Anderson Cooper in danger! Wearing flak jacket!

[Neecy]

Good god, is he dogging this or what? Yes, he's in Haifa but still....how overdone. I'm so tired of these reporters and their danger-drama.

[hlthe2b]

1. Flak wearing a flak jacket......?

At least he's there... Where the hell is Condi and our 'diplomatic' team?

[leftchick]

2. yes

it would be more credible if he was reporting from Beruit. No chance of that though. :eyes:

[Neecy]

12. Actually....

Nic Robertson is reporting from Beirut, and he isn't wearing a flak jacket.

[leftchick]

13. Yeah but every other shill is

I saw one another earlier today with one on. Made me want to take it off and put it on a baby.

[babylonsister]

3. If I was in Haifa, I'd be wearing one, too. Actually, given the current

environment, I wouldn't be there on a bet.

[rubberducky]

4. Cable news

24-7 has indeed, become our drama-mama.:wow:

[Jimdish25]

6. How Funny (and sad)

That the info-tainment on our TV has become indistinguishible from the news correspondents on Doonesbury.

Anyone seen Roland Hedley!

[PA Democrat]

5. Well, Anderson Cooper ina flak jacket is a whole heck of a lot better than

what I just saw on MSNBC..... Bob Novak.

[jobycom]

7. Lay off AC, he did some of the best work on tv after Katrina.

He's got my respect for a while longer, at least.

[adriennui]

9. speaking of katrina

does anyone care about what's NOT happening in new orleans. it's great to know that speculators are getting rich over the backs of residents who have not been able to return.:sarcasm:

[jobycom]

11. Is anyone getting rich in New Orleans now?

[adriennui]

14. land speculators and developers

certainly not the displaced residents.

[jobycom]

15. Haven't seen much about the speculators.

I've driven through the worst parts of New Orleans. There is no electricity, still, and it is completely unlivable, though even against all odds people are trying. I haven't heard much about speculators. Have to look that up.

The conspiracy theory has been that they are deliberately slow on the rebuild to keep the residents out, and to make NOLA a white city. Don't know if it's deliberate or just a result of no money, but it is stunning how little has been done. A little money in the region, and a rebuilt electric grid, and that could be the most thriving economy in the country. There is a ton of rebuilding to do. But the money isn't coming in, and the city sits abandoned, in places looking more like a landfill than a city.

[adriennui]

16. we should be going crazy about this

imagine a city in america that doesn't have basic services. i'm not a tinfoil hat type of person but i find it difficult to believe this is just ineptitude.

[Swamp Rat]

18. It's not just ineptitude.

Land developers are cannibals.

[Swamp Rat]

17. I have... I've met some and seen others with their teams of employees

going door to door in devastated areas urging residents to sell their property to land developers.

I was doing geocoding, and house inspections for a local university, and spent months in Gentilly, 9th Ward, Carrollton, Mid-City, 7th Ward, etc. The carpet baggers are having a field day here.

[jobycom]

19. What are they trying to develop?

Are they trying to build residences or businesses? Either way, they need the complicity of the government. The lands would have to be rezoned for business, or else the infrastructure, including the levees that broke and the pumping stations that failed, would have to be upgraded to protect the new residences. That doesn't sound like basic opportunism to me. That sounds like a plan, unless these are just individual speculators taking risks.

[Marie26]

21. Kinda like carpetbaggers? nt

[Marie26]

20. He lost mine after

the Sago mine fiasco. Anyone remember that?

[Neecy]

8. Larry King in danger! Wearing flak jacket!

Bolton is in the studio...duck, Larry!

[brook]

10. Anderson Cooper

doesn't have to be anywhere. But he is. That's more than you or I can say about the godammned WarpedResident or any of our glorious State Department. Maybe Anderson thinks it's important that we get something other than spoon-fed "go shopping-buy duct tape-be afraid-I thought you were going to ask about the pig" news.

[rustydog]

22. he's in mortal danger of his hyper-inflated ego defalting suddenly

revealing the well-coiffed grayheaded empty shell.

[Misskittycat]

23. Anderson Cooper built his career as a war correspondent in

some of the most dangerous places on earth. It's really not fair to characterize him as a pretty boy talking head that has never done dangerous duty.

[SeattleGirl]

26. Thanks Misskittycat

The judgements I read against this man, just because of who his mother is, and the fact that they're rich, drives me nuts. How would any of us like to be judged solely on who our parents are? How would we like anything and everything we've done that may be good dismissed because mom or dad is thus-and-so? I dare say most people wouldn't like it a bit.

[williesgirl]

24. Did you think it funny when the CBS guy got hit? Give these guys a break

They're there - we're not. Who are we to judge who should be wearing a flak jacket or not? If it was someone you loved, wouldn't you want him to be safe vs sorry? The hate here on DU just has to stop.

[etherealtruth]

25. Except Geraldo Rivera , OK

I'm not at all desirous of his being maimed /injured (or worse) ... but if he heads over can we please mock him?

Seriously, I do give these correspondents a break ... I'd need to be in full body armor to be some of the places these folk go.

[gatorboy]

27. Maybe he's in danger with some homophobic republicans...

Hey, you can't trust those guys!