Oh, BTW, CNN actually posted the transcript of the smackdown that Soledad O'Brien got this morning from a woman who's house is high and dry. (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/08/ltm.05.html )
Delia LaBarre, New Orleans resident is the woman's name.
S. O'BRIEN: But even if you're not talking about bad elements or good elements in the population, I mean smell this water. It's horrible.
LABARRE: You're the one who chose to be here. I don't choose -- I didn't choose to be here. I just came to visit you (UNINTELLIGIBLE)...
S. O'BRIEN: But this is an indication of what it's like.
LABARRE: This is where you're camping out and this is what you're showing the world. You have everybody in the world believing that the whole city looks like it. I would suggest that you go over there and start -- and film a little bit where it's not flooded.
S. O'BRIEN: But even if your neighborhood is good this is toxic. I mean everyone...
LABARRE: Well...
S. O'BRIEN: ... agree it's a (UNINTELLIGIBLE)...
LABARRE: And why are you breathing it, you know? I mean how many days have you been here?
S. O'BRIEN: That's an excellent question.
LABARRE: I think it is.
S. O'BRIEN: We should wrap up our studio...
LABARRE: I think it is, you know?
S. O'BRIEN: But -- and I get your point. But I'm not going to live here. And I'm...
LABARRE: Well...
S. O'BRIEN: And some people would...
LABARRE: I mean the water is going down and I would not, I would go, I would have gone before the storm hit if I had been living in a low lying area. I know enough about how the city lies, the elevations at various points. I knew I was on one of the highest points in the city. I was above ground. And I had placed my fate with the city. My ancestors were original colonists of the city and they didn't tuck their tail between their legs and run.
S. O'BRIEN: You have electricity yet?
LABARRE: Not yet. It should be on any day.
It goes from there. Soledad looked like the complete nitwit that she is.
Boy, reading that dialogue reminds me of the MSM's coverage of the SF Earthquake in 1989. I had friends calling me from all around the world, thinking that the whole Bay Area had collapsed, just because all Dan Blather et al. showed was the Bay Bridge, the Marina and the Cypress structure where the major damage was. Never mentioned that 90% of the Bay Area, while jolted pretty good, was pretty much back to normal within about 4 or 5 hours!