MoDo: "United States of Shame"

[Rose Siding]

Stuff happens.

And when you combine limited government with incompetent government, lethal stuff happens.

America is once more plunged into a snake pit of anarchy, death, looting, raping, marauding thugs, suffering innocents, a shattered infrastructure, a gutted police force, insufficient troop levels and criminally negligent government planning. But this time it's happening in America.

W. drove his budget-cutting Chevy to the levee, and it wasn't dry. Bye, bye, American lives. "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees," he told Diane Sawyer.

Shirt-sleeves rolled up, W. finally landed in Hell yesterday and chuckled about his wild boozing days in "the great city" of N'Awlins. He was clearly moved. "You know, I'm going to fly out of here in a minute," he said on the runway at the New Orleans International Airport, "but I want you to know that I'm not going to forget what I've seen." Out of the cameras' range, and avoided by W., was a convoy of thousands of sick and dying people, some sprawled on the floor or dumped on baggage carousels at a makeshift M*A*S*H unit inside the terminal........MORE......

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/03/opinion/03dowd.html

[AnnInLa]

1. Wow....just...wow

She sure has a way with words.

[MarianJack]

3. Hi, AnninLa!

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all!

:loveya: :grouphug: :cry: :pals: :patriot:

[AnnInLa]

4. Ohhh, thank you!!!

[MarianJack]

7. You're Welcome and...

...stay safe!

[shraby]

5. I agree...a whole buncha Wows.

[Spazito]

2. Holy crap, her most scathing column yet!

She totally nails it, imo.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. I'm not normally a fan of Mo Dowd

but this column is absolutely brilliant...she really nails the issue here

[Rose Siding]

13. She writes with a razor

and she's picked the right targets lately.

[MadeinOhio]

8. Maureen Dowd nailed it. Racist bastards... n/t

[bling bling]

9. Bush's comment about his boozing days made me want to throw-up.

Anyone who voted for this man who doesn't (at least secretly) feel like a total fool IS a complete fool.

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. That and his comment about Trent Lott losing his house!

Boo frickin' Hoo! And talking about how he was looking forward to sitting on the front porch of the mega mansion that will replace it! Right up there with his joking about looking for WMD under his desk! :grr:

[Jessica]

27. I missed that ...

Do we have a link?

[BootinUp]

10. That was outstanding. A+

I can't add anything.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

11. wow

owned.

[Spazito]

12. Kick for a column worth reading

*

[Eric J in MN]

14. "Michael Brown, the blithering idiot in charge of FEMA..."

"..- a job he trained for by running something called the International Arabian Horse Association - admitted he didn't know until Thursday that there were 15,000 desperate, dehydrated, hungry, angry, dying victims of Katrina in the New Orleans Convention Center.

Was he sacked instantly? No, our tone-deaf president hailed him in Mobile, Ala., yesterday: 'Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.'"

[Rose Siding]

15. He'll get a medal and a promotion

[AuntiBush]

17. He Didn't Know Until Thursday -- WE knew all Week Long!

Sorry, but I hope they all rot in hell!

[IndyOp]

16. So she hangs out at DU?

Her article summarizes exactly what I've been reading here and hearing on AAR.

Hmmmm...

Keep typing DUers!

[Booster]

18. Never thought of that, but you're probably right. We're probably

writing all these articles for writers & bloggers, and they get paid handsomely for it. Oh, well, as long as they write stuff like this, it's ok.

[Eric J in MN]

20. She's been writing essays against presidents for longer

than DU existed.

[IndyOp]

22. I was kidding (mostly) - I could say the same about Helen Thomas -

but that would not take one iota of credit from her distinguished career.

[understandinglife]

19. Well It Should Be Clear To Everyone Now - BUSH IS A KILLER AND ...

... HE ENJOYS IT.


GOT IT, MY FELLOW AMERICANS

[DemReadingDU]

21. Excellent article

[bklyncowgirl]

23. Thank you Maureen Dowd nt

[zippy890]

24. kick

must read

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

26. -snip-

Just last year, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials practiced how they would respond to a fake hurricane that caused floods and stranded New Orleans residents.

:wow:



Shades of 9-11.