Mr. President, just in case you need a list...

[theHandpuppet]

... you sociopathic dumbass:

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=44&locTGroup=Military_bases&direction=down&sec=0

MILITARY BASES LIST
Texas
Brooks City-Base
Dyess AFB
Fort Bliss
Fort Hood
Fort Sam Houston
Goodfellow AFB

Lackland AFB
Laughlin AFB
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
Naval Station Ingleside
Randolph AFB
Sheppard AFB

Florida
Eglin AFB
MacDill AFB
Naval Air Station Jacksonville

Naval Station Mayport
Tyndall AFB

Arkansas
Little Rock AFB

Georgia
Fort Benning
Fort Gillem
Fort Gordon
Fort McPherson
Fort Stewart

MCLB Albany
Moody AFB
Naval Air Station Atlanta
Naval Submarine Base - Kings Bay
Robins AFB

Oklahoma
Altus AFB
Fort Sill

Tinker AFB
***************

How's that for starters, grits for brains?

Since no one else here dares to say it, I will. WHAT'S HAPPENENING IN N.O. RIGHT NOW IS THE DELIBERATE MURDER OF THOUSANDS OF POOR AND BLACK PEOPLE.

Mr. President, do you mean to tell me the most powerful nation of earth, one that in a matter of weeks mobilized its entire military force in an attack upon Iraq halfway around the world, has not the resources to rescue a stadium half-full of people in downtown New Orleans? That you do not have, at your disposal, rescue & troop carrier helos, amphibious vehicles, troops, military bases, medical personnel et al ad infinitum? That at your order the collective resources of an entire nation could not be summoned to aid the people of the Gulf Coast? That our military can airdrop "shock and awe" upon Baghdad but not food and water to the citizens of New Orleans?

Do you think we are really that stupid or do we just realize that you truly don't give a damn? Or worse, by your deliberate inaction, untold thousands of our fellow citizens are sentenced to suffer and die? Is no one in the MSM, or on Capitol Hill, going to call you on it?

Yeah, let's all scream about looters (you media folks included) when the most vile crook and criminal in the world is right in front of our noses!

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Here at Selfridge there are two Chinook Heli's just sitting there and

a couple of C-130's. He doesn't care.

[cthrumatrix]

2. invasion of Iraq was pre-planned....NO destruction w/hurricane was known

and NOT planned...

Not until corps can make money will you see many changes

[babylonsister]

3. I share your outrage, and I'll double it.

This is beyond the ken; CNN suggested cruise ships recently as well. Hmmm, I wonder if they're reading YESTERDAY'S posts from DU?

[Ganja Ninja]

4. and I'm sure that many of those bases have empty barracks ...

that could be used to house some of the victims of this disaster. We should have had a plan in place and buses ready to role before the storm hit but AWOL was too busy riding his bike to devote too much thought to president'n.

[theHandpuppet]

5. Exactly!

I've been bringing this up ever since the crisis began. We have scores of military bases which could provide emergency shelters for evacuees!

WHAT THE HELL is this so-called "Commander-in-Chief" waiting for?

What's happening now -- or what's NOT happening now -- is nothing short of mass murder.

[Sydnie]

6. I said that yesterday after seeing him holding court with all the sailors

in their dress whites. Why hasn't he sent those people in to help rather than stroking his fucking ego? What a disgrace he is! For some one that claims to be the leader of the free world, he sure doesn't know anything about helping his own people! He has got to be the dumbest motherfucker that ever drew breath!

Hey Dickhead - mobilize your domestic military troops to help your citizens you fuckwad! Drop food into the super dome you shithead! Mobilize your coast guard to coordinate rescue efforts you piece of shit! Too bad you don't have any corporate friends that can distribute food rather than bombs, you lousy excuse for a human being. I can only hope that once you get back to Washington that the outcry for you to DO SOMETHING will be impossible to ignore, you stain on the face of our country.

<end rant - for the moment anyway>

[MadeinOhio]

7. They all hate us for our freedoms, doncha know. n/t

[TexasLady]

8. am watching CNN, former mayor of NOLA

Sidney Bartholomey is practically SCREAMING about BUSH not doing ANYTHING~!~


Good on ya, exmayor~

[SmokingJacket]

9. Fort Polk, three or so hours away.

Very large base, thousands of personnel, tons of equipment, just up the highway.

[bostonbabs]

10. I too cannot believe the lack

of help and concern shown our fellow Americans...it's a disgrace

[Karenina]

17. It's MUCH MORE than disgraceful!!!

The *dauphin and his merry band of death dealers need to be held ACCOUNTABLE by American citizens.

[mopaul]

11. those awful, awful looters, while they empty the treasury in d.c.

[DeepModem Mom]

12. Nominated -- I am completely outraged. nt

[DeepModem Mom]

14. But a differing response from my hubby --

he's also outraged, but he fears we may no longer be capable of the actions you suggest, because we have committed our resources to Iraq. We both agree that the opposition party in what is supposed to be a democracy should step up and speak out with courage about this complete failure on the part of our government, and that the media should shed its cowardly silence.

[malta blue]

13. Nominated

To bad you had to state what is so painfully obvious to people who actually give a shit.

[OhioChick]

15. Nominated.........n/t

[xiamiam]

16. somebody wake up the president please....

I am so furious...the ineptitude of this presidency is so ridiculously obvious....this is huge...every damn station should be broadcasting this right now instead of info mercials and celebrity nonsense....the health of the entire nation is hanging in the wind as people are facing certain death...and people are worried about looters?..give me a friggin break...these people are about to die...and are stealing water and pampers...bodies and alligators in the water..oh my god...i cant even believe that those people in the dome werent evacuated by buses immediately...immmediately....why cant they just set up communciations on the top of the tallest buildings and drop cell phones ....the implications of this havent even begun....lots of people are facing their death..including anyone going in to navigate rescues in those toxic waters..the ex mayor of no is begging the president to give this attention...yet hes winding down his friggin vacation..the sob..playing guitar while the levies are about to break the other night...i am outraged...never been so outraged in my life..couldnt his mind think of anything else to do at that moment? reminiscent of reading to children while the planes were attacking the world trade center....i hate the sob but this is beyond anything imaginable...this stupidity, arrogance and absolute lack of understanding..we are in deep crap...deep crap...and halliburton will get billions in no bid contracts to rebuild...the poverty and the condition of the lives of these people being broadcast to the world and the president is doing photo ops ...oh my god....the diseases about to surface is a world health issue...and weve got a bunch of morons running the show...