OMG...Rick Perry in press conf: "We ask that we be treated as well as Louisiana was

[rainbow4321]

after Katrina"


ARRRRHHH!!!

http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html

Rt upper corner channel

[VeraAgnes]

1. What what you ask for Mr Perry

you just might get it.:dilemma:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Be careful what you ask for.... Idiot.

If Texas gets treated as "well" as LA after Katrina, they're gonna be in a whole world of hurt. I suppose he's trying to perpetuate the myth that BushCo actually did something.

[still_one]

3. OK rick, lets go have some cake /nt

[quiet.american]

4. He's. Got. To. Be. F*CKING. KIDDING.

On two levels:

First, that he has no shame in using Texas's woes right now to try to rewrite "heckuva job, Brownie" history for Bush
Second -- oh, forget it. The first one is all that needs to be said.

[rainbow4321]

15. He SAID IT AGAIN!!

WTF would he even mention the word Katrina????? Not once, but twice.

[Solly Mack]

5. what an incredibly stupid thing to say

[rainbow4321]

7. "No confirmed reports of death"

When pressed, the speaking official admitted to "three deaths"


They keep talking about having "next of kin" issues..so the news guy asked "if you say there are no deaths or only 3 deaths, WHY do you keep saying there are next of kin issues?". Officials keep trying to sidestep the question

[Solly Mack]

10. and then it gets topped

wow

[alarimer]

6. Fuck you, Governor Goodhair.

I am sure Texas will fare better. We do have a Republican governor. What an ass.

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. Louisiana was treated well?

:wtf:

Does Perry want ATM cards for TX citizens displaced by Ike?
(We all know what a fiasco and media FUBAR that was)

Hey, Perry GoodHair!
Do you need some toxic trailers?
Heard there were some somewhere in Arkansas that you can get for cheap.

Has the TX National Guard been called in?
Got Red Cross support anywhere?


OK, Perry! Just make your list. Let's see what we can do about it.

Got levees destroyed?
People floating in the streets?
People flown or bused to the unknown, that will result in separating families for weeks?
Do you need to bulldoze some neighborhoods?
Do you have some neighborhoods that need to be bought out so expensive and clientele exclusive condos can be built?


let us know... :eyes:

[Greg K]

9. Where's Brownie?

He's needed in Texas, stat!

[TxBlue]

11. Perry is as worthless as teats on a bull nm

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. As worthless as cold diarrhea in a Dixie cup, I'd say.

[LiberalHeart]

19. Could be valuable on eBay, depending on whose diarrhea it is.

[Shiver]

23. Find the right buyer, that would actually be worth quite a bit...

[tpsbmam]

13. LA didn't have a $10.7 BILLION state budget surplus thanks to sky high oil prices,

Gov. Perry. How about you chip in some of that TX oil money you made off of us?

[Contrary1]

14. Maybe Babs can offer her unique expression of sympathy

and remind everyone that since many of the victims were underprivileged anyway, this is working very well for them.

Perhaps we can all chip in and buy Junior another guitar, or bake a belated birthday cake for McCain.
Oh, and let's get those formaldehyde-laden trailers down there pronto.

That would certainly be treating them as well as the Katrina victims.

[rainbow4321]

21. "Not sure what happened to people on the West End"

Said they lost contact with people from that end of the island.

Anyone know the demographics of the west end of Galveston?? Sounds like officials haven't bothered to go and look for people yet. Isn't that the side that got hit the worst?

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. I lived on the west end. Lots of high end homes right on the water's edge. Mostly vacation homes.

But also lots of subdivisions with a mix of people from various income levels.

[rainbow4321]

36. My family and I went to Galveston 4 yrs ago..

Rented a place at the Seascape Condos for a week...right on the beach, not behind the seawall. Soooo beautiful. I'd get up at sunrise and go walk the beach just for the view. Now I can't help but wonder if it is even still standing.

[SammyWinstonJack]

40. Yes it is a beautiful place. I haven't been there since I moved ten yrs ago.

From San Antonio, Corpus Christi is closer and just as nice.

[butterfly77]

31. Where did Tom Delay live ...

he was on Msnbc saying the media was hyping the storm and he was hunkering down hours before the storm hit I haven't heard him making any comments in the media...

[NoPasaran]

47. Bug Boy was from Sugarland

Southwest quadrant of the Houston metroplex.

[kath]

16. Too. Stoopid. To. Live.

Jeebus H. Christ on a Trailer Hitch.

[SoCalDem]

17. Clueless Rick

He better hope they don't get the "same care"

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. He really wants that?

:silly: I am sure skeletor will accommodate him.

[yellowcanine]

20. Now that is funny in a perverse sort of way. Of course not so funny for Texans to have such a

clueless governor when trying to recover from a hurricane.

[Fla Dem]

22. Sure, why not...let's send them formaldehyde laced trailers. n/t

[Maestro]

24. He's fucking idiot!

Even the more moderate repukes in Texas do not like him. He disgusts me.

[tandot]

25. Why does he hate Texas?

[MilesColtrane]

27. Rick Perry=George Bush without the gravitas

[radfringe]

28. ya mean like being run out of town

as were many katrina victims when they came looking for refuge?

or how about spending umpteen days in an arena waiting for help? "I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water." –Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, on NPR's "All Things Considered," Sept. 1, 2005

how about being subjected to republican ridicule because you didn't evacuate? "I mean, you have people who don't heed those warnings and then put people at risk as a result of not heeding those warnings. There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving." –Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), Sept. 6, 2005

or republican "mock-rage" that people shouldn't build their homes there? "We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did." –Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA) to lobbyists, as quoted in the Wall Street Journal

or waiting for FEMA to show up while "heckava job brownie" made sure he was a fashion plate for tv? "If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god ... Anything specific I need to do or tweak? Do you know of anyone who dog-sits? ... Can I quit now? Can I come home? ... I'm trapped now, please rescue me." --FEMA Director Michael Brown, in various emails to colleagues and friends in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

how about throwing a birthday party for mccain and listen to bush strum a guitar? "I believe the town where I used to come – from Houston, Texas, to enjoy myself, occasionally too much – will be that very same town, that it will be a better place to come to." –President Bush, on the tarmac at the New Orleans airport, Sept. 2, 2005

"What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them." –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005

"It's totally wiped out. ... It's devastating, it's got to be doubly devastating on the ground." –President Bush, turning to his aides while surveying Hurricane Katrina flood damage from Air Force One, Aug. 31, 2005

"It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's seven feet under sea level....It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed." –House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), Aug. 31, 2005

---more stupid quotes from idiots here http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/currentevents/a/katrinaquotes.htm
if you have the stomach for it

[aaronbees]

29. Guv. Goodhair ain't too bright .... eom

[butterfly77]

30. THey are scared...

[frustrated_lefty]

32. Katrina survivor here

Fuck Rick Perry.

Evacuations started so late after Katrina...I'm just not going to go into it again.

The PEOPLE of San Antonio opened their hearts and their homes to us. They were generous, well meaning, and kind. Many volunteers broke down in tears at the sight of what lay before them. These are our fellow citizens and they deserve our respect and support.

Fuck what Perry had to say, you just care for the people that survive and need a helping hand.

And knock off this talk criticizing Texans. It's neither the time nor the place. I mean that with all my heart. Take care of the wounded FIRST. There's always time to cast blame and sarcasm about later.

[Katidid]

33. I Hope this is

Perry's undoing....This guy is going to run for President in 2012 (my prediction).

:grr:

[Retrograde]

34. does that include turnng back supplies

and offers of aid from private people while waiting days for the "official" response? And having Bush interfere with rescue work for the sake of some photo ops?

What a maroon moran.

[tannybogus]

35. Well if they are :

Three years from now:

The oil rigs will have floated out to sea.
The seawall will have been repaired and it will withstand high tide (maybe).
Abandoned houses will still be standing.
People who have mortgages they can't pay will be hounded from here to eternity.
Nothing on Galveston Island will be rebuilt. Property will be tangled up in red tape until an upscale developer will buy it.
They saved the formaldehyde trailers from Katrina. Get gas masks.

There's much more.

[marmar]

37. I think Sonny Perdue of GA has some competition for the dumbest governor prize....

:dunce:

[peacetalksforall]

38. The next of kin part puzzle me. If they know there are x deaths, did they all have ID and

did they assume the three or x or xx were not with relatives?

What does contacting next of kin have to do with giving us numbers. No press is going to ask for names.

Makes you wonder if there was a shooting involved some place and they have the victims, but you still don't need names to give numbers?

What's going on?

[dkofos]

39. He needs to STFU and go start clearing some debris!!

[KamaAina]

41. Maybe he means he wants Brad Pitt to move to Texas?

Don't know what else that could mean... except that he's using the toxic hair gel again. :grr:

[Ishoutandscream2]

42. That's our governor!!

Christ!:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[kayell]

44. Is he known to be suicidal? Or just masochistic?

"please, please, whatever you do, DON'T help us out, DON'T help anyone out in our cities. As a matter of fact, if you could find the way to let some of us drown, lock some of us up in relocation camps, and possibly send some tanks to threaten the citizens, that would be really great."

[ColbertWatcher]

43. In what respect, Charlie?

Come on, DU! I can't believe I'm the first one to do this.

[alfredo]

45. If he means ignoring them, blaming the victims, hiring illegals instead of

residents to rebuild, shuttling them off into toxic trailers, and forcing many into permanent refugee status, then I'm sure if he was a Dem governor, his wish would come true.

[Vinca]

46. What an ignorant thing to say. Has he bothered to visit New Orleans? nt