Okay, when Newt Gingrich starts making sense, you know shit is messed up.
"I think it puts into question all of the Homeland Security and Northern Command planning for the last four years, because if we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?" said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
"I think it puts into question all of the Homeland Security and Northern Command planning for the last four years, because if we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?" said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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I love this part: In Biloxi, Miss., Bush encountered two weeping women on a street where a house had collapsed and towering trees were stripped of their branches. "My son needs clothes," said Bronwynne Bassier, 23, clutching several trash bags. "I don't have anything."
"I understand that," Bush said. He kissed both women on their heads and walked with his arms around them, telling them they could get help from the Salvation Army. "Hang in there," he said.
Yeah. Great.
Makes you feel more than a little bit dirty, doesn't it?
"I understand that," Bush said. He kissed both women on their heads and walked with his arms around them, telling them they could get help from the Salvation Army. "Hang in there," he said.
From the SALVATION ARMY??? OMG, I have no goddamn words for this shit. No. Words. (And, yes, I realize that likely some of this rage is misdirected rage at the circumstances, but -- COME ON! Hang in there??)
Bush is saying the relief response is "not acceptable." Um, excuse me shithead, but you happened to have been in charge of that, in case no one told you. I don't care what they are saying about the governor has to request it or whatnot, I'm pretty sure there's a way the federal government is allowed to just step in.
I hate to say it, but does anyone else think that if the majority of people who were affected were white and middle-class as opposed to poor and black, the response would have been quicker?
... and yet it is.
Chris