News Coverage focusing only on negative

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Originally posted by RICHARD


We even order our pizza over the internet...I know, I do.....

You can order pizza over the INTERNET?

If General Honore ever runs for President, he's got my vote no matter who runs against him.

[Lady's Human]

MOFF< you can order pizza pretty much anywhere. We had a Domino's at Fort hood that would deliver to anywhere in the training areas.

More on media coverage.....

For all the hits FEMA and the Bush Administration have been taking, mull this over for a minute:

It has been known for DECADES that the NO levees couldn't take the hit that Katrina gave them. Instead of funding the levees, we have Interstate highways to nowwhere (WV and AK), federally funded trailers for lawnmower racers, and a new tunnel in Boston, among other federally funded boondoggles. (yes, I know the big dig alleviated traffic, but at $22 Billion and still counting?)

Also:

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency on Friday before the storm hit. But she waited until Tuesday to order New Orleans evacuated. President Bush had called her before the storm hit and urged her to force an evacuation, but she chose not to. The only mandatory evacuation order was given by the mayor the day before Katrina hit, and he lacked the resources to enforce it. The first buses did not arrive at the Superdome until Wednesday.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency deserves a great deal of criticism for its inability to cope with the disaster. But The Washington Post reported last week that FEMA's standard emergency plan "advises state and local emergency managers not to expect federal aid for 72 to 96 hours, and base their own preparedness efforts on the need to be self-sufficient for at least that period."

http://www.theunionleader.com/articl...?article=60048

Local and state disaster administrators are indeed given that warning. It was re-iterated to the state of LA during a FEMA drill in 2004 not to expect aid for that period of time.

The Governor could have ordered the LA national guard in, but she waited. The mayor could have ordered the fleet of 2000 schood buses to be used for the evactuation, but he didn't. State and local disaster agencies KNOW they have to have plans in place to cover the time between the disaster and the time federal help arrives, obviously they failed.

Instead of pointing the finger at everyone, the media chooses to blame the Bush administration.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Originally posted by Lady's Human

Instead of pointing the finger at everyone, the media chooses to blame the Bush administration.

The media has had it's nose out of joint ever since the election. I'm surprised they aren't blaming the hurricane on the Bush administration. Probably will, as soon as they can figure out how to do it.

[lizbud]

Bush calls for an investigation into the slow response of
Government.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/n...ashington.html

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
You can order pizza over the INTERNET?

If General Honore ever runs for President, he's got my vote no matter who runs against him.

I am a freaking lazy American....I know these things.


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Make that TWO votes.

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Twice I have heard this news report on the USS Bataan..

It was being pushed into dock by a tug yesterday.....

That it was capable of holding 600 patients and capable of distilling 10,000 gallons of water per day.

It was also reported that the ship rode out the storm in 14 foot waves but wasn't able to contribute to the evacuation/assistance effort because no orders were given to the captain of the ship.


Hmmmmmmmmmm...

http://www.bataan.navy.mil/


Check out the updated site and tell me how effed up the media is.....By the way, Ted Koeppel was the newscaster who first reported that the Bataan was floating around the Gulf with nowhere to go and nothing to do.....

[Lady's Human]

The Bataan has a 600 bed hospital? DAMN, those marines get all the good toys......damned seagoing bellhops.

For a ship that had gptten no orders, it sounds like they've been damned busy.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Lady's Human
The Bataan has a 600 bed hospital? DAMN, those marines get all the good toys......damned seagoing bellhops.

For a ship that had gptten no orders, it sounds like they've been damned busy.

Actually the Bataan is a smaller version of an Navy aircraft carrier.

It has the capability to take care of 600 wounded/injured people.

Typical jarheads, put them on a boat and they'll do anything to get back on land.

[RICHARD]

I have another gripe about the disaster coverage.

It's the grossout factor.


The Superdome is a huge stadium.

They have tons of plastic bags and cleaning supplies.

Why was everyone going to the bathroom all over the place???

HAD ANYONE thought of putting some plastic bags into trash cans and setting up a system to isolate the human waste?

[Scooby4]

This reaffirms the theory that the nastiest filthiest creatures on earth are HUMANS !!! Think about it... All other animals do have a built in "clean up system". Have you ever been to the jungle and seen "trash" thrown about? Not by the animals!!! How about the ocean? There are billions of animals living in the sea, yet it can be clean and fresh!!!
Humans truly are the MOST unhygenic creatures. We throw about waste and create more of it. We couldn't keep ourselves clean without water! The apes atleast pick and eat bugs out of eachothers hairs. There is even a fish that cleans a shark!!! Humans just become crustier and nastier without a bath.
This disaster has shown just how much "nastier" us humans are to are animal counterparts. Once the the city's are evacuated, let's watch what the other animals will do to them. I am sure they would be cleaned up and picked dry if we let a small zoo loose in the places!!!
By the way Richard, Jarheads go to land to sea - legs!!! Get it? Sea-legs!!! on boat long-time...get sea-legs...

[RICHARD]

The Hispanic media has jumped upon the bandwagon in bashing the U.S.


Now, I am an American-Mexican, so I can play the race card here.

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I saw one interview about how these people, who are citizens of the U.S., were not given any assistance by FEMA because the are hispanic.

Their residence was flooded so they said that they 'placed a call to FEMA' and were denied help.

LIke FEMA is gonna run down to their driveway and help them out?

The charge? racism....They hung up on them...

The other story concerned the illegal aliens who are running around making the same allegations.

Of course, they are avoiding any contact with any officials because the are afraid of being deported. The US customs service
does have men in the area and these people think it's a plot to round them up....

I think that we have better things to do at the moment that to check your papers.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Originally posted by RICHARD

I think that we have better things to do at the moment that to check your papers.

What papers? I thought they would have been lost in the flood?

Won't be able to tell an illegal from a legal resident now, I should think.

Gee Whiz: no wonder things were such a mess when the disaster hit: right now Fox News is interviewing the Govenor of LA. The Mayor of NO says everyone MUST leave, no matter what, they will be forced to go. The Govenor is saying NO. The water will be tested first to see if it's contaminated.

HELLO GOVENOR!!! CAN YOU SAY SEWAGE AND DEAD BODIES!!!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

By the way, the tests are back on the water this morning. The water is only contaminated 10% above the highest safe level. Don't think I'd care to use it!

[RICHARD]

I am not enamoured of the fact that reporters are 'Making the news" not reporting it.
David Jackson did a report on a rescue last night.

A man was rescued but was not allowed to take the black Lab, that did not belong to him, with him.

After his report the TV station was flooded (no pun intended) with calls about the dog.

Jackson and his crew went back, in the dead of night and rescued the dog.

Jackson said they will try to find the owners, if not she was coming to Lost Angeles to be homed with one of the crew members.

The dogs new name??

Katrina.

[joycenalex]

does anyone know much about the coast guard vice admiral who's 'helping' out in NO? heard his interview on npr this am, it sounds as tho there will be some changes made asap. GO GUARD!!!

[carole]

My mother was reading in the English Tabloid that an English couple were caught up in it and were in the superdome, they said it was Hell on Earth, a young girl was raped and then later killed, they were saying it was going on all the time, and they did not dare close their eyes for fear of being killed, I really don't know whether it is true or not, but if so this is shocking.