Do you know what the President of Indonesia was doing while his country...

[mikelewis]

experienced one of the worst disasters it has ever faced?

Was he eating cake with John McCain? Nope

Was he playing air guitar and acting like an asshole? Nope.

Did he fuck around for 3 days, figuring out ways to use the disaster to his benefit? Nope

President Yudhoyono - criticized by some as being hesitant to act in the past - spent the first night after the quake on Saturday sleeping in a tent along with survivors and moved his office to the nearby city of Yogyakarta to supervise relief operations.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/29/news/web.0529indonesia2.php

The guy did what any real President would do; he went to work to help save his countrymen. Which just reinforces my complete and total disdain for our Selected Asshole in Chief. I know nothing of Indonesia or its President but in this comparison, he beats our Chief Idiot hands down. He might be a dictator or a champion of Democracy, I don't know but at least he's not a complete asshole when a large portion of his country is struck by a disaster.

Oh well, isn't there some celebrity scandal I should be getting back to or maybe a kidnapped barely legal white teen that I can fret over? I hate it when the MSM lets depressing shit like catastrophes and disasters slip through to my consumer driven conscious.

[hatrack]

1. Didn't you hear - it's the 1 year anniversay of Natalee's disappearance!

HORRIBLE, isn't it?

:eyes: :puke: :sarcasm:

[phylny]

8. I was flipping channels, and there was the Mrs., being interviewed.

Can you imagine?????

[skids]

22. What her? Don't you know Rita has a new dead white chick...

...apparently strangled to death with her bikini top. Dead and Direct.

[Cha]

2. Good for

President Yudhoyono! Didn't bush go to New Orleans and someone put a hammer in his hand for a photo op?

[MadMaddie]

3. It is is a shame....the US should have figured out that we had

a lame duck President when he sat in the classroom reading a book...even knowing that we were under attack....and he let a city drown so he could go to a fundraiser...Pathetic isn't it?

[bdamomma]

14. don't forget Condi she was buying shoes

they have no shame no remorse.

[babylonsister]

4. I saw news clips of Indo's president there; how refreshing to see

someone actually acting presidential! I've forgotten what that feels like.

[saltpoint]

5. Yudhoyono sets a humbling example. Who knows -- maybe a certain

president closer to home might learn a thing or two from that kind of solidarity and acknowledgment of suffering.

But the incumbent who needs to learn the most is the least susceptible to learning anything.

[paparush]

6. That guy, Yudoohickey, is so clearly pre-9/11.

9/11 changed everything...even before the last plane went down, things had changed. It became fine for Bush** to read a children's book, upside down. It laid the groundwork for Bush** to sit on his hands as the levies collapsed, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc...

[MikeNearMcChord]

7. You mean instead of going to some $5,000 a plate dinner

he was actually rolling up his shirt sleeves and trying to help the people who are suffering? No RW radio, some Indonesian Rush screaming about people needing help from the government, instead of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps? I'm shocked....SHOCKED!

[peacetalksforall]

9. Our problem is us. We continue to have expectations about what

leading the country is all about. Bush in incapable. He is lite and trite.

The question is - do we really have to lower our expectations?

[gordianot]

10. Expectations are so low now they can go nowhere but up.

Moderate competence will look good following Bush.

[bdamomma]

13. do we need to lower our expectations NO

we have a sick, sick man in office, we should have more respect and determination for ourselves, we should not lower our expectations but for some citizens out there it may be too late, unless they educate themselves and get out of the denial they are in.

[Canuckistanian]

11. He didn't inspect the damage from 10,000 feet up in plane?

While sipping Jim Beam and screaming that the firemen should put out that fire?

He must not be a very good president.

[mikelewis]

15. He's a 'doer' not a 'decider'; 'doer's' never make good President's...

Although 'do her's' make excellent one's.

[Canuckistanian]

21. Naughty, naughty man

A thousand lashes with a wet noodle!
:spank: :D

[tridim]

12. That's what President Gore or President Kerry would have done.

No doubt about it.

[upi402]

16. true n/t

[pnorman]

17. Plagiarist I am!

I used almost all of your wording (and righteous indignation) in a posting I had made in another venue. I usually paraphrase such stuff, but I couldn't improve on that. Thanks for spotting that gem. I had been following that earthquake myself, but had totally missed that.

pnorman

[mikelewis]

20. Plagiarism is stealing a persons intellectual property...

I have two religions, Christianity and Democracy, both have taught me that there's no such thing as one person's intellectual property. And you definitely can't steal what is freely given. In fact, when you use what is freely given to a good end, it brings honor to the one who gave the gift. So thank you, I am honored.

[baldguy]

18. In OTHER countries, the leaders actually care about their citizens.

Imagine that.

[Xenotime]

19. He is a true hero...

I am proud of people like that.

[Phrogman]

23. Indonesia's President still walks the streets of his country..

Shaking hands and talking with the real people.

[4_TN_TITANS]

24. Phrogman, Welcome to DU...

:hi:

The international perspective is very much welcome here (just ask Oversea Visitor)!

:toast:
:thumbsup:

[Phrogman]

27. Thank you

[druidity33]

25. Indonesia...

I only know a very little of Indonesia from what i've heard on Democracy Now!... the Indonesian Military has been brutal with the natives of East Timor for years. Apparently one of Amy Goodman's first foreign correspondent gigs landed her in East Timor during a battle between locals and the troops firing indiscriminately into crowds. The Military has been brutal for years, though i believe the President (or is his title different?) was elected (voter fraud?). Until recently the US has denied foreign aid because they were on the State sponsored terrorist list (international pressure?)... though i believe now they recieve aid and are "cooperating" with the CIA.

Sounds like the President is a stand-up guy though...

[annabanana]

26. Yeah?.. Well America sent 2 million dollars to "help"..

two million dollars

(one upscale house on long island)

I'm surprised they aren't ashamed to mention the number...