Just a couple of minutes before 9pm EST Tuesday night, as viewers awaited President Bush's State of the Union address, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer cued up Anderson Cooper to inform viewers of how there would be an “issue that’s presumably going to be thunderously missing from this speech.” Cooper explained: “Yeah, of course, you’re talking about Hurricane Katrina, you’re talking about the Gulf Coast states and Mississippi and the rebuilding of New Orleans. No mention of that in this speech tonight. That is certainly going to upset a lot of people in the Gulf Coast region who already feel that the country has moved on, that Washington has forgotten them. In the State of the Union, the President, as we have been told so far, will make no reference to New Orleans or to Mississippi, the rebuilding there. So much still needs to be done there, obviously, and we will not be hearing about that tonight from this President.” (Hat tip to MRC's Rich Noyes)
After the address, in the 10pm EST hour, Cooper asked Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama: “Were you surprised the President didn't mention New Orleans, didn't mention the Gulf Coast?”
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That is certainly going to
January 24, 2007 - 00:22 ET by Tom1969caOf course, if Bush mentions 9.11 the MSM will be asking, "That was five years ago; why can't he just move on...?"
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Hey, citizens of New Orleans
January 24, 2007 - 10:01 ET by BDHey, citizens of New Orleans..... Pick up your socks and get to work.
So they have a copy of the speech ahead of time
January 24, 2007 - 00:38 ET by SportPoliticsSo they have a copy of the speech ahead of time, or at the very least a comprehensive outline, or have been tipped after asking probing questions.
Whichever, this goes to show me once again how the news always knows and does much more than it is willing to admit or share, except when they can get in a pre-emptive dig.
I'm starting to feel as if I live in a communist state with managed news.
I'm pretty sure it's standard
January 24, 2007 - 00:48 ET by Stephen SclafaniI'm pretty sure it's standard practice for the media to be given summary notes of the President's State of the Union address ahead of time.
Yes and if it isn't
January 24, 2007 - 00:55 ET by SportPoliticsYes and if it isn't, they'ell be sure to have them leaked. I can't imagine not getting feedback and making the required changes ahead of time. Nor can I fathom the newsheads actually having to listen to the speech and assess any of it on their feet, in real time, since of course they have no real practice at assessing anything all week long, since the news is so pathetic.
Gulf Residents upset? With w
January 24, 2007 - 01:10 ET by mattmGulf Residents upset? With whom, not the Democrat Governor of Louisiana, or the Democrat Mayor of New Orleans, or the Democrat William Cold Cash Jefferson whom they just reelected? No, but the President, who spent days warning them (along with every meterologist in the region) and spent millions bailing them out. Of course, when Spike Lee tells you the President blew up the levees because he hates black people, you have to pay attention...
Transcript of the speech.
BTW About the "Thunderously missing" thing: I don't know if they got a preview or a leak, but it would have been a good guess, since there's really nothing for Bush to say about Katrina. He did what he could, we're still paying for it. And besides, what's he supposed to say, "next time a real big hurricane comes, we'll pass a law to stop it!"? Why talk about something that's not in the speech anyway? Unless, of course, you're just a Bush-Hating propagandist...
"Why talk about somethin
January 24, 2007 - 01:54 ET by Scout Finch"Why talk about something that's not in the speech anyway?"
Kinda makes me think there wasn't enough they could whine and complain about in the speech, so they've resorted to complaining about what wasn't in the speech.
It just dawned on me...Th
January 24, 2007 - 02:59 ET by TexasOptimistIt just dawned on me...
The Dems will propose a "hurricane control" bill, complete with a 7-day waiting period!
That'll do the trick!
(And sadly, even if the Dems did exactly this, there probably are some voters that would fall for it and support it.)
Merry Christmas 2007.
Incompetent corrupt Demo-flip
January 24, 2007 - 08:08 ET by nicksmith112Incompetent corrupt Demo-flip-floppers are not newsworthy to the MSM....
Was there any coverage anywhere about the march/protest by fed up citizen of New Orleans 2 weeks ago.......no because the MSM would have to be critical of Blanco/Nagin.....and money in the freezer Jefferson!!!
Nich I was camping in florida
January 24, 2007 - 13:15 ET by danboNich I was camping in florida. What happened? I missed the march? (I used to live in Bywater. And am now on the coast.
I have a friend in NO. Had water under her house. Never got in her house. It took about 9 months before the city let her turn her power on.
My house went through the eye. Roof damage but fortunately no flooding. (I'm on a hill) I had power back in 6 days. As did many people in my neighborhood who did have flood damage.
With dealing on both sides of the boarder. The biggest problem seems to be Naggin and Blanco. I watched the convoys heading to NO. Why is it they never got there? Oh fema is third. But think the dems will make it worse.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Nick. Think I found it. Remem
January 24, 2007 - 23:35 ET by danboNick. Think I found it. Remember this is New Orleans. If you remember. A number of years ago the people were fed up with the crime. After the killing of 6 or 7 people at a Pizza Parlor, execution style. There were good sized rallies. The people were fed up.
Response of then mayor Marc Morial. He organized a counter rally to protest the anti crime rally. Claiming the anti crime rally people were racist. And tried to let his rally into the city council meeting then locking the doors because the room was filled.
I heard part of the people talking to the council. The anti crime rally people were addressing the crime problem and lack of action. the anti anti crime people were talking about the other rally people accusing them of racism etc. A shameful example of racism.
I guess an anti-anti-crime rally must be pro crime.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Funny, for as far Left the ci
January 24, 2007 - 01:58 ET by UnsaneFunny, for as far Left the city of Moscow-on-the-Pacific is, I never heard near the level of whining from them as I am from New Orleans in the wake of the 1989 earthquake.
Or from Charleston in the wake of Hugo, or likewise Puerto Rico.
FL got slammed by three hurricanes in a MONTH'S span of time in Aug-Sept 2004. Do you see them sitting around, crying for others to help them?
I think most of you see a pattern here...
WHY in the HELL do we still hear so much WHINING from New Orleans? (don't answer that question as it is rhetorical)
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
A friend of mine sent me this...
January 24, 2007 - 07:20 ET by blackrain4xmasSubject: Weather Bulletin
Weather Bulletin
- Colorado
Priceless. Think about this for a moment.
Denver
News
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western
part of
Jefferson County after a snowstorm.
WEATHER
BULLETIN
Up here, in the Northern Plains, we just recovered from a
Historic
event; may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions"
---
with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90
MPH
that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded
hundreds
of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated
scores of
communities and cut power to 10's of
thousands.
FYI:
George Bush did not come.
FEMA did
nothing. No one howled for the government. No one blamed
the
government.
No one even uttered an expletive on
TV.
Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.
Our Mayor did
not blame Bush or anyone else.
Our Governor did not blame Bush or
anyone else, either.
CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or
report on this category 5
snowstorm.
Nobody demanded $2,000 debit
cards.
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.
No one
looted.
Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do
something.
Nobody expected the government to do anything,
either.
No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and
No
Geraldo Rivera.
No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No
Hollywood types to be found.
Nope, we just melted the snow for
water.
Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed
cars.
The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for
a
penny.
Local restaurants made food and the police and fire
departments
delivered it to the snowbound families.
Families took
in the stranded people - total strangers.
We fired up wood stoves,
broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman
lanterns.
We put on extra
layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".
We did not wait
for some affirmative action government to get us out of
a mess created by
being immobilized by a welfare program that trades
votes for 'sittin at
home' checks. Even though a Category "5" blizzard
of this scale has never
fallen this early, we know it can happen and how
to deal with it ourselves.
In my many travels, I have noticed that once
one gets north of about 40
degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's
social problems evaporate. It
does seem that way, at least to me.
I hope this gets passed on. Maybe
SOME people will get the message. The
world does Not owe you a
living.
Excellent post! Wont hear the
January 24, 2007 - 09:45 ET by sunandsteelExcellent post! Wont hear the national media reporting on this though.
I live on the Gulf Coast. Som
January 24, 2007 - 08:00 ET by danboI live on the Gulf Coast. Sometimes I get sick of hearing about Katrina.
To the people of Houston and Atlanta. Thank you for keeping the people who haven't come home yet. Can you keep them? I'd rather keep the illegal Mexicans. They're working.
Fore I forget. Happy Mardi Gras everyone.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
On Houston and New Orleans
January 24, 2007 - 14:11 ET by UnsaneI don't know...Houstonians are getting a little bitchy about that these days...
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
I don't blame them."The
January 24, 2007 - 23:16 ET by danboI don't blame them.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Help Me Danbo
January 24, 2007 - 23:22 ET by Blondedanbo....
I don't blame them either (Gulf Coast Residents).
But I am surely sick and tired about hearing from the NO whiners.
Why is it my responsibility, and yours, to take care of their hurricane preparedness?
I have to make my own plans (living in Florida, you know).
Would you kindly explain to me, again, how this is President Bush's fault? I haven't been reminded in four or five days....so you know, I'm blonde, I forget.
Thanks danbo! For once again running to my rescue. Otherwise I'd be totally confused about why the devasatation in N.O. was something for which I should pay an extra $500 a year in taxes. Important stuff.
Bush also forgot to mention t
January 24, 2007 - 08:48 ET by Mica the MagnificentBush also forgot to mention the Lindbergh kidnapping case, the building of the Panama Canal, and the amusing ancedotes of Rutherford B. Hayes!
I gave a hungry man a fish. I did not encourage him to catch his own fish, for then, he would not need me! - Old liberal proverb
Katrina
January 24, 2007 - 11:57 ET by mikebromoWhat about the chicago fire?
Mrs O'Leary
Quote Note:"Give a man a
January 24, 2007 - 12:06 ET by mattmQuote Note:
"Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime." - Ancient Chinese Proverb (Obviously the Maoists have abandoned the ancient wisdom)
Mattm, I thought the proverb
January 24, 2007 - 12:25 ET by MikeBMattm, I thought the proverb was "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit around in a boat all day drinking beer." Thanks for clearing that up for me.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
I think it's "Give a man
January 24, 2007 - 16:30 ET by Mica the MagnificentI think it's "Give a man a gallon of beer and he'll drink it all day, give him a fish and he'll sell it for more beer."
Boo Freakin' Hoo
January 24, 2007 - 11:28 ET by emjem24Hey there, CNN, you irrelevant windbag of a network. Who cares? The city of New Orleans is sinking! Why are our tax dollars propping up the corruption, laziness, and despair inherent in this place? C'mon! This place has been an urban cesspool for years and yet we're going to try to revive it. Let's save the rest of the gulf, but please, stop encouraging residents to live in harm's way. If you want to live there, fine, but don't expect us taxpayers or insurers to continually pay you for your mistakes. I live in a predominantly black city that is yet another urban cesspool full of welfare miscreants, corruption, laziness, despair and urban malaise. These people (African Americans) will continue to vote for dems to get their handouts and their civil rights. They have one hand on Jesus and the other in the pockets of liberal dems. They think that they're better represented by these liberal phonies than by republicans. Here's a question for African Americans: why don't you stop tolerating out-of-wedlock babies, urban decay, drug abuse, and the destruction of the black family? Why don't you start taking care of your own problems and stop relying on handouts and then criticizing the President and the federal government when you refused to leave New Orleans because you just never had an emergency plan in case a hurricane or natural disaster hit? Why don't you start demanding change within your own community, watching your kids (I continually see young, black men with their pants hanging off their hips by a thread wandering around restless and looking for trouble), being more self-reliant, being more intellectually honest, and stop living in the '60's and '70's that were your heyday to begin with. Bill Cosby and others like him have it right: the reason there are so many black babies born out of wedlock, so many young, black men in prison, so many blacks in general who are poor or on welfare or both is the black community. You are no longer slaves with limited social/voting rights. Stop acting like it. Grab your destiny and stop whining/blaming the federal government that it was taken away from you because of racism. As a white person, I'm tired of the excuses, the urban decay, and the outright fraud commited by black people who think they aren't responsible for their poor life choices. If you want to get away from the Maury Povich depiction, start living a more responsible and moral life.
The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer. Air Force Motto
emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.
Gulf Coast Residents Complain
January 24, 2007 - 15:40 ET by rpkinmdI am not shure that statement is accurate. I live in Louisiana and work in MS on the coast. Had four feet of water in my house. Most of my co-workers were also flooded or severely damaged.
Who complained? Not Gulf Coast residents! The politicos in and around New Orleans did however.. The same do-nothings that could not manage to order an evaluation prior to Katrina and could not make decisions on activating the National Guard after the storm. I am tired of the whining and complaining. Act like the people of Mississippi did and take hold, make decisions and rebuild. Cannot wait for this project to be over so I can move out of Louisiana.
Katrina
January 24, 2007 - 22:22 ET by Jerry MackIf Wolfie and Andy are so concerned about this why don't they do a honest comparison of the rebuilding accomplishments in Louisiana and Mississippi? They already know that the problem is not President Bush. But their agenda will not allow them to tell the truth!