I was not intending to post anything about the aftermath of hurricane Katrina for the same reason I never posted anything about the Asian tsunami. There’s nothing I can write that will not have already been said on a thousand other blogs. But, invariably, something comes along that just pisses me off so much I can’t keep my piehole shut. In this case, it was two things. The first was Celine Dion on Larry King Live. I don’t have the clip so you’ll just have to settle for the link to it above. I do have some transcripts.
“There’s people still there waiting to be rescued. To me that is not acceptable . . . I know they have reasons for it. But I don’t want to hear those reasons . . . How can it be so easy to send planes in another country to kill everybody in a second and destroy lives. We need to serve our country.”
First off, this is not your country you sanctimonious bitch. So you donated a million dollars. Great. Good for you. Give the bitch a gold fucking star. That’s not a license to run your fucking mouth. Go sing your crappy fucking songs at your crappy fucking Vegas show and shut the fuck up.
Guess what Celine. Even your fellow Canadians don’t fucking like you.
I’m sick and fucking tired of hearing newscasters and politicians and celebrities and whoever the fuck they’ll give 15 seconds of airtime to complaining about how long it took the government to respond and send aid. These people have no fucking idea about the logistics involved in sending that much manpower, food, water, and medicine into an area such as those devastated by Katrina. Especially New Orleans. There is no infrastructre left. Roads are underwater, in some places as deep as 20 feet. The M1076 PLS is not exactly an amphibious vehicle. Maybe if those assholes were’nt shooting at police, firemen, and rescue helicopters HELICOPSTERS, they could have gotten more done on the first 3 days.
Stop blaming the war in Iraq for the lack of personnel to help with recovery efforts. There more than enough National Guardsmen and active duty military available across the country. Stop blaming George Dubyah and the federal government. Why aren’t the local officials being held accountable? New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was quick and profane in his comments on national TV. Well, in my experience, the guilty speak the loudest. Roy Nagin for President my ass. Fuck Roy Nagin.
Here’s what George W. thinks of Roy Nagin running for President
Here’s what the rest of the Universe thinks of Roy Nagin running for President
The Docs over At Sigmund, Carl, and Alfred can explain it much better than I can. Click here, here, and here for their postings on the matter.
The bottom line is that it takes a lot of manpower and, most importantly and tragically, TIME to move that much aid in and that many people out. Get your ass over there Celine and see how hard the local police and fireman have been working to help. Their homes are gone too. They have family missing. Why don’t you go there and personally speak to Lt. Gen. Russel Honore and see and hear the passion and dedication he has before you criticize the U.S. military’s efforts in the region.
And it wasn’t that easy to “send planes in another country to kill everybody in a second and destroy lives” . Logistics bitch. Get your fucking facts straight.
If I turn on CNN and see Bono, Sean Penn, or Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, I’m going to fucking shoot myself.
And don’t even pull the race card.
Which brings me to the second thing to get me so worked up. This article from The Huffington Post. I almost hate to acknowledge this bullshit with a link, but I have so you can read this drivel for yourself. Not a single fucking link to these “reports” of black hurricane victims eating corpses in the article. Randall Robinson you’re a fucking idiot. I’d love to eat HIS liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Of course NOW he has retracted his statement about the cannibalism. AFTER it incensed readers and got bloggers to post links to it so people other than his mother would read his crap.
I think Foamy the Squirrel sums up what many of us are feeling rather eloquently. Click “PLAY” for the video.
Thanks to Occasional Bitch for the heads up on this Flash video from iLL WiLL PreSS.
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