are down on the power lines and across the roads in the rural areas (the ice is gone). I was very fortunate in the fact that I was without power for less than a whole day. Many other people will remain without power for weeks; their situation is dire.
However, the culture of this state will prevail in the end. We, as good Americans, and as good country people, help out our neighbors. Churches have been opened as shelters for folks without power. The line crews were on the spot here in town and will surely move into the rural areas ASAFP. We went throught this same mess about 5 years ago with an ice storm. We recovered then; we’ll recover now!
I don’t think Obama doesn’t care about Kentucky. He just has a lot on his plate right now. I’m not apologizing for his behavior! I’ll bet you that a lot of Kentuckians are sure glad that they have their Bibles and guns to cling to right now!
Anybody want to buy some firewood? We dang sure got lots here now!
Hopefully, FEMA, the KY National Guard, and the power companies will get things under control shortly and help to get the power on for those less fortunate than myself.
Please realize that this was an ice storm. There really isn’t much advance warning for those kinds of disasters-in stark contrast to a hurricane. Look, if somebody told me (hillbilly that I am) that a tornado 50 miles across was heading for my home, do you think for a moment that I would just go get a bottle of ripple and wait it out? Nope. Head for the high ground with all speed. And if you decide to ride out hurricanes, don’t cry for the gubment to bail you out!
This story has absolutely nothing to do with President Obama. It’s entirely about the fact that the media has a huge double standard. Bush was bashed for doing more good than Obama has done. This isn’t about Obama’s inaction, but about the media’s silence about Obama’s inaction, or else the lack of apology to Bush.
@116. Mike2:
That’s not what the independent experts concluded:
An [American Society of Civil Engineers panel] yesterday questioned the soundness of large portions of New Orleans’s levee system, warning that the city’s federally designed flood walls were not built to standards stringent enough to protect a large city.
The group faulted the agency responsible for the levees, the Army Corps of Engineers, for adopting safety standards that were “too close to the margin” to protect human life. It also called for an urgent reexamination of the entire levee system, saying there are no assurances that the miles of concrete “I-walls” in New Orleans will hold up against even a moderate hurricane. Saturday, March 25, 2006
The Corps did not adequately oversee the entire levee system, the [UC Berkeley] report notes, and laid off many of its geotechnical engineers who could have effectively overseen its construction and maintenance. Instead, it says, levees were planned and built without adequate oversight.
“They took the engineering out of the Corps of Engineers,” Bea said. “Much of this was a result of mandates by the White House, Congress and the state to be better, faster and cheaper, but you can’t have all three at once without lowering the quality and reliability of the flood defense system.”
According to the report, because the Corps allowed local levee districts to build and maintain portions of the levee system without proper oversight, these flood walls and levees were built to different standards that left weak links where the pieces met. “Many failures developed at interfaces or ‘joints’ in the New Orleans Flood Defense System,” the report notes.
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“The corps has lost its technical capability, and we want to build it back up,” Seed said. 24 May 2006
I tend to agree with their assessment until I see some reason not to.
Any questions?
Peace.
DS
#108 Bill
FEMA is an acronym. It uses the first letter of each word of the “official” name.
An anagram is a rearangement of the letters of a word to make a new word.
@ 123. David S.
When did the Corps of Engineers turn over the responsibility for the levees to the “local levee districts”?
David S,
So, if I understand your points, you agree that the Federal Government has been negligent in building and maintaining levees around New Orleans and that this has been known since at least 1986?
And it is Bush’s fault? The levees did not self destruct or become useless during the Bush Administration. It was an on-going problem that certainly the Clinton, Reagan, GHWB Administrations, or years of Congressional action did not fix.
Meanwhile, given the fact that the levee’s were not adequate and we knew that they were not adequate for some time, doesn’t the focus become that the local government should have been as pro-active as Bush wanted when the hurricane was heading to NO and heeded the urging of the Feds to evacuate?
Yes, Bush screwed up and did not start a massive rebuilding process in 2001 and bring the levees up to speed. (For some reason I think that he was otherwise engaged on more pressing issues but you are right.) Shame on him. Now spread the blame to all the others.
121. HonestJon:
“However, the culture of this state will prevail in the end. We, as good Americans, and as good country people, help out our neighbors. Churches have been opened as shelters for folks without power. The line crews were on the spot here in town and will surely move into the rural areas ASAFP. We went throught this same mess about 5 years ago with an ice storm. We recovered then; we’ll recover now!”
Jon, you apparently did not get the memo. When a natural disaster strikes, you are supposed to grab your guns and your government give away check and head for some unsuspecting city and begin a crime wave. Remember this stuff?
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/28/nation/na-houston28
Now you stop all of this help your neighbor stuff right now, get bitter and cling to your gun and bible. Put a confederate flag on the back window of your pickup truck and get moving. Obama is counting on you!
/sarc off.
Excellent points, Jon…
22. retrophoebia:
“Is Vivo the same VIVO who left hate mail 1/3 of the way down this page?”
No, I’m not.
103. eor:
Oh, no; I wasn’t referring to you. The comment was directed at the juvenile remarks from the immature bunch that post ridiculous comments just to get a rise out of someone. They know who they are. And most other people know, also.
If you’re that age, you know what life is about, and what makes the world go around. I hope I can make it to that age and take advantage of my Long Term Care Ins. I like to get my money’s worth.
I’ll be paying more attention to your posts, now. I’m sure you have some wisdom to share.
126. Eric:
You got the drift; I worked with the crew of the New Orleans District of the Corps. of Engineers. These guys worked like slaves, 12 to 14 hours a day, through weekends and holidays, in other districts that had hurricane damage, as well as their own. There’s much more unpublished, that contribute to these maintenance disasters. One of the largest is budget; The Corps is on the lowest rung.
112. jonnyrancher
Yes, jonny, you are correct, haole is used to refer to whites, in a derogatory fashion. But it is used by people of hawaiian/polynesian descent almost exclusively.
Do some research on Obama’s background and the prep school that he attended and you will see how asinine your accusations of racism are.
I’m not happy that Obama’s our president. I don’t agree with his advertised policies, at all. However, he is my president. I do wish him success, because if he fail’s, except for the people who actually caused our economic mess, we’re all in for a world of hurt. Your accusations are uninformed, irrelevant and derogatory in themselves. You sir are raking muck.
112. jonnyrancher:
131. Bill:
I’d call myself a haole, since I lived in Kaimuki. I could also be a redneck, ’cause I lived in the South.
Call me anything you want, but you won’t call me late for supper.
The racial problems are severely deep seated in Hawaii. Nobody likes any body else because there are Chinese, Japanese, Polynesian, Hawaiian, Korean, Tahitian, Cuban, European, etc.
I had two haole’s in grade school there; If I had saved the greeting cards these tots received from the native kids, there parents would have been arrested by today’s standards. Thankfully, these kids were too young to understand.
@125, 126
I never claimed it was solely the responsibility of Bush. It is clear that it was a failure over the long term at the federal level. The local levy districts worked under the inadequate supervision of the Corps.
Not too hard to figure out. The blame goes back to Reagan, and each administration bears some responsibility. However, failing to prepare for the failure is 100% in Bush’s lap.
Peace.
DS
Cybergeezer, You’re preaching to the choir. I grew up on Oahu. Spending short stints in Waialae/Kahala, Nuuanu/Pali and finally ending up in Kahaluu/Kaneohe. I was shaken down twice (once resulting in a broken tooth) waiting for city bus IN Ala Moana. At the time the largest shopping mall in the world. Targeted because I was the only haole at the stop. And nary a person opted to help.
So you are correct, the racial divisions in Hawaii, are deep. Some of the worst in the nation, to my mind (and I like you, am a southerner by birth and current residence). My point to jonny was that:
1) the animosity shown towards whites is predominantly a polynesian thing. I received little to no animosity from Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Filipino’s or blacks (of which there are notably few in Hawaii).
2) Punahou School, in Manoa valley, is highly respected, and extremely diverse. It is most likely , the most diverse private school on the island. There is little tolerance in that environment for people who spend their time “raggin’ on haoles”.
Hmmm, the phrase “Nero fiddled while Rome burned” comes to mind.
Um, hello, there in’t an ice problem in Kentucky, it’s global warming!! Duh, how can you talk about an ice problem, plus smear that One all in the same breath in the MSM, people come on! (sarcasm for sure) Plus in Gore from around there somewhere? Be real
No peace DS, that sounds so phony, even when some of my friends sign off like that, people will only find peace if they chose to find it
Oh, I see now that I forgot to say all my prayers go out to those suffering in the struck areas. We’ve had massive storms through here (France, 10 days ago) and many are also just getting back water, electricity, and phone service.
@ 123 & 133, David S.:
I want to work for you. You’ll take all of the blame and I’ll never be held responsible for anything.
David S,
Please continue with your Katrina research. Surely there are more excerpts from other studies that you can post. Please don’t be offended if my folks continue with the re-building while they all wait for more of your enlightenment.
Peace,
JB
As a person living in the affected area, and having been without power etc for 5 days or so, I have to say: haven’t seen FEMA, EMAC, or any other kind of help here other than the Red Cross setting up a shelter in the High School. Most of us living here are southerners and we will survive. We know how to be good neighbors, to check on our friends, neighbors and coworkers, and offer anything we have that someone else might need. We also know how to plan for storms like this; it’s only common sense to plan for taking care of one’s self no matter where you live. If more folks counted on themselves and prepared for the worst their weather could give them our whole country would be in better shape. Give it up, grow up and take responsibility for yourself.
Anybody remember the large increases that Clinton requested for the Corps? Yeah, me neither. Blaming Reagan is just partisan nonsense.
The point of this is not to blame Obama for the response to the ice storms. The point is to point out how pathetically infantile and dishonest the left acted after Katrina compared to how we are all supposed to be civilized and reasonable towards Obama.
Somebody wake me when the adults are back in charge.
>Not too hard to figure out. The blame goes back to Reagan, and each administration bears some responsibility. However, failing to prepare for the failure is 100% in Bush’s lap.
Peace.
DS<
Peace, yeah, whatever. So, son, what exactly do you call ‘prepare for the failure’? Would it be the mayor having hundreds of buses that got flooded because they just sat there used to evacuate? How about telling your ignorant citizens to get the f*ck out before the hurricane comes? Bush’s fault, right. So, since the mayor and governor did not allow LEGALLY for a state of emergency until well after the hurricane had hit (because they KNEW how bad they were about to look), what exactly was President Bush supposed to do? Send in the army anyway? Last time I look, that’s called an invasion and is illegal. Your ignorance of history and legal precident is exceeded only by your willingess to forgive Prez O for any wrongdoing.
not surprising that he didnt do anything. not his voting block. the south will just have to keep doing what it has been doing all along. take care of ourselves. god bless tn task force 1.
This just came in:
“Borach Obama is going to legislate good weather for the stricken part of the country.”
(This tune should sb e sung to the tune of LET IT SHINE, LET IT SHINE, LET IT SHINE.)
Halleluja!
Everyone grab your tamboreens and let’s sing now
Everyone stand up and clap your hands now, say it now
Everyone stomp your feet now, shout it now
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
Halleluja
Nancy Pellosi write that bill, introduce it now
Diane Feinstein to the Senate, oh bring it now
Let’s all vote and sing hooray, yes sing it now
Let it shine ,let it shine, let it shine
Halleluja
Borach is standing and posing its a photo op now
Looking for his pen or pencil with concern now
Wrote his name on the paper, yes he signed it now
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
Halleluja
Feel that warmth and kindness, its better now
Just like a heater in the darkness, it’ll glow now
Melt away all that cold and ice, see it go now
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
Halleluja
Shucks, don’t that all make you feel better?
Well the BO Admin is 2 weeks in and the Honeymoon is over, if the Prez doesn’t get up to speed much quicke, that is a BIG IF, the Democrat party will be lucky to survive his 1 term.
In 2006, the founder of BLACK AMAZON BOOKS said on CSPAN That the “only solution is to kill all the white people”. This is a multi millionaire who has given large contributions to several different dimwits, including the OBAMASKANK. Obamaskank doesnt care one wit for the common man, he thinks he is smarter than you and me and somehow has “all the answers”. Sure, Obamaskank, and Adolph Hitler thought he was the leader of the “master race”. You are what you are oBAMASKANK, a little punk with few brains and no guts. Your “abilities” rank somewhere between flushing toilets and using them.
Very little coverage in the national media for this disaster!! Obama is a NO SHOW!! And FEMA’s response is tepid!! I guess crackers do not deserve jelly or peanut butter!!
I think this is a good point. More attention should probably be shown to this issue. After the issues with Bush and Katrina, you think Obama would try to help out here. It’s interesting how we aren’t hearing much about Obama’s inaction either…
if they were black he be all over it
Well another one bites the dust! Another” mea culpa” Senator who is sooo sorry for his over sight of not paying his taxes. I know he paid it but only after he knew he was going to get the heat over it. Do you think an apology would satisfy the IRS if it were you or I who did that? NOT! I think the whole kit and kaboodle of these forgetful politicians should be subjected to a lookback on their taxes for the time they’ve been in office. Maybe it would put some of the money IN the treasury instead of taking out the taxpayers money all the time.
Excellent points, Jon…
Thanks, turfmann!
Those of us who are self-reliant non-victims just don’t get the whole entitlement bunch of bull. Sure, if somebody REALLY needs (and deserves) a hand, then by all means give them one. But, we Kentuckians really don’t expect a whole lot from the gubment. Keep in mind, “A country boy can survive!”
I’ll bet two hogs and a milk cow that Kentucky recovers from this disaster faster than New Orleans-because we’ll do it ourself, not wait for a handout. Furthermore, I’ll bet the crime rate doesn’t go up here like it did there.
140. knitnick:
“As a person living in the affected area, and having been without power etc for 5 days or so, I have to say: haven’t seen FEMA, EMAC, or any other kind of help here other than the Red Cross”
I’m sorry about your situation, but with no power, how can you use your computer? I know about batteries, but . . .
I live in Arkansas and we were hit. It is the worst natural disaster in the state’s history. My aunt from the Gulf Coast was staying with me and she said it was as bad as a hurricane. The water is contaminated. Obama’s response to this is apalling and it has not gone un-noted. FEMA will be getting here tomorrow according to city hall.
So Red Blooded American this is no normal ice storm, and I am sorry that the media is hiding it from you. Trees have falled on houses trapping people. Water is contaminated from lack of power to treatment plants. This is not slippery roads. In fact the roads aren’t slick at all. The worst road danger is the power lines laying across the highway gets wrapped up in your wheel causing you to wreck. Now that has been happening.
On the other hand electric crews from AR and LA were gathering on the Fri. before the storm to start as soon as possible. And state workers cleared roads and driveway while the freezing rain was still falling and the limbs coming down so people could try and get out. Now that is response. I don’t know what Obama’s FEMA is, not speedy that’s for sure.
Let’s face it, we are in for a long four years with this clown in the White House. He loves the trappings of power but knows nothing about being President. Big talk with little action.
All we can do is make sure it is limited to four years
Bush constantly gets dinged for his having failed to communicate, but during disasters, he always spoke up, and offered reassurance from the President. He was very human. No statement from Obama. Who really is unable to communicate?
This is undoubtedly the silliest article yet to appear on this site–no small distinction.
Might be silly if you’ve got power, but if it’s 34 degrees in the house and you feel abandoned by your gubmint, it ain’t.
How Obama Handles Catastrophe: From a Distance
Please see: “Katrina Redux? If GWB Hated Blacks in 2005, Does BHO Hate Whites in 2009?” – http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=790.
That article compared the treatment accorded GWB and FEMA for not acting quickly enough to Katrina and the tragedy in New Orleans with BHO not reacting at all to the ice storm tragedy in the Midwest. Some even suggested that Bush’s hatred of Blacks explained the delays.
Recall what you said back then, Mr. Obama?
“Across the city, we see the evidence that George Bush’s promises were empty,” Obama said [at the time]. If catastrophe comes, the American people must be able to call on a competent government. When I am president, the days of dysfunction and cronyism in Washington will be over.”
It took 10 days for Acting FEMA administrator, Nancy Ward to even make an appearance in Kentucky where tens of thousands still suffer without electrical power and where 4,600 National Guardsmen were activated to assist residents. And that tragedy is ongoing.
Where’s Waldo? I mean, Obama?
“Obama Handles First Natural Disaster from Afar(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama is handling the first natural disaster of his presidency from the White House – an ice storm that has claimed the lives of at least 59 people – and so far has not visited the affected region. . .
(Read the rest of this article at http://genelalor.com/.)
Funny how they never research anything??
Directly from Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
http://www.tnema.org/
Weekly Operations Summary
February 1-7, 2009
Mission # 6
Multiple counties in northwest Tennessee were affected by a winter ice storm that passed through the state. The State EOC was activated at a Level III in response to damages in and requests for assistance by Henry, Lake, Obion, Dyer and Weakley Counties. Power and road infrastructure have been restored to all but a few hundred customers as of the completion of this report.
In addition to the response to Tennessee, the state has fulfilled 20 Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) requests made by Kentucky EMA including TEMA Communications assets, 30 Humvees, four ambulance strike teams, four TEMA Area Coordinators and 16 incident managers from local government, as well as sending shelter supplies to various counties. Most Tennessee assets have demobilized at this time. TEMA will continue to support any further requests made by Kentucky.
State EOC has continued 24-hour staffing since the night of the ice storm and continues to closely monitor incoming severe weather systems that may threaten the state.
Bredesen Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration for Seven Counties
Released on Fri, Feb 06, 2009 – 3:47 pm under
• Governor Bredesen
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen has asked President Obama to declare seven counties in West Tennessee federal disaster areas following the winter storm that struck on Wednesday, January 28. The counties are Dyer, Henry, Lake, Obion, Montgomery, Stewart and Weakley.
At Bredesen’s request, the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week began the process of conducting the damage assessments required for a formal request of federal aid. The preliminary damage assessments have totaled more than $11 million in storm-related damages and emergency response costs in those seven counties.
“I appreciate the exemplary work of first responders and utilities in reacting to the emergency situation that impacted Tennessee as well as our neighboring states,” said Bredesen. “I’m also pleased with the quick action taken by local, state and federal officials to obtain the damage assessments required to support this request.”
In Tennessee, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reports that more than 20,000 customers lost power for an extended period and one fatality in Obion County was attributed to the storm’s impact to the region. That individual died due to carbon monoxide poisoning from an improperly vented generator.
“The effects of the ice storm in multiple states cost many their lives, often tragically due to carbon monoxide poisoning or hyperthermia,” said James Bassham, Director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. “Those deaths highlight the continued need for individuals to be prepared to safely sustain themselves or their neighbors during a large-scale emergency until outside assistance can be mobilized.”
Directly from Kentucky Emergency Management
http://kentucky.gov
Kentuckians continue to recover from the winter storm that struck Kentucky causng hundreds of thousands to loose power and over 6,500 leave their homes seek shelter elsewhere.
After a request from Governor Steve Beshear, on the evening of January 28, 2009 President Obama approved a Federal Emergency Declaration for Kentucky. This emergency declaration allowed FEMA to immediately initiate curcial resources to the state critical to infrastructure and protection and safety of life.
Vast power outages and lack of communications have hendered emergency response in some areas. If you are having difficulty contacting a local emergency management office please call 1-502-607-1600 for assistance or information.