What's wrong with you people?

[fear_and_greed]

Canadians beat U.S. Army to New Orleans suburb

 

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A Canadian search-and-rescue team reached a flooded New Orleans suburb to help save trapped residents five days before the U.S. military, a Louisiana state senator said on Wednesday.

 

The Canadians beat both the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. disaster response department, to St. Bernard Parish east of New Orleans, where flood waters are still 8 feet deep in places, Sen. Walter Boasso said.

 

"Fabulous, fabulous guys," Boasso said. "They started rolling with us and got in boats to save people."

 

"We've got Canadian flags flying everywhere."

 

The stricken parish of 68,000 people was largely ignored by U.S. authorities who scrambled to get aid to New Orleans, a few miles (km) away. Boasso said residents of the outlying parishes had to mount their own rescue and relief efforts when Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on August 29.

 

The U.S. government response to the disaster has been widely criticized. Politicians and editorial writers have called for the resignation of top Bush administration officials.

 

Boasso said U.S. authorities began airdropping relief supplies to St. Bernard last Wednesday, the same day the Canadian rescue team of about 50 members arrived from Vancouver, nearly 2,200 miles away.

 

"They chartered a plane and flew down," he said.

 

Two FEMA officials reached the parish on Sunday and the U.S. Army arrived on Monday, he said.

 

"Why does it take them seven days to get the Army in?" Boasso asked.

 

He speculated that the smaller parishes suffered because the focus was on New Orleans, the famous home of jazz and Mardi Gras.

 

As for the Canadians, Boasso gave thanks for their quick work.

 

"They were so glad to be here," he said. "They're still here. They are actually going door-to-door looking in the attics" for people to rescue, he said.

[olyclimber]

Team Canada! F Ya!

[TREETOAD]

Would you expect anything less? They were probably able to get there quicker because they didn't have all those bulky heavy weapons to carry around.

[bunglehead]

Nah, we didn't get there first because we were too busy blaming it on "the poor people".

Or as Barbara Bush would say: "The underpriveleged"

[TREETOAD]

Fair enough, and as they are from the west coast they are also used to walking around knee deep in water.

Good on them.

[catbirdseat]

Did they send French Canadians?

[selkirk]

What's wrong with you people?

 

I believe the correct answer is, "More things than you can possibly imagine, and or have time to discuss."

 

Just look here for a sample... the Nodder! OMG

[olyclimber]

Why did it take you 32 minutes longer than TREETOAD, who is CANADIAN to come up with a witty response?

[selkirk]

because some of us are being productive today

[ScottP]

Nah, we didn't get there first because we were too busy blaming it on "the poor people".

Or as Barbara Bush would say: "The underpriveleged"

Bush Sr, The Shrub, Brown and Chertoff said they aren't going to play the "blame game", (and then some of them turn around and blame state and city governments for not being prepared).

 

As John Stewart said so well, "Those who won't play the "blame game" are themselves to blame."

[bunglehead]

Don't mention John Stewart to me or I'm going to be forced to get cable!

[jmace]

Not only did the rescue team get there first but the TV team following them was there first as well.

 

Barbaras qoute was quite amazing :

What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."

- Former first lady BARBARA BUSH said in comments first aired on the public radio program "Marketplace" that many of the refugees from New Orleans were so poor to begin with that they ought to be pretty happy with their temporary digs in Houston.

 

This guys was good :

"So I'm asking Congress, please investigate this now. Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot. Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot. Just don't give me the same idiot."

- AARON BROUSSARD, president of Jefferson Parish, on CBS' "The Early Show."

[bunglehead]

Hmm, if I didn't know any better, I'd hazard a guess that maybe most of the Bush clan are a bunch of elitist, racist pigs.

[b-rock]

John Stewart:

 

"Now, for you people who are saying, 'Well, stop pointing fingers at the president ... left-wing ... the media's being too hard: No. Shut up. No. This is inarguably -- inarguably -- a failure of leadership from the top of the federal government.

 

"Remember when Bill Clinton went out with Monica Lewinsky? That was inarguably a failure of judgment at the top. Democrats had to come out and risk losing credibility if they did not condemn Bill Clinton for his behavior. I believe Republicans are in the same position right now. And I will say this: Hurricane Katrina is George Bush's Monica Lewinsky. The only difference is this: Tens of thousands of people weren't stranded in Monica Lewinsky's vagina."

[Jim]

The Bush administration is very good at politics, but not very good at governing or leading.

 

WTF would you appoint the recently resigned head of the Arabrian Horse Breeders Association as the head of an important agency such as FEMA?

[bunglehead]

I trust him. Just take 09/11 as an example.

He gave George Tenet the Medal of Freedom!

[Kitergal]

John Stewart:

 

 

The only difference is this: Tens of thousands of people weren't stranded in Monica Lewinsky's vagina."

 

 

OMFG!!

[murraysovereign]

WTF would you appoint the recently resigned head of the Arabrian Horse Breeders Association as the head of an important agency such as FEMA?

 

My understanding is he was fired from the Arabian Horse Association. So that makes way more sense, 'cause there's no way Dubya would ever put a quitter in such an important position.

[archenemy]

John Stewart:

 

 

The only difference is this: Tens of thousands of people weren't stranded in Monica Lewinsky's vagina."

Is there proof of this?

[Ducknut]

I have fallen and I can't get out!

[olyclimber]

Relax. Smoke a cigar. FEMA will be there in 3 weeks to rescue you.

[archenemy]

Relax. Smoke a cigar. The Nodder will be there in 3 weeks to rescue you.

Inane in the membrane.

[olyclimber]

this is what is wrong with America.

[archenemy]

A text book example?

[olyclimber]

Stop kissing up! You know I love to hear my own voice!