Not-quite Katrina Update
I'm so outraged by the insanity being waged over the Katrina mess that I've tried to write and chucked three posts already today. There's just too much going on that needs reporting, and in the end I end up just making a "roundup" sort of post, of the kind I see everywhere else and which isn't really my style. If I can assemble all the best stuff (IMHO) all in one place, and if I think it's different in some way than what everyone else is linking to, I'll hit the Submit button. Otherwise, I suggest you do a lot of clicking today - there's good stuff out there.
UPDATE: Okay, using the History in my browser as a cheat sheet, it didn't take too long:
What happened to the National Guard?: Red State on the LA guard, AP on federal bureaucracy (bias warning!), Bettnet on local problems, Manchester Union-Leader editorial points a few fingers
How to control looting and clean up after a Hurricane? The right way: littlegreenfootballs and the wrong way: Michelle Malkin
Jabbor Gibson - American hero: Michelle Malkin, Free Republic, Ace of Spades, baldilocks
Kanye West - American racist: Ace of Spades, Michelle Malkin
The Mayor Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool: Ace of Spades, Country Store, JunkYardBlog
The out-of-control MSM: Newsbusters, Chrenkoff here and here, Michelle Malkin
Rebuild New Orleans?: Bettnet
The best first-hand blogging from inside the Crescent City
Those people now least likely to get my 2008 primary vote
UPDATE: I thought seriously what I might say if someone complained that I called Kanye West a racist, but Dean responds pre-emptively for me.
And for the record, take your own bigotry somewhere else, zenGangsta. We aren't buying here. Further comments from you will not be approved - "with prejudice", as the saying goes. Apologies are always acceptable however, in case you want to try being an adult.
UPDATE II: Added more links for additional reactions to these stories.
Comments
What is breaking my heart is how the Left is beyond any sense of shame in the midst of this horrific tragedy... You would think the devastation caused by Mother Nature would bring out the best in all of us but the Left cannot barely contain its hatred of the President and the media is complicit in their incredibly deceitful reporting!!
God Help the Black People of America to get better representatives to be their spokesman then the same ole tired hate whitey crowd...
And God Help the left out of their increasinly insanity!!
And God please help the people of the South to be healed after such devastation!!
Posted by: Albertanator | September 3, 2005 04:59 PM
That is what whitey was saying when they drove past the poor black neighborhood to get out of New Orleans before the Category 5 hurricane struck. Please open your eyes.
Posted by: zenGangsta | September 3, 2005 07:20 PM
This race-baiting crap needs to end Gansta, the man most responsible for getting the New Orleans citizens to safety is a BLACK man!! Mayor Nagin failed to follow his City's hurricane preparedness plan, which had plans for evacuation, damn you for suggesting there is a racial component to this tragedy.
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September 4, 2005 07:57 AM
Hey zenGansta, why don't you take the sheet off your head and talk about the real issues instead of spreading race-hate poison?
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September 4, 2005 08:06 AM
President Bush had his press secretary provide us with a new phrase, "Blame Game." It was introduced at a press conference where it was repeated eight times. In order to ensure that 'No Child Is Left Behind' (unlike the thousands of children left behind to drown in the Gulf Coast) here is a word game you can play with your children so that they can know and use the phrase.
First of all the purpose of the exercise is to ensure that children and you, as an adult, are able to repeat the phrase when it is needed. As part of our Homeland Defense it should be repeated eight times whenever anyone says something like this, 'Undersecretary of FEMA Michael D. Brown is apparently an incompetent whose inadequate preparations led to the needless death of thousands of Americans, the destruction of several towns and the loss of one American city.'
As soon as you hear something like that you should say, 'Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game.'
Children should look at the ground and shuffle their feet. Responsible bureaucrats would also like us all to practice this other word game. When anyone says, 'Michael D. Brown should be fired,' you respond, 'Why would I do that for?'
For full effect repeat, 'Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game.'
Hopefully these instructions will be available soon on FEMA for kids.
Posted by: cranston36 | September 8, 2005 04:06 PM
Well Cranston, that's proof that comedy is far toughter than it looks on TV. Please don't quit your day job.
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September 9, 2005 01:19 AM