"This is America? This is an outrage."

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:06pm

Best quote from Anderson Cooper yet.

This is all too, toooo much. I am filled with absolute certainty that the illusion of safety that the current administration rode in on (remember Cheney and the "mushroom clouds" he spoke of during the last election) is gone and gone for good. What many of us knew intuitively, is being demonstrated.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:08pm

wait, did anderson say that?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:10pm

Yep in the intro to tonight's 360, on now.

Fact is, reporters who are actually THERE are going to be unable to stop themselves from using strong language that is, for once, accurate.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:10pm

Bravo - and he's a girlfriend, too!

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:12pm

helter skelter

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:13pm

In reference to Katrina?

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:14pm

well good for anderson, it's about time the emotion comes out.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:18pm

Yeah, though not specifically Manson's racially based interpretation. But there is certainly a class based uprising in the making. Out of control and and all helter skelter.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:20pm

I really really think this is big.

I mean, huge.

Turn 360 on now, Anderson Cooper just interrupted a Louisiana senator Mary Landriew (?) and told her to stop thanking other politicians because people where he is in Mississippi are walking around dead bodies and there are people who are AHSHAMED of what has happened and he related watching a corpse on the street being eaten by rats.

She then thanked the president.

Updated On: 9/1/05 at 07:20 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:22pm

Cooper's right. This kinda shows us what state we'd be in were there to be a massive, massive terror attack. Scary.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:23pm

The Stepford government. Remember what happens when they short-circuit.

[Orpheum]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:25pm

What sickens me is - do George Bush and his band of nitwits actually care? What is their TOP priority? Save themselves or the people of the devastated area?

[beacon1]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:27pm

Jerby--

Yes, Yes, Yes! I was sitting there wondering why they weren't dropping in food and medicine around the superdome like we drop in other countries...

and it hit me...what if the next big thing is where I live...will politicians just a few hundreds of miles away stand there in their suits and ties and assure us that help is on its way.

Whose to say the next big earthquake in California...or Blizzard in the NE won't make folks EXTRA jumpy about support coming in.

In all this mock disaster stuff they did a few months ago...didn't they have a game plan for getting food and medicine in to victims????

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:29pm

and it hit me...what if the next big thing is where I live...will politicians just a few hundreds of miles away stand there in their suits and ties and assure us that help is on its way.

Whose to say the next big earthquake in California...or Blizzard in the NE won't make folks EXTRA jumpy about support coming in.

Or god forbid a devastating terror attack.

[Orpheum]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:31pm

Let's hope terrorits don't watch TV - our weaknesses are on show for all to see.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:32pm

Ah! But you see, in a terrorist attack, there's an enemy we can bomb the beejeezus out of. Who do we fight in the event of a natural disaster?

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:35pm

This is an outrage and a disgrace to our institutions. I am ashamed of our government as well as the military.
Updated On: 9/1/05 at 07:35 PM

[beacon1]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:37pm

What are other world leaders saying about all this? Has anyone offered to help?

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:39pm

This is America under the Bush Administration.

Poverty levels rise. Safety nets disappear. Health care is not available. The infrastructure is ignored. Oil companies get coddled. Money to repair levees in New Orleans get diverted to pay for an ill-planned illegal war. Profits prevail over people. People are nothing more than commodities to manipulate. The chasm between rich and poor grows. The military stretched so thin that it cannot respond to new threats.

So, don't count on the proactive assistance or even timely reactions to a catastrophe from the Federal Government, unless of course you happen to live in Florida or it is an election year. Unfortunately, this is America today under the Bush Administration. Maybe now people will see this Administration for what it really is.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:40pm

There's always talk about what we do for others in the world, but no one helps us. The thing is, we send help to those who can't help themselves. We didn't send help when Madrid was bombed, I don't believe, as an example.

We should have had this under control almost immediately - and it is simply careless apathy on the part of the leadership that prevented it.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:41pm

I am so outraged that it is no longer political to me. How many bridges have we builit or repaired in Baghdad?

Where is the shock and awe now Mr. Bush?

[mominator]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:42pm

hugs to brdlwyr.

[grizzabella]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:49pm

This is such a disgrace, there are no words for it. Tonight, on NBC News at 6:00, they showed a sound byte of Bush asking for "patience." PEOPLE ARE DYING IN THE STREETS! How patient can they be? Maybe, if we weren't so busy sending out National Guard to Iraq, we'd have an adequate number of people here to assist when a disaster of this magnitude happens.
As I see it, the only way to salvage our self respect HERE, is for each of us to donate or volunteer in any way we can to do what we can for our country and our fellow citizens.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:53pm

Bush should have been in Louisiana days ago.

The government as a whole should be ashamed of itself.
As a man Anderson Cooper interviewed said, "Isn't this why we pay taxes? To have the government help us in times of need?"

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:53pm

Aw, I usually watch Anderson Cooper after dinner! Stupid Best Buy for not sending my TV!

grizzabella, I know what you mean. I'm so worried about the relief efforts helping people in time. It just seems like too many people are planning for the long-term rebuilding, and hardly anyone is trying to get in there immediately to help with people still being evacuated.

Some good news in a depressing thread: I heard from a friend of mine that lives in NOLA and she made it out safely on Sunday. Hopefully many others are able to contact their friends and families to let them know they're safe.