Caught on video, a disguntled citizen tells Dick Cheney to “Go f**k yourself”.
Story with video links

Here’s some video footage from MSNBC
It’s about time somebody in a major network wasn’t afraid to be critical of our government.
Check it out.

FEMA news.
FEMA is totally fucking up, their leadership is inept. Perhaps someone should stop appointing his buddies to posts (who then appoint their buddies).
The first one here is from their own site:

FEMA tells first responders not to respond first.

FEMA turns down Amtrak’s offer of help

FEMA turns away experienced firefighters.

FEMA turns away Wal-Mart supply trucks.

FEMA stops Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel.

FEMA won’t let Red Cross deliver food.

FEMA won’t let morticians enter New Orleans.

FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen floatila from delivering aid.

FEMA doesn’t utilize 600-bed hospital ship provided by Navy.

FEMA turns down Chicago’s massive offer of aid.

FEMA stops delivery of generators.

Some more here.
How else can this be viewed other than a monumental failure?

New Orleans mayor lashes out at feds
Nagin: ‘They are spinning and people are dying’
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.nagin/index.html
Listen to his interview, he’s pissed.

For those wanting to help/donate the people of New Orleans, please read this:
https://www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_4498,00.html
I have no doubt that there are people out there trying to profit off of other people’s charity. I suggest everyone give directly to the organization they are trying to donate to instead of going through intermediaries.

From the Times-Picayune

House Speaker: Rebuilding N.O. doesn’t make sense
Thursday, 2:55 p.m.
By Bill Walsh
Washington bureau
WASHINGTON
- House Speaker Dennis Hastert dropped a bombshell on flood-ravaged New
Orleans on Thursday by suggesting that it isn’t sensible to rebuild the
city.
“It doesn’t make sense to me,” Hastert told the Daily
Herald in suburban Chicago in editions published today. “And it’s a
question that certainly we should ask.”
Hastert’s comments came
as Congress cut short its summer recess and raced back to Washington to
take up an emergency aid package expected to be $10 billion or more.
Details of the legislation are still emerging, but it is expected to
target critical items such as buses to evacuate the city, reinforcing
existing flood protection and providing food and shelter for a growing
population of refugees.
The Illinois Republican’s comments drew an immediate rebuke from Louisiana officials.
“That’s
like saying we should shut down Los Angeles because it’s built in an
earthquake zone,” former Sen. John Breaux, D-La., said. “Or like saying
that after the Great Chicago fire of 1871, the U.S. government should
have just abandoned the city.”
Hastert said that he supports
an emergency bailout, but raised questions about a long-term rebuilding
effort. As the most powerful voice in the Republican-controlled House,
Hastert is in a position to block any legislation that he opposes.
“We
help replace, we help relieve disaster,” Hastert said. “But I think
federal insurance and everything that goes along with it… we ought to
take a second look at that.”
The speaker’s comments were in
stark contrast to those delivered by President Bush during an
appearance this morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“I want
the people of New Orleans to know that after rescuing them and
stabilizing the situation, there will be plans in place to help this
great city get back on its feet,” Bush said. “There is no doubt in my
mind that New Orleans is going to rise up again as a great city.”
Insurance
industry executives estimated that claims from the storm could range up
to $19 billion. Rebuilding the city, which is more than 80 percent
submerged, could cost tens of billions of dollars more, experts
projected.
Hastert questioned the wisdom of rebuilding a city below sea level that will continue to be in the path of powerful hurricanes.
“You know we build Los Angeles and San Francisco on top of earthquake issures and they rebuild, too. Stubbornness,” he said.
Hastert
wasn’t the only one questioning the rebuilding of New Orleans. The
Waterbury, Conn., Republican-American newspaper wrote an editorial
Wednesday entitled, “Is New Orleans worth reclaiming?”
“Americans’
hearts go out to the people in Katrina’s path,” it said. “But if the
people of New Orleans and other low-lying areas insist on living in
harm’s way, they ought to accept responsibility for what happens to
them and their property.”

Hmm okay, a lot of those people didn’t choose to live there. Should we have abandoned Chicago after the fire or just refuse to rebuild anytime an earthquake hits california cities? What a retard.
What may happen though is the insurance agencies may refuse to policies to people wanting to rebuild in new orleans. Which would really suck. New Orleans has more history and culture than the majority of the cities in this country.

When minorities do it, it’s “looting”. When whites do it, it’s “finding food”.
Compare the two:
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_shxwaoma_photo1
EDIT:
Yahoo has removed the offending story, here’s a screenshot of it before it’s removal.

Looks like the hurricane damage is far from over in New Orleans.
The levee protecting New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain broke last night and water is pouring into the city. As of now, 80 percent of New Orleans is flooded and some areas are under as much as 20 feet of water. The water mains have broken and contaminated the drinking water.
If you want to help, please donate to the Red Cross.

Why isn’t the national media covering this bullshit?
A rave in Utah was busted over the weekend by the National Guard with helicopters, machine guns and tear gas. People were forced to the ground at gunpoint and attacked by dogs. Others were beaten.
Here is a video someone got of the event and also some first hand testimony.
If you are outraged by this excessive force, contact the Utah state goverment here:
http://www.utah.gov/government/contactgov.html

Today President Bush bypassed the Senate’s block of John Bolton’s nomination to the post of UN Ambassador by using a rule that allows for “temporary appointments” while Congress is in recess.
Two years seems like long time for a temporary position. When I think of a “temp job” I usually think of those 2 week deals where you are some person’s copyboy until while Bob is out on vacation.
In any case, this reminds me of a movie I saw once.
“The US Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the President has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.
But that’s impossible. How will the President maintain control without the bureaucracy?
The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.”