So they turned the power on for Bush's speech then turned it off in N.O.??

[gatorboy]

They're talking about it on Tucker now. Apparently they turned on the power downtown for Bush's light show. Then turned off the electricity after he finished his speech. Aren't people living there now? I'd be pissed!

Unbelievable!

[AlCzervik]

1. just like when he made his 1st trip to Mississippi and the supplys

just suddenly showed up.

[high density]

2. Perhaps they trucked in a few generators?

It looks like they had some Hollywood-style lighting on the buildings behind him, but I didn't see much else beyond that.

[AlCzervik]

3. it reminded me of what the "Tower of Terror" at Disney looks like at night

[Brother Buzz]

4. I heard before the speech....

The White House provided the generator to fire up that dog and pony show.

[gatorboy]

5. The reporter Tucker was talking to said there was power to the area

from city electricity. And as soon as the speech was over, the lights were gone (Besides the generator lightshow).

[Atman]

6. According to Brian Williams, electricity on along his motorcade route

Sounds to me that his puppeteers wanted him to think the lights were actually on, so he wouldn't get too confused during the part of his speech wherein he said the electricity was back.

Can you believe this shit? It's like we suddenly live with a Chinese or Russian government, with their propped up leaders.

[dflprincess]

15. Besides, poor little Georgie is afraid of the dark

n/t

[elare]

10. And the cheap bastard couldn't leave it behind?

[imaginary girl]

7. Maybe it was b/c of the alarms

Brian Williams said lots of alarms were going off once the electricity came back on ...

[LibertyLou]

8. Ummm.that's exactly what they do in Iraq...

I kid you not.

When a town won't 'give up' some suspected 'insurgents'...

Of course, that is denied since it is most definitely against the Geneva conventions for mass civilian punishment, but they've been caught doing that and much, much worse...

[LibertyLou]

11. Could the staged photo-ops be any more obvious?

PR exercises...it's all for show...image and media manipulation maximus..

[Scurrilous]

9. Electricity provided by...

...Potemkin Power Corp.

[Brother Buzz]

13. Ding, ding, ding...

we have a winner. I'd be laughing if it wasn't so sadly true.

[ruggerson]

12. This needs to be publicized

[NYC]

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4792349