First Lady: Prepare Kids for Disasters

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/16/AR2005091600959.html

First Lady: Prepare Kids for Disasters

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- First lady Laura Bush said Friday that young children should learn their full names, addresses and parents' names to speed up reunions after disasters like Hurricane Katrina or anytime a child is lost.

Bush told the story of a 5-year-old boy found walking on Interstate 10 in New Orleans who knew his name, address, mother's name and the name of his church.

"So that's a very good reminder to all of us that we need to teach our children as soon as they can talk," she said during a visit to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which set up a special Katrina hot line with retired law enforcement officers working the phones.

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The first lady praised the "very heartfelt speech" given by President Bush Thursday night from New Orleans and lauded the hot line volunteers, who include Herman Hargrove, a retired New York Police Department detective.

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The Katrina hot line is 888-544-5475.



First lady Laura Bush gives a statement in the call center of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children after touring the facility on Friday, Sept. 16, 2005 in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) (Kevin Wolf - AP)

[geomon666]

1. Prepare your kids and yourselves for a distaster.

Help yourself...because WE SURE AS HELL ARE NOT GOING TO HELP YOU!

[Why Syzygy]

2. I KNEW IT

She finished her vacation with a visit to the plastic surgeon.
Looks like he should be sued for malpractice. UGHA . more plastic than ever!

Listen. Did this chick ever raise children? PARENTS KNOW to teach their kids these things. DUH!

Stupidity. Oh, and I don't give a damn about Gwb's heartfelt, k?

[Southpaw Bookworm]

4. In answer to your question,

Probably not. People at that echelon of the aristocracy don't do that sort of thing. Them being in Texas, I'd put my money on a Mexican nanny.

[Why Syzygy]

22. Yeah, you caught my drift

From what I've heard her daughters are incorrigible. Just like mom and pop.

She needs to go ahead and teach them their names and addresses.

[MountainLaurel]

35. Not particularly surprising

Considering that their father was a substance abuser for a large portion of their childhoods.

[Double T]

3. Phony dejection photo-op......

take another smiley pill and call me in the morning

[Connie_Corleone]

6. That's not her. That's a statue they propped up. nt

[Why Syzygy]

23. Yeah looks like Photoshop to me

She wasn't even really THERE! Does she ever take off that mask?

[sabra]

8. I got give them one thing - they have mastered the photo op.

[Bob3]

5. "because with my nimrod of a husband as president...

you have to know more are on the way."

The First Lady continued her remarks calling the vice president an utterly useless utterly un-trust worthy sleazebag before she was tasered by Secret Service Agents and quickly led away to a secure location.

"The First Lady will be taking a rest" a spokesman said.

on edit - added a letter

[Writer]

7. Laura is advocating that we teach our children how to FEAR

I busted out laughing when I read this thread title. Teach your children to remember names and addresses, because eventually, they'll encounter disasters? How nurturing. :eyes:

I am astounded by her negativity! But if I were married to George, I'd wake up EACH and EVERY morning fearing a disaster!

[chelaque liberal]

9. OK....

Now go back where you came from. Your insincerity and hypocrisy is a slap in the face of the your worthless husband's victims.

These photo ops are disgusting....

[eyesroll]

10. That's not a bad idea...

I wore an ID medallion around my neck (and under my clothes) whenever I was away from my parents and not at school (at a birthday party), until I was 7 or so, even though I knew all of the data. It actually helped once, when I was 6 or so, and me and my friend Aviva got stranded at Chuck E. Cheese (after a birthday party -- Mr. Song thought Mrs. Song had us in her car, and vice versa). We were both smart kids, and we figured out very quickly that if one of us was the spokesperson and one of us turned on the water works, we'd get some attention and probably some free game tokens while the adults sorted things out.

So, Aviva started crying, and I showed the medallion and we got a bunch of tokens.

My SO's 3-year-old knows her nickname (her true first name is long and Welsh; she does know it but only when prompted and there's no way she'd spell it) and last name, the name of her daycare/preschool, and she's been known to call her father by his first name on occasion. I think she'd do OK.

I've also heard anyone with talking parrots should teach them a phone number, in case of escape or theft.

[The Sleeper]

14. You have some serious explaining to do....

to the Chuck E. Cheese Corporation of America !





:sarcasm:

[Why Syzygy]

24. LOL!

Yeah. Kids are pretty smart. Too bad our President isn't . at all.

[Career Prole]

11. Teach *your* children about disasters, Peaches...

...so the impeachment shock doesn't cause them to binge-drink or whatnot.

[Megahurtz]

12. First Lady says "Kids, you're on your own".

:sarcasm:

[AValdoux]

13. So she isn't bothered...

...by a 5-yr old walking alone along an interstate. These people have no shame. Considering all the NOLA horror stories involving children, she should stay clear of telling us what we should be doing different.


AValdoux

[booksenkatz]

15. I'm doing my damndest to prepare my 6-year-old for disasters

that he and his entire generation will have to face because our generation phucked everything up BUT GOOD, beginning with what we allowed the Bush Family 'n Friends to get away with on December 12, 2000.

But there are some disasters that you just can't prepare a child for, no matter how hard you try.
:grr:

[Sabriel]

16. We've been doing that for a couple years now

Every once in a while, we discuss with them how we're applying for permanent resident status in other countries, so that they won't grow up in this country.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

17. I applaud her.

I heard that she's doing it by scaring them with this photo.

[MarsThe Cat]

18. I'm sorry...that's just TOO easy...Laura makes a great straight man...

nt.

[Field Of Dreams]

19. How about prepare your husband for a disaster first okay?

eom

[goclark]

20. Is it cold in Alexandria? First she teaches them how to read

and now the mother of all mothers teaches the mothers how to teach their kids.

Why doesn't SHE teach the little lost babies how to say their names parents names and their phone numbers?

She could spend all day and all night in the shelters doing just that, NO, she walks around and photo ops.

She is talking to moms who love their children and carried them on their shoulders to keep them out of harms way!

Poor people LOVE there children and spend more time with their children than she ever did - she was and probably still is a drunk and a druggie like her Chimp Twin.

Here kids were with their Nannie while their kids were with their Mommie!

She makes me sick with her pompous ass.

What's with the Queen like wrap?

This bitch is outa touch.

[Why Syzygy]

25. Yeah, the scarf

Only thing I can figure is that the photo stylist thought it would make her look "softer". WRONG!

[NYC]

36. Pious.

Not a scarf, a shawl. She is clutching it like an old, old, old Russian woman. Looking pious, is what I think.

[llmart]

21. Well, Laura, I did just that.....

My children are in their thirties and when the Supreme Court appointed your dimwit of a husband as president I told both of them "prepare for a disaster with this asshole in charge."

And, see, wasn't I right?

BTW, both of my children voted Gore and Kerry, so they are well-prepared to see the hypocrisy of Repugs.

[goclark]

26. ROTFL

That was really something to teach our kids.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. "And if you don't have a church,

make sure you become a member of one, so we can fill your kids' heads with even more bullshit!"

[riverwalker]

28. Laura, prepare the government first, ok?

ignorant helmet head

[Spinzonner]

29. What spices should you prepare them with ?

You know, in case the food supply gives out.

[Danmel]

30. How do I prepare them for the disaster that is this administration?

I've tried to explain it to them, but really, how do you prepare your children for this level of ineptitude, callousness, stupidity and greed?
I remind then that there are lots of good people, but I don't even believe any one can protect us so I just tell them that their parents will always protect them the best that we can.

[xxqqqzme]

31. none of that helps when the disaster

is prezydent.

[mitchum]

32. What an awful facelift that wench has had!

[DrDan]

33. staaaand byyyyy you-uurr man

well, in this case

staaaaaand byyyy you-uur awol, cokehead, run-for-the-hills coward

[teryang]

34. bushits are diaster one for working Americans

...their greed and mendacity is unlimited.

coup d'etat
California energy crisis
Enron debacle
911
The patriot act
Iraq war
the destruction of New Orleans

What's next?

[Miss Chybil]

37. Well, duh...

:crazy:

[despairing optimist]

38. And she should know!

[Gyre]

39. She can go fuck herself.

Something I feel confident she does more often than not. Sanctimonious bitch!

Gyre