Is anyone watching MSNBC? This is an OUTRAGE

[Beelzebud]

I can't even put this into words what I am feeling.

they were showing clips of people begging for help.

WHERE THE FUCK IS OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? WSHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING?


I'M AT A BREAKING POINT HERE FOLKS. WHAT THE FUCK HAVE THEY BEEN DOING SINCE 9/11?

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. LISTEN TO THIS CAMERAMAN. THIS IS TOTALLY APPAULLING.

[BlueJac]

1. Yes

Unfucking real

[libnnc]

2. watching it right now

there aren't words...

camera man saw babies dying...

[FreedomAngel82]

3. The little babies...

:cry: And their mothers. And fathers. :cry: Where is George Bush?

[cbear70]

12. i can't stop crying

the children, the parents.. the elderly.. this is our country...i can't stop crying.

[Beelzebud]

4. TOTAL BREAKDOWN OF LEADERSHIP

Department of Homeland Security is a FUCKING JOKE.

WE HAVE WASTED TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR NOTHING

[liberal N proud]

5. If I heard Scotty correctly - We can't use everything on NO because

the US might get hit with other hurricanes this year.

[BattyDem]

19. Scotty actually said they are "weighing their options' ...

when asked about international help, getting the airlines to help with evacuation, etc.

WEIGHING THEIR OPTIONS?????? THERE'S NO MORE TIME FOR THAT! STOP DISCUSSING IT AND GET SOME HELP TO THOSE PEOPLE!!!!!!! :grr: :cry: :grr: :cry: :grr: :cry: :grr: :cry:

[cthrumatrix]

35. Bush said "no" to intl aid on a BBC interview

[Garbo 2004]

21. Um, does that mean Bush's gov't unprepared to deal w. ANNUAL hurricane

season? That's what it sounds like. Funny, they manage to spare resources for unnecessary wars over there but have difficulty providing even meager assistance to those in immediate need here.

[targetpractice]

6. Harry Connick, Jr.

Camerman says, "Believe it or not, Harry Connick, Jr. is the only person of authority here... and he's a MUSICIAN!"

[Lex]

7. Is he helping? Or what?

[targetpractice]

He's trying apparently...

I don't know why he was there... but he's been on the cellphone with TV news... trying to get the word out... Cameraman said that people were listening to him... he was trying to calm people down, etc.... Get people to help each other.

[Lex]

24. Thank goodness he is trying to organize people, and help

with getting the word out.

[Waya]

31. Harry Connick, Jr...

..is there because there will be a benefit concert Friday for NO and the general area. Maybe he wants to get a first hand look at the situation - more than our idiot in chief has done. Harry promised to do all he can for the people at the Convention Center - good luck to him!

[Lex]

33. Harry Connick Jr. probably lives in NO and is a native

and THAT'S why he's there.

[htuttle]

32. I believe he lives in New Orleans

I heard he was going to be a part of that benefit concert for New Orleans this weekend.

[Lorien]

44. I think he's a resident. His father was a city councilman

or held some such position. He knows the people and they know him.

On edit; see post #30.

[Bridget Burke]

30. Harry Connick Sr was DA of Orleans Parish for 29 years.

I'm sure his son knows how to get things done in New Orleans.

[earth mom]

38. I knew there was a reason that I like Harry Connick Jr.! nt

[TrogL]

46. Musicians know how to organize

Ever been in a band? Led a singalong?

[Beelzebud]

8. TONY ZUMBADO: REAL JOURNLIST

THANK YOU SIR, FOR TELLING THE TRUTH.

[louis-t]

9. More important things for * to do

Fundraisers, photo-ops, brush to cut. Compassionate Conservatism at work. Read from a script, eat a pretzel, git on with yer life. How sick.

[William Bloode]

10. Yes,

This guy doing the reporting is AWSOME! He is saying people arew calm and SUPER well behaved, and yes they have been abandoned. He's showing the looting for what it is survival. It's so bad the talk of people already starting to die. I am a grow man and some what of a hard heart asshole, but it made me cry for the first time in years :cry: :cry: :cry:

[PA Democrat]

18. You are not alone in your tears

I remember feeling incredible sadness after September 11th. That feeling pales in comparison to my utter despair over the horrible human tragedy unfolding in New Orleans. I alternate between despair and rage.

[William Bloode]

22. Witnessing the plight of these people has touch my soul.

The part about the yound toddler who was getting to where he could not wake up, the reporter talking of 2 babies dieing he saw, and knowing they are suffering from government inaction and unpreparedness, my personal frustration......it's too much.

[malaise]

11. I am about to pop a blood vessel

This is madness. I can't bear this any longer - people are dying before my eyes. You cannot live without food or water after three days. Where the fuck are the emeregncy supplies.

[babylonsister]

13. Yes. What a waste of a gov't we have. nt

[BattyDem]

14. OMG ... I just signed on to see if other DUers were watching

No one is helping those poor people. They haven't eaten anything for four days. They haven't had anything to drink. They're dying of dehydration! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE HELP?!?!? :cry:

[Katarina]

15. We need more Tony Zumbado's in this country

He told it like it is. America! Are you fucking listening? Babies dying! Old people dying! No food, no water! No National Guard! This is NOT my country! Give me my country back NOW!

Fuck you George Bush...there is a special place in hell for your punk ass.

[lpbk2713]

16. Enough of this shit!! ..... It's time for that asshole to be impeached.

What he is doing now is beyond just ineptitude, it's criminal. He's letting civilians die while he does nothing at all to relieve their suffering. I'm outraged.

[underpants]

17. Ugh! Little chance of rain in NO after today

http://www.weather.com/activities/homeandgarden/home/weather/tenday.html?locid=70119&from=36hr_fcst10DayLink_home

The zip codes in the area are 7011# if that link doesn't work.

I certainly don't mean this as a sick joke. If it were to rain at least some water would be available. They could use buckets, shoes, their hands SOMETHING.

This is sad and amazingly sad to watch and I am just reading about it.

Pray hope dance whatever you can for rain.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

20. Just saw that and CNN has been honest too. What about Faux news?

I won't watch them but I'm curious if they're reporting honestly.

[BattyDem]

25. I stumbled on to Faux earlier ...

and they were talking about looters in boats with guns. I guess dying people isn't a priority. :eyes:

[bbgrunt]

43. Oddly, yesterday they were pretty good

Shepard Smith was on the overpass screaming that these people need help now. Today I hear CNN is not allowed to interview people from the dome.

[spanone]

51. You know faux will be playing up the law & order shit.

[never_get_over_it]

23. I can't bear to watch it

I am so depressed - I have been outraged and saddened by all the fuck ups of thie administration - I just don't know how much more I can take - I've been crying on an off since Monday and I'm not even watching - couldn't take it. I feel so helpless and I just want to scream as loud as I can will someone STOP THESE MAD MEN

[Waya]

26. Yep, just got done sending them an email....

...for all the good it will do. But this is beyond outrageous. At the Convention Center in NO, dead babies, dead people in Wheel chairs - no offer of food or water in the last 4 days. No National Guard - nothing.
And this asswipe of a President wants a medal and a chest to pin it on for cutting short his vacation? Maybe he should have stayed on vacation - shit might get done then.
This is beyond belief!

[ObaMania]

27. The worst part is...

.. as usual, no DEMs are stepping up to the plate with a solution. At least if Kerry or Clark could come out with a plan and have some news conference insisting the pResident go their route besides sitting on his ass doing nothing, then maybe that would make idiots think perhaps they allowed the selection of the wrong person.

Wishful thinking that anyone on the DEM side could possibly outRove *Rove.

Goddamn the DEM leadership make me sick.

[BattyDem]

29. Mary Landrieu actually said the federal government was doing ...

everything possible and using all available resources - so once again, it looks like we can't count on the Dems to step up to the plate. We the people of this country are literally on our own.

:grr: :cry: :grr: :cry: :grr: :cry: :grr: :cry: :grr: :cry:

On edit: I saw a video clip of Landrieu's press conference on CNN (or it may have been CNN Headline News).

[Lorien]

49. I've been thinking about that a lot lately

I've searched for ANY Dem leader who has condemned *'s inaction, the lack of emergency relief and levee funding, the misuse of the NG-so far, all seem mute. :grr:

[DURHAM D]

28. Is the foreign press calling this "American Genocide" yet ? eom

[Waya]

34. This is one of the few times in my life.....

...where I wished I was stinking, filthy and obnoxiously rich!!!!

[gypsy11]

36. GENOCIDE

I am beyond words.

bush et el.... My what you do unto others be done unto you! :mad:

[LiberalArkie]

37. Work being done

If you have a shortwave radio tune to 7.285 LSB and find out how the emergency communications is being handled.. Hint HAM Radio..

[Jersey Devil]

39. My God, they showed a man having a seizure on the sidewalk

A couple of guys trying to help him, apparently to no avail. He was clearly dying right in front of the cameras.

[earth mom]

40. And some people scoffed when Bush has been compared to Hitler!

How is this different? It is just as deliberate. :puke:

[Blue_In_AK]

41. That was some amazing footage....

The photojournalist was beside himself. People HAVE to see this. Those people in the convention center are being murdered by our government's ineptness. I'm beyond outraged.

[Jeanette in FL]

42. That was heartbreaking

The sheer desperation of these people. I wish they knew how hard we are trying to get them the help they need. I can't believe this gov't.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

45. Well they know they are there at least

I just heard a scanner report saying that there was alot of pillaging going on near the convention center. This was a for information only broadcast. I think that means they don't plan to take any action against it.

[huskerlaw]

47. They're holding press conferences

and talking about Hurricane Katarina.

Fuckwits.

[Booster]

48. He's waiting for as many as possible to die. Bastard.

[donheld]

50. Al-Jazeera is watching

Baghdad is watching. What will they all get from this? We are making ourselves very ugly before the world.

[flamingyouth]

52. We have no leadership.

And unfortunately, he won't step down and allow a real leader to see to this mess. A fucking outrage.

[friesianrider]

53. Totally appaling indeed...absolutely inexcusable.

This would be a tragedy in any country but the fact that in the year 2005, AMERICANS will die from cholera and dehydration is absolutely beyond words.

IT HAS BEEN THREE AND A HALF DAYS since the hurricane hit. Why wasn't this mobilized on Tuesday morning? Why weren't we bussing people out Tuesday. not Thursday?

I am absolutely sick to my stomach - I wish I was in a position to actually make shit happen like, well, you know...the fucking President!! I can't even imagine what these poor people must be going through. No home, no food, no water, no clean clothes, no job...

Dude, where is my country? :cry: