I wanna write a NYT editorial too!!!
- Chip
You don't even have to know nothing!!! As a case in point, see the latest Krugman column.
OK, kook, then how come the Tuesday NYT didn't report it? Because when I went back and looked at the frontpage, and boy how easy was that, it doesn't even mention it. As a matter of fact, what it says is this...
I added the emphasis to highlight the lackadaisacal sense of the statement. Is this irresponsible journalism by so esteemed an institution as the New York Times, or are you just an asshat, Krugman? Most certainly both.
But wait, there's more! He actually makes the point that most responsible human beings have been making since Monday.
D'oh! Why, that even makes sense. Of course, Krugman refutes this, because common sense just has no place in his world.
Rules for the little people? No, these were rules for disaster preparation. It doesn't matter if the people are little or big, the simple fact is that local and state governments are the line of first offense in reaction to a catastrophic weather event. More and more facts emerge each day regarding state and local reaction to Katrina. DESPITE the efforts of the left wing media to hide them.
Here's another jewel from the front page, in the box titled Hurricane Katrina...
Really? No way! I guess that makes sense, though, if you believe Kanye West. If you're gonna go shoot black people, you may as well do it before they all leave. They were practically sitting ducks on top of those houses. But wait, I thought I saw the National Guard rescuing people! Must have been mistaken...
The most telling thing in the whole damned commentary...
Before anybody says that I took that out of context, I know exactly what I did. It seems to me that the media has long ago reverted to he-said-she-said journalism. I would prefer to see more of those damning factual accounts. That's why I quit reading the newspapers. I've found a much better source of information.
The same deer-in-the-headlights immobility prevailed as Katrina approached and struck the Gulf Coast. The storm gave plenty of warning. By the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 29, the flooding of New Orleans was well under way - city officials publicly confirmed a breach in the 17th Street Canal at 2 p.m. Yet on Tuesday federal officials were still playing down the problem, and large-scale federal aid didn't arrive until last Friday.
OK, kook, then how come the Tuesday NYT didn't report it? Because when I went back and looked at the frontpage, and boy how easy was that, it doesn't even mention it. As a matter of fact, what it says is this...
In New Orleans, most of the levees held, but one was damaged. Floodwaters rose to rooftop level in one neighborhood...
I added the emphasis to highlight the lackadaisacal sense of the statement. Is this irresponsible journalism by so esteemed an institution as the New York Times, or are you just an asshat, Krugman? Most certainly both.
But wait, there's more! He actually makes the point that most responsible human beings have been making since Monday.
What Mr. Allbaugh seems to have meant was that state and local government officials shouldn't count on FEMA to bail them out if they didn't prepare adequately for disasters. They should accept responsibility for protecting their constituents, and be held accountable if they don't.
D'oh! Why, that even makes sense. Of course, Krugman refutes this, because common sense just has no place in his world.
But those were rules for the little people. Now that the Bush administration has botched its own response to disaster, we're not supposed to play the "blame game."
Rules for the little people? No, these were rules for disaster preparation. It doesn't matter if the people are little or big, the simple fact is that local and state governments are the line of first offense in reaction to a catastrophic weather event. More and more facts emerge each day regarding state and local reaction to Katrina. DESPITE the efforts of the left wing media to hide them.
Here's another jewel from the front page, in the box titled Hurricane Katrina...
THE RELIEF EFFORT National Guard units joined federal, state, and private organizations in broad effort to provide relief
Really? No way! I guess that makes sense, though, if you believe Kanye West. If you're gonna go shoot black people, you may as well do it before they all leave. They were practically sitting ducks on top of those houses. But wait, I thought I saw the National Guard rescuing people! Must have been mistaken...
The most telling thing in the whole damned commentary...
The media will be tempted to revert to he-said-she-said stories rather than damning factual accounts.
Before anybody says that I took that out of context, I know exactly what I did. It seems to me that the media has long ago reverted to he-said-she-said journalism. I would prefer to see more of those damning factual accounts. That's why I quit reading the newspapers. I've found a much better source of information.
