Making Baby Jesus Cry

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm

Poll numbers out! Hank right/libs wrong. Pelosi and her ilk will be losing seats if they don't shut up.

Government Performance --
10% said George W. Bush has done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"
25% said "good"
21% said "neither good nor bad"
18% said "bad"
24% said "terrible"
2% had no opinion.

8% said federal government agencies responsible for handling emergencies have done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"
27% said "good"
20% said "neither good nor bad"
20% said "bad"
22% said "terrible"
3% had no opinion.

7% said state and local officials in Louisiana have done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"
30% said "good"
23% said "neither good nor bad"
20% said "bad"
15% said "terrible"
5% had no opinion.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm

Poll numbers out! Hank right/libs wrong. Pelosi and her ilk will be losing seats if they don't shut up.

Math is hard.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
You haven't seen this?

That's great! Oh, I hear the Dems have pretty much locked up the White House for another term on The West Wing. Can anyone here confirm?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by baltassoc
Because either 75% of what you post here is insincere, or you are a very warped person (actually, those aren't mutually exclusive, I suppose).
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Certainly some of my posts are partisanly rhetorical and the parodies are what they appear to be. Other than that if you have followed my posts I don't think my political philosophy is that far outside of the fiscal conservative/libertarian wing of the republican party, other than my philosophy about abortion is no longer libertarian albeit I am not against abortion , just for more limits, and since 9/11 I am more of an imperialist than I was before 9/11 (but probably equally imperialist as I was during Reagan's presidency through the fall of the iron curtain). I am usually directly in sync with views of the WSJ Editorial board.

I am not sure that is either warped or insincere.

Originally posted by baltassoc

There are dozens of people who read this board who both didn't feel the need to give through the board or in such a way as to benefit the board, but only you and Hank feel the need to be defensive about it. Why is that, do you think?*

*Genuinely curious. I don't mean to imply that you you and Hank are chumps. I mean, you are chumps**, but I didn't mean to imply it from the question.

**Not because of your charitible giving, just in general.

I'm not defensive. I thought and stand by my position that it was an arrogant and off putting thing to say, i.e. call someoen who did not give to your designated charity a chump. If someone solicited me in person for money and said, if you don't give to my cause you are a chump, I would definitely opt for chumpdom. With that in mind I was offering up that if your goal is greater participation in your cause (included from people who give to other worthy causes of their designation), you may want to re-phrase your pitch.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Gattigap
It's buried in today's article about the new authorization for $50B or so for Katrina relief, but I was especially startled to see this quote:

• At a news conference, Pelosi, D-Calif., said Bush's choice for head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency had "absolutely no credentials."
  
  She related that she had urged Bush at the White House on Tuesday to fire Michael Brown.
  
  "He said 'Why would I do that?'" Pelosi said.
  
  "'I said because of all that went wrong, of all that didn't go right last week.' And he said 'What didn't go right?'"
  
  "Oblivious, in denial, dangerous," she added.

I'm at the point where I'm hoping this really isn't true, because the thought of Bush honestly being so cocooned that he doesn't think that FEMA has done something wrong is truly depressing.

Gattigap

He already said publicly that the initial performance was unacceptable. Who knows what the distress of being in the presence of a shrill and shreiking harpy like Pelosi would make him say and as such it has no bearing.

When is someone going to call for Nagin to resign? Or do you all still withhold criticism of his monumental failure?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ltl/fb


Government Performance --
10% said George W. Bush has done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"
25% said "good"
21% said "neither good nor bad"
18% said "bad"
24% said "terrible"
2% had no opinion.

8% said federal government agencies responsible for handling emergencies have done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"
27% said "good"
20% said "neither good nor bad"
20% said "bad"
22% said "terrible"
3% had no opinion.

7% said state and local officials in Louisiana have done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"
30% said "good"
23% said "neither good nor bad"
20% said "bad"
15% said "terrible"
5% had no opinion.

56% have no negative opinion. Give that 40% of the country disagree with how the guy wipes his ass that is extraordinary. Plus, both here and in real life, the Dem's line has been the handling of the hurricane kills Bush in the public eye. I've have said it will be seen as an unavoidable tragedy, and the only the only politcal bump would come against the Dems if they try to make it an issue. So far I'm right on the first half. We'll see about the second half in next year's elections, because i know the Dems are too ignorant to shut the fuck up with the blaming.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
He already said publicly that the initial performance was unacceptable. Who knows what the distress of being in the presence of a shrill and shreiking harpy like Pelosi would make him say and as such it has no bearing.

When is someone going to call for Nagin to resign? Or do you all still withhold criticism of his monumental failure?

This is a question, not an accusation, but do you ever refer to male politicians as "shrill and shrieking harpies"? (I'm sure there are some out there who fit that bill.)

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Like Ty, neither of you need my defense, I'm sure.

No, but I would accept a lifting of the sanction, iykwimaittyd.

[Nut Case, Sensitive]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
He already said publicly that the initial performance was unacceptable. Who knows what the distress of being in the presence of a shrill and shreiking harpy like Pelosi would make him say and as such it has no bearing.

When is someone going to call for Nagin to resign? Or do you all still withhold criticism of his monumental failure?

Nagin, Blanco, Bush and Cheney ought to all resign.

Now when will you agree, and call for Bush's resignation.

[Nut Case, Sensitive]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
56% have no negative opinion. Give that 40% of the country disagree with how the guy wipes his ass that is extraordinary. Plus, both here and in real life, the Dem's line has been the handling of the hurricane kills Bush in the public eye. I've have said it will be seen as an unavoidable tragedy, and the only the only politcal bump would come against the Dems if they try to make it an issue. So far I'm right on the first half. We'll see about the second half in next year's elections, because i know the Dems are too ignorant to shut the fuck up with the blaming.

NUTS!


Thanks, it's good to be back to normal.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
He already said publicly that the initial performance was unacceptable. Who knows what the distress of being in the presence of a shrill and shreiking harpy like Pelosi would make him say and as such it has no bearing.

When is someone going to call for Nagin to resign? Or do you all still withhold criticism of his monumental failure?

I thought the hurricane took care of any need for Nagin's resignation. If a city has no residents does it require a Mayor?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Wait a minute. Did you go to the peach festival this year? That's good fun.

No, I actually punted on that trip this year. But I have been to the peach festival. Good times. I vacationed in Penticton for 7 consecutive years. That's when I was made an honourary citisen. Those were the days.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by baltassoc
If I think about what I know, you aren't going to like the answer.

I am sorry you are offended. Those who cannot donate should not be offended. When 9/11 occurred, I was in a financial postion that precluded me from donating anything above a token amount.

OTOH, had I seen at the time (and I did) people encouraging others to donate to some cause (or expressing dismay that others have not donated), I would have shrugged my shoulders, thought to myself "I've done what I can" and let it go.

And I'm still pretty.

I have given money here and there, and always do it anonymously. There's nothing wrong int talking about what you give to get others to do so, but I find it pointless for you to try to “out” Hank as selfish. I don’t give a shit whether Hank gives. Its his business. Leave the guy alone.

Give and talk about it all you like. But stop trying to arm twist or shame. It creeps me out.

ETA: And you ought to know Hank is fucking with you. I mean, come on... he’s drowning you on a long line here.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
We should take Al jazeera out. They are co-conspirators of Al Qaeda.

I disagree, and, fortunately, so does the Administration.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I thought the hurricane took care of any need for Nagin's resignation. If a city has no residents does it require a Mayor?

I watched Nagin speak for the past week now. He’s no Bush, but he’s awful. Blanco and the two senators are the only ones who appear to have any business governing anything larger than a church fair. The local politicos can’t even speak the King’s Fucking English, Brown from FEMA just muddles his way through canned excuses and Chertoff has major “Dog-in-headlights” paranoid eyes going. Where’s Cheney? He doesn’t give half a shit, but at least it’d be nice to see someone with a brain...