So they bring out Pickles first in NOLA (Katrina remarks on CNN)

[librechik]

soften up the crowd before Dim Son takes over

[librechik]

1. religion and symbolisam the first subject

:puke:

[librechik]

3. oh, and all the tourist stereotypes

hope and dignity

[librechik]

5. flooding an a Biblical scale

cheap

[librechik]

6. Don Powell is doing a heck of a job

not reconstructing NOLA

[librechik]

8. he wants to thank a lot of rich and pwerful people and GONZO!

[SCDem]

31. Well Bush obviously was no Noah

[madrchsod]

60. actually it isn`t...the Mississippi floods through out the years

are of biblical scale...sorry george you should read your bible just a bit closer..

opps... it wasn`t the bible but this http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/

yes the Epic of Gilgamesh...hmmm

[KamaAina]

67. Nitpick: This flood came from Lake Pontchartrain

which borders the city on the north, not from the Mississippi. Levees, floodwalls and drainage canals, poorly designed and even more poorly maintained by Bush**co, ushered the lake waters into the heart of the city.

[babylonsister]

2. My gawd, that man is a moron. Standing by her side,

he can't stop smirking. I had to turn it off; I just wish it was as easy to turn him off.:grr:

[LisaM]

4. Did she call it "Carina" again?

Or has she at least learned the name?

[blogslut]

7. Bush

...is having a Heck of a Job speaking isn't he?

[bdamomma]

64. heavily medicated maybe. having pickles doing the talking for him.

[librechik]

9. still thanking the rich and powerful...

[librechik]

10. ah, at last thanking the teachers

and the evacuees???

[librechik]

11. so, he admits he knew there was a disaster...

[librechik]

14. he actually knows quite a bit about how people suffered

so he can';t plead ignorance like he did before.

[librechik]

16. smiling when he mentions goign to church on Sunday

:scared:

[librechik]

17. he promises to learn the lessons of Katrina and do what it takes

where have I heard that before?

[librechik]

19. He thinks the gov response was great and generaous, and he takes 100%

responsibility for that.

[blogslut]

12. Note the monotone?

The lack of emotion in his voice?

[City Lights]

13. The Weather Channel is even carrying Queen George's dribbling.

:puke:

I had to turn off the tube.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

15. he's talking like he had nothing to do with the suffering

of the people in NO.

[blogslut]

18. Crap

Don Powell is from my town. Oh geeze...

[librechik]

20. Don't worry, Sec Chertoff is in charge and everything will be fine

[librechik]

21. to assure the people we will keep our promises we need ASSURANCES

more promises???

[librechik]

24. I walls and Twalls??? hmm--who knew he had expertise in levees?

so he can't clsaim no one anticipated this time...

[blogslut]

22. What the hell?

CNN has the mic on Some chicks talking about guys! OH. MY. GOD.

EDIT: I swear that sounded like Daryn Kagan and Kyra Phillips bonding over boyfriends.

[VolcanoJen]

23. ROFL.... anyone hear that screw-up on CNN's audio?

It sounded like Kyra Phillips, it might have been Daryn Kagan. Her mic was turned on off-camera during Bush's comments, and you could hear her chatting with a coworker.

It was hard to make out in the crosstalk, but she said something like, "He's married, three kids, and his wife is a control FREAK."

I wonder who she was talking about...?

You could also hear her talking about "inspirational" men. She said something like, "They're hard to find, but they're out there."

:rofl: :rofl: at CNN fuckuppery!!

[librechik]

25. I can't stand his voice--I'm transcribing from the captions--so damn!

I missed that!

[City Lights]

33. And doing a fine job of it!

Thanks from people like me who don't have the stomachs to watch.

It's much appreciated. :thumbsup:

:yourock:

[bdamomma]

65. I can't watch him either, this man in no way cares about people

or can relate to others. how can he he has been a spoiled brat all of his life, he can't relate to regular people. He is just so ignorant and arrogant how can anyone believe he cares about humanity since he/and his cabal has caused so much pain.

[blogslut]

28. I heard it!

Who has a married boyfriend?

[VolcanoJen]

30. It TOTALLY sounded like she was talking about her married boyfriend!!

Sounded like Daryn Kagan and Kyra Phillips chatting... hmmmmmm.....

:rofl: :rofl:

Maybe Daryn's over the Fat Drug Addict Radio Guy?

EDIT: It just happened again!! Lots of rustling, and then Kyra Phillips exclaimed, "MY MIC IS ON!!"

:rofl: CNN Fuckuppery :rofl:

[blogslut]

32. It was Kyra just now

Her mic is on ;)

[VolcanoJen]

37. That shizz was hilarious!!

Kyra seemed a little freaked when she realized her mic was on!!

Dammit, I seriously need to know which CNN anchor has a married boyfriend!!

:rofl:

[Skidmore]

61. That would be Fat Drug Addict Radio Comedian.

[Scout1071]

70. No, that was Daryn Kagen and they broke up a few months ago. nt

[Zomby Woof]

68. ZombyKicked

[EVDebs]

72. 'Don't Marry a Career Woman' article...her mic might always be 'live'

[librechik]

26. back with the faith based crapola--hey ain't that great?

[librechik]

27. "some of the debris has been cleared"

yay! And it only took a year!

[librechik]

29. the people must understand that we will not rebuild the tenements

but instead cover the area with middle income housing for whites.

Just paraphrasing here

[librechik]

34. we need that money in the hands of the people as soon as possible

but first it has to take a tour through the pockerts of Republican donors, and I can't be responsible if it'a a smaller amount at the end

just paraphrasing again

[librechik]

35. The federal government has helped, so now you are on your own

paraphrasing

[librechik]

36. One school is pulling itself up by its bootstraps

you need to use that as a model

(paraphrasing)

[blogslut]

38. This speech is painful

In far too many ways.

I can't watch anymore.

[librechik]

39. Pickles is a librarian

not a spoiled patrician dick like me


SO LOOK AT HER NOT ME!!!

[librechik]

40. the reason we haven't rebuilt is becasue there is so much rubble

call me when that's gone

[Cleita]

43. How is Hurricane Corrina going for her a year later?n/t

[librechik]

41. He could hear the choir singing in his head!

just barely, over all the satan voices

[librechik]

42. Parochial schools are great

yeah, why don't you do those instead of public schools, peasants? and quit bugging me.

[librechik]

44. CONGRESS MUST PASS GO ZONE LEGISLATION!!!

or else my Republican friends won't invest in your puny disater er enterprise.

[Skidmore]

45. My, my, my...it's Christmas in August.

And Santa Claus is being forceful.

[VolcanoJen]

46. Why does he always struggle to pronounce "entrepreneur"?

He was just quoting someone in NOLA who told him, "You cannot kill a city like this!"

But you can try, huh, Bush?

[blogslut]

Jinx

on him ;)

[blogslut]

47. "I come back to say..."

Oh, now he's all passionate

"You can't kill a city!"

No George, but you sure did try.

[VolcanoJen]

GMTA!!!

;-)

[librechik]

48. WTF--Al Gonzales again??? And no mention of Rove?

isn't he doing a heck of a job?

[fooj]

69. Hey...He said that Rove was in charge of reconstruction...

Oops...he's too busy trying to DESTROY the Dems. My bad.

[librechik]

49. Don Powell and the President wiill stand and work together until

the job is done. Just like we said last year. Before nothing was done.

[librechik]

50. except it's up to the state and locals to do all the work. (waves)

it's all up to you! If you have no bootstraps I can tell you where to get them wholesale.

[librechik]

51. American companies help with supplies (except they never got a call)

on the CEO Help Network line from Shrub. On vacation, you know.

[librechik]

52. "The saints come marching home"

oh no-- more religious stuff

[librechik]

54. yup--victim saved by Catholic Charities--see, who needs government

anyway. You peopns have the church for a crust of bread.

[Skidmore]

53. He's a freaking year late and a few billion dollar short with this

speech.

[blogslut]

55. Oooh Preachy

His speech writers must have had a few valium and a bible.

Seriously, I hear him just straining with this speech. It hurts.

[VolcanoJen]

59. Well, thank God that's over.

I felt like I was at church. A big, phony church at that.

[librechik]

56. religious song again--"Sunday has not yet come to New Orleans"

oh n**** PLEASE!

[madrchsod]

62. ? no "we shall over come"? i guess that`s not white enough

for the folks back in neverland

[Skidmore]

57. Balloon above his head telegraphing

"make me look good now" was all that was missing.

[librechik]

58. Even CNN is doing off--Goodbye Bush and back to whose married boyfriend!

[wiggs]

63. The fact that news analysts and journalists aren't immediately

pulling back the curtain of deceipt re New Orleans and administration comments ("It's amazing") is more proof of near total media control. Real journalists should be outraged that they are being used as mouthpieces to deceive the public. This is one of the main reasons that the worst, most dangerous, most incompetent administration in history is still in office and why the november election will be close and why 35% of the nation still believes Bush is doing a good job.

How can real cameramen, producers, and journalists really just show the telecast that the WH wants to show? Can't they pan back to show the devastation on either side of the renovated houses? How can this stand? If this is happening on an issue like Katrina (close to home, not terror and fear oriented) then what does this say about the health of our media and democracy?

Hard to believe...but it consistent with how DSM, 2004 elections, Plame, swiftboaters, global warming, 9/11,NSA, Edmonds, and all the rest have been handled. I'm stunned. Someone has to expose the deceipt in primetime. DC dems have to express their outrage.

[SoCalDem]

66. I couldn;t bear to watch him.. is he wearing "blue-shirtie"?

sleeves rolled?? the plain blue or the folksy checkered one?

[librechik]

71. he's in church--he wore a suit--shirtsleeves happened later on!

so conventional