Category Archives: News & Politics

Just my rants, raves & reflections on things that happen around the world.

Who We Could’ve Had

Gore airlifts victims from New Orleans

“You’re doing a good job Brownie” – GWB

Embattled FEMA Director Michael Brown is being sent back to Washington and a new leader has been picked to handle on-site Hurricane Katrina relief operations, a senior administration official tells CNN

www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/09/katrina.washington/index.html

Hmm….. Did George tell a lie or is he cutting his losses? 5+ years and this is the first time he has replaced a defective administrator, so I am wondering what the deal really is.

$20 says Brownie gets a medal.

This is where your Relief $ is being spen

I have looked all over for this story on a site, but so far the only place I find it is on CNN Headline news. Here in Florida the last 8 minutes or so of the 30 minute cycle are “Local News” and one of the stories they had was a Katrina Shelter for the refugees from AL, MS and LA outside Orlando in Groveland, FL.

They had it set up for 300 people, beds, showers, clothes, and massive amounts of catered food, and had a huge turnout of volunteers to help out.

Not one person that needed it was there.

The director was LAUGHING how well the volunteers where going to eat, and they showed the food and I must say I am impressed on the high quality of food. They also showed the new beds, new blankets and clothes and everything else and not one person showed up.

And it goes into part of my other issue I have with people in “power” like Bush and this woman in Groveland FL laughing and smirking when 1000’s are dead and 100,000 or more are homeless.

USE YOUR F***** HEAD, no one wants to see some person of “authority” smirk or listen to them chuckling when we are in a national disaster. At least fake that you care when you are on the camera.

Rice is said to have been shopping in NY buying shoes, when a woman approached her asking how she can be on vacation and shopping when a Cat 4 just destroyed NO she had the woman physically removed by security.

Yeah, we are such a great nation, I can’t tell you how proud I was watching George flying over the destruction in Air Force One on his way to a Fundraiser for the GOP in SD and then some golf. He must have had a great view in those 747 windows flying at 300MPH.

CNN had the FEMA director on tv asking him, why does CNN have better information then FEMA and why the tsunami victims had food drops 2 days after and it’s day 5 and still no food drop? All this FEMA guy could say is “we are going to”

FEMA needs to be disbanded… they simply have no clue.

The mayor of New Orleans is far more professional then I would be, I would have called Bush out with much more words bleeped out.

This is a sick sick sick mess, and I don’t know what is worse, the Cat 4 or the “help”.

Jennings Special

We watched the special on Peter Jennings tonight. Of course, I went through a lot of kleenx. But it was a great special, very educational on the events that have effected the world in the last 30 yrs by showing some of the stories that he had reported on. If hadn’t seen it, you missed out.

A Great Lost

Peter Jennings Dies at 67

**This happen while we were out of town the last few days.

Harold grew up watching him, I grew up on Dan Rather but ended watching Jennings during the years I’ve been with Harold. After watching him through the years you end up feeling as if he was a part of your life. It was almost as if we lost a close friend…..

Strangly Harold & I were just thinking about Jennings about 4-5 hours before we hear the news when we were talking about world events with our friends.

We will be watching the special that ABC will have on him tomorrow & I’ll my box of kleenx near by.