IT IS NOW 3PM WEDNESDAY WE ARE IN HOUR 84 OF THIS CRISIS.
ANOTHER GREAT GOAT MOMENT FOR BUSH- AND UNCLE DICK AND RUMMY ARE MIA. ?????
(1) CHERTOFF GAVE A CONFERENCE AT 2PM EST WITH HIS"COLLEGUES", WITH ALL THE KEY DISASTER PEOPLE ADDRESSING THE NATION AND HOW THIS CRISIS WILL BE DEALT WITH- EPA, NTA, DHHS, AND FEMA, AND ENERGY- BUSH'S CABINET- NO WH LEADERSHIP PRESENT- WHAT THE F IS GOING ON FOLKS THIS IS CRITICAL....
(2) SUSPOSEDLY WHILE THIS CONFERENCE WAS GOING ON BUSH WAS FLYING OVER THE REGION IN AIRFORCE ONE- THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE OR GOOD ENOUGH. HE NEEDS TO FLY OVER IN HIS MARINE HELICOPTERS AND SEE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL HOW BAD THIS DEVASTATION IS, AND NOW WE ARE TOLD BY MEDIA THAT KING CHICKENSHIT WILL BE GIVING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE ROSE GARDEN AT 5PM HIS TIME. WHERE IS DICK? OR RUMMY?
(3) THE NATIONAL GUARD QUESTIONS REMAIN VERY BLURRY AS TO WHAT THE PENTAGON CAN AND WILL SPARE TO THE REGION- KEEP AN EYE ON THIS FOLKS....THERE ARE ONLY 8300 GUARD ON GROUND IN THE REGION RIGHT HERE AND NOW- WITH MILLIONS IN DANGEROUS SITUATION- UNACCEPTABLE, BUSH AND RUMMY COULD FREE UP 1000'S RIGHT NOW- BUT THEY WON'T ASK WHY???!!!....
(4) GO TO FEMA WEBSITE AND READ TRANSCRIPT ON THE CONFERENCE- IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THESE FOLKS AT THE CONFERENCE WORKED ALL WEEKEND PROBLEM-SOLVING AND TRYING TO STRATEGIZE WHAT TO DO....BUT NO EXECUTIVE ORDERS HAVE BEEN SIGNED- AND THAT CHERTOFF IS TRYING AS BEST HE CAN TO WORK WITH FEMA TO GET WHAT THESE PEOPLE NEED. CHERTOFF AND THOSE PRESENT I ACTUALLY THINK ARE TRYING TO ORGANIZE AND COORDINATE ....BUT MISSING LEADERSHIP IS A PROBLEM...ESP. WHEN MILITARY RESOURCES ARE SO BADLY NEEDED.THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A NATIONAL GUARD FOLKS- 19 GOVERNORS FROM OTHER STATES AHVE OFFERED THEIR GUARD- ONLY ONE THING STANDS IN THE WAY- THE KING....HE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW GUARD FROM OTHER STATES TO GO TO THE REGION AND HE SEEMS VERY RELUCTANT TO DO THAT...ASK WHY ??? AND WHERE ARE DICK AND RUMMY? I MEAN AFTER RIAQ WAS INVADED THEY WERE ON THE MIC WITH ON HOURS OFFERING HEALTHCARE, REBULDING, AND MORE...WHY THE SILENCE? HAVE THEY EMPTIED THE PENATGON COFFERS? ASK WHY ? SOMETHING SMELLS- AND IT AIN'T JUST THE FUMES FROM THE DOME AND THINGS FLOATING IN THE FLOOD WATERS...
(5) MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS FINALLY HAS SAID WHAT WE ALL FEARED/KNEW THAT HE FEARS HUNDREDS IF NOT 1000'S ARE DEAD......THERE ARE DEAD FLOATING IN THOSE WATERS FOLKS....WE ALL KNOW IT.1000'S COULD NOT LEAVE BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO POOR OR INFIRMED AND DO NOT HAVE A CAR OR COULD NOT AFFORD GAS. GO TO MIKE SHUSTERS BLOG AT MSNBC AND HE CONFIRMS THIS THEORY BY TALKING TO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN BILOXI.
(6) MEDIA IS FINALLY STARTING TO ASK ARE THERE ENOUGH GUARD????!!! AND EQUIPMENT HERE TO HELP THE FOLKS ON THE GULF.THEY ARE REPORTING THE MESS IN THE GULF- AND NOT SUGARCOATING IT- SLEEPING IN YOUIR CAR AND LIVING WITH REFUGEES WILL MAKE ANYONE A BETTER JOURNALIST. SPIN ZONE IS IN MELTDOWN. ( TWO WEEKS AGO ON PENTAGON SITE POSTED A STORY THAT MOTHBALLED FLIGHT VEHICLES WERE BEING SENT TO IRAQ FROM ARIZONA- THAT SAYS TO ME
THAT THERE IS A HUGE EQUIPMENT ISSUE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD....)
(7) PLEASE FOLKS GIVE TO THE REDCROSS- MEDIA IS STILL SHOWING ROOFS WITH MESSEGES- "NEED HELP- DIABETIC AND HEART PATIENT- NO MEDS" HOW CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE AND THAT AND NOT BE WORRIED....
( 8) AIRFORCE ONE WAS NO LOW ENOUGH TO SEE SHIT FOLKS- CALL YOUR REPS AND SENATORS- RAISE HELL THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY......THOSE FOLKS NEED US TO USE THE POWER OF THE BLOGS AND PHONES TO KEEP THE HEAT ON....
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
KING STILL MIA- WHAT THE????
HERE IT IS NOON DAY THREE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST AND WORST NATURAL DISASTER, AND THE KING IS NOT
NOT YET AT THE DC CASTLE. MIA- STILL. HE IS NOT READY TO VIEW THE CATASTROPHE UNTIL FRIDAY BY AIR.
LAST SEEN IN CALIFORNIA- LOOKING PEEVISH AND PISSED GIVING HIS SPEECH ON SOME SHIP. HE WAS NOT A
TASK MEETINGS THIS AM. HE IS STILL NOT IN DC. WHERE IS HE? HE SHOULD NOT BE MIA AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
OH AND UNCLE DICK IS WHO KNOWS WHERE....DERELICTION OF DUTY.... INSTEAD OF GOLFING IN ARIZONA ON SATURDAY HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS HIND PARTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND STARTED MASS PLANNING ON THIS.
IT APPEARS THAT MR.CHERTOFF OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND MICHEAL BROWN OF FEMA ARE THE ONES DOING MOST OF THE COORDINATION AT THIS TIME.
WHERE IS THE KING ???- I AM SERIOUSLY WONDERING IS ON A BINGE- THIS IS INEXCUSABLE.
AGAIN :RED CROSS 1-800-HELP-NOW
SALVATION ARMY: 1-800-SAL-ARMY
CNN IS POSTING LOST OR MISSING
ALLIE'S UPDATE NOON WED.
(1) COLLABORATIVE TASK FORCE MEETINGS WERE HELD ALL MORNING IN DC TO COORDINATE THE RESCUE AND
RECOVERY EFFORTS.
(2) DEPT OF ENERGY HAS DEMANDED THAT EMERGENCY RESERVES OPEN- THE PRESIDENT HAS SUSPOSEDLY
AGREED- BUT NO ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANYONE OFFICIAL. ( ALTHOUGH THE NEWS HAS ALREADY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT). DOES ANYONE EVEN KNOW IF THE RESERVES WERE DAMAGED IN THE STORM SURGE- THE TANKS ARE IN LOUISIANA.
(3) HOUSTON ASTRODOME HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO MOVE ATLEAST 25,000 DOME REFUGEES FROM NEW ORLEANS.IT IS 350 MILES AWAY, THE LOGISTICS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT. BUS TRANSPORT IS BEING EXAMINED.
(4) 3500 GUARD ARE SUSPOSEDLY BEING SHIFTED TO NEW ORLEANS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS, CHERTOFF HAS SIGNED SPECIAL HOMELAND SECURITY ORDERS SO THAT THE GUARD MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LOCAL POLICE.
(5)CNN IS NOW POSTING MISSING- GO OR CALL THE "RELIEF BOARD" IF YOU NEED TO POST OR CHECK ON LOVED ONES.
THEY HAVE NOT SET UP PHONE LINE YET- I WILL POST WHEN IT IS UP.
(6) AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS HAS REOPENED FOR EMERGENCY FLIGHTS ONLY ( I WONDER IF ANY OF THE ILL OF INFIRMED COULD BE MOBED VIA C-5'S OVER TO HOUSTON).
(7) MISSISSIPPI HAS RAISED THEIR DEATH COUNT TO 110 PEOPLE SO FAR...
(8) NEW ORLEANS STILL HAS SPENT THE PAST 24 HOURS DEBATING THE BREACH SITUATION WITH ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS.
(9) THE NAVY IS STILL SENDING FOUR SHIPS AND THE "COMFORT" THE MEDICAL RELIEF SHIP IS ON THE WAY AS WELL.
(10) FEMA HAS DIRECTED ALL OF ITS' RESOURCES TO THE AREA- AND IS CONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS FOR CARING THE CITIZENS/REFUGEES OF THE GULF.INCLUDING USING FLOATING CENTERS, CRUISE SHIPS. ( MAYBE THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO THE NORTHUP GRUMAN SHIPS THAT WERE JUST COMPLETED IN LOUISIANA AND ARE UNDAMAGED, PERHAPS THEY COULD BE UTILIZED FOR RELIEF JUST A THOUGHT .....ALSO MAYBE THE BRAC LIST SHOULD BE EXAMINED FOR VIABLE LONGTERM OPTIONS.
(11) LAST BUT NOT LEAST- I HAVE A POINT ( OK- RANT) TO CONSIDER MAYBE THE FEDS SHOULD WHIP OUT FDR'S OLD PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND PLANS- THERE WILL NEED TO BE HUGE PROJECTS PUT IN PLACE TO REPLACE INFRASTRUCTURE, ESP. REGARDING THE ROADS, THE LEVEES AND PUMPS. AND SINCE THIS WOULD ALSO BE A SOURCE OF JOBS , THAT WOULD EASE THE HIGH POVERTY RATE IN THIS REGION (RANGING FROM 23-30 % IN THIS GULF COASTAL REGION), IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE HOPE.
ALSO THERE COULD BE /WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FEDS TO SET UP REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOR 1000'S THAT WILL BE HOMELESS AND JOBLESS, TRULY REFUGEES THAT WILL NEED HEALTH CARE MON ITORING ESP. AFTER SUCH AN EVENT. MANY WERE IMPOVERISHED TO BEGIN WITH.MANY WERE ALSO RETIRED LIVING ON THE COAST- THEIR NEEDS WILL NEED TO BE MET.
FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN MAYBE CLOSED DOWN SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE EFFECTED STATES COULD BE EXAMINED TO PROVIDE HOUSING AS WELL AS SCHOOL. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP THESE FAMILIES TOGETHER, AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO SUPPLY A VIABLE LONGTERM OPTION.
ALL OF THIS WILL REQUIRE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.NO HALLIBURTON SPECIAL GIFT PROJECTS- GOT IT GEORGE?!
MORE UPDATES IN THREE HOURS.
NOT YET AT THE DC CASTLE. MIA- STILL. HE IS NOT READY TO VIEW THE CATASTROPHE UNTIL FRIDAY BY AIR.
LAST SEEN IN CALIFORNIA- LOOKING PEEVISH AND PISSED GIVING HIS SPEECH ON SOME SHIP. HE WAS NOT A
TASK MEETINGS THIS AM. HE IS STILL NOT IN DC. WHERE IS HE? HE SHOULD NOT BE MIA AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
OH AND UNCLE DICK IS WHO KNOWS WHERE....DERELICTION OF DUTY.... INSTEAD OF GOLFING IN ARIZONA ON SATURDAY HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS HIND PARTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND STARTED MASS PLANNING ON THIS.
IT APPEARS THAT MR.CHERTOFF OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND MICHEAL BROWN OF FEMA ARE THE ONES DOING MOST OF THE COORDINATION AT THIS TIME.
WHERE IS THE KING ???- I AM SERIOUSLY WONDERING IS ON A BINGE- THIS IS INEXCUSABLE.
AGAIN :RED CROSS 1-800-HELP-NOW
SALVATION ARMY: 1-800-SAL-ARMY
CNN IS POSTING LOST OR MISSING
ALLIE'S UPDATE NOON WED.
(1) COLLABORATIVE TASK FORCE MEETINGS WERE HELD ALL MORNING IN DC TO COORDINATE THE RESCUE AND
RECOVERY EFFORTS.
(2) DEPT OF ENERGY HAS DEMANDED THAT EMERGENCY RESERVES OPEN- THE PRESIDENT HAS SUSPOSEDLY
AGREED- BUT NO ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANYONE OFFICIAL. ( ALTHOUGH THE NEWS HAS ALREADY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT). DOES ANYONE EVEN KNOW IF THE RESERVES WERE DAMAGED IN THE STORM SURGE- THE TANKS ARE IN LOUISIANA.
(3) HOUSTON ASTRODOME HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO MOVE ATLEAST 25,000 DOME REFUGEES FROM NEW ORLEANS.IT IS 350 MILES AWAY, THE LOGISTICS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT. BUS TRANSPORT IS BEING EXAMINED.
(4) 3500 GUARD ARE SUSPOSEDLY BEING SHIFTED TO NEW ORLEANS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS, CHERTOFF HAS SIGNED SPECIAL HOMELAND SECURITY ORDERS SO THAT THE GUARD MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LOCAL POLICE.
(5)CNN IS NOW POSTING MISSING- GO OR CALL THE "RELIEF BOARD" IF YOU NEED TO POST OR CHECK ON LOVED ONES.
THEY HAVE NOT SET UP PHONE LINE YET- I WILL POST WHEN IT IS UP.
(6) AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS HAS REOPENED FOR EMERGENCY FLIGHTS ONLY ( I WONDER IF ANY OF THE ILL OF INFIRMED COULD BE MOBED VIA C-5'S OVER TO HOUSTON).
(7) MISSISSIPPI HAS RAISED THEIR DEATH COUNT TO 110 PEOPLE SO FAR...
(8) NEW ORLEANS STILL HAS SPENT THE PAST 24 HOURS DEBATING THE BREACH SITUATION WITH ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS.
(9) THE NAVY IS STILL SENDING FOUR SHIPS AND THE "COMFORT" THE MEDICAL RELIEF SHIP IS ON THE WAY AS WELL.
(10) FEMA HAS DIRECTED ALL OF ITS' RESOURCES TO THE AREA- AND IS CONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS FOR CARING THE CITIZENS/REFUGEES OF THE GULF.INCLUDING USING FLOATING CENTERS, CRUISE SHIPS. ( MAYBE THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO THE NORTHUP GRUMAN SHIPS THAT WERE JUST COMPLETED IN LOUISIANA AND ARE UNDAMAGED, PERHAPS THEY COULD BE UTILIZED FOR RELIEF JUST A THOUGHT .....ALSO MAYBE THE BRAC LIST SHOULD BE EXAMINED FOR VIABLE LONGTERM OPTIONS.
(11) LAST BUT NOT LEAST- I HAVE A POINT ( OK- RANT) TO CONSIDER MAYBE THE FEDS SHOULD WHIP OUT FDR'S OLD PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND PLANS- THERE WILL NEED TO BE HUGE PROJECTS PUT IN PLACE TO REPLACE INFRASTRUCTURE, ESP. REGARDING THE ROADS, THE LEVEES AND PUMPS. AND SINCE THIS WOULD ALSO BE A SOURCE OF JOBS , THAT WOULD EASE THE HIGH POVERTY RATE IN THIS REGION (RANGING FROM 23-30 % IN THIS GULF COASTAL REGION), IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE HOPE.
ALSO THERE COULD BE /WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FEDS TO SET UP REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOR 1000'S THAT WILL BE HOMELESS AND JOBLESS, TRULY REFUGEES THAT WILL NEED HEALTH CARE MON ITORING ESP. AFTER SUCH AN EVENT. MANY WERE IMPOVERISHED TO BEGIN WITH.MANY WERE ALSO RETIRED LIVING ON THE COAST- THEIR NEEDS WILL NEED TO BE MET.
FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN MAYBE CLOSED DOWN SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE EFFECTED STATES COULD BE EXAMINED TO PROVIDE HOUSING AS WELL AS SCHOOL. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP THESE FAMILIES TOGETHER, AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO SUPPLY A VIABLE LONGTERM OPTION.
ALL OF THIS WILL REQUIRE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.NO HALLIBURTON SPECIAL GIFT PROJECTS- GOT IT GEORGE?!
MORE UPDATES IN THREE HOURS.
KATRINA UPDATE- WED. MORN
IT'S WED MORNING AND HERE ARE THE UPDATES FROM TUES. NITE FROM KATRINA.
LINKS WILL BE ADDED AT THE END WITH RELATIVE ARTICALES.
BASIC SUPPORT INFO::::::
IMPORTANT NUMBERS: DONATE -BE GENEROUS, THESE ARE OUR FLESH AND BLOOD
SALVATION ARMY: 1-800- SAL-ARMY
RED CROSS:1-800- HELP-NOW
( ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT WALMART AND SAMS CLUB ARE COLLECTING FOR SALVATION ARMY. PLEASE NOTE SALVATION ARMY IS ALSO TRYING TO SET UP AN ORGANIZED RADIO SYSTEM"SATERN", TO HELP LOCATE PEOPLE AND CONNECT RELATIVES, RED CROSS ALSO IS AND WILL BE MAKING A SIMILIAR EFFORT THE SAME SERVICE- AND IF YOU ARE MISSING RELATIVES PLEASE CALL THE RED CROSS AND GIVE INFO AS WELL. AS OF TONIGHT THEY HAVE 185 TRUCKS ON THE WAY.)
COAST GUARD IF YOU SEE FLOATING CONTAMINATION AND WISH TO REPORT,( PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN CALLING THIS NUMBER ABOUT STRANDED RELATIVES): 1-800-424-8802
AND FOR MISSING PERSONS PLEASE CHECK :::http://www.nowpublic.com/mode/17228, Katrina's Missing Person Board
AND TO OFFER SERVICES OR GOODS, OR EVEN A PLACE TO STAY: CRAIGSLIST.COM
***** Please call MEDIA AND ENCOURAGE THAT THEY START MISSING PERSONS BOARDS MUCH LIKE THEY DID AFTER 911- THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE SO PEOPLE CAN START ATTEMPTING TO FIND EACH OTHER. This alleviates much panic and actually helps creates some order, esp. when people have evacuated to other states.
(1)NEW ORLEANS HAD LOOTINGS DURING THE EVE AND NIGHT, MOST PEOPLE WERE STEALING ESSENTIALS, LIKE FOOD AND WATER AND YES SOME WERE STEALING GOODS TO BARTER FOR FOOD OR TO TAKE CLOTHES BACK TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND YES THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE STEALING RANDOM MEANINGLESS GOODS, BUT THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED WITH TWO DAYS OF NO POWER AND NO REAL COMMUNICATION FROM AUTHORITIES, AND NO REAL VISIBLE PRESENCE SEEN IN THE CITY , AS NOT ENOUGH GUARD HAD BEEN MOBLIZED TO BE IN THE CITY.AS OF THIS POST 7,500 MORE GUARD ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN THE GULF AREA- HOW THEY ARE TO BE DISPERSED HAS NOT BEEN FULLY ANNOUNCED. THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED ATLEAST 25,000 PEOPLE IN THE BATTERED,PEELED SUPERDOME THAT STILL HAS NO POWER, RUNNING WATER, AND OR WORKING TOILETS. AS OF 10PM TUESDAY EVE WATER SURROUNDING STRUCURE WAIST HIGH. IT ALSO HAS ATLEAST 7,000 ILL AND INFIRMED AND ELDERLY- AND IS BEING MANAGED BY THE GUARD-BUT DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE DEPLORABLE AND THE GOVERNOR'S GOALS ACCORDING TO NEWS TUES. NITE ARE TO EVAC THE STRUCTURE WITHIN 48 HOURS. HOSPITALS - CHARITY AND TULANE ARE BOTH SHUT AND EVACUATING AS WELL DUE TO RISING WATERS IN THE CITY. CITY-80% OF CITY IS UNDER WATER, AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE TWO MAIN LEVEES BROKE. THE ARMY CORP WOULD LIKE TO START AUDACIOUS PLAN TO SANDBAG THSES WOUNDED STRETCHES OF DIKE, BUT LOGISTICALLY ALL AVAILABLE HELICOPTERS ARE BEING USED TO RESCUE PEOPLE STILL TRAPPED IN ROOFS OF CITY- MAYOR ESTIMATED THERE MIGHT BE AS MANY AS 5-7000 PEOPLE STILL TRAPPED. COAST GUARD DID AN AMAZING JOB ALL DAY RESCUING MANY- AN ESTIMATE OF 1500-2000 PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKEN TO THE DOME, AND ALSO AERIAL FOOTAGE WAS AND RESCUE FOOTAGE THAT WAS SHOT WAS MOSTLY BY THE COAST GUARD. AS OF THIS WRITING THE WATERS WERE STILL RISING IN THE CITY UP TO 20 FEET IN PLACES. 5,000 INMATES WERE ALSO BEING EVACUATED FROM TWO LOCAL PENS THAT WERE FILLING WITH WATER AS WELL. IT WAS UNCLEAR AS OF 8PM WHERE THESE INAMTES WERE TO BE TAKEN. POLICE ARE ALSO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND ALSO NEED BOATS, FISH AND WILDLIFE HAS ALSO BEEN SUPPLYING BOATS AND ASSISTING WITH RESCUES AND NEEDED SERVICES.
THE LOCAL POLICE DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES TO TAKE PEOPLE OR HOLD THEM, AND THEY REALLY NEED MORE BODIES AND GUARD TO COME IN AT THIS POINT.HEALTH WISE THE TULANE HOSPITAL IS BEING EVACUATED AS IS THE CHARITY HOSPITAL, THESE ARE THE TWO MAIN MEDICAL FACLITIES AND ALSO ALWAYS ALSO OFFER REFUGE FOR THEIR STAFF AND STAFF PETS, SO THIS IS GOING TO ADD IMMENSELY TO THE SHELTER AND HEALTH CRISIS IN NEW ORLEANS. IT IS ALSO CRITICAL TO REMEMBER THAT THROUGHOUT THE GULF THAT COMMUNICATION IS SEVERELY LIMITED AND HAMPERED DUE TO LACK OF POWER. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN THE THREE STATES UP TO 4 MILLION IN ONE ARTICALE- 2.5 AT LOWEST ESTIMATE. IT IS ALSO CRITICAL TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE THAT DID NOT EVACUATE DID SO BECAUSE THEY HAD NO MONEY, NOWHERE TO GO , OR WERE WITH PETS, WHICH SHELTERS DO NOT ALLOW, AND ALSO MANY WERE ELDERLY OR FRAIL OR ILL. THERE WERE REASONS THAT PEOPLE DID NOT EVACUATE, SOME IN MEDIA AND GOVT' MADE IT SOUND EVACUATION ORDERS WERE IGNORED- AFTER READING MANY OF THE STORIES ONLINE - THERE WERE VALID REASONS THAT PEOPLE ENDED UP STRANDED ON ROOFTOPS.
(2) ALOT OF THE ORIGINAL WARNINGS WERE ABOUT NEW ORLEANS, BUT MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA ARE IN NOT MUCH BETTER SHAPE, ESP THE COASTLINES, BUT ALSO UP TO FOUR MILES INLAND. BILOXI MAYOR SAID"THIS IS OUR TSUNAMI".THE FOOTAGE THAT HAS BEEN COMING OUT IS HORRIFYING, ESP. AERIALS. THERE ARE SEVEN DRILLING RIGS ARE ADRIFT- DEPT OF ENERGY HAS BEEN ALREADY HAVING MEETINGS, AND JOINT TASK FORCE IS PLANNED IN DC FOR WED TO REVIEW ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. EPA IS SENDING CONTAMINATION TEAMS. CHERTOFF HAS APPROVED ALL ESSENTIAL GUARD BE CALLED UP. DHHS IS ALSO CALLING UP MEDICAL TEAMS TO COME TO THE AREA. GUARD- THERE ARE 31, 000 AVAILABLE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA, AND 19 STATES HAVE OFFERED HELP- ATLEAST HALF OUR GUARD HAS/IS DEPLOYED IN IRAQ, PENTAGON IS GIVING DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THIS. BUT WE KNOW THAT HALF OF THE WOUNDED OF 17,000 AND DEAD ARE GUARD, BUT THIS IS A MOMENT THAT WE NEED THE GUARD- THERE SHOULD BE ATLEAST HALF OF 337,000 AVAILABLE STATESIDE AT THIS TIME TO ASSIST WITH THIS DEVASTATION. NOW HOW MUCH EQUIPTMENT, HUMVEES, AND AMPHIBS IS UNCLEAR, AS ARE HOW MANY FLIGHT VEHICLES, IT HAS NOT BEEN CLEAR IF MUCH OUT GUARD EQUIPMENT IS OVER IN IRAQ. ANOTHER POINT OF CONCERN IS THAT MANY BASES IN THE GULF REGION , BUT IF THE GULF STATES ARE TO BE EVACUATED TO A BASE, THEN OTHER STATES WILL HAVE TO BE ASSESSED. THREE NAVY SHIPS ARE ON THE WAY AS OF TUESDAY NIGHT- MAYBE THEY WILL THINK TO BRING THE" MERCY" OR THE "HOPE" VESSELS AS THEY DID AFTER 9-11. NOAA AND USGS ARE ALREADY SENDING TEAMS TO ASSESS AND DO AERIALS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SOON MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF HELP ON THE WAY- NOT TREAT THIS AS A PHOTO OP. SADLY THIS ACTUALLY MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE OUR GREATEST LESSON WHY WE NEED A NATIONAL GUARD HERE AT HOME , BECAUSE WE WILL NEED THESE TROOPS FOR MONTHES- THIS IS OUR GREATEST TRAGEDY. AND OUR PEOPLE NEED TO TROOPS HOME TO HELP RESTORE ORDER STRUCTURE AND REBUILD. THIS IS A CRISIS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. IT APPEARS THAT MANY DEPTS ARE ALREADY MAKING DECISIONS WITHOUT THE PRES. YET EVEN BACK IN WHITE HOUSE...
(3) IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE HEALTH CRISIS'S ON THE HORIZON, THESE PEOPLE ARE MISSING RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND ALSO HAVE LOST HOMES, AND JOBS, EMERGENCY ORGS WOULD BE WISE TO CONSULT WITH TSUNAMI ORGS AND NGO'S; AND LEARN FROM THEM HOW TO ORGANIZE AND STRUCTURE THE MASSIVE EFFORTS THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN THIS TRI-STATE AREA.THE PEOPLE THERE NEED HELP AND SOON AS THE CONTAMINATED WATER CRISIS WORSENS AND LACK OF FOOD AND HEALTHCARE. THERE WILL BE DEHYDRATION, MALNUTRITION, AND INFECTION RATES THAT WILL SKY-ROCKET OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS WITH OUT PROPER AID MOBILIZED. DHHS IS SENDING 27 PALLETS OF GOODS, BUT IT IS UNLCEAR AS TO HOW THAT WILL BE DISPERSED OR DISTRIBUTED. FEMA IS ALSO SENDING HEALTH TEAMS- BUT IS ONLY LOOKED LIKE APRROX 40 PEOPLE- MORE ARE NEEDED. MASH UNITS WILL NEED TO BE SET UP. CAMPS WILL NEED TO BE ORGANIZED ON ABANDONED BASES OR SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN A STATE CLOSE BY, AND SET UP QUICKLY.MILITARY WISE- SOME OBVIOUS CHOICES WERE KEESLER, CAMP SHELBY, HOMESTEAD, AND THE NAVY- PENASCOULA OR PASCAGOULA BUT ALL OF THESE BASES HAD TOO MUCH DAMAGE TO BE CONSIDERED VIABLE CHOICES. ALSO I PERSONALLY THINK THAT AS MANY VEHICLES OF TRANSPORT NEED TO BE EXAMINED, CHINOOKS, AND EVEN C5'S AND POSSIBLEY EVEN CALLING RUSSIA AS THEY HAVE LARGE HELIS THAT MIGHT HELP MOVE PEOPLE. ALL OPTIONS NEED TO BE EXAMINED TO EXPEDITE MOVING PEOPLE TO SAFER LOCATIONS. ONLY 200 SHELTERS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE OPEN IN THE THREE STATES, CHURCHES WILL HAVE TO BE ENCOURAGED TO ASSIST AND OPEN THEIR DOORS, AS WELL AS COLLECT CLOTHES AND OTHER ESSENTIALS.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PAPERS FOR FULL SERIES OF ARTICALES: THE INDEPENDENT, SAN DIEGO TIMES, AND ALSO REUTERS, I AM TOO TIRED TO POST LINK.SORRY.
LINKS WILL BE ADDED AT THE END WITH RELATIVE ARTICALES.
BASIC SUPPORT INFO::::::
IMPORTANT NUMBERS: DONATE -BE GENEROUS, THESE ARE OUR FLESH AND BLOOD
SALVATION ARMY: 1-800- SAL-ARMY
RED CROSS:1-800- HELP-NOW
( ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT WALMART AND SAMS CLUB ARE COLLECTING FOR SALVATION ARMY. PLEASE NOTE SALVATION ARMY IS ALSO TRYING TO SET UP AN ORGANIZED RADIO SYSTEM"SATERN", TO HELP LOCATE PEOPLE AND CONNECT RELATIVES, RED CROSS ALSO IS AND WILL BE MAKING A SIMILIAR EFFORT THE SAME SERVICE- AND IF YOU ARE MISSING RELATIVES PLEASE CALL THE RED CROSS AND GIVE INFO AS WELL. AS OF TONIGHT THEY HAVE 185 TRUCKS ON THE WAY.)
COAST GUARD IF YOU SEE FLOATING CONTAMINATION AND WISH TO REPORT,( PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN CALLING THIS NUMBER ABOUT STRANDED RELATIVES): 1-800-424-8802
AND FOR MISSING PERSONS PLEASE CHECK :::http://www.nowpublic.com/mode/17228, Katrina's Missing Person Board
AND TO OFFER SERVICES OR GOODS, OR EVEN A PLACE TO STAY: CRAIGSLIST.COM
***** Please call MEDIA AND ENCOURAGE THAT THEY START MISSING PERSONS BOARDS MUCH LIKE THEY DID AFTER 911- THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE SO PEOPLE CAN START ATTEMPTING TO FIND EACH OTHER. This alleviates much panic and actually helps creates some order, esp. when people have evacuated to other states.
(1)NEW ORLEANS HAD LOOTINGS DURING THE EVE AND NIGHT, MOST PEOPLE WERE STEALING ESSENTIALS, LIKE FOOD AND WATER AND YES SOME WERE STEALING GOODS TO BARTER FOR FOOD OR TO TAKE CLOTHES BACK TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND YES THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE STEALING RANDOM MEANINGLESS GOODS, BUT THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED WITH TWO DAYS OF NO POWER AND NO REAL COMMUNICATION FROM AUTHORITIES, AND NO REAL VISIBLE PRESENCE SEEN IN THE CITY , AS NOT ENOUGH GUARD HAD BEEN MOBLIZED TO BE IN THE CITY.AS OF THIS POST 7,500 MORE GUARD ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN THE GULF AREA- HOW THEY ARE TO BE DISPERSED HAS NOT BEEN FULLY ANNOUNCED. THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED ATLEAST 25,000 PEOPLE IN THE BATTERED,PEELED SUPERDOME THAT STILL HAS NO POWER, RUNNING WATER, AND OR WORKING TOILETS. AS OF 10PM TUESDAY EVE WATER SURROUNDING STRUCURE WAIST HIGH. IT ALSO HAS ATLEAST 7,000 ILL AND INFIRMED AND ELDERLY- AND IS BEING MANAGED BY THE GUARD-BUT DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE DEPLORABLE AND THE GOVERNOR'S GOALS ACCORDING TO NEWS TUES. NITE ARE TO EVAC THE STRUCTURE WITHIN 48 HOURS. HOSPITALS - CHARITY AND TULANE ARE BOTH SHUT AND EVACUATING AS WELL DUE TO RISING WATERS IN THE CITY. CITY-80% OF CITY IS UNDER WATER, AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE TWO MAIN LEVEES BROKE. THE ARMY CORP WOULD LIKE TO START AUDACIOUS PLAN TO SANDBAG THSES WOUNDED STRETCHES OF DIKE, BUT LOGISTICALLY ALL AVAILABLE HELICOPTERS ARE BEING USED TO RESCUE PEOPLE STILL TRAPPED IN ROOFS OF CITY- MAYOR ESTIMATED THERE MIGHT BE AS MANY AS 5-7000 PEOPLE STILL TRAPPED. COAST GUARD DID AN AMAZING JOB ALL DAY RESCUING MANY- AN ESTIMATE OF 1500-2000 PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKEN TO THE DOME, AND ALSO AERIAL FOOTAGE WAS AND RESCUE FOOTAGE THAT WAS SHOT WAS MOSTLY BY THE COAST GUARD. AS OF THIS WRITING THE WATERS WERE STILL RISING IN THE CITY UP TO 20 FEET IN PLACES. 5,000 INMATES WERE ALSO BEING EVACUATED FROM TWO LOCAL PENS THAT WERE FILLING WITH WATER AS WELL. IT WAS UNCLEAR AS OF 8PM WHERE THESE INAMTES WERE TO BE TAKEN. POLICE ARE ALSO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND ALSO NEED BOATS, FISH AND WILDLIFE HAS ALSO BEEN SUPPLYING BOATS AND ASSISTING WITH RESCUES AND NEEDED SERVICES.
THE LOCAL POLICE DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES TO TAKE PEOPLE OR HOLD THEM, AND THEY REALLY NEED MORE BODIES AND GUARD TO COME IN AT THIS POINT.HEALTH WISE THE TULANE HOSPITAL IS BEING EVACUATED AS IS THE CHARITY HOSPITAL, THESE ARE THE TWO MAIN MEDICAL FACLITIES AND ALSO ALWAYS ALSO OFFER REFUGE FOR THEIR STAFF AND STAFF PETS, SO THIS IS GOING TO ADD IMMENSELY TO THE SHELTER AND HEALTH CRISIS IN NEW ORLEANS. IT IS ALSO CRITICAL TO REMEMBER THAT THROUGHOUT THE GULF THAT COMMUNICATION IS SEVERELY LIMITED AND HAMPERED DUE TO LACK OF POWER. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN THE THREE STATES UP TO 4 MILLION IN ONE ARTICALE- 2.5 AT LOWEST ESTIMATE. IT IS ALSO CRITICAL TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE THAT DID NOT EVACUATE DID SO BECAUSE THEY HAD NO MONEY, NOWHERE TO GO , OR WERE WITH PETS, WHICH SHELTERS DO NOT ALLOW, AND ALSO MANY WERE ELDERLY OR FRAIL OR ILL. THERE WERE REASONS THAT PEOPLE DID NOT EVACUATE, SOME IN MEDIA AND GOVT' MADE IT SOUND EVACUATION ORDERS WERE IGNORED- AFTER READING MANY OF THE STORIES ONLINE - THERE WERE VALID REASONS THAT PEOPLE ENDED UP STRANDED ON ROOFTOPS.
(2) ALOT OF THE ORIGINAL WARNINGS WERE ABOUT NEW ORLEANS, BUT MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA ARE IN NOT MUCH BETTER SHAPE, ESP THE COASTLINES, BUT ALSO UP TO FOUR MILES INLAND. BILOXI MAYOR SAID"THIS IS OUR TSUNAMI".THE FOOTAGE THAT HAS BEEN COMING OUT IS HORRIFYING, ESP. AERIALS. THERE ARE SEVEN DRILLING RIGS ARE ADRIFT- DEPT OF ENERGY HAS BEEN ALREADY HAVING MEETINGS, AND JOINT TASK FORCE IS PLANNED IN DC FOR WED TO REVIEW ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. EPA IS SENDING CONTAMINATION TEAMS. CHERTOFF HAS APPROVED ALL ESSENTIAL GUARD BE CALLED UP. DHHS IS ALSO CALLING UP MEDICAL TEAMS TO COME TO THE AREA. GUARD- THERE ARE 31, 000 AVAILABLE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA, AND 19 STATES HAVE OFFERED HELP- ATLEAST HALF OUR GUARD HAS/IS DEPLOYED IN IRAQ, PENTAGON IS GIVING DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THIS. BUT WE KNOW THAT HALF OF THE WOUNDED OF 17,000 AND DEAD ARE GUARD, BUT THIS IS A MOMENT THAT WE NEED THE GUARD- THERE SHOULD BE ATLEAST HALF OF 337,000 AVAILABLE STATESIDE AT THIS TIME TO ASSIST WITH THIS DEVASTATION. NOW HOW MUCH EQUIPTMENT, HUMVEES, AND AMPHIBS IS UNCLEAR, AS ARE HOW MANY FLIGHT VEHICLES, IT HAS NOT BEEN CLEAR IF MUCH OUT GUARD EQUIPMENT IS OVER IN IRAQ. ANOTHER POINT OF CONCERN IS THAT MANY BASES IN THE GULF REGION , BUT IF THE GULF STATES ARE TO BE EVACUATED TO A BASE, THEN OTHER STATES WILL HAVE TO BE ASSESSED. THREE NAVY SHIPS ARE ON THE WAY AS OF TUESDAY NIGHT- MAYBE THEY WILL THINK TO BRING THE" MERCY" OR THE "HOPE" VESSELS AS THEY DID AFTER 9-11. NOAA AND USGS ARE ALREADY SENDING TEAMS TO ASSESS AND DO AERIALS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SOON MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF HELP ON THE WAY- NOT TREAT THIS AS A PHOTO OP. SADLY THIS ACTUALLY MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE OUR GREATEST LESSON WHY WE NEED A NATIONAL GUARD HERE AT HOME , BECAUSE WE WILL NEED THESE TROOPS FOR MONTHES- THIS IS OUR GREATEST TRAGEDY. AND OUR PEOPLE NEED TO TROOPS HOME TO HELP RESTORE ORDER STRUCTURE AND REBUILD. THIS IS A CRISIS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. IT APPEARS THAT MANY DEPTS ARE ALREADY MAKING DECISIONS WITHOUT THE PRES. YET EVEN BACK IN WHITE HOUSE...
(3) IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE HEALTH CRISIS'S ON THE HORIZON, THESE PEOPLE ARE MISSING RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND ALSO HAVE LOST HOMES, AND JOBS, EMERGENCY ORGS WOULD BE WISE TO CONSULT WITH TSUNAMI ORGS AND NGO'S; AND LEARN FROM THEM HOW TO ORGANIZE AND STRUCTURE THE MASSIVE EFFORTS THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN THIS TRI-STATE AREA.THE PEOPLE THERE NEED HELP AND SOON AS THE CONTAMINATED WATER CRISIS WORSENS AND LACK OF FOOD AND HEALTHCARE. THERE WILL BE DEHYDRATION, MALNUTRITION, AND INFECTION RATES THAT WILL SKY-ROCKET OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS WITH OUT PROPER AID MOBILIZED. DHHS IS SENDING 27 PALLETS OF GOODS, BUT IT IS UNLCEAR AS TO HOW THAT WILL BE DISPERSED OR DISTRIBUTED. FEMA IS ALSO SENDING HEALTH TEAMS- BUT IS ONLY LOOKED LIKE APRROX 40 PEOPLE- MORE ARE NEEDED. MASH UNITS WILL NEED TO BE SET UP. CAMPS WILL NEED TO BE ORGANIZED ON ABANDONED BASES OR SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN A STATE CLOSE BY, AND SET UP QUICKLY.MILITARY WISE- SOME OBVIOUS CHOICES WERE KEESLER, CAMP SHELBY, HOMESTEAD, AND THE NAVY- PENASCOULA OR PASCAGOULA BUT ALL OF THESE BASES HAD TOO MUCH DAMAGE TO BE CONSIDERED VIABLE CHOICES. ALSO I PERSONALLY THINK THAT AS MANY VEHICLES OF TRANSPORT NEED TO BE EXAMINED, CHINOOKS, AND EVEN C5'S AND POSSIBLEY EVEN CALLING RUSSIA AS THEY HAVE LARGE HELIS THAT MIGHT HELP MOVE PEOPLE. ALL OPTIONS NEED TO BE EXAMINED TO EXPEDITE MOVING PEOPLE TO SAFER LOCATIONS. ONLY 200 SHELTERS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE OPEN IN THE THREE STATES, CHURCHES WILL HAVE TO BE ENCOURAGED TO ASSIST AND OPEN THEIR DOORS, AS WELL AS COLLECT CLOTHES AND OTHER ESSENTIALS.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PAPERS FOR FULL SERIES OF ARTICALES: THE INDEPENDENT, SAN DIEGO TIMES, AND ALSO REUTERS, I AM TOO TIRED TO POST LINK.SORRY.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
KING GEORGE GET OFF YOUR ASS- YOUR VACATION IS LONG OVER
FIRST I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE THIS WHOLE POST WILL BE IN A LARGE LETTERS. I HAVE A BLOWN EYEBALL- SO IT WILL BE THIS SIZE SO I CAN READ IT.
HERE'S THE THING GEORGE, YOUR VACATION ACTUALLY ENDED WEEKS AGO- BUT WHEN KATRINA HIT- IT ACTUALLY ENDED FOR GOOD- 6:50 AM VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TRUTHFULLY YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK TO DC ON SATURDAY MORNING EARLY WHEN EVERY WEATHERMAN WORTH HIS SALT WAS PERDICTING DEVASTATION FOR THE GULF COAST.
(I AM AGAIN NOT GOING TO BE NICE HERE- RAISED BY SOUTHERN WOMEN AND ALSO HAVING RIDDEN OUT A FEW HURRICANES DOWN SOUTH- I FEEL I MIGHT KNOW MORE THAN KING CHICKEN SHIT ABOUT THIS. I ALSO HAVE FEMA AND RED CROSS TRAINING ABOUT THIS, AND AS A NURSE I KNOW 1000'S ARE NOW ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF THE KING'S INCOMPETENCE).
AND WE KNOW IT TOOK FIVE DAYS FOR THE KING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TSUNAMI IN INDONESIA..BUT HELL THIS IS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, IN HIS BACKYARD, AND MILLIONS ARE EFFECTED.
FIRST OFF THE GUARD - ALL GUARD SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ALERT ON SATURDAY- READYING ALL FLIGHT VEHICLES, AND AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES, BOATS. ALL MEDIC TEAMS AND RESCUE TEAMS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE READY AND PUT IN PLACE IN TENNESSEE. READY TO MOBILIZE TO THE GULF STATES. NATIONAL GUARD - HALF THAT ARE IN IRAQ- WHEN THEY SHOULD BE HERE DOING WHAT THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO= TAKING CARE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AT HOME. IT IS NOW 6PM TUESDAY- AND YOU MADE A LITTLE PEEVISH SPEECH FROM YOUR "PARTY" /CELEBRATION OUT ON NAVY SHIP IN SAN DIEGO- YOU HAD PLANNED TO GIVE A BIG "AXIS OF EVIL SPEECH" BUT INSTEAD THE STORM SEEMS TO HAVE RAINED ON YOUR PARADE.
SO IN YOUR SPEECH ON THE SHIP YOU GAVE OUT SOME IRRITATED ADVICE- BUT REALLY DID NOT OFFER YOUR CONDOLENCES OR SUPPORT TO THE POOR FOLKS DOWN SOUTH. YOU ONCE AGAIN SEEM IRRITATED THAT THEY WERE NEEDING TO BE RESCUED. THOUSANDS NEED WATER, FOOD, SHELTER,HEALTHCARE. THEY NEEDED YOU TO STATE THAT THE GUARD IS ON THE WAY. HERE IT IS 36 HOURS INTO THIS CATOSTOPHRE, AND NOT A PEEP FROM DHHS, HOMELAND SECURITY, EPA, DEPT OF ENERGY, YES WE HAVE HEARD FROM FEMA- BUT AGAIN JUST LIKE AFTER 911 WE LEFT SURFING THE CHANNELS TO ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT IF PEOPLE ARE BEING CARED FOR.
THOUSANDS - 25,000 IN THE DOME WITH A SHREDDED ROOF- AND MINIMAL POWER....AND MINIMAL MANPOWER, WATER RSING OUTSIDE- WAIST HIGH BY 6PM, ONE SUICIDE, 1000'S BROUGHT THERE...PLUCKED OFF ROOFS..AND BROUGHT TO THE HELL OF THE DOME. 1000'S SITTING IN THE DARK WONDERING HOW THEIR HOMES ARE , THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND SOME ARE SICK, SOME POOR, SOME WITH PETS, OR RELATIVES THAT THEY COULD NOT LEAVE....THEY HAD NO CHOICE.
13% OF THE U.S. LIVES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL, SO YEAH, ATLEAST ONE THIRD OF THE 37 MILLION OF OUR POOR LIVE IN THE SOUTH, AND SO NOW 1000'S THAT WERE ALREADY POOR ARE NOW IN MORE DANGEROUS STRAIGHTS NEED THE GUARD TO ARRIVE WITH C5S', CHINOOKS,, AND AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES TO BRING FOOD AND WATER AND SHELTER, AND YEAH HOPE.
SEE HERE IS THE THING GEORGE THAT IS YOUR JOB- GO SIT AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND ORGANIZE , OR ATELAST ACT LIKE IT. AND GO ON THE AIR AND SAY THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY AND THE GUARD IS ON THE WAY. I MEAN I KNOW ATLEAST HALF TO THE GUARD IS OVER IN IRAQ, BUT YOU COULD OFFER THE GUARD HERE. NINETEEN STATES AND GOVERNORS HAVE OFFERED THEIR GUARD. ( THERE IS 31,000 AVAILABLE IN THE GULF STATES ALONE- ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW IF DUE TO DOWN LINES AND COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS THOSE GUARD CAN BE REACHED) AND YET YOUR SILENCE AND ABSENCE IS PALPABLE.....;.ONCE AGAIN MISSING IN ACTION.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR " I WAS SO SHOCKED- I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS"
HURRICANE SEASON PEAKS EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME- EVERY YEAR ON YOUR VACATION. IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER- TALK TO JEB- HE WOULD REMEMBER LAST YEAR.
1000'S WITH CHILDREN SICK RELATIVE, ELDERLY, THANK GOD FOR THE COAST GUARD HELPING PEOPLE BUST HOLES IN THEIR ROOFS....WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT? DINING AT THE WEST WHITE HOUSE OR AT SOME PARTY IN SAN DIEGO ?
TO MY POOR READERS, PLEASE CALL THE RED CROSS AND SALVATION ARMY AND OFFER MONEY....
CHECK CRAIGLIST.COM IF YOU WANT TO OFFER SERVICES AND YOU LIVE IN THAT AREA.
VACATION IS OVER GEORGE, GET OFF YOUR ASS AND SIGN THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE NEEDED TO SAVE LIVES NOW, AND ALLOW THE GOVERNORS OF THESE STATES TO GET THE HELP AND THE GUARD THERE NOW, THEY NEED HELP- NOW
HERE'S THE THING GEORGE, YOUR VACATION ACTUALLY ENDED WEEKS AGO- BUT WHEN KATRINA HIT- IT ACTUALLY ENDED FOR GOOD- 6:50 AM VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TRUTHFULLY YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK TO DC ON SATURDAY MORNING EARLY WHEN EVERY WEATHERMAN WORTH HIS SALT WAS PERDICTING DEVASTATION FOR THE GULF COAST.
(I AM AGAIN NOT GOING TO BE NICE HERE- RAISED BY SOUTHERN WOMEN AND ALSO HAVING RIDDEN OUT A FEW HURRICANES DOWN SOUTH- I FEEL I MIGHT KNOW MORE THAN KING CHICKEN SHIT ABOUT THIS. I ALSO HAVE FEMA AND RED CROSS TRAINING ABOUT THIS, AND AS A NURSE I KNOW 1000'S ARE NOW ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF THE KING'S INCOMPETENCE).
AND WE KNOW IT TOOK FIVE DAYS FOR THE KING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TSUNAMI IN INDONESIA..BUT HELL THIS IS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, IN HIS BACKYARD, AND MILLIONS ARE EFFECTED.
FIRST OFF THE GUARD - ALL GUARD SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ALERT ON SATURDAY- READYING ALL FLIGHT VEHICLES, AND AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES, BOATS. ALL MEDIC TEAMS AND RESCUE TEAMS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE READY AND PUT IN PLACE IN TENNESSEE. READY TO MOBILIZE TO THE GULF STATES. NATIONAL GUARD - HALF THAT ARE IN IRAQ- WHEN THEY SHOULD BE HERE DOING WHAT THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO= TAKING CARE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AT HOME. IT IS NOW 6PM TUESDAY- AND YOU MADE A LITTLE PEEVISH SPEECH FROM YOUR "PARTY" /CELEBRATION OUT ON NAVY SHIP IN SAN DIEGO- YOU HAD PLANNED TO GIVE A BIG "AXIS OF EVIL SPEECH" BUT INSTEAD THE STORM SEEMS TO HAVE RAINED ON YOUR PARADE.
SO IN YOUR SPEECH ON THE SHIP YOU GAVE OUT SOME IRRITATED ADVICE- BUT REALLY DID NOT OFFER YOUR CONDOLENCES OR SUPPORT TO THE POOR FOLKS DOWN SOUTH. YOU ONCE AGAIN SEEM IRRITATED THAT THEY WERE NEEDING TO BE RESCUED. THOUSANDS NEED WATER, FOOD, SHELTER,HEALTHCARE. THEY NEEDED YOU TO STATE THAT THE GUARD IS ON THE WAY. HERE IT IS 36 HOURS INTO THIS CATOSTOPHRE, AND NOT A PEEP FROM DHHS, HOMELAND SECURITY, EPA, DEPT OF ENERGY, YES WE HAVE HEARD FROM FEMA- BUT AGAIN JUST LIKE AFTER 911 WE LEFT SURFING THE CHANNELS TO ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT IF PEOPLE ARE BEING CARED FOR.
THOUSANDS - 25,000 IN THE DOME WITH A SHREDDED ROOF- AND MINIMAL POWER....AND MINIMAL MANPOWER, WATER RSING OUTSIDE- WAIST HIGH BY 6PM, ONE SUICIDE, 1000'S BROUGHT THERE...PLUCKED OFF ROOFS..AND BROUGHT TO THE HELL OF THE DOME. 1000'S SITTING IN THE DARK WONDERING HOW THEIR HOMES ARE , THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND SOME ARE SICK, SOME POOR, SOME WITH PETS, OR RELATIVES THAT THEY COULD NOT LEAVE....THEY HAD NO CHOICE.
13% OF THE U.S. LIVES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL, SO YEAH, ATLEAST ONE THIRD OF THE 37 MILLION OF OUR POOR LIVE IN THE SOUTH, AND SO NOW 1000'S THAT WERE ALREADY POOR ARE NOW IN MORE DANGEROUS STRAIGHTS NEED THE GUARD TO ARRIVE WITH C5S', CHINOOKS,, AND AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES TO BRING FOOD AND WATER AND SHELTER, AND YEAH HOPE.
SEE HERE IS THE THING GEORGE THAT IS YOUR JOB- GO SIT AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND ORGANIZE , OR ATELAST ACT LIKE IT. AND GO ON THE AIR AND SAY THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY AND THE GUARD IS ON THE WAY. I MEAN I KNOW ATLEAST HALF TO THE GUARD IS OVER IN IRAQ, BUT YOU COULD OFFER THE GUARD HERE. NINETEEN STATES AND GOVERNORS HAVE OFFERED THEIR GUARD. ( THERE IS 31,000 AVAILABLE IN THE GULF STATES ALONE- ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW IF DUE TO DOWN LINES AND COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS THOSE GUARD CAN BE REACHED) AND YET YOUR SILENCE AND ABSENCE IS PALPABLE.....;.ONCE AGAIN MISSING IN ACTION.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR " I WAS SO SHOCKED- I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS"
HURRICANE SEASON PEAKS EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME- EVERY YEAR ON YOUR VACATION. IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER- TALK TO JEB- HE WOULD REMEMBER LAST YEAR.
1000'S WITH CHILDREN SICK RELATIVE, ELDERLY, THANK GOD FOR THE COAST GUARD HELPING PEOPLE BUST HOLES IN THEIR ROOFS....WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT? DINING AT THE WEST WHITE HOUSE OR AT SOME PARTY IN SAN DIEGO ?
TO MY POOR READERS, PLEASE CALL THE RED CROSS AND SALVATION ARMY AND OFFER MONEY....
CHECK CRAIGLIST.COM IF YOU WANT TO OFFER SERVICES AND YOU LIVE IN THAT AREA.
VACATION IS OVER GEORGE, GET OFF YOUR ASS AND SIGN THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE NEEDED TO SAVE LIVES NOW, AND ALLOW THE GOVERNORS OF THESE STATES TO GET THE HELP AND THE GUARD THERE NOW, THEY NEED HELP- NOW
Saturday, August 20, 2005
HOW DARE THE MEDIA SWIFTBOAT CINDY OR ANY MOM: Gold Stars, White Crosses, and the Return of the Collective Conscience
There is a About-Damn-Time Phenomena that is occurring, in some subtle and not so subtle ways.This is Not one of my kinder gentler pieces, so if you like Feel Good Fluff, step out of the way, I am taking the gloves off, and as a Mom, I am not Nice when you kick sand in Another Mom's Face. You don't like It?! Then Get the Hell out of My Sandbox.
And since Cindy is caring for her mom , I as a Mom have a little something to Say. Because I as a mom am tired of the Media sandbagging and Swiftboating a Grieving Mom, a good mom, a Patriotic mom. They even did it this weekend while she cared for her mom. ( Get a CCN transcript of Sunday's Reliable Sources to start). So here it goes.
The Training Wheels are indeed falling off the Shock"N"Awe Bus for Mr.Bush and for the Spinning Wheel of the Mainstream Media. (And I am not just talking FOX here folks.) Watching Cindy, and the VETS and the Gold Star families who are The Ditch People,and other grieving supporters as a Mom many miles away there is a piece of this month I will always remember. Always. And thanks to Truthout.org, REAL Journalism experienced a Rebirth..... I will always remember this month. Always. And always the following.
THE FACES and the VOICES.
Finally, Finally Grieving families have a Voice, and their loved ones were no longer just Numbers on some dusty tripped over collateral damage ledger on the floor of Rummie's office. These dead soldiers suddenly were Given ( long over due) Attention and Coverage- Photos were shared, even flag draped caskets were shown. Even Funerals and funeral processions were shown on the Local while you-choke-down-dinner News. The Media has been reluctant to do This until now- toting some kind of Polite-my-ass Propaganda that showing such photos was "disrespectful and Unpatriotic".
Really ???! So those Brave Young Souls Died for CENSORSHIP ? Really???! They died thinking that we still had a Press that had READ the Constituion and Knew about Freedom of Speech. Remember the Constitution. Peter Jennings did, he carried it in his back pocket each and every day. Maybe Iraq is NOT the only Country having problems with a Constitution. You know if you read History one of the main problems in Europe and Germany in the 1930's was the Mainstream Media was busy being Polite and trying to not notice they were already being heavily censored, and that oh,yeah a Patriotic Propaganda Line was used , very effectively with Tragic Results. Mr.Bush has been Peddling more than his Bike in Crawford, He has been having the Media Peddle his own maligning Cowardice, kicking sand in the Grieving Mom sitting in his "Sandbox". It is time for us to find our Collective Conscience and hold the Our Elected paid by our taxes, as well as Our Media Accountable. You can Not Corporitize a Collective Conscience.
WHY?
And here's a Question for You? WHY should we not HEAR THEIR NAMES?, SEE THEIR FACES ?, HEAR THEIR STORIES?
And I don't mean see their Proud Military photo and rank flashed across my screen. I mean REAL photos, laughing with co-workers, dancing with wives and girlfriends, having a beer with buddies,wedding photos, standing next to their first car, hell, even their embarrassing tux photos from their prom.
WHY?
Because that is how their family REMEMBERS them at each and every moment....They now can only see them in their dreams.And yes, the Media should be showing Gravesites, and Funerals. And letting Parents and families and VETS have a VOICE.We should hear their stories. That means the WOUNDS, DEAD BUDDIES and all the other Bloody awful mess. We should see the TRUTH. Those Families in the Ditch at Camp Casey should be honored, not be wiping the dust out of their eyes when the Presidential Cowboy Suburban Motorgade whips by at 60 miles/hour. If the Presidential Coward can't honor these families atleast our Media should.
WHY?
Because those families are Patriotic , even in their Grief. What is Not Patriotic is Pretending they do not Exist and Don't have Grief !? Handing out little cheesy Chinamade Red/White/Blue flags at Events is Not Patriotic Enough. Mainstream Media has let All of Us as Americans Down, and it is time for us to hold their feet to the Fire. And Instead of wearing those cheapass little Metallic Patriotic Emblems on their Right lapels like the Invisible Elected Senators who can't seem to find their way to Crawford to Support the Military Families and Vets, maybe we should all be wearing GOLD STARS over our Hearts to let the Military Families know that we are thinking about them and supporting them. That we do carry them in Our Hearts, that is WHY we want Peace. We should wear the Gold Stars To let them know we are by their side, they are not Forgotten by Real Americans, Even Peace Loving Americans. That Peace is Still Patriotic.
WHY?
At any time in Our history did any Military families have to go on Food Stamps or Welfare because they were so unsupported?
You and I both know the answer to that. There are already Homeless Iraqi vets with PTSD, some untreated due to Reserve benifits that ran out monthes ago. ( They are only covered for TWO years after duty, the PUBLIC is never told that). The Media won't even go NEAR the Sagging Leaders Poll "Numbers", much less the Dead and Injured Civilian Numbers. And God-Forbid they should now have to Report the Downing Street Memos that Bloggers Investigated Monthes ago. ( I will now stop my aneurysm driven list here,the Point is made).
The "Media" didn't EVER properly report or INVESTIGATE THE WMD'S , or ANY of Bush's, Powell's, Rice, Or Rove, Cheney's or Tenet's assertions, they were merely a Voicepiece for an Agenda that they did Not Question.The Media Still hasn't reported the Downing Street Memos,Mr.Bernie" Almost" Homeland Security Director, The White House FairGame Scandal, The WMDS, much less the War in Iraq. They merely Sold IT, like bad luggage at a FIRE SALE- Cheap and Fast.They were too busy selecting music to go with SHOCK and AWE, like some kind of crystal-methalized 4th of July Fireworks "Special". So now They can question a Mom's Grief, even scrutinize it and call it "A Nutcase with an AGENDA?"??!! What school of Journalism teaches that kind of Reporting? I say this , Write and Call CNN and the other Biggies, Hold them Accountable, write letters, do what ever you can to let them know that this is not RIGHT. That this is NOT how a MOTHER in America should be treated. And if this is the Mr.Bush's NEW Let's Bash all Apple Pie Moms, then when are the Burka ads going to start, I just want to know???
Also maybe Americans should call the Local Media, make Them report the Truth.That means Interview VETS, Families, SHOW REAL photos, GET REAL NUMBERS ( which is really,really hard work- and almost impossible for us civilian moms). See Last Spring they could not Report Dying Starving Terri Schiavo fast enough. They spent HOURS showing the "Feed Terri " Spoon Protestors ( Yes, young religous girls carrying huge Poster Spoon Signs- you must remember?!). Yet this past week we were lucky if Mainstream Media gave Cindy and Camp Casey more than the Obligatory Short Shrift "She's a ranting protestor" ten minutes.
The Mainstream Media has barely given any coverage to the Ditch People or Gold Star Families. They also just barely covered the Craword Destructive, Gun-Club-president, Real Estate "Neighbor" of Mr.Bush who maliciously mowed down the Crosses represented fallen soldiers.They haven't even covered the "President "and his Secret Service Surburbon Convoy Whizzing by the Ditch of Camp Casey at Breakneck speeds. I think most Americans would be horrified and disgusted to see their "Leader" behave in such a Disrespectful manner. Yet they need to See IT. Not just his adolescent Ohh, I -get-to-ride- with-a- Famous Athlete bike ride moments (2 hours long).
So let me get this straight, the Media will "Report", and I use that term oh,so loosely at this point, Mr.Rove's and Mr.Bush' s Agenda. But they will not properly Report the Real Story of this It-ain't-SEXY but a Big-Hairy-Mess of a "War" ,this whatever the Hell Bush &co. are "calling" IT this week, is Hell-in-a-Handbasket. And the Basket is FULL of Gut WrenchingBlood Dripping Stinking Dying Casualities at this point, hundreds of Iraqi "Security Police" and Civilians,Even Some Poor Iraqi Moms and Children, as well as Dead Soldiers. Troops that are underfed, lack basic supplies,lack the right training and even basic protection. I will even take it one step further, people keep saying in Polite tones "Whelp,Please don't compare it to Vietnam, It's Not Anything like Vietnam..."
Yeah, they Might be Right. IT IS WORSE THAN VIETNAM. Am I the only thougtful half awake educated over 6yr old that maybe has thought THIS? I am not a bettin'woman, but I bet I am Not Alone.
And the Media says that a Grieving mom, and the other grieving families who have joined her in the Ditch, and the Vets and Returning Iraqi Soldiers, are WRONG TO QUESTION THIS PRESIDENTS AGENDA ? Has the "Mainstream Media" bothered to Question any of the Others at the Ditch- The Vets? The Iraq Vets? The other Military Families?Other Gold Start Families? The People who worked for thsi country for DECADES- such as Anne Wright (who has MUCH Military and State Dept Experience? ), Ray McGovern ? ( And I could go on and on). It makes me Wonder WHO is the Bigger Coward ? Bush or the Media, it is a close Contest.I think Peter Jennings must be shaking his head up there in the PressRoom in the Sky, and not with wonder. Maybe we should also start boycotting the sponsers of the Mainstream Media, and writing them as well, that if the coverage does not improve their sales will suffer. The Joke with that is, Car sales are already as low as Bush ratings, so I am not sure if that is even an effective tool. The Media is having trouble recognizing the Biggest Story of the Summer, Hell, the past FIVE years.
WHY?
Because they can't count? Can't see the Lines of Cars coming to Crawford? The WHOLE WORLD is WATCHING? DO they understand That ? Even if Mr.Bush is watching, he is on "Vacation". Yet many Patriotic Americans Are coming to Crawford to pay their Respects and Honor the Grieving Families in the Ditch, yeah, on their vacations.The Code Pink Moms even tried to deliver Hundreds of Letters to Mrs.Bush, but the Media missed it. And Maybe Millions of Americans should start writing letters to the Western White House, after all it is the Western White House that is featured on the Bush Christmas Cards to foreign Countries. Maybe since White House letters are ignored, maybe citizens would have better luck writing to Mr.Bush in Crawford. It is only day 20 of the Five Week Vacation, so there is time for Mr.Bush to Hear from Other Americans.
The Mainstream Media can't save or Effect Mr.Bush's sagging Approval Ratings, as of August 5th, BC, (Before Cindy), he only was above 50% in SEVEN states. Media shouls think about that- seven states.The Blogs have closely examined the Unreported Polls. Seven. That means that 43, yes 43, states are Very Unhappy, and that was before Cindy pitched her tent in the Ditch.
And Now Certain Entities are asking Cindy to tone down her Language. "Because more people will listen if they aren't offended". Death is Offensive, Ugly , Dirty and it smells. Hell Right now it Reeks. Have any of them lost a child ? Do they know what Death feels like ? Smells like ? Even what Salty tears taste like? Especially those of a Mom.
War is many things- Polite Ain't one of them Folks. I am an old ER nurse, and I can tell you that This Iraq is like one Bad Train Wreck at this point and there just isn't that much that looks palatable- because there is nothing Polite about tattered limbs and cold blood drained faces. So the Next time you hear someone say the above "about be-more-polite" in their Hushed Concerned voices, take them on a Little Virtual Trip. First you take them to CrisisPictures.org website gives a "Balanced "picture of the war- blown up rubble of lives, as well as photos of some of the fine Americans we have lost. And then make them read some of Truthout.org- esp. the new postings of Robert Fisk " Baghdad Morgue article and Sidney Blumentals' The Vacationer". Some of this Journalism tells the Real Story. And then make them watch the Streaming Video, hell, even send your Local News there, give them a Lesson.
As Moms we need to tell the Media HOW to be Real Journalists again, before it is too late.
That Moms are to be Respected and Honored even here in America. They are Patriotic Americans, even when Grieving.
Hell, It was even part of Some Presidential Candiate's Platform last Summer, Cloaked as the "Return of Family Values".
So as a Mom, I say this to the Mainstream Media and this "Government" before you attempt to further SWIFTBOAT this Mom Cindy,or any other mom, and turn her into the Next"Fair Game".
DON"T EVEN TRY.
Because Cindy is Not the Only Pissed Off Mom in this Country. There are MILLIONS. SHAME on the Damn People that have perpetuated the Impolite "Fair Game" Arrogance and Ignorance of this White House.
Amen.
And since Cindy is caring for her mom , I as a Mom have a little something to Say. Because I as a mom am tired of the Media sandbagging and Swiftboating a Grieving Mom, a good mom, a Patriotic mom. They even did it this weekend while she cared for her mom. ( Get a CCN transcript of Sunday's Reliable Sources to start). So here it goes.
The Training Wheels are indeed falling off the Shock"N"Awe Bus for Mr.Bush and for the Spinning Wheel of the Mainstream Media. (And I am not just talking FOX here folks.) Watching Cindy, and the VETS and the Gold Star families who are The Ditch People,and other grieving supporters as a Mom many miles away there is a piece of this month I will always remember. Always. And thanks to Truthout.org, REAL Journalism experienced a Rebirth..... I will always remember this month. Always. And always the following.
THE FACES and the VOICES.
Finally, Finally Grieving families have a Voice, and their loved ones were no longer just Numbers on some dusty tripped over collateral damage ledger on the floor of Rummie's office. These dead soldiers suddenly were Given ( long over due) Attention and Coverage- Photos were shared, even flag draped caskets were shown. Even Funerals and funeral processions were shown on the Local while you-choke-down-dinner News. The Media has been reluctant to do This until now- toting some kind of Polite-my-ass Propaganda that showing such photos was "disrespectful and Unpatriotic".
Really ???! So those Brave Young Souls Died for CENSORSHIP ? Really???! They died thinking that we still had a Press that had READ the Constituion and Knew about Freedom of Speech. Remember the Constitution. Peter Jennings did, he carried it in his back pocket each and every day. Maybe Iraq is NOT the only Country having problems with a Constitution. You know if you read History one of the main problems in Europe and Germany in the 1930's was the Mainstream Media was busy being Polite and trying to not notice they were already being heavily censored, and that oh,yeah a Patriotic Propaganda Line was used , very effectively with Tragic Results. Mr.Bush has been Peddling more than his Bike in Crawford, He has been having the Media Peddle his own maligning Cowardice, kicking sand in the Grieving Mom sitting in his "Sandbox". It is time for us to find our Collective Conscience and hold the Our Elected paid by our taxes, as well as Our Media Accountable. You can Not Corporitize a Collective Conscience.
WHY?
And here's a Question for You? WHY should we not HEAR THEIR NAMES?, SEE THEIR FACES ?, HEAR THEIR STORIES?
And I don't mean see their Proud Military photo and rank flashed across my screen. I mean REAL photos, laughing with co-workers, dancing with wives and girlfriends, having a beer with buddies,wedding photos, standing next to their first car, hell, even their embarrassing tux photos from their prom.
WHY?
Because that is how their family REMEMBERS them at each and every moment....They now can only see them in their dreams.And yes, the Media should be showing Gravesites, and Funerals. And letting Parents and families and VETS have a VOICE.We should hear their stories. That means the WOUNDS, DEAD BUDDIES and all the other Bloody awful mess. We should see the TRUTH. Those Families in the Ditch at Camp Casey should be honored, not be wiping the dust out of their eyes when the Presidential Cowboy Suburban Motorgade whips by at 60 miles/hour. If the Presidential Coward can't honor these families atleast our Media should.
WHY?
Because those families are Patriotic , even in their Grief. What is Not Patriotic is Pretending they do not Exist and Don't have Grief !? Handing out little cheesy Chinamade Red/White/Blue flags at Events is Not Patriotic Enough. Mainstream Media has let All of Us as Americans Down, and it is time for us to hold their feet to the Fire. And Instead of wearing those cheapass little Metallic Patriotic Emblems on their Right lapels like the Invisible Elected Senators who can't seem to find their way to Crawford to Support the Military Families and Vets, maybe we should all be wearing GOLD STARS over our Hearts to let the Military Families know that we are thinking about them and supporting them. That we do carry them in Our Hearts, that is WHY we want Peace. We should wear the Gold Stars To let them know we are by their side, they are not Forgotten by Real Americans, Even Peace Loving Americans. That Peace is Still Patriotic.
WHY?
At any time in Our history did any Military families have to go on Food Stamps or Welfare because they were so unsupported?
You and I both know the answer to that. There are already Homeless Iraqi vets with PTSD, some untreated due to Reserve benifits that ran out monthes ago. ( They are only covered for TWO years after duty, the PUBLIC is never told that). The Media won't even go NEAR the Sagging Leaders Poll "Numbers", much less the Dead and Injured Civilian Numbers. And God-Forbid they should now have to Report the Downing Street Memos that Bloggers Investigated Monthes ago. ( I will now stop my aneurysm driven list here,the Point is made).
The "Media" didn't EVER properly report or INVESTIGATE THE WMD'S , or ANY of Bush's, Powell's, Rice, Or Rove, Cheney's or Tenet's assertions, they were merely a Voicepiece for an Agenda that they did Not Question.The Media Still hasn't reported the Downing Street Memos,Mr.Bernie" Almost" Homeland Security Director, The White House FairGame Scandal, The WMDS, much less the War in Iraq. They merely Sold IT, like bad luggage at a FIRE SALE- Cheap and Fast.They were too busy selecting music to go with SHOCK and AWE, like some kind of crystal-methalized 4th of July Fireworks "Special". So now They can question a Mom's Grief, even scrutinize it and call it "A Nutcase with an AGENDA?"??!! What school of Journalism teaches that kind of Reporting? I say this , Write and Call CNN and the other Biggies, Hold them Accountable, write letters, do what ever you can to let them know that this is not RIGHT. That this is NOT how a MOTHER in America should be treated. And if this is the Mr.Bush's NEW Let's Bash all Apple Pie Moms, then when are the Burka ads going to start, I just want to know???
Also maybe Americans should call the Local Media, make Them report the Truth.That means Interview VETS, Families, SHOW REAL photos, GET REAL NUMBERS ( which is really,really hard work- and almost impossible for us civilian moms). See Last Spring they could not Report Dying Starving Terri Schiavo fast enough. They spent HOURS showing the "Feed Terri " Spoon Protestors ( Yes, young religous girls carrying huge Poster Spoon Signs- you must remember?!). Yet this past week we were lucky if Mainstream Media gave Cindy and Camp Casey more than the Obligatory Short Shrift "She's a ranting protestor" ten minutes.
The Mainstream Media has barely given any coverage to the Ditch People or Gold Star Families. They also just barely covered the Craword Destructive, Gun-Club-president, Real Estate "Neighbor" of Mr.Bush who maliciously mowed down the Crosses represented fallen soldiers.They haven't even covered the "President "and his Secret Service Surburbon Convoy Whizzing by the Ditch of Camp Casey at Breakneck speeds. I think most Americans would be horrified and disgusted to see their "Leader" behave in such a Disrespectful manner. Yet they need to See IT. Not just his adolescent Ohh, I -get-to-ride- with-a- Famous Athlete bike ride moments (2 hours long).
So let me get this straight, the Media will "Report", and I use that term oh,so loosely at this point, Mr.Rove's and Mr.Bush' s Agenda. But they will not properly Report the Real Story of this It-ain't-SEXY but a Big-Hairy-Mess of a "War" ,this whatever the Hell Bush &co. are "calling" IT this week, is Hell-in-a-Handbasket. And the Basket is FULL of Gut WrenchingBlood Dripping Stinking Dying Casualities at this point, hundreds of Iraqi "Security Police" and Civilians,Even Some Poor Iraqi Moms and Children, as well as Dead Soldiers. Troops that are underfed, lack basic supplies,lack the right training and even basic protection. I will even take it one step further, people keep saying in Polite tones "Whelp,Please don't compare it to Vietnam, It's Not Anything like Vietnam..."
Yeah, they Might be Right. IT IS WORSE THAN VIETNAM. Am I the only thougtful half awake educated over 6yr old that maybe has thought THIS? I am not a bettin'woman, but I bet I am Not Alone.
And the Media says that a Grieving mom, and the other grieving families who have joined her in the Ditch, and the Vets and Returning Iraqi Soldiers, are WRONG TO QUESTION THIS PRESIDENTS AGENDA ? Has the "Mainstream Media" bothered to Question any of the Others at the Ditch- The Vets? The Iraq Vets? The other Military Families?Other Gold Start Families? The People who worked for thsi country for DECADES- such as Anne Wright (who has MUCH Military and State Dept Experience? ), Ray McGovern ? ( And I could go on and on). It makes me Wonder WHO is the Bigger Coward ? Bush or the Media, it is a close Contest.I think Peter Jennings must be shaking his head up there in the PressRoom in the Sky, and not with wonder. Maybe we should also start boycotting the sponsers of the Mainstream Media, and writing them as well, that if the coverage does not improve their sales will suffer. The Joke with that is, Car sales are already as low as Bush ratings, so I am not sure if that is even an effective tool. The Media is having trouble recognizing the Biggest Story of the Summer, Hell, the past FIVE years.
WHY?
Because they can't count? Can't see the Lines of Cars coming to Crawford? The WHOLE WORLD is WATCHING? DO they understand That ? Even if Mr.Bush is watching, he is on "Vacation". Yet many Patriotic Americans Are coming to Crawford to pay their Respects and Honor the Grieving Families in the Ditch, yeah, on their vacations.The Code Pink Moms even tried to deliver Hundreds of Letters to Mrs.Bush, but the Media missed it. And Maybe Millions of Americans should start writing letters to the Western White House, after all it is the Western White House that is featured on the Bush Christmas Cards to foreign Countries. Maybe since White House letters are ignored, maybe citizens would have better luck writing to Mr.Bush in Crawford. It is only day 20 of the Five Week Vacation, so there is time for Mr.Bush to Hear from Other Americans.
The Mainstream Media can't save or Effect Mr.Bush's sagging Approval Ratings, as of August 5th, BC, (Before Cindy), he only was above 50% in SEVEN states. Media shouls think about that- seven states.The Blogs have closely examined the Unreported Polls. Seven. That means that 43, yes 43, states are Very Unhappy, and that was before Cindy pitched her tent in the Ditch.
And Now Certain Entities are asking Cindy to tone down her Language. "Because more people will listen if they aren't offended". Death is Offensive, Ugly , Dirty and it smells. Hell Right now it Reeks. Have any of them lost a child ? Do they know what Death feels like ? Smells like ? Even what Salty tears taste like? Especially those of a Mom.
War is many things- Polite Ain't one of them Folks. I am an old ER nurse, and I can tell you that This Iraq is like one Bad Train Wreck at this point and there just isn't that much that looks palatable- because there is nothing Polite about tattered limbs and cold blood drained faces. So the Next time you hear someone say the above "about be-more-polite" in their Hushed Concerned voices, take them on a Little Virtual Trip. First you take them to CrisisPictures.org website gives a "Balanced "picture of the war- blown up rubble of lives, as well as photos of some of the fine Americans we have lost. And then make them read some of Truthout.org- esp. the new postings of Robert Fisk " Baghdad Morgue article and Sidney Blumentals' The Vacationer". Some of this Journalism tells the Real Story. And then make them watch the Streaming Video, hell, even send your Local News there, give them a Lesson.
As Moms we need to tell the Media HOW to be Real Journalists again, before it is too late.
That Moms are to be Respected and Honored even here in America. They are Patriotic Americans, even when Grieving.
Hell, It was even part of Some Presidential Candiate's Platform last Summer, Cloaked as the "Return of Family Values".
So as a Mom, I say this to the Mainstream Media and this "Government" before you attempt to further SWIFTBOAT this Mom Cindy,or any other mom, and turn her into the Next"Fair Game".
DON"T EVEN TRY.
Because Cindy is Not the Only Pissed Off Mom in this Country. There are MILLIONS. SHAME on the Damn People that have perpetuated the Impolite "Fair Game" Arrogance and Ignorance of this White House.
Amen.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Bush's August Numbers In the Ditch
Friends-
Before you read the numbers in the Ditch....
Pass on Elizabeth Edwards letter..pass on to the Red Blogs as well if you can...
it is something to stir Every mom :
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2005/08/elizabeth-e
So I was trolling the internet and there are alot of polls coming out for August- and what is amazing, is that they are actually only for the First week- Aug 5 &6, which is only a few days into the Camp Casey Vigil ( and the King's Vacation).
( So we really bet they must Really Suck now ?!)
This poll is of all States and compares numbers falling in Red States and Blue States.
*** Be Sure to read this with the Google Game Part I : Bush there are some interesting overlaps with these numbers****
Go to the August 5th survey that just came out August 16th : http://www.democrats.org/blog
Bottem Line:
Weighted Average:
Approval of President's Bush's job as president : 41%
Dissapproval : 55%
Lowest 29 % : Rhode Island
Highest : Idaho 58%
RED STATES that are now Below 50% Approval: ( This includes 50% and below)
ALASKA (46), ARIZONA (45), ARKANSAS (40), COLORADO (45), FLORIDA (44), GEORGIA (47),INDIANA (48), IOWA (42),
KANSAS (46), KENTUCKY (42), LOUISIANA (48), MISSISSIPPI (49), MISSOURI (38), MONTANA (50), NEW MEXICO (41), NEBRASKA (55), NEVADA (40), NORTH CAROLINA (47), OHIO (37), OKLAHOMA (50), PENNSYLVANIA ( 40), SOUTH CAROLINA (45), SOUTH DAKOTA (45), TENNESSEE (43), WEST VIRGINA (45) , VIRGINIA (42)....
Blue States that Have below 50% rating:
Delaware (32), California (32), Hawaii (43), Illinois (38), New Hampshire (42), New Jersey (35), New York (34),Connecticut (?),
Massachusetts (?), Oregon (41),Vermont (33), Washington(40), Wisconsin (41),
And so WHAT does this mean ? Here is a List of States that are above 50% in Approving King George's handling of his job as President ( and by the way 50 % is nothing to be Proud of.....)
The States that still Approve: ( Damn Short list) : Idaho(59), Utah (57), Alabama (52), North Dakota (51), Texas (54), Nebraska (55),Wyoming (58). Yup KIng George is still "approved" above 50% - by a slim margin in some- In SEVEN STATES...SEVEN.
AND on another level it shows ALOT of Americans are Very Unhappy with the King....Republicans too?
Before you read the numbers in the Ditch....
Pass on Elizabeth Edwards letter..pass on to the Red Blogs as well if you can...
it is something to stir Every mom :
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2005/08/elizabeth-e
So I was trolling the internet and there are alot of polls coming out for August- and what is amazing, is that they are actually only for the First week- Aug 5 &6, which is only a few days into the Camp Casey Vigil ( and the King's Vacation).
( So we really bet they must Really Suck now ?!)
This poll is of all States and compares numbers falling in Red States and Blue States.
*** Be Sure to read this with the Google Game Part I : Bush there are some interesting overlaps with these numbers****
Go to the August 5th survey that just came out August 16th : http://www.democrats.org/blog
Bottem Line:
Weighted Average:
Approval of President's Bush's job as president : 41%
Dissapproval : 55%
Lowest 29 % : Rhode Island
Highest : Idaho 58%
RED STATES that are now Below 50% Approval: ( This includes 50% and below)
ALASKA (46), ARIZONA (45), ARKANSAS (40), COLORADO (45), FLORIDA (44), GEORGIA (47),INDIANA (48), IOWA (42),
KANSAS (46), KENTUCKY (42), LOUISIANA (48), MISSISSIPPI (49), MISSOURI (38), MONTANA (50), NEW MEXICO (41), NEBRASKA (55), NEVADA (40), NORTH CAROLINA (47), OHIO (37), OKLAHOMA (50), PENNSYLVANIA ( 40), SOUTH CAROLINA (45), SOUTH DAKOTA (45), TENNESSEE (43), WEST VIRGINA (45) , VIRGINIA (42)....
Blue States that Have below 50% rating:
Delaware (32), California (32), Hawaii (43), Illinois (38), New Hampshire (42), New Jersey (35), New York (34),Connecticut (?),
Massachusetts (?), Oregon (41),Vermont (33), Washington(40), Wisconsin (41),
And so WHAT does this mean ? Here is a List of States that are above 50% in Approving King George's handling of his job as President ( and by the way 50 % is nothing to be Proud of.....)
The States that still Approve: ( Damn Short list) : Idaho(59), Utah (57), Alabama (52), North Dakota (51), Texas (54), Nebraska (55),Wyoming (58). Yup KIng George is still "approved" above 50% - by a slim margin in some- In SEVEN STATES...SEVEN.
AND on another level it shows ALOT of Americans are Very Unhappy with the King....Republicans too?
The Google Game: Part I ( Mr.Bush)
Friends in the Blogosphere and down at Camp Casey-
Please read this in combination with Bush Poll Numbers August ( on another part of the Blog Called Shrubs Ditched Numbers)
I think numbers are important markers - googling show what millions are thinking and talking about. ( Most likely better than a Fox Poll). So my teenage son and I have been playing the Google game this week- trying to come up with the highest score of hits. ( some of the combos are rude...some humerous, some interesting...)
(And Yes, it might indeedy show I have Way Too Much Time on my hands...)
There are two parts to this- just for Balance-
But before you start-
you should keep this NUMBER in the front of your mind
GOOGLE :
[ Americans + End War = 35,000,000 ]
[ Americans + Support Peace = 18,900,000]
[ Americans + Troops =9,850,000]
[ Americans + want troops home= 6,960,000]
( ahh, Mr.Bush that is a really big number ...the one with END WAR ?)
Now onto Bushie's google numbers:
[Bush + Oil War =9,300,000]
[Bush + Lies = 7,930,000]
{Bush + Evil = 7,590,000 ]
[Bush + Criminal= 6,640,000]
[Bush + War Criminal= 4,860,000]
[Bush + Illegal War = 4,730,000]
[Bush + Failed Leader = 3,280,000]
[Bush + Arrest = 3,180,000] **** Note higher than Impeach****
[Bush + Impeach =955,000 ]
[Bush + Failed Mandate = 3,140,000]
[Bush + Failed Leader = 3,310,000]
[Bush + Fake = 2,730,000 ]
[Bush + Fuck up= 1,750,000]
[Bush + Redneck = 1,470,000 ]
[Bush + ignorant = 1,460,000 ]
[Bush + No balls = 1,120,000]**** Note below****
[Bush + small balls = 746,000 ]
[Bush + pathetic = 1,040,000]
[Bush + deception=1,080,000]
[Bush + Stolen Election 2004 = 955,000] *** Note which is higher***
[Bush + Stolen Election 2000= 851,000]
[Bush + screwed up= 773,000]
[Bush + Miserable failure= 939,000]
[Bush + piece of shit= 896,000]
[Bush + arrogant = 878,000]
[Bush + immoral = 864,000]
[Bush + Scum = 665,000]
[Bush + evil bastard = 620,000]
[Bush + weasel = 407,000]
[Bush + Crook = 413,000 ] **** Note Nixon only got 104,000?******
[Bush + Illiterate = 312,000 ]
DISCLAIMER: We all know that there are more important numbers on our hearts and minds.
Please read this in combination with Bush Poll Numbers August ( on another part of the Blog Called Shrubs Ditched Numbers)
I think numbers are important markers - googling show what millions are thinking and talking about. ( Most likely better than a Fox Poll). So my teenage son and I have been playing the Google game this week- trying to come up with the highest score of hits. ( some of the combos are rude...some humerous, some interesting...)
(And Yes, it might indeedy show I have Way Too Much Time on my hands...)
There are two parts to this- just for Balance-
But before you start-
you should keep this NUMBER in the front of your mind
GOOGLE :
[ Americans + End War = 35,000,000 ]
[ Americans + Support Peace = 18,900,000]
[ Americans + Troops =9,850,000]
[ Americans + want troops home= 6,960,000]
( ahh, Mr.Bush that is a really big number ...the one with END WAR ?)
Now onto Bushie's google numbers:
[Bush + Oil War =9,300,000]
[Bush + Lies = 7,930,000]
{Bush + Evil = 7,590,000 ]
[Bush + Criminal= 6,640,000]
[Bush + War Criminal= 4,860,000]
[Bush + Illegal War = 4,730,000]
[Bush + Failed Leader = 3,280,000]
[Bush + Arrest = 3,180,000] **** Note higher than Impeach****
[Bush + Impeach =955,000 ]
[Bush + Failed Mandate = 3,140,000]
[Bush + Failed Leader = 3,310,000]
[Bush + Fake = 2,730,000 ]
[Bush + Fuck up= 1,750,000]
[Bush + Redneck = 1,470,000 ]
[Bush + ignorant = 1,460,000 ]
[Bush + No balls = 1,120,000]**** Note below****
[Bush + small balls = 746,000 ]
[Bush + pathetic = 1,040,000]
[Bush + deception=1,080,000]
[Bush + Stolen Election 2004 = 955,000] *** Note which is higher***
[Bush + Stolen Election 2000= 851,000]
[Bush + screwed up= 773,000]
[Bush + Miserable failure= 939,000]
[Bush + piece of shit= 896,000]
[Bush + arrogant = 878,000]
[Bush + immoral = 864,000]
[Bush + Scum = 665,000]
[Bush + evil bastard = 620,000]
[Bush + weasel = 407,000]
[Bush + Crook = 413,000 ] **** Note Nixon only got 104,000?******
[Bush + Illiterate = 312,000 ]
DISCLAIMER: We all know that there are more important numbers on our hearts and minds.
The Amazing Vigils: Did They Come? They Came.....all over.
I couldn't sleep. I kept flopping back and forth and Wondering....How many people poured out for the Vigils ????
Because I feel hopeful, and that a shift has occurred this month. And that Cindy has opened a wondrous flood gate.
That a movement is now in full momentum. And I have not felt that way in a VERY long time.
So at 4am I started trolling, blogging and googling on the Internet- and WOW- Holy Shit....
I was right Batman.
IT IS HAPPENING.
(If I had Cindy's phone number I would call her right now!!!)
So I googled Cindy + Peace Vigils and the posts started ROLLING in- even small little papers and
all kinds of articles. And what struck me was that all the articles had similiarities, painful and beautiful.
Many Many Churches and Religous Groups and Orgs were involved in the planning of these Vigils.
Offering sanctuary and comfort- as they should.
And many grieving families, and also VETS finally had support..
This needed to happen.....to help heal these troubled souls.
This needed to happen ....because we are all neighbors and family.
This needed to happen ...because it is still our country.
This needed to happen...because it is TIME.
So here in random order as I pulled down the newly google articles, is
a Partial- very partial list of just some of the towns and villages that held Peace Vigils in support of Cindy and Casey
and all the Troops and Gold Star Families.:
Gallatin, Waco,Crawford,Dallas,Austin, Gallveston,San Antonio, Munster, Wand, Nathcez, Columbia, Lansing,Roseburg,Houghton.Fresno, Phoenix, Detroit, Seattle,Tacoma, Bremerton, Tallahassee, Burlington,Salt Lake City, Chapel Hill, Joplin, South Bend, Akron, Cleveland, Boca Raton, Beaverton,Baltimore, Frederick, Miami, Phuli, Buffalo, Twin Falls, Bozeman, Louisville, Kare, Corvalis, Heart of the Valley, Boston, Lompoc, Vacaville, Decator, Talequah, daton, Dayton, Columbus, Salem, Iron Range, New Haven, Wilkes Barre, Twin Falls, Fairfield.Forward, Knoxville......
and on and on and on the list goes.
Because I feel hopeful, and that a shift has occurred this month. And that Cindy has opened a wondrous flood gate.
That a movement is now in full momentum. And I have not felt that way in a VERY long time.
So at 4am I started trolling, blogging and googling on the Internet- and WOW- Holy Shit....
I was right Batman.
IT IS HAPPENING.
(If I had Cindy's phone number I would call her right now!!!)
So I googled Cindy + Peace Vigils and the posts started ROLLING in- even small little papers and
all kinds of articles. And what struck me was that all the articles had similiarities, painful and beautiful.
Many Many Churches and Religous Groups and Orgs were involved in the planning of these Vigils.
Offering sanctuary and comfort- as they should.
And many grieving families, and also VETS finally had support..
This needed to happen.....to help heal these troubled souls.
This needed to happen ....because we are all neighbors and family.
This needed to happen ...because it is still our country.
This needed to happen...because it is TIME.
So here in random order as I pulled down the newly google articles, is
a Partial- very partial list of just some of the towns and villages that held Peace Vigils in support of Cindy and Casey
and all the Troops and Gold Star Families.:
Gallatin, Waco,Crawford,Dallas,Austin, Gallveston,San Antonio, Munster, Wand, Nathcez, Columbia, Lansing,Roseburg,Houghton.Fresno, Phoenix, Detroit, Seattle,Tacoma, Bremerton, Tallahassee, Burlington,Salt Lake City, Chapel Hill, Joplin, South Bend, Akron, Cleveland, Boca Raton, Beaverton,Baltimore, Frederick, Miami, Phuli, Buffalo, Twin Falls, Bozeman, Louisville, Kare, Corvalis, Heart of the Valley, Boston, Lompoc, Vacaville, Decator, Talequah, daton, Dayton, Columbus, Salem, Iron Range, New Haven, Wilkes Barre, Twin Falls, Fairfield.Forward, Knoxville......
and on and on and on the list goes.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
More About Marine Mascot Beans
This is a messege for Blog Friends...NOT King George...
I mentioned a day or two ago about Beans. Beans is a little dog who has been the glue to a company that has suffered many losses over in Iraq. Too many. She is more than the Unit Mascot - she is their Friend, and someone to talk to. Families are working to bring her home to be with the unit when they return in September.
Jennifer Salzer spearheaded this drive because she needs to stay with her unit. 'Of course there is red tape and funds needed to make this happen. And the story has been sent to big media to raise the money, most will go to quarentine and travel and other tedious expenses, but the funds are pouring in, so it looks like Beans will return home with her Boys....as she should.
If you want to give to support the 325th Unit or Beans:
Beans Foundation
157 South Main Street
Akron, Ohio
44308
I also want to add if you have loving slobbery dog- think about looking into
volunteering and do pet therapy with your pet at a local VA center or hospital.
I have been doing some street therapy with homeless vets with my
dog Lilly and it is amazing the joy and comfort she brings....
Think about it....
Please read about Beans at http://newsnet5.com/family/483219/detail.html
Update 8-17-05
I spoke with Jennifer tonight and it looks like Beans will be hopefully shipping out
in the next ten days..hopefully and enough funds have been raised to
hopefully put towards bringing more Unit Mascots back from Iraq-
apparently there are quite a few.
WEWS- newsnet5.com has a new update tonight by Leon Bibbs-
they have been doing a nice job to support this effort.
She hopes to have Beans on the Tarmac to greet the Marines when they
return....in the next month.
I mentioned a day or two ago about Beans. Beans is a little dog who has been the glue to a company that has suffered many losses over in Iraq. Too many. She is more than the Unit Mascot - she is their Friend, and someone to talk to. Families are working to bring her home to be with the unit when they return in September.
Jennifer Salzer spearheaded this drive because she needs to stay with her unit. 'Of course there is red tape and funds needed to make this happen. And the story has been sent to big media to raise the money, most will go to quarentine and travel and other tedious expenses, but the funds are pouring in, so it looks like Beans will return home with her Boys....as she should.
If you want to give to support the 325th Unit or Beans:
Beans Foundation
157 South Main Street
Akron, Ohio
44308
I also want to add if you have loving slobbery dog- think about looking into
volunteering and do pet therapy with your pet at a local VA center or hospital.
I have been doing some street therapy with homeless vets with my
dog Lilly and it is amazing the joy and comfort she brings....
Think about it....
Please read about Beans at http://newsnet5.com/family/483219/detail.html
Update 8-17-05
I spoke with Jennifer tonight and it looks like Beans will be hopefully shipping out
in the next ten days..hopefully and enough funds have been raised to
hopefully put towards bringing more Unit Mascots back from Iraq-
apparently there are quite a few.
WEWS- newsnet5.com has a new update tonight by Leon Bibbs-
they have been doing a nice job to support this effort.
She hopes to have Beans on the Tarmac to greet the Marines when they
return....in the next month.
A letter to the King about Augie
Dear King George-
It is now Day 17 of your vacation from Reality. You have been so busy with your galas, and riding/falling off
your bike with Famous Athletes, and chopping wood. I do hope you started that reading list I sent.
This week in Ohio there have been funerals, one or two a day as there were 20 to bury in the past 2 weeks.
The media have been kind enough to show the caskets, and the funerals, and Fallen returning to the airport.
Thousands have been supporting the families, lining the streets, and going to the funerals.
These are good hardworking taxpaying families trying to support their neighbors.
It is about Paying their Respects.
It is about Honor.
I decided I will do my best to help you get to know some of these Fallen.
Especially the Ones from Ohio.
Today I will tell you a bit about Auggie.
Augie was from Ohio, and his parents are speaking out loud and clear.
He was buried this week, he is one of the 20 Marines from Ohio that
died in the past few weeks.
His parents Rosemary and Paul have issued statements that tell
about him....everything from his time working with boyscouts
to EMT to rebuilding houses...
He was one of those that signed up to be in the Reserves after 911-
never thinking he would ever see combat.
That was so much more than brave and young.
He still had dreams and he effected so many in Cleveland.
And he never thought he would be sent to die in Iraq.
Read below for Augie's story:
http//:www.newsnet5.com/news/486005794/detail.html
and
His Parents statement ( they have been talking about their
support of Cindy)
Read: http://www.newsnet5.com/4860552/detail.html
And posts/stories about the Candlelight vigil tonight
"Peace Vigil Mom" http://www.newsnet5.com/4862739/detail/html
There are many candlelight vigils planned in Ohio tonight-
many right in the Cleveland Area- near Brook Park-
some are at Park, some at Churches, some at Vet memorials-
all will hopefully bring some comfort and honor to these grieving
families....
It is now Day 17 of your vacation from Reality. You have been so busy with your galas, and riding/falling off
your bike with Famous Athletes, and chopping wood. I do hope you started that reading list I sent.
This week in Ohio there have been funerals, one or two a day as there were 20 to bury in the past 2 weeks.
The media have been kind enough to show the caskets, and the funerals, and Fallen returning to the airport.
Thousands have been supporting the families, lining the streets, and going to the funerals.
These are good hardworking taxpaying families trying to support their neighbors.
It is about Paying their Respects.
It is about Honor.
I decided I will do my best to help you get to know some of these Fallen.
Especially the Ones from Ohio.
Today I will tell you a bit about Auggie.
Augie was from Ohio, and his parents are speaking out loud and clear.
He was buried this week, he is one of the 20 Marines from Ohio that
died in the past few weeks.
His parents Rosemary and Paul have issued statements that tell
about him....everything from his time working with boyscouts
to EMT to rebuilding houses...
He was one of those that signed up to be in the Reserves after 911-
never thinking he would ever see combat.
That was so much more than brave and young.
He still had dreams and he effected so many in Cleveland.
And he never thought he would be sent to die in Iraq.
Read below for Augie's story:
http//:www.newsnet5.com/news/486005794/detail.html
and
His Parents statement ( they have been talking about their
support of Cindy)
Read: http://www.newsnet5.com/4860552/detail.html
And posts/stories about the Candlelight vigil tonight
"Peace Vigil Mom" http://www.newsnet5.com/4862739/detail/html
There are many candlelight vigils planned in Ohio tonight-
many right in the Cleveland Area- near Brook Park-
some are at Park, some at Churches, some at Vet memorials-
all will hopefully bring some comfort and honor to these grieving
families....
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Candlelight Vigil Planned 8-17-05
To all those supporting Camp Casey and the fine work of the Crawford House-
and to Cindy we send love and support your way,
and there will be millions of candles burning at 7:30 PM Wed.August 17
( see Moveon.org for site nearest to you)
There are over 1000 planned- that is truly inspiring.
Nag your local Media to Cover.
( Media here in Ohio are finally showing funerals)
Keep sending money and supplies,postards to the Camp Casey.
Food Not Bombs phone and info on their website.
The Right Left story and Peace in Pink Sneakers ( Code Pink)
have been keeping everyone so informed....they are truly
awesome.
Truthout is Amazing - Incredible minute by minute
blogging ( One Woman's Stand), interviews and video.
Please send them funds as well.
Please read this blog tomorrow I will have the story of Beans-
Beans is an Ohio Legend over in Iraq- He is a little Unit dog.
( I still have interviews to finish before I post his full story)
He was with the unit of Marines that lost 14 members last week-
families in Ohio ( the Brook Park unit )
are trying to bring the dog back to Ohio to be with the
grieving brothers of this unit that is set to return to the States
in September- it will cost $3000-
red tape etc. but one brave girl is trying to get him
here..read more tomorrow.
My eyes are blogged out- so I am calling it a night.
I hope everyone goes to the Vigil tomorrow.
No letters for the King tonight.
and to Cindy we send love and support your way,
and there will be millions of candles burning at 7:30 PM Wed.August 17
( see Moveon.org for site nearest to you)
There are over 1000 planned- that is truly inspiring.
Nag your local Media to Cover.
( Media here in Ohio are finally showing funerals)
Keep sending money and supplies,postards to the Camp Casey.
Food Not Bombs phone and info on their website.
The Right Left story and Peace in Pink Sneakers ( Code Pink)
have been keeping everyone so informed....they are truly
awesome.
Truthout is Amazing - Incredible minute by minute
blogging ( One Woman's Stand), interviews and video.
Please send them funds as well.
Please read this blog tomorrow I will have the story of Beans-
Beans is an Ohio Legend over in Iraq- He is a little Unit dog.
( I still have interviews to finish before I post his full story)
He was with the unit of Marines that lost 14 members last week-
families in Ohio ( the Brook Park unit )
are trying to bring the dog back to Ohio to be with the
grieving brothers of this unit that is set to return to the States
in September- it will cost $3000-
red tape etc. but one brave girl is trying to get him
here..read more tomorrow.
My eyes are blogged out- so I am calling it a night.
I hope everyone goes to the Vigil tomorrow.
No letters for the King tonight.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Day 14 of King George's Vacation
Dear King George-
This might be a bit long maybe the Queen will read it to you .....
Shame On You....yet again.
Did you go to any Funerals ? They are still burying and honoring 20 fallen Marines in Ohio... And 7 more funerals being planned after this weekend. Is your heart Heavy ? It should be.....
Did you go to Church Today, did you say a prayer for the grieving families in your backyard at Camp Casey?
I know that you are on Day 14 of your Vacation on your comfortable ranch. And that you have been soooo busy, I mean you have to keep busy so that you won't SEE the hundreds of grieving souls in your own backyard. ( I think it is more than 700 now on Day 8). The Hundreds who are grieving the loss of their precious family members. I know it was easy for you and Mr.Turd Blossum Rove to yell at the press and tell them to sandbag the poor grieving mom. There just isn't enough Aqua Velva to make you smell good through all of This. The Ditch People of Camp Casey have seen you coming and going in your Armored Surburban Herd, you could not get past them fast enough. I guess the speed limit applies to protecting cattle but not the Ditch People. It must be so embarassing to you when the Brave Ditch People and the Courageous Mom are getting Press Worldwide ( even the French papers, even the Chinese, even Brazil, Even India, Even Africa...etc etc- soon Camp Casey will need translators to help all the journalists reporting the Real Truth).
I don't know if you blog, or read, or read the papers, but if you Google Cindy Sheehan you will get 789,359 hits. That is Not so Fuzzy Math, that is a really big number. It means people are reading about her, her loss, reading her messege, that she has a Brave Courageous Voice.That she is Telling the truth....and the Whole World is Watching.
When you whizzed by humping your way to yet Another Foot Stomping Orgasmic Gluttonous Pork Snorting Beer Guzzling Fundraiser did you see Anything ? Anything that would Shock or Awe you ? Did you see moms holding baby pictures of Lost Sons ? Did you see Prayer flags strung between the Tents waving in the oven hot breezes sending prayers of hope and love to the Troops still sweltering in the Oily Hell Hole we know is Iraq? Did you see the Dads and Vets, and even some of the Bush supporters sharing stories, worries,frustation ? Some of the Bush supporters- a meager amount showed up this weekend - and what they met were not a bunch of stinky protestors, but real families, patriotic families- real people- just like them. And soon small flags were placed at Arlington West next to Camp Casey . And Suddenly "your" people are Not your people anymore they are parents and neighbors, just like Cindy. Walmart workers,construction workers, bloggers,students, nurses, school teachers, grandparents, truckers, lawyers,filmakers, bread bakers, suddenly are Talking to each other,discussing your lies, sharing tears, hugs, sharing the Truth. We were told by the media that you go to the ranch to get in touch with "your" people, your folks. Whelp- your "folks", your people- all of them are right in your back yard. This is your Shock and Awe Moment- but you perhaps are too Busy Oiling Up the Next Deal. We can only pray it is NOT the next Battle zone.
( Iran ??!!?)
Maybe you need to work on your Summer Reading List while you are spending so much time on the ranch. Please be sure to see the Reading List at the bottem of this letter....but to start with you might want to pick up my favorite that I have been rereading with All the Presidents Men. ( I do apologize that the reading list is all chapter books- no picture books).
I have been rereading the Emperor's New Clothes. Perhaps you don't remember it, maybe you should review it ( It has pictures). In the Story the King is deluded and he has a wonderful Propaganda Cabinet and Propaganda Footmen, and last but not least Propaganda Tailors weaving and sewing him quite a Costume, an Image, an Illusion. Only finally is there a Parade, and at the parade to honor the deluded leader Things Fall Apart. At the Parade there is an Moment of Epiphany, a moment of Truth where an extraordinary child points out the obvious and asks some Hard Questions. I know the story is mere child 's play, but surely you can see the parallels, minus missing evil dictators and missing evil weapons and "evil doers". And in the story the child was not forced to sit in a Ditch......and once the Truth was out, Nothing was ever the same, especially for the King.
( I think he was Impeached ?... or was it Beheaded ?...or was is tried for War Crimes ?)
Ahh, There is Nothing worse than the Naked Truth....Except a Naked King.
Maybe while you are home on the ranch we should review some of your previous summer exploits......
In 2001 Your Polls plummeted ( not as low as they are now) and Uncle Dick asked for money to build new bases ( august 2001) and yet NO ONE noticed the Security MEMO OF August 6, I know we are susposed to Remember 911. Not me, I am remembering 8-6-01 and how the Warnings of John Oneill, Mr.Clarke, and the Alex Project were TOTALLY ignored- right there while you were on the ranch. The Memo talked about Bin Laden planning to use Planes to Attack( even said it in the title) and the memo was sent to you after a very Concerning Video was sent from Bin Laden that year ( although the Public Never saw or heard of THAT) ( And the Public NEVER learned of the August 6 Warning until it was Pried out during the 911 Hearings, literally wrung out of Condelezza Rice Summer 2003). And certainly no one was aware that you had sent Afghanistan Taliban millions weeks after you took you oath in 2001 (something about pesticides to slow down the Herion Trade....)
Not that it really matters Now, because Iraq has nothing to do with 911, We All Know That Now.
But we also know that as early as March 2002 you were cooking up plans to send troops to Iraq, and by July you were really working on it. Working on it at the Ranch on your Vacation that August. Reporters asked you and Mr.Rumsfeld about Iraq as you both stood in the seething sun, and you both snickered and giggled and sneered" No".
And now we all know about the Downing Street Memos from that fateful secret year...is that what The Giggle was about ?
( Perhaps a Giggle was shared with Mr.Tony at a Good ol'lipsmackin' Ranch BBQ that summer as well...)
And we all know that in Summer 2003 the White House chose Mr.Wilson's Wife to be Fair Game.
( And now we all know that MOMS are NOT Fair Game, maybe you should tell Turd Blossom).
And now you "say" you are staying "YOUR" Course. Even though no one knows What GodSmacked GodForsaken Course that is ??!
You see Cindy is Staying her Course, her Course is that she is there, Right in your backyard , because you took something from her and she wants Answers. Because it is too late to bring back her son....
She is still a Mom, a Patriotic American.....
And what you don't seem to See is that many people under your " leadership" have lost So Much: jobs, homes, health insurance,health, hope for research to stop deadly diseases, hope for some level of US Diplomacy, and security....and now children. People have sacrificed and not on their own terms, sacrificed so your goodol'boy Buddies and your Daddy could make HUGE profits. And the people in your backyard have sacrificed their own flesh and blood. I will keep asking this everyday- WHAT? WHAT have you sacrificed ?
It's kind of like the Emperor's New Clothes Epiphany Moment right now, only the parade moment is the Ditch in your backyard, and it isn't celebratory, it is a Vigil for the Fallen. Camp Casey is Moms and Dads and Vets who Want Answers, no more Lies, Answers and The Truth. No More Delusional Parades or Tirades from a immoral yellow bellyed Bring'em On leader. Because there are no parades for their Losses at Camp Casey....not even any words of kindness from your Soiled House.
My Great Aunt May , was a real Sensible Southern Woman- she could hold her Bourbon, and look you in the eye Know your "salt". ( She would be so proud of Cindy).She grew up after the Civil War, raised by one of Lincoln's photographers. Thanks to that upbringing she was real fond of quoting President Lincoln....it gave her a sense of honor, of dignity. She would dust those old cracked photographs with love and respect, like he was family.
Yet She had a saying of her own " Lies are alot like Fish, The longer they sit out, The worse they Stink."
In that hot Texas unwavering sun Something is Really Stinkin' now. And it ain't Fish.
Until Tomorrow.....
**** Don't forget your Summer Reading List, after all Knowledge is Power****
BOOKLIST:
The Man who warned America by Murray Weiss
The Price of Loyalty by Ron Suskind ( you remember Paul O'Neil)
Against all Enemies Richard A.Clarke
The Politics of Truth by Joseph Wilson
This might be a bit long maybe the Queen will read it to you .....
Shame On You....yet again.
Did you go to any Funerals ? They are still burying and honoring 20 fallen Marines in Ohio... And 7 more funerals being planned after this weekend. Is your heart Heavy ? It should be.....
Did you go to Church Today, did you say a prayer for the grieving families in your backyard at Camp Casey?
I know that you are on Day 14 of your Vacation on your comfortable ranch. And that you have been soooo busy, I mean you have to keep busy so that you won't SEE the hundreds of grieving souls in your own backyard. ( I think it is more than 700 now on Day 8). The Hundreds who are grieving the loss of their precious family members. I know it was easy for you and Mr.Turd Blossum Rove to yell at the press and tell them to sandbag the poor grieving mom. There just isn't enough Aqua Velva to make you smell good through all of This. The Ditch People of Camp Casey have seen you coming and going in your Armored Surburban Herd, you could not get past them fast enough. I guess the speed limit applies to protecting cattle but not the Ditch People. It must be so embarassing to you when the Brave Ditch People and the Courageous Mom are getting Press Worldwide ( even the French papers, even the Chinese, even Brazil, Even India, Even Africa...etc etc- soon Camp Casey will need translators to help all the journalists reporting the Real Truth).
I don't know if you blog, or read, or read the papers, but if you Google Cindy Sheehan you will get 789,359 hits. That is Not so Fuzzy Math, that is a really big number. It means people are reading about her, her loss, reading her messege, that she has a Brave Courageous Voice.That she is Telling the truth....and the Whole World is Watching.
When you whizzed by humping your way to yet Another Foot Stomping Orgasmic Gluttonous Pork Snorting Beer Guzzling Fundraiser did you see Anything ? Anything that would Shock or Awe you ? Did you see moms holding baby pictures of Lost Sons ? Did you see Prayer flags strung between the Tents waving in the oven hot breezes sending prayers of hope and love to the Troops still sweltering in the Oily Hell Hole we know is Iraq? Did you see the Dads and Vets, and even some of the Bush supporters sharing stories, worries,frustation ? Some of the Bush supporters- a meager amount showed up this weekend - and what they met were not a bunch of stinky protestors, but real families, patriotic families- real people- just like them. And soon small flags were placed at Arlington West next to Camp Casey . And Suddenly "your" people are Not your people anymore they are parents and neighbors, just like Cindy. Walmart workers,construction workers, bloggers,students, nurses, school teachers, grandparents, truckers, lawyers,filmakers, bread bakers, suddenly are Talking to each other,discussing your lies, sharing tears, hugs, sharing the Truth. We were told by the media that you go to the ranch to get in touch with "your" people, your folks. Whelp- your "folks", your people- all of them are right in your back yard. This is your Shock and Awe Moment- but you perhaps are too Busy Oiling Up the Next Deal. We can only pray it is NOT the next Battle zone.
( Iran ??!!?)
Maybe you need to work on your Summer Reading List while you are spending so much time on the ranch. Please be sure to see the Reading List at the bottem of this letter....but to start with you might want to pick up my favorite that I have been rereading with All the Presidents Men. ( I do apologize that the reading list is all chapter books- no picture books).
I have been rereading the Emperor's New Clothes. Perhaps you don't remember it, maybe you should review it ( It has pictures). In the Story the King is deluded and he has a wonderful Propaganda Cabinet and Propaganda Footmen, and last but not least Propaganda Tailors weaving and sewing him quite a Costume, an Image, an Illusion. Only finally is there a Parade, and at the parade to honor the deluded leader Things Fall Apart. At the Parade there is an Moment of Epiphany, a moment of Truth where an extraordinary child points out the obvious and asks some Hard Questions. I know the story is mere child 's play, but surely you can see the parallels, minus missing evil dictators and missing evil weapons and "evil doers". And in the story the child was not forced to sit in a Ditch......and once the Truth was out, Nothing was ever the same, especially for the King.
( I think he was Impeached ?... or was it Beheaded ?...or was is tried for War Crimes ?)
Ahh, There is Nothing worse than the Naked Truth....Except a Naked King.
Maybe while you are home on the ranch we should review some of your previous summer exploits......
In 2001 Your Polls plummeted ( not as low as they are now) and Uncle Dick asked for money to build new bases ( august 2001) and yet NO ONE noticed the Security MEMO OF August 6, I know we are susposed to Remember 911. Not me, I am remembering 8-6-01 and how the Warnings of John Oneill, Mr.Clarke, and the Alex Project were TOTALLY ignored- right there while you were on the ranch. The Memo talked about Bin Laden planning to use Planes to Attack( even said it in the title) and the memo was sent to you after a very Concerning Video was sent from Bin Laden that year ( although the Public Never saw or heard of THAT) ( And the Public NEVER learned of the August 6 Warning until it was Pried out during the 911 Hearings, literally wrung out of Condelezza Rice Summer 2003). And certainly no one was aware that you had sent Afghanistan Taliban millions weeks after you took you oath in 2001 (something about pesticides to slow down the Herion Trade....)
Not that it really matters Now, because Iraq has nothing to do with 911, We All Know That Now.
But we also know that as early as March 2002 you were cooking up plans to send troops to Iraq, and by July you were really working on it. Working on it at the Ranch on your Vacation that August. Reporters asked you and Mr.Rumsfeld about Iraq as you both stood in the seething sun, and you both snickered and giggled and sneered" No".
And now we all know about the Downing Street Memos from that fateful secret year...is that what The Giggle was about ?
( Perhaps a Giggle was shared with Mr.Tony at a Good ol'lipsmackin' Ranch BBQ that summer as well...)
And we all know that in Summer 2003 the White House chose Mr.Wilson's Wife to be Fair Game.
( And now we all know that MOMS are NOT Fair Game, maybe you should tell Turd Blossom).
And now you "say" you are staying "YOUR" Course. Even though no one knows What GodSmacked GodForsaken Course that is ??!
You see Cindy is Staying her Course, her Course is that she is there, Right in your backyard , because you took something from her and she wants Answers. Because it is too late to bring back her son....
She is still a Mom, a Patriotic American.....
And what you don't seem to See is that many people under your " leadership" have lost So Much: jobs, homes, health insurance,health, hope for research to stop deadly diseases, hope for some level of US Diplomacy, and security....and now children. People have sacrificed and not on their own terms, sacrificed so your goodol'boy Buddies and your Daddy could make HUGE profits. And the people in your backyard have sacrificed their own flesh and blood. I will keep asking this everyday- WHAT? WHAT have you sacrificed ?
It's kind of like the Emperor's New Clothes Epiphany Moment right now, only the parade moment is the Ditch in your backyard, and it isn't celebratory, it is a Vigil for the Fallen. Camp Casey is Moms and Dads and Vets who Want Answers, no more Lies, Answers and The Truth. No More Delusional Parades or Tirades from a immoral yellow bellyed Bring'em On leader. Because there are no parades for their Losses at Camp Casey....not even any words of kindness from your Soiled House.
My Great Aunt May , was a real Sensible Southern Woman- she could hold her Bourbon, and look you in the eye Know your "salt". ( She would be so proud of Cindy).She grew up after the Civil War, raised by one of Lincoln's photographers. Thanks to that upbringing she was real fond of quoting President Lincoln....it gave her a sense of honor, of dignity. She would dust those old cracked photographs with love and respect, like he was family.
Yet She had a saying of her own " Lies are alot like Fish, The longer they sit out, The worse they Stink."
In that hot Texas unwavering sun Something is Really Stinkin' now. And it ain't Fish.
Until Tomorrow.....
**** Don't forget your Summer Reading List, after all Knowledge is Power****
BOOKLIST:
The Man who warned America by Murray Weiss
The Price of Loyalty by Ron Suskind ( you remember Paul O'Neil)
Against all Enemies Richard A.Clarke
The Politics of Truth by Joseph Wilson
Friday, August 12, 2005
A Letter to the King Day 11 of the Vacation
Mr.Bush,
It is day 11 of your longest Vacation (yet) at The Western Whitehouse, your ranch. How long will you make Cindy and the other families wait in the Ditch by the road ? How long will they have to Endure the sweltering egg-frying sizzling heat, red ants, and drainage goo? They are enduring and waiting, showing grace and dignity at Camp Casey as you whiz by in your armored Suburbans on your way to yet another fundraising beer guzzling Pork Feast.
Did you even think of her as you dressed for your latest feast, slapping on extra Aqua Velva as you admired yourself in the mirror ?( You're not man enough for Old Spice). Did you think about her as you flew over in the helicopter ? Did you think about her as you engaged in "Hard Work" of chopping wood ? Or meeting with your advisors planning a Hoedown at the Pentagon on Sept 11 ? Or signing the gluttonous Energy Bill that benifits your buddies ?
You even came to Illinois this week to have a gloating visit to the Caterpillar Plant, yet you could not take time to come to Ohio where we are having a Funeral a day for 20 Marines that you called Noble last week. I guess you don't view Funerals as Noble or Grieving Families.
You say you go to the Ranch to get in touch with the People. I guess that would Not be the Ditch People. Be Careful when you drive by the Ditch People at Camp Casey and be quietly respectful, they are holding Vigil. They are Grieving. If you look Closely you will see something that you don't want to see.
Reality.
How many flagdraped coffins will return home while you are down on the Ranch? Have you gone to a single funeral yet? Even ONE ? Have you ever had young uniformed officers come knock on your door? Do you know about the Knock ? The Knock when the worst news you could ever recieve is brought to your door, taking away Someone that you love. It is a parents worst nightmare, it is a wife's worst nightmare. It is a Heartbreaking moment.
She is asking for an hour of your time. An hour to ask a couple of important questions. She wants to look you in the eye and ask these questions. The questions you don't want to answer, and that you don't want asked by Anyone. And yet now millions are asking those Questions. She is not alone in the Ditch.
And instead of walking down the road to the Camp Casey your goon squad is set in motion, the full Propaganda Machine all oiled up. Ms. Rice would call it " impugning her dignity and integrity". Only you can't SwiftBoat this woman, this mom. She has Guts. She is NOT "Fair Game". She is Fearless because she is filled with a Loss that you can not comprehend. Do you and your administration think it Noble to attack women on any level ? You have underestimated the women in this country. Especially the moms.
Yesterday she wrote a widely published piece about Accountability. Do you know what it means to be Accountable? It means:
required to be responsible, liable, chargeable. It means you owe her an Explanation for her loss, the loss that you caused.
You said in an interview on August 11 standing on the side of the road with your dusty sunbaked team, " I have heard from others of her position...she has a Right to her position". You were down the road from Camp Casey, yet you took your photo op looking irritated, peevish, and inconvenienced. She has the Right to ask Questions of Her Leader that caused her son's death. She has the Right to ask for the Truth. No one should have the right to send her son or anyone's son or daughter to a "war" based on Lies.
No one.
Not even you.
Your Administration and you like to say "We are Pro-life. We support Life."
Maybe you need to know that the Anti-War Movement is actually that , a movement that supports Ending Something that is killing people, ending lives. Mere monthes ago you rushed back to DC from the ranch to issue an inappropriate edict regarding Life ( Terri Schiavo). Maybe some lives matter more than others to our leadership.
It is merely day 11 of your 35 day vacation, a vacation that has become uncomfortable for you, The families of the dead loved ones are sitting in a ditch holding vigil with a grieving mom, waiting for you. Waiting for you to find Something you don't have and never will.
Courage.
Cindy's Courage has galvanized millions right in your back yard.
Those millions know the Truth that this war was based on Lies and Greed.
The Truth that the troops need to come home for the sake of the Iraqi's and the Troops there.
We are waiting and watching with Cindy at Camp Casey where the Truth is.
And it is only day 11.
It is day 11 of your longest Vacation (yet) at The Western Whitehouse, your ranch. How long will you make Cindy and the other families wait in the Ditch by the road ? How long will they have to Endure the sweltering egg-frying sizzling heat, red ants, and drainage goo? They are enduring and waiting, showing grace and dignity at Camp Casey as you whiz by in your armored Suburbans on your way to yet another fundraising beer guzzling Pork Feast.
Did you even think of her as you dressed for your latest feast, slapping on extra Aqua Velva as you admired yourself in the mirror ?( You're not man enough for Old Spice). Did you think about her as you flew over in the helicopter ? Did you think about her as you engaged in "Hard Work" of chopping wood ? Or meeting with your advisors planning a Hoedown at the Pentagon on Sept 11 ? Or signing the gluttonous Energy Bill that benifits your buddies ?
You even came to Illinois this week to have a gloating visit to the Caterpillar Plant, yet you could not take time to come to Ohio where we are having a Funeral a day for 20 Marines that you called Noble last week. I guess you don't view Funerals as Noble or Grieving Families.
You say you go to the Ranch to get in touch with the People. I guess that would Not be the Ditch People. Be Careful when you drive by the Ditch People at Camp Casey and be quietly respectful, they are holding Vigil. They are Grieving. If you look Closely you will see something that you don't want to see.
Reality.
How many flagdraped coffins will return home while you are down on the Ranch? Have you gone to a single funeral yet? Even ONE ? Have you ever had young uniformed officers come knock on your door? Do you know about the Knock ? The Knock when the worst news you could ever recieve is brought to your door, taking away Someone that you love. It is a parents worst nightmare, it is a wife's worst nightmare. It is a Heartbreaking moment.
She is asking for an hour of your time. An hour to ask a couple of important questions. She wants to look you in the eye and ask these questions. The questions you don't want to answer, and that you don't want asked by Anyone. And yet now millions are asking those Questions. She is not alone in the Ditch.
And instead of walking down the road to the Camp Casey your goon squad is set in motion, the full Propaganda Machine all oiled up. Ms. Rice would call it " impugning her dignity and integrity". Only you can't SwiftBoat this woman, this mom. She has Guts. She is NOT "Fair Game". She is Fearless because she is filled with a Loss that you can not comprehend. Do you and your administration think it Noble to attack women on any level ? You have underestimated the women in this country. Especially the moms.
Yesterday she wrote a widely published piece about Accountability. Do you know what it means to be Accountable? It means:
required to be responsible, liable, chargeable. It means you owe her an Explanation for her loss, the loss that you caused.
You said in an interview on August 11 standing on the side of the road with your dusty sunbaked team, " I have heard from others of her position...she has a Right to her position". You were down the road from Camp Casey, yet you took your photo op looking irritated, peevish, and inconvenienced. She has the Right to ask Questions of Her Leader that caused her son's death. She has the Right to ask for the Truth. No one should have the right to send her son or anyone's son or daughter to a "war" based on Lies.
No one.
Not even you.
Your Administration and you like to say "We are Pro-life. We support Life."
Maybe you need to know that the Anti-War Movement is actually that , a movement that supports Ending Something that is killing people, ending lives. Mere monthes ago you rushed back to DC from the ranch to issue an inappropriate edict regarding Life ( Terri Schiavo). Maybe some lives matter more than others to our leadership.
It is merely day 11 of your 35 day vacation, a vacation that has become uncomfortable for you, The families of the dead loved ones are sitting in a ditch holding vigil with a grieving mom, waiting for you. Waiting for you to find Something you don't have and never will.
Courage.
Cindy's Courage has galvanized millions right in your back yard.
Those millions know the Truth that this war was based on Lies and Greed.
The Truth that the troops need to come home for the sake of the Iraqi's and the Troops there.
We are waiting and watching with Cindy at Camp Casey where the Truth is.
And it is only day 11.
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