September 3, 2005
Aaron Brown rocks!
For the last few nights I have been glued to CNN to watch as events unfurled in New Orleans. What a horrible situation, with many questionable elements and serious concerns. After 5 days, troops are finally starting to arrive but I don't think that the number of troops will be anywhere near enough to help recover this large region with any speed.
Aaron Brown is so completely floored by the lack of response, by the poor response from our government and other issues that he is openly scoffing and chastising these groups. Often, we complain that the press is biased either to the left or to the right, but in this case it is really great to see a member of the press asking some hard questions (indirectly) to our leadership.
Oh, and what the heck is the deal with gas prices? When are the 36% of you that still think Bush is doing a good job going to wake up and see that he is only serving his personal interests, and not looking out for the people of the US. And why is it that he visited Mississippi, but hasn't come to visit the center of this disaster?
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I completely agree.. and not only Aaron Brown.. but Jack Cafferty, Anderson Cooper and others are finally standing up and having their say.. check out http://crooksandliars.com for more..
Maybe there is hope for the media yet? After all, they are people too.. or am I being too optimistic?
New Orleans is no New York.
Policemen, firefighters, and city
officials did not abandon the city.
In New Orleans, policemen turned in
their badges and fled. The mayor fled.
The whole lot of upscale citizens fled.
The first line of defense is the local
and state government. And they blame
the feds? Get real. New Orleans citizens should be ashamed.
Notice this did not happen in Alabama or Mississippi? The local officials took charge. They did not abandon their citizens.
Well said, Dave. I couldn't agree more - on all counts