Republicans and their media flacks just can't shut up about "Finger Pointing" and "The Blame Game." Their new fave catchphrases sound like reality show titles to me, but for really bad reality shows...
Let’s play “The Blame Game”!
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Author - John Christian Plummer
Oh, it’s about race.
And of course the Onion knows it: White Foragers Report Threat Of Black Looters NEW ORLEANS--Throughout the Gulf Coast, Caucasian suburbanites attempting to gather food and drink in the shattered...
Over 40,000 corpses?
Courtesy of Talking Points Memo comes this grim quote about the number of corpses a volunteer mortician connected to Homeland Security has been told to expect. "DMort is telling us to expect up to...
Priorities.
Want to know what Governor Blanco was doing last Sunday? Will Pitt at truthout has the answer: Also on Sunday the 28th, Governor Blanco of Louisiana dispatched a letter to Bush formally requesting...
E. coli in water.
From CNN: The standing water in New Orleans, left behind after Hurricane Katrina blasted through the region more than a week ago, is contaminated by E. coli bacteria, a highly placed official in the...
Cafferty scores again.
Jack Cafferty on CNN today: Why are we talking about the "blame game" - there are thousands of people dead because government officials failed to do what they're supposed to be doing. That's criminal...
The true face of George W. Bush
cow·ard n. One who shows ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain. [Middle English, from Old French couard, from coue, tail, from Latin cauda.] Word History: A coward is one who “turns tail.” The...
Go, Howard!
Dr. Dean, head Democrat, tells the truth and shames the devil: "Based on today's reports, it seems clear that President Bush's visit today is just another callous political move crafted by Karl Rove...
Can’t lie about this, either, Karl.
Yeah, that's $3.99. Regular's $3.89. How we doin' now, Karl?
President: “Our government failed.”
Yes, the President said that yesterday. Unfortunately, it was President Bill Clinton. "Our government failed those people in the beginning, and I take it now there is no dispute about it," Clinton...
FEMA CONTINUES to have no plan.
From the Times-Picayune: Nearly a full week after Hurricane Katrina, a rescue force the size of an invading army had not yet begun the task of retrieving the bodies Sunday. What's more, officials...
Lying no longer works, Karl.
From the Guardian UK: The president flew to Baton Rouge and visited a church relief centre to talk to survivors and relief workers. "All levels of the government are doing the best they can," he...
Will Brownie get a medal, George?
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Times-Pic: Buck Stops At Bush
The New Orleans Times-Picayune chief agrees: Bush is responsible for this epic failure. The newspaper is not known for Bush bashing (it endorsed no one for President in 2004), but they're clearly...
Don’t stop at Brown.
Now that the right-wing mouthpieces like Andrew Sullivan have clearly gotten the memo that blaming "state and local officials" is not working as a CYA strategy for Bush, they are joining the Times...
It’s over, Georgie. Now step up Dems!
Adam McKay not only makes painfully hilarious movies like Anchorman, he also writes insightful blog posts at HuffPost. Here's part of his latest, and I'd say he gets it on the nose: Our country is...
How much money has Bush given?
I'm middle class, struggling like millions of Americans to stay ahead of my credit card debt. My monthly expenses are pretty tightly managed. But this week, they went up by two-hundred bucks, which I...
FUCKING CRIMINAL.
From the Times-Picayune, we learn that Bush's bullshit visit to New Orleans did have a significant impact: IT KEPT FOOD AND SUPPLIES FROM GETTING TO PEOPLE IN NEED. Three tons of food ready for...
CRIMINALS
From Germany's ZDF News, via Kevin Drum: ZDF News reported that the president's visit was a completely staged event. Their crew witnessed how the open air food distribution point Bush visited in...
Piling the dead on balconies
From Editor & Publisher, one of many pleas from real people trapped for nearly A FUCKING WEEK in New Orleans (this one is from Charity Hospital): There are 1200 patients, doctors, nurses and...