GamblersGrin Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/current...quotes.htm?nl=1 25 Mind-Numbingly Stupid Quotes About Hurricane Katrina And Its Aftermath 1) "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." –President Bush, on "Good Morning America," Sept. 1, 2005, six days after repeated warnings from experts about the scope of damage expected from Hurricane Katrina (Source) 2) "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them." –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the Hurricane flood evacuees in the Houston Astrodome, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source) 3) "It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's seven feet under sea level....It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed." –House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), Aug. 31, 2005 (Source) 4) "We've got a lot of rebuilding to do ... The good news is — and it's hard for some to see it now — that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house — he's lost his entire house — there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch." (Laughter) —President Bush, touring hurricane damage, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005 (Source) 5) "Considering the dire circumstances that we have in New Orleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going relatively well." –FEMA Director Michael Brown, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source) 6) "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." –President Bush, to FEMA director Michael Brown, while touring Hurricane-ravaged Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2005 (Source) 7) "I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water." –Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, on NPR's "All Things Considered," Sept. 1, 2005 (Source) 8) "Well, I think if you look at what actually happened, I remember on Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, 'New Orleans Dodged the Bullet.' Because if you recall, the storm moved to the east and then continued on and appeared to pass with considerable damage but nothing worse." –Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, blaming media coverage for his failings, "Meet the Press," Sept. 4, 2005 (Source) 9) "I mean, you have people who don't heed those warnings and then put people at risk as a result of not heeding those warnings. There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving.” –Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), Sept. 6, 2005 (Source) 10) "You simply get chills every time you see these poor individuals...many of these people, almost all of them that we see are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold." –CNN's Wolf Blitzer, on New Orleans' hurricane evacuees, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source) 11) "What didn't go right?'" –President Bush, as quoted by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), after she urged him to fire FEMA Director Michael Brown "because of all that went wrong, of all that didn't go right" in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort (Source) 12) "Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?" –House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX), to three young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the Astrodome in Houston (Source) 13) "We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did." –Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA) to lobbyists, as quoted in the Wall Street Journal (Source) 14) "Louisiana is a city that is largely under water." –Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, news conference, Sept. 3, 2005 (Source) 15) "I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school." –First Lady Laura Bush, twice referring to a "Hurricane Corina" while speaking to children and parents in South Haven, Mississippi, Sept. 8, 2005 (Source) 16) "It's totally wiped out. ... It's devastating, it's got to be doubly devastating on the ground." –President Bush, turning to his aides while surveying Hurricane Katrina flood damage from Air Force One, Aug. 31, 2005 (Source) 17) "I believe the town where I used to come – from Houston, Texas, to enjoy myself, occasionally too much – will be that very same town, that it will be a better place to come to." –President Bush, on the tarmac at the New Orleans airport, Sept. 2, 2005 (Source) 18) "Last night, we showed you the full force of a superpower government going to the rescue." –MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source) 19) "You know I talked to Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi yesterday because some people were saying, 'Well, if you hadn't sent your National Guard to Iraq, we here in Mississippi would be better off.' He told me 'I've been out in the field every single day, hour, for four days and no one, not one single mention of the word Iraq.' Now where does that come from? Where does that story come from if the governor is not picking up one word about it? I don't know. I can use my imagination.” –Former President George Bush, who can give his imagination a rest, interview with CNN’s Larry King, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source) 20) "We just learned of the convention center – we being the federal government – today." –FEMA Director Michael Brown, to ABC's Ted Koppel, Sept. 1, 2005, to which Koppel responded " Don't you guys watch television? Don't you guys listen to the radio? Our reporters have been reporting on it for more than just today." (Source) 21) "I don't want to alarm everybody that, you know, New Orleans is filling up like a bowl. That's just not happening." -Bill Lokey, FEMA's New Orleans coordinator, in a press briefing from Baton Rouge, Aug. 30, 2005 (Source) 22) "FEMA is not going to hesitate at all in this storm. We are not going to sit back and make this a bureaucratic process. We are going to move fast, we are going to move quick, and we are going to do whatever it takes to help disaster victims." --FEMA Director Michael Brown, Aug. 28, 2005 (Source) 23) "I don't make judgments about why people chose not to leave but, you know, there was a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans." –FEMA Director Michael Brown, arguing that the victims bear some responsibility, CNN interview, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source) 24) "I understand there are 10,000 people dead. It's terrible. It's tragic. But in a democracy of 300 million people, over years and years and years, these things happen." --GOP strategist Jack Burkman, on MSNBC's "Connected," Sept. 7, 2005 (Source) 25) "Thank President Clinton and former President Bush for their strong statements of support and comfort today. I thank all the leaders that are coming to Louisiana, and Mississippi and Alabama to our help and rescue. We are grateful for the military assets that are being brought to bear. I want to thank Senator Frist and Senator Reid for their extraordinary efforts. Anderson, tonight, I don't know if you've heard – maybe you all have announced it -- but Congress is going to an unprecedented session to pass a $10 billion supplemental bill tonight to keep FEMA and the Red Cross up and operating." –Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), to CNN's Anderson Cooper, Aug. 31, 2005, to which Cooper responded: "I haven't heard that, because, for the last four days, I've been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people here who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated. And when they hear politicians slap – you know, thanking one another, it just, you know, it kind of cuts them the wrong way right now, because literally there was a body on the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman had been laying in the street for 48 hours. And there's not enough facilities to take her up. Do you get the anger that is out here?" (Source) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyHorton Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Wow. Laura Bush needs to get her fucking head cut off to stop the fucking babble coming out of her retarded goddamn mouth. Hurricane Corina.... shows you how much they really did give a fuck. Bitch doesn't even know the name of the fucking hurricane. Every single one of those 25 quotes made me angry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guerillaeye Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 no.. it cant be true. our leaders cant be THAT stupid. like my man said on the track... "Oh shit... there goes the planet." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deformatron Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 bump. i hope everybody on here reads this and is given a view (although maybe somewhat one sided) of how ass backwards our current government is operating. i think kanye west kind of nailed it. i remember hearing news reports like a whole month ago about how people were concerned that becuase we had sent so many troops and national guardsmen over to iraq that in the case of an emergency on the homefront we would be fucked. this shit is terrible in so many ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 This about falls in line with how I feel about the current administration. My roomate still hasn't heard from a lot of his peoples, this is such a tragedy and for our goverment to be so apathetic is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 gamblers, you always bring the dope threads, and the homeless people into hotels and then ditch them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 is it wrong of me to think that if people have to die anyway, that perhaps god can see fit to make one of them be that annoying pgw wanna be motherfucker that pops up on here every so often? (the fact that our government is fucked goes without saying). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miser rock Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving.” –Sen. Rick Santorum i hate this guy so much it physically hurts me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 If this pisses you off, you should take a look over in the katrina thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12:02p.m Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Originally posted by seeking@Sep 10 2005, 08:08 AM is it wrong of me to think that if people have to die anyway, that perhaps god can see fit to make one of them be that annoying pgw wanna be motherfucker that pops up on here every so often? (the fact that our government is fucked goes without saying). Quoted post yeah word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeRVe54 Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 not even shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahyoulose Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 well. 1/2 of those who voted, they voted for bush. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJackDaniels Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Originally posted by miser rock@Sep 10 2005, 07:15 PM There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving.” –Sen. Rick Santorum i hate this guy so much it physically hurts me Quoted post what on earth? dude actually said / thinks that people who stayed behind need to be penalised@??????? god almighty i hope america doesnt fuck the rest of the world up like it has done itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 from http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/...2632060000.html : Celebrities, like Penn, who have been there--the Gulf Coast cities destroyed by Katrina--have come under the requisite fire. Conservative news site NewsMax.com accused "Hollywood's elite" of using Hurricane Katrina as an excuse to bash President Bush or "seek publicity for themselves." an excuse? im sorry...he didnt deserve any criticism for letting people die, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I have a new found respect for Anderson Cooper..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepyceas2- Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 5) "Considering the dire circumstances that we have in New Orleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going relatively well." –FEMA Director Michael Brown, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source) What an ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepyceas2- Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 and they are soo black, i feel bad for them Wolf Blitzer is my hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Anderson Cooper has been doing a hell of a job reporting down there. Definite respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Originally posted by MrJackDaniels@Sep 10 2005, 10:14 PM god almighty i hope america doesnt fuck the rest of the world up like it has done itself. Quoted post As far as I'm concerned that statement works both ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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