Anderson Cooper provides explanation for why he is there but the gov. isnt

[LibraLiz1973]

"It's called advanced planning"



On Bill Maher now

[Old and In the Way]

1. "Maybe, we got our press corp back" (Bill)

Big applause

[Stephanie]

2. Keep it up Anderson.

This disaster is really sorting out the human beings from the reptiles.

[titoresque]

3. aint that the truth! n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Yeah, but the reptiles are winning

n/t

[fiveleafclover]

9. I'm not so sure any more

Public opinion has changed almost overnight where I am. It seems to be the same way in a lot of other places too. Even for Bush, it will be hard to pull up from this one. Too many things have happened too close together, with Bush looking bad in all of them in some way. It feels like change to me.

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. Just wait for the waterborne diseases that are brewing in NO

to kick in. Then we'll see whose winning.

[nonconformist]

12. Yep. nt

[rzemanfl]

4. I'd be laughing if it weren't so sad...n/t

[LibraLiz1973]

5. sooo true

[Old and In the Way]

7. "You were the 1st responders" (Bill)

So true...

[LibraLiz1973]

8. He is right on with that

I loved that he came right out and said
"Why were you, Harry Connick & other reporters there when the government wasn't?"

[Old and In the Way]

10. "Where is the Christianity?"

Amen...

[LibraLiz1973]

11. seriously.... where is it??????

[Old and In the Way]

14. "Lack of sufficient motivation"

That clearly comes from the top...

[LibraLiz1973]

15. The dirty little secret is that all of our equipment is in Iraq...

[daleo]

19. Not just equipment and troops in Iraq, logistics experts tied up too.

Consider that most the experts in logistics (which is exactly what is needed during a natural disaster) are involved in the war effort, even if they are in the U.S. Iraq is a long way away (Afghanistan even more so), and it requires a long, long supply line. The military is obviously severely stretched by these efforts, and couldn't handle the additional effort necessitated by the hurricane, wherever they happened to be based.

[Old and In the Way]

16. Allbaugh: "Rumor has it he cleaned his records"

It's just a rumor, but I happen to believe it....hehehehe, good one Bill.

Albaugh called the levee building "pork"....this is what we should be paying for....thius is government's work...and they failed.

[Old and In the Way]

17. Cronyism in our government.

Bush: "We will succeed"
Bill: "Excuse me...you already failed".

[Old and In the Way]

18. Chertoff: They were warned. Bill: Unintentional racism

Religion is supply side economics. Will any sacrafice be made for our infrastructure, our soldiers?

[Old and In the Way]

20. Are the Democrats going to do on this what they did on Iraq?

Good question....

[Old and In the Way]

21. A moral obligation to exploit a weakness.....

[Old and In the Way]

22. Bush is not a conservative.......

Democrats can't win playing middle of the road.