Did anybody see this??(Re:Good Ol Wolf-CNN)

[Polethebear]

This is gotta be one of the dumbest things,truely dumbest things I've seen.

From TVnewser:


Rita: Maybe Wolf Needs Some Oxygen
From a TVNewser contributor

"Wolf Blitzer on Situation Room (4:00 half-hour) to Bob Franken, after Franken's report on the deaths of the 24 elderly nursing home patients in a fire on their evacuation bus:

BLITZER: "Bob, the whole nature of the oxygen tanks in there, are people looking at this situation and wondering, why did they let these people go in there with these highly flammable oxygen tanks?"

FRANKEN: (tactfully): "Well, apparently the officials are under the impression that they really didn't have any choice."

Like maybe, Wolf, because the patients needed the oxygen to be able to breathe?

[BigMcLargehuge]

his brain is turning to mush a little more each day

he really has no friggin clue. The situation room is the single most unintentionally funny program on TV.

[truebrit71]

1. Leslie is a whore AND an idiot...???

Whodathunkit??

[mzmolly]

2. Welcome to DU.

Though you joined sometime ago.

:hi:

As for Wolf, he's a "dolt" for lack of a better word.

[Kaylee]

3. Sometimes he says things that are so stupid, I figure...

he has to be playing the devil's advocate. Like a translator for the "idiot viewer".

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. LOL makes me think of Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda

"To call him stupid is an insult to stupid people"

[Kaylee]

5. Ha! I love that movie.

[oasis]

10. Welcome to DU Kaylee.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

6. they can't send him to NO because the water is too deep

[riverwalker]

7. here is the second dumbest

Wolf was talking to photographer in helicopter getting first views of Katrina aftermath.
Wolf: "..so all that water is not supposed to be there, right?"
:crazy: :eyes:

[Old and In the Way]

8. Sounds like Wolf could use a few hits of pure O2

clear up his obviously confused mind....

[iwanmycntrybak]

9. Oxygen Tanks

Seems people get by everyday with oxygen tanks without exploding all over the place! Oxygen alone isn't flamable!

[Trevelyan]

11. THE KU KLUX KLAN USED TO BURN IN THE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMEN

Bush should either step down or be impeached for--mismanagement.~SAY PRAYERS FOR THE REFUGEES ON THE BUS FROM HOUSTON. FOR SOME REASON. THAT BURNING BUS REMINDED ME OFTHE FREEDOM RIDER BUSES THE KU KLUX KLAN USED TO BURN IN THE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS WERE BURNED TO DEATH ON THOSE BUSES TOO.

From AOL Messageboards Some are beginning to get a clue. Try to place some good paragraphs and URLs from Truth Sites for those who are waking up and don't know about the alternate news side of the web.

[lectrobyte]

15. oxygen itself isn't flammable, but when the bus caught on fire,

which I believe was from a problem with the brake system or something, then the tanks probably exploded from heat, and the oxygen will intensify the fire. Remember Apollo 1?

[distantearlywarning]

12. The blame game.

This is fucking ridiculous.

The lengths these people will go to to blame the victim during these tragedies is now verging on the absurd. It's becoming satire, it's so ludicrous. If this were a skit on SNL, we would all think this was funny. It's just sad when it's real life.

[FM Arouet666]

13. What a jack ass. n/t

[TahitiNut]

14. There is no question, however, that there are truly some special ...

... precautions and considerations to be taken when transporting limited-mobility people many of whom are on oxygen tanks. This busload of folks should've had extra fire extingushers and attendants well-versed in the hazards. You don't just load 'em up on a Greyhound, seated randomly, with some yahoo with a commercial drviers license and no specialized experience.

[reprehensor]

16. Bollocks!

A faith-based driver and the Armies of Compassion (Blackwater?) are all you need!

[TahitiNut]

18. Uh-huh.

And just make sure the smokers stay on their own side of the bus. :rofl:

[txindy]

17. Interesting. Wolfie's a stenographer for the WH AND an absolute idiot

Gee. Hmmm. Elderly nursing home patients. Oxygen. How do these things relate?

Leslie needs to pull a Bob Nofacts and walk off the set, never to return. Like, yesterday.

You suck, Leslie.

[Hand]

19. Interesting thing I've noticed...

CNN has had Aaron Brown and NOT Leslie Blitzer heading up their Katrina/Rita coverage and getting all the extra air time with Anderson Cooper et al. Leslie's been consigned to his usual slot and has otherwise dropped off the radar, which is fine with me.

Tsk tsk. Looks like his superstardom may be fading. Which is also fine with me. :evilgrin: