Thank goodness the activist old media has something to distract them from the disaster being created by the Cold Hearted Social Engineer in the White House.
They have Hurricane Katrina to talk about again.
This week marks the 5th anniversary of the hurricane and disaster caused by George W. Bush. Whew! Thank goodness, they can start talking about Evil Bush again. (Yes, RFK, Jr., said Bush caused the hurricane by derailing the Kyoto Protocol thus increasing CO2 pollution—he also predicted an onslaught of hurricanes to follow Katrina because of George W. Bush.)
NBC is planning a special Meet the Press from New Orleans on Sunday to no doubt bring up their favorite issue, George W. Bush and his horrible failures.
Since we are now five years beyond the hurricane, let me tell you what the true disasters of Katrina were, and these are the things that the media will likely intentionally miss in their anniversary analysis. Some of us spotted these at the time, but now that the media now has the advantage of hindsight (which is supposed to be 20/20) so they only way they get it wrong now is if they want to get it wrong.
1) Government cannot save us.
The American left and its media believes that it is government’s job to save us all. I don’t care whether we’re talking about local, state or national government—it rarely has the power to save us. This is the most devastating fallout from Katrina, the fact that people think government is there to save us. The message was loud and clear from the media—“it is government’s job to save us.” Yes, I think Mayor Ray Nagin should’ve used the buses to save his people, but he didn’t. Yes, I think Governor Kathleen Blanco should’ve called in the National Guard sooner, but she didn’t, and yes, I wish Bush would’ve responded faster with the recovery days after the Coast Guard was called in to pick people off their roofs, but he didn’t. Wait for government to save you, and you may never be saved.
2) Failure of the Welfare State.
Three generations of Democrat promises to the people of New Orleans were exposed when the levees broke. Democrat “leaders” in New Orleans had promised these good people that they would care for them from cradle to grave, just vote Democrat when you are bused to the polling places (the buses worked fine on Election Day.) The Democrat Welfare State was exposed on those rooftops that day.
It took at least 70 years to falsely teach those Americans that government would save them (see #1.) When they needed government most, it was not there for them. Imagine that? The media missed the real story behind those on the rooftops. Why were they still there? They were waiting for government to save them as promised.
3) Failure of the media to be accurate.
The media got as many stories wrong with Katrina as it got right. The headlines of the day shouted “Tens of Thousands Dead, Thousands Dead in the Superdome, Superdome Destroyed, Toxic Soup Floods New Orleans, Bush Hates Black People” (Oh, that was Kanye West, but the media helped him spread that message.) The tragedy is that more than 1,800 people died, 1,400 of those in New Orleans. Of those who died in New Orleans the large majority died because the levees (promised to be secure by all levels of government—see #1) broke. Had the money dedicated to the levees been spent where it was intended, they would’ve held and perhaps the number dead would’ve been in the dozens, not the hundreds. It was the levees’ breaking that caused the major damage, not the hurricane itself—the media seemed to blow by that fact in 2005.
Over the years local Louisiana government (Democrat dominated) squandered the money that was supposed to go towards strengthening the levees. If the levees hold, you have the same story in New Orleans that you saw in other Gulf cities.
4) Charity and free enterprise work
Charity never faileth. Churches, charity and capitalism are what kept Katrina from being worse. The list is long of churches that were on the scene before government to help those in need. Imagine that, churches will always be better at charity than the government. The National Guard actually kept many charitable groups out of the city because of safety concerns perpetuated by false reporting by the media of the dangers in New Orleans.
While the U.S. Coast Guard was there as quickly as possible to save lives, groups like the American Red Cross and others were not far behind, even Wal-Mart beat government to the punch.
This will be a big week for the media to recreate what happened in Katrina to make themselves look like heroes and to make Bush look bad, once again. They will recount the many awards they gave each other for what they saw as excellent coverage and they will repeat the mantra that it is government’s job to save us. If there is a disaster in my neighborhood, I will work to save myself, my family and my neighbors — only then will I call 911.
I will hope and pray for the best. I will not call Obama, then blame him when he can’t save me (see #1.)
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Imagine that. Everything Futrell learned from Katrina precisely matches his pre-existing political worldview. In other words, he learned nothing. I'm only surprised that he didn't find Katrina would have been worse if not for the Bush tax cuts. Ah well, there's always the next column.
what an astute observation! did you think that one out ahead of time?
Do you suppose Ray Nagin's and Kathleen Blanco's criminal misfeasance, nonfeasance, and malfeasance in preparing "Nawlins" and "Loosiana" for what any meteorologist could have told them was an inevitability sometime in our lifetimes will be featured in this coverage?
Both of those hacks were the political first responders and they were asleep at the wheel.
Luckily for them, the MSM hated Bush so much that they were willing to allow those political "leaders" most responsible for the unpreparedness of their city and state to evacuate those ahead of the storm a complete King's-X when the post mortems began.
This was one of the most blatant examples of the press willfully ignoring the obvious so they could ravage the hated Bush as much as possible.
In doing so, they performed one of the worst disservices to our nation in the history of of our press. They failed to make well-known those mistakes and omissions that needed to be corrected to save those who might die in a future such catastrophe.
Lots of proforma blood is already on their hands.
If there's another hurricane, will O'Bummer be blamed?
"If there is a disaster in my neighborhood, I will work to save myself, my family and my neighbors — only then will I call 911."
Got that, folks? Don't bother calling the fire department or the police, because government can't help you. You smell smoke? First look for your garden hose, and if that doesn't work on the fire, then call 9-11.
Solid libertarian advice. You can see why there are so few libertarians. It's an evolutionary dead end.
Is that the same device used to cause the Haiti earthquake and blow a hole in the ozone layer or are those separate devices? I was never certain.
Before he sits down at his terminal at Media Matters, they give him a sheet of responses for the day…..
Nah.
They'll blame Bush, and call it "backwash."
Katrina was a Media made disaster for the Bush Administration…
Whose subsequent handling of the PR, while not great, was NOT the cause of anything.
Obama is still President only because the MBM* covers for his ineptudide 24/7…
Any Repub President, as incompetent and corrupt as Obungler, would have been drummed out already…
by Conservative outrage….
* Make Believe Media..
can't wait for Progressives to go the way of the Dinosaurs…….look in the sky, a-holes….
"NBC is planning a special Meet the Press from New Orleans on Sunday to no doubt bring up their favorite issue, George W. Bush and his horrible failures."
If NBC brings up Bush, citing his failures, they just then closed the argument from the left for getting Bush involved in helping Obumbles get support for the Mosque, err Terrorist Training Center at Ground Zero.
Sorry.
It can't be both ways.
I always said that NBC stood for "Nothing But Crap."
Katrina is, and was a glaring example of the failures of government at every level, most especially state and local, that’s only one side of the coin. Excluding the infirmed, what kind of stupid SOB doesn’t get out of the way of a Cat 5 hurricane, on a pogo-stick if necessary?
Anyone hear about that flood in TN? No, me neither.
All of it orginating during Ohummer's morning set-up with John Podesta.
Hi Mr. Podesta!
*waves*
Thank you! You are the first person on all these blogs I have heard mention anything about that.
I have wrote a few posts in the past on this. What happened in TN. was by far worse than katrina. Where was blahblah? On vacation……or playing golf. No one got onto him for not going down to check out the situation. Or at least ACT like he cared.
Progressing in Katrina, would be clutching his Ray Nagan, Kathleen Blanco action figures pleading, “please save me, my beloved government,” as the water rises to his chin.
So…. There is this city that is below sea level… Wouldn't you think the people living there would be a little leary of large rain storms…let alone a hurricane? When they knew a hurricane was coming, why didn't they try to find a way to safety? They certainly had plenty of time. Was it just another example of "crying wolf"?
Speaking of an evolutionary dead end wait till November.
The MSM chorous…
Bush, Bush, BBBBBush, Bush, ………… BUSH!
Gee I wonder why I took Meet the press off my DVR list about 2 years ago.
If they shill for O and bash Bush, but no one watches, does it really matter!
I think it's because the people of Tennessee decided not to wait for the government to save them. They got right to work cleaning up…which doesn't jive with the whole "Government will save you!" thing the MSM tries to push.
Yeah, that probably makes a lot of sense – to a libtard.
You'd think. I live in Florida, and every year at the start of hurricane season, everybody starts making sure they've got what they need to get the hell out of Dodge in case of a hurricane looming on the horizon farther down the road. I was genuinely shocked that New Orleans didn't seem to have the routine down.
Good Morning sizemorew….. Yes you're right. People were too busy helping each other, than standing around on roof tops waiting for the government handouts.
Same device. Different frequencies.
It appears to be an example of natural selection…….
He only CARES about blue states…..
GW huffed and he puffed and he blew Nawleans down. Get a grip.
Good morning, GodHelpUsAll912!
Pesky people going out and doing things for themselves. They don't get that they need government to do everything for them.
………..and then he conjured up the second storm, and chased the refugees clear to Houston!
Is that you, Soros?
I truely wonder how the MSM wil react after November. I can see it now. They will act as if they never had a hand in the subversion of truth.
Remember after the last election, the idiot woman that was dancing around and screaming about how she would no longer have to pay her mortgage of pay for her gas?
All those stores that needed cleaning. Just helping out the community. Free of charge of course.
Hehe!
They are the Exact same thing Except the are Different.
Can't say you are completely wrong. That is one reason one reason only for every American to own a legal arsenal.
So does this mean they're no longer soliciting Bush's support for the GZ Mosque?
Of course you realize the vast majority who didn't take it upon themselves to find a means out of dodge are the very ones who expect the gov to do it for them. And God Said "I sent you a rowboat and helicopter. What in hades else do you want"? They replied just a bus outside my door an hour two before she hits will do.
This is one of the stupidest apples to oranges comparisons I ever read. The true talent of leftians is building strawmen. Bill Whittle has an excellent post on Progressivism and it rises from time to time. As long as times are good and wealth abounded, poorly conceived arguments and philosophies like the above post are bound to appear. In the event of an economic catastrophe that +13 trillion in debt just may create, Progressing will be the first in the breadline because he won't know what else to do. Good luck with that sucker!
OOOOh! Well said!
Yeah me too. I start buying in April to avoid the rush.
"The true talent of leftians is building strawmen."
Which makes us just about the last manufacturers left in America. We have now turned our attention to building very pricey "green" strawmen.
You also forgot to mention that we "leftians" are great in the sack.
Real people died.
Real people could have prevented it by being honest (polticians).
Real people (journalists and citizen activists (including ACORN)) could have held their politicians accountable and prevented it.
We are real…what is our role? Is blood on our hands too???
The Tennessee flood was massive. Nashville was underwater, there were houses floating down the interstate and the outlying areas were deep in water and sludge. So what happened? People got to work, they helped each other and they didn't whine. Will there be a Nashville Flood retrospective five years from now?
Hah!
Let me be clear.
You will be hearing about Bush for as long as you live so you might as well get used to it. He was, according to surveys of historians and political scientists, among the worst presidents in history. His failures — fiscal, economic, national security, Katrina, foreign policy — will reverberate for decades, (perhaps longer if Obama can't pull up the nose of this plane). He will live in ignominy forever.
Deal with it.
Wow, can't imagine how in your worldview , you didn't just go ahead an call him a racist, bigoted homophobe. Did I leave anything out.?. If disaster ever strikes where you live, we will know who you are by identifying the whiner calling 911 demanding assistance.
All Progressive plantations should be below sea level………..
You mean the flood in which less than two dozen people died?
Compared to the flood in New Orleans that cost more than 1,800 lives?
The media should have done a better job. But your equivalence is silly.
Politicians are just ordinary people like ourselves. Yes we are guilty of allowing ourselves to be lulled into thinking that just because we pay taxes and elect officals to take care of all the problems, we can now sit back and our worries are covered. Nature always has a way of showing us how silly our pretentions are.
"Meet The Press" with David Gregory as host has turned into a lopsided partisan shill for the Democrats and Obama himself. I truly miss Tim Russert. Even though Russert was a Democrat, he always maintained as unbiased a format as one could possibly hope that followed politics.
I wouldn't doubt if the White House was emailing David Gregory during his show, much like they do MSNBC. It sure seems like it.
Good plan. I've been thinking about getting one of the emergency kits from Food Insurance to avoid the yearly winter gorging on canned food before that spoils. The food in the emergency packs are supposed to last seven to ten years.
You can't be that dense. If there was a DISASTER in my neighborhood, my instinct is not to call upon government, it is to act to secure my family etc. Do you expect people to twiddle their thumbs whilst the emergency services are on their way? Is it possible that your situtation pales compared to others? That the emergency services are limited in manpower and resources and have to prioritize? You are a selfish bastard, if nothing else.
You then conflate a localized event, a house fire, with a larger disaster. Whether one ought to tackle a fire oneself (before calling, or simultaneously) depends upon a number of factors. Are you suggesting that one ought to take no action regardless of the state of the fire, but sit-back and wait for the fire service? Is it okay if we leave the premises, or is that too much libertarianism for you? I'm surprised you don't have a problem with people helping themselves by picking up the phone. Surely your omnipotent state can just sense a conflagration, without having to be told?
I see. So Katrina was covered because so many died, before they died?
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.
Your twisting of fact is silly. Shall we discuss exactly all of the foibles of local and state government regarding the Big Easy? Shall we discuss the adamant disregard for the evacuation orders? Shall we discuss the I want my something for nothings? Shall we discuss the shooting and pillaging all over again? Shall we discuss the disregard for the folks who were risking their lives to help? Shall we discuss the indignant responses to aid? I can go on buffoon, shall I?
The destruction in Nashville was handled with dignity by the people affected.
. If there is a disaster in my neighborhood, I will work to save myself, my family and my neighbors — only then will I call 911.
Imagine that. I am so sick of Katrina. Being a Fl resident I had to deal with 4 hurricanes in one year. Charley did some real damage. The day after Charley I went outside and all the neighbors and myself were already cleaning up. We shared refrigerators with the ones who had generators. We cut up fallen trees with chain saws. Shared food etc. Know when we saw the Government to help "NEVER". Guess we were the wrong color. The people in New Orleans suffered because they are lazy and stupid period. And if one comes again they will suffer the same fate. You can't fix STUPID.
Very lucky! I love fish but I'm not that good at fishing. And good position to have planted yourself in, too. I'm one of the relatively screwed. Don't live in a flood plain, but if the water gets too high, even my little home is in trouble. Still, I have no qualms about packing up the cats and running like hell if it looks like trouble on the horizon. I'd rather lose the house than my life.
" Let me be clear.
You will be hearing about Bush for as long as you live so you might as well get used to it. "
Hey progo….let ME be clear…..you will be hearing about blahblah for CENTURIES to come. He's worse than carter. His failures fiscal and national security, TN, jobs, economy, death care, terrorist outhouses in NY. I can go on and on.
Listen up prog. This is America, we don't like or want your commie radical BS. If that's what you want, than pick a country any country, and for pete's sakes take the criminals on the hill with you.
blahblah is a failure and is going in the books as the worst ever. DEAL WITH IT!!!
Agreed. I've been through a number of hurricanes, so has the eastern half of my state. We get more than anyone else. A combination of corruption, inefficiency, hot-dogging, and laziness exacerbated the natural consequences in N.O.
Here's a hint: if a hurricane approaches, GTFO.
Here, here! This dipstick has to be the absolute pinnacle of ignorance or loves to play to the crowd.
That little blanket of freedom it slept beneath from September 11, 2001 to December 31, 2009 was a cozy one but obviously forgotten. It will claim that the world hates us due in part to our policies at the time. It is suffering from some psychosis, because the world is a safer place due to our policies of the time. It has only deteriorated under the present watch.
We are a weaker and poorer nation due to the policies of the present regime and it knows it. It wants us that way.
Treasonous scum, plain and simple.
Lets looks at the elephant in the room. Katrina was overhyped because it was a "chocolate city (to use the words of Ray Nagin), just like the earthquake in Haiti was overhyped because it affected a population that was mostly black. It fits into the MSM – Progressive/Socialist narrative that blacks are always victims and need to be helped. I have noticed that when a majority of the population that suffers from natural disasters are black, the MSM spin machine hypes it even more, we seen it with Katrina, starvation and Aids in Africa, and Haiti. I believe that not only does this amount to racism, but also is part of the brain washing of Americans of a darker skin color that they are always a victim (and therefore need to be protected and watched over by the overseer….Errrrrr…. The Government plantation.
Kinda reminds me of what we here in TX and those Okies do after a tornado. Run,
don't walk to get the cleanup done, before the genius bureaucrats descend and screw
everything up so that NOthing gets done. They need to drag out the aftermath as long
as possible for maximum 'optic' opportunities, donchaknow. Justify their FEEBLE exist-
ence.
Do you understand the economics behind the US tax system? Just checking because usually the people who complain the loudest about taxes have very little idea what they're talking about.
MTP has shades of Hardball NOW, IMO…….. too SAD !
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Agreed. Katrina may have been the point where the MSM finally lost all their credibility with anyone with an independent brain.
Obviously you know nothing of libertarianism. Like most cretins on the left you confuse it with anarchy.
Those are add on circuit cards, just like in the old day adding game cards or more memory to a computer.
The same kind of SOB that believes its safe to live in hurricane alley in a coastal city below sea level.
OMG harley how did ya'll survive without the EPA first testing for toxic chemicals in the air and water?
How did you work without Homeland Security giving you advice on terrorist threats?
How did you use chainsaws without OHSA there to give a safety seminar first?
OMG you're all gonna die, I just know you have compromised your health in some profound way,
by failing to S T U D Y the mess for at least a year before tackling the cleanup.
Remember:
Sarcasm IS my middle name!
Katrina could be used to make Bush look bad. Tennessee can't be used to make Obama look good. Therefore "NO MSM FOR YOU!"
I live on some of the highest ground in my city, but that doesn't help much when there's so much rain the ground can't absorb it.
In the floods on the east coast in 2006 we got some water in our basement, 1/3 of the town was underwater.
So the media is going to trot out the dumb Democrats who killed all those people in Louisiana? Right?
"according to surveys of historians and political scientists,"
According to unspecified surveys of of unnamed historians and political scientists, you're a moron. Ever actually cited sources before or do you still imagine yourself to be at the HuffHole beginning sentences with, "sources say. . .," "everybody knows. . .," and other pretenses of unspecified sourcing, imagining that you're credible because the other Huffers tell you you're wonderful?
I'm expecting a major "tsk, tsk, tsk" from the MSM on how obviously We The People must be racists, because there is no other possible reason to not worship the One.
Do you have any idea just how stupid it is to ask historians to rate current presidents? I can't think of a dumber person to ask than some one who's job is to study the past.
The only thing more idiotic would be to ask a Keynesian economist about Milton Friedman.
Agreed, Russert at least tried to be an unbiased reporter. The last of a dying breed. I had more respect for him than I have for 99.9% of the so called MSM.
Of course that's not saying much.
Maj Gen Jerry R Curry(Ret.) : Obama- America Is Too Important To Be Played With By Anybody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8-FygIOsRo
And Obama and Carter will live at the bottom of the list forever.
Idiot, now you will be calling for a federal fire department.
I don't watch NBC. I'll have to wait for Smedley to tell us what happened.
How about all those people who stayed in New Orleans with water around their ankles hollaring "Where's my check?!!!!
Regressing is now in an apoplectic fit trying to find the sources. This one never cites.
I miss Bush already. If I were to ever miss Obama, I would go to the driving range and practice my accuracy with the 4 iron.
""leftians" are great in the sack."
That's where I keep mine. Stench.
Either a) you don't follow the news, because there have been several of these sorts of polls released in the last two years; or b) you are too idiotic to Google for yourself; or c) both a and b, you are ignorant and stupid.
Here's a link to one of the most recent. Enjoy. In this Bush ranked 39th, fifth from the bottom, which sounds sort of generous to me. Oh, and Obama enters at 15th best. But it's still early. http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_a...
Bite me.
Either a) you don't follow the news, because there have been several of these sorts of polls released in the last two years; or b) you are too idiotic to Google for yourself; or c) both a and b, you are ignorant and stupid.
Here's a link to one of the most recent. Enjoy. In this Bush ranked 39th, fifth from the bottom, which sounds sort of generous to me. Oh, and Obama enters at 15th best. But it's still early. http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_a...
You lose.
You know what's extra great?
Reagan ranks three places behind Obama on the presidential greatness poll.
That's got to sting.
The gipper is still overrated. He'll continue to drop over time.
Nobody's going to watch this show.
Oky doky Mr. Biteme,
The 238 historians and presidential scholars who participated are conveniently omitted. As with any survey, I can find 238 who would say the complete opposite. The very statement cited from said survey is indicative of the demographic “invited to participate in the survey by e-mail and web” who are liberal progressive in nature.
“Over two hundred presidential scholars ranked the 43 U.S. Presidents on six personal attributes (background, imagination, integrity, intelligence, luck and willingness to take risks), five forms of ability (compromising, executive, leadership, communication and overall) and eight areas of accomplishment including economic, other domestic affairs, working with Congress and their party, appointing supreme court justices and members of the executive branch, avoiding mistakes and foreign policy. FDR not only is the overall top rated president but also leads in accomplishments topping the list in party leadership, handling the U.S. Economy, and foreign policy accomplishments.” SIENA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SIENA COLLEGE, LOUDONVILLE, NY, July 1,2010.
FDR was responsible for the modern socialist entitlement policy. That being said all appearance is the survey is skewed in favor of the progressive political lunacy of the left. Any doubt regarding that assumption is completely removed by citing Siena College an extreme left leaning institution.
Another good show biteme.
Conservatives accused President and Hillary Clinton of Murder and countless other crimes that the special prosecutor could never substantiate after spending millions on it. Now Obama is a Communist Muslim Fascist who wants to destroy our economy and our country but do not tolerate anyone suggesting the incompetent Bush 43 responded poorly on the Katrina disaster or else Conservatives start to cry. Life is so unfair. The MSM refuses to give the Right equal coverage (conspiracy,) the Journolist affair (another conspiracy,) the Tea Party ridicule (another conspiracy) and pretty soon you got a serious reason for conservatives to have an emotional breakdown. Life is so unfair. Mean mean liberals.
Bush ranks second to last in both foreign policy and economic accomplishments. That's quite an achievement.
You've done nothing to prove that the survey is skewed toward liberals. Unless you are saying conservatives aren't smart enough to be presidential scholars.
The other polls show the same general pattern: W near last, FDR, Lincoln and Washington near the top.
That POS has about as much credibility as the criminals on the hill, and the lame stream media.
Is that what they teach you in your indoctrinated ….better bow down to me school?
I'm going by REAL American's, and REAL POLLS! Good Heavens that looks like a kid made that up in art class.
Sorry proggie wrong again!
Siena's reputation did a fine job of proving it for me. Selecting FDR as the top pick is icing on the cake.
BTW this poll is more recent and it shows blahblah is worse than Bush. LOL Read it an weep.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12369035817501383...
High enough to have a basement. Unusual other than the panhandle. Not many of those around florida anywhere.
Know what your saying. I wouldn't hesitate to leave. I have friends a 100 miles north and east toward Ocala. I think if looks like a lineing up for a direct hit, I won't hesitate to go north. Rooves do blow off. Generally due to a broken glass letting it inside. I'd be gone in a heartbeat I thing with a direct hit coming my way. No hero am I
Upstate NY. Trust me, you need a basement or else your floor is freezing for 5 months out of the year.
I had a cousin who had a house built on a slab. Nice and cool during the summers, but you just can't shake that cold in the winter.
It isn't like people in that area are unaware of the power of these storms. That area of the US gets slammed regualarly. I suppose there were people, infirm that just couldn't. The response should have been better for them. They should have been taken out. But those dumb sobs that think you can ride one of those storms out without facing consequences well what can you say about them?
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