A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...09-15-05...Dems Worried New Orleans Death Toll Lower than Hoped

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Dems worried New Orleans Death
Toll Lower than Hoped
by JohnHuang2

So far, it's not been a good week for Democrats. Rescuers in New Orleans are finding far fewer corpses than hoped (by Democrats), city streets are already drier than Teddy Kennedy after a month in detox as the Big Easy stirred back to life faster than expected two weeks after a major disaster triggered by powerful 160-foot oscillating fans mounted on platforms just off the Louisiana Gulf Coast, a Skull and Bones project funded by Bush's tax cuts for wealthy corporations working with FEMA in testing the first human-engineered racist hurricane.

In many parts of New Orleans, there were smaller mounds of trash, debris and rubble than you'd find after Mardi Gras. Death Toll lower than feared the headlines read over the weekend. No follow-up plague of super hairy-legged locusts, giant frogs, gnats, flies, two-headed vampire bats with a taste for Republican flesh. Not even boils, thunder and hail. Fewer dead than expected -- looks like Bush is off the hook again! So depressing.

In the immediate aftermath of Katrina, with estimates of 10,000 floating corpses in Lake New Orleans, dumped there by passing slave ships, libbies were readying another one of their solemn Wellstone memorial celebrations. The early hysteria was fed by those "10,000 killed; Bush named as Possible Suspect" media stories. The "10,000 dead" figure, which was based on media reports, which were based on media reports prompted by Mayor Ray Nagin who retrieved the figure from his keister, drove the reporting.

"New Orleans Mayor: 10,000 Feared Dead" blared one headline 1 week after Katrina. Democrats were quietly hoping for a bigger haul -- 25,000 would be nice; but hey, why be greedy? So they settled for 10k.

Now it looks like even that figure was wildly optimistic (for Democrats). The New York Times admitted Tuesday that "despite apocalyptic predictions, Marines searching St. Bernard Parish -- in the direct path of Hurricane Katrina -- have yet to find any bodies." Capt. Stephen Kahn, "operations officer for the battalion of Marines brought in from Camp Lejeune, N.C.," is quoted saying: "The areas worst flooded, as our guys are getting in there, they're not finding anything."

In short, the media reporting has been incompetent. At all levels, it failed. Reporters were too slow to respond, slow to understand the magnitude of the calamitous death toll that didn't happen. The reporting was disastrous. It showed the wretched failure of the media to prepare. Maybe the press is just too bureaucratic. I would fire them for incompetence. Or maybe ask for a commission. Or call Gov. Blanco. Just give me 24 hours to think about it.

Regarding the press, things could be worse. Just imagine if the media had been trying to inflate the death toll for shock value and high ratings to get people to watch those TV commercials which pay their bills! They'd never do it for ratings or sensationalism. Goodness no.

I'm just sick and tired of the media blaming Bush for downed power lines, uprooted trees, wrecked homes and flooded streets! They know darn well it was John Roberts who did it.

By Monday, those "10,000 Dead; Cheney Feasting On Corpses In Undisclosed Location" headlines of the prior week slowly gave way to: Death Toll Now Believed Lower Than 10,000. By "Lower Than 10,000", they mean 423. In Mediaspeak, South Florida's death toll from Katrina was under 1,000 -- or 7. In the Gulf Coast, given the extent of the damage -- the effects of Katrina covered an area of nearly 100,000 square miles -- the death toll's been remarkably low. More died from the scorching '95 Chicago heat wave (nearly 800 were killed) than from Katrina. Bush can't even plan a hurricane right.

Which is why Katrina competed for news coverage this week with the John Roberts criminal trial -- excuse me, Senate confirmation hearings.

Committee Democrats cross-examined Roberts over positions he took on contentious issues in debates back in 3rd Grade. They questioned him on a broad range of issues, such as abortion, capital punishment, abortion, civil rights, abortion, voting rights, abortion, presidential powers, abortion. And poor Sen. Joe Biden. He bruised his brain cell trying to get Roberts to say how he would rule on abortion. If this nominee won't tell us in advance what his rulings will be on cases that are likely to come before the court, HE AIN'T QUALIFIED TO BE A FAIR JUDGE!!

With the grim news of fewer than expected body bags taking the wind out of Katrina's sails, Democrats tried to shoehorn the hurricane into the confirmation hearings. Teddy Kennedy said in a statement that "the tragedy of Katrina shows in the starkest terms" blah, blah, blah.

The bottom line is that the tragedy of Katrina for Teddy is that Katrina was no 9/11. New Orleans was not attacked by some stateless, Saudi-funded hurricane. There was no need for Bush to grab a bullhorn atop a damaged home in New Orleans. Anyway, what was he supposed to say? 'I hear you, the rest of the world hears you and Hurricane Katrina will hear from all of us soon!' Hard to rally the nation against weather disturbances. 9/11 remade Bush into the "war President." Katrina would not remake Bush into the "Hurricane President." Bush was not going to announce a "War On Hurricanes" before a Joint Session of Congress, with preemptive bombing strikes against 'hurricanes and those who harbor them.' Better to fight hurricanes there so we won't have to fight them in New Orleans! LET'S BOMB THOSE HURRICANE TRAINING CAMPS IN PAKISTAN!

Nope, doesn't sound quite right. Libbies gazed into Katrina's eye (it was love at first sight) and saw a great opportunity. Thousands of body bags! Recession! Gas lines! Chimpy, crippled forever by Katrina! He may not even run in '08! Dems could smell corpses in the water.

But two weeks after Katrina, they can't even find the corpses. No gas lines. Pump prices are down. Bush's still light years ahead of Democrats in Congress. Economy's still hitting on all cylinders. And Katrina's gone! Poor, poor losercrats.

Anyway, that's...

My two cents

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Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[ohioWfan]

This is satire at it's FINEST, John!

Beautiful.........just BEAUTIFUL!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Morning, lovely (((((dutchess))))). Love that 'Seal'. LOL

King, this one HAS to be your best essay....imo. Excellent!

[LadyX]

Dear John Letter #1,374:

While digesting your description of the disaster Katrina was and is, and the disaster the liberals (always) are, I felt a tap on my shoulder!!

T'was made by a greatly respected persona from Days Gone By, John, with a message for you and The Finest.

I thus shall defer, and now turn the platform over to this fellow to relate his thoughts on this utterly revoltin' development.

"Hey there, Johnny boy - - know how you feel, all riled up by the scene down there...ignoramuses spoutin' right and left ('specially from the left!).
I happen to know a lot about the affected area, spendin' considerable time up and down the Mighty Mississippi, and even wrote a book about it -

Reminds me of when they were spewin' all over that I was dead -
I tell you, that rocked me, and I had to do a reality check...concluded "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

Well, son, that's *almost* what I said; a little altered by liberals of my day - - here's the God's truth of the whole matter, the way I scrawled it:

You know I always had a few things to say (chuckle, chuckle), and this fellow

and I agreed about this:

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
- Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

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"Well, son, guess you agree things haven't changed a bit, and I say it's up to you to carry on with cogent mutterings..:))"

"Turnin' you back over to LadyX, with one more thought: "That's just my 2 cents, JH2..:))"

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Wow, Dear John - - you brought words from A True Master of them!
Yep, the Dem Dogs still are loaded with fleas, and still scratch us to death dealin' with 'em....

~ LadyX

[LadyX]

Some more of Samuel Clemens, writing under the screen pen name of Mark Twain - -

DAYDREAMS

The castle-building habit, the day-dreaming habit--how it grows! what a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at every idle moment, how we revel in them, steep our souls in them, intoxicate ourselves with their beguiling fantasies--oh, yes, and how soon and how easily our dream-life and our material life become so intermingled and so fused together that we can't quite tell which is which, anymore.

- "The $30,000 Bequest"

[LadyX]

"Hello again, LadyX!"
"Whaddya think of these old photographs of me -
is my right side better, or the left?"

- - -

"Bet you say the right..:))"

[DollyCali]

Thank you dutchess for the work on the thread & for getting us started today. Great graphics & LOVE the pledge - little cutie all bundled up in old glory. I am sure some members of the John "flag" society would object but I LOVE IT.

John wonderful essay.. a little time off & you come back with bang up posts. and Ms Maggie... what JH2 would be complete with out your "dear john" letter, wit, humor & graphics..

thanks you all for the smile. I had NOT read the essay yesterday.. just quickly scanned for key words. it is great!

[LadyX]

- - -

Here are some of my musings on the topic of CHILDREN - -

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The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.
- Autobiography of Mark Twain

The darling mispronunciations of childhood!--dear me, there's no music that can touch it; and how one grieves when it wastes away and dissolves into correctness, knowing it will never visit his bereaved ear again.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

...this curious & pathetic fact of life: that when parents are old & their children grown up, the grown-up children are not the persons they formerly were; that their former selves have wandered away, never to return again, save in dream-glimpses of their young forms that tarry a moment & gladden the eye, then vanish & break the heart.

- "Memorial to Olivia Susan Clemens"

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This is a picture of my wife and children and me taken in June 1916.

[LadyX]

Hi, Miss Dolly!
Realize everyone is engrossed with work or glued to television reports on the Roberts Hearings and two hurricanes and the aftermaths - - just leaving a few things for when they are able to amble in..:))

The highlight of our weeks are when we can feast upon John's wonderful satirical writings!

[LadyX]

Need to take a "Work Break!"
The screened porch has a layer of dirt deep enough to grow weeds - well, almost..:) - and I've shifted it to the bottom of the priority List too often....

Also need to "share."

Be back later - -

[Issaquahking]

Talkin bout lib's that whine on command...











Life must be horrible being a demonrat!

[dutchess]

Great graphics Issaquahking. This essay has me cracking up (as the dems crack up) John certainly nails them doesn't he? Thanks for posting!!! (p.s. can I borrow the graphics for future reference?)

[dutchess]

((((maggie))))) Love your dear john letter.... between you and John.... ouch!!!! biting satire LOL! P.S. You have freepmail.

[dutchess]

Morning, lovely (((((dutchess)))))

BLUSH!!!!

King, this one HAS to be your best essay....imo. Excellent!

I agree. A classic!!!! (John had formatting problems this time which is the reason for lack of graphics...BUT...think is almost better because it didn't distract from your words...PLUS...had originally used a few pictures of a bloated Kennedy. I think my 'puter deliberately rejected it LOL!!!!!!

Hugs to you both!

[dutchess]

Hi Dolly. You have freepmail :o)

[dutchess]

Hi victoria. I post and ran last night. Thanks for the ping and bump!!!! This is one of Johns best in my opinion!

[DollyCali]

Hi there ms d.. quite day here.. I haven't been on line much at all today. Lots going on here & there & getting a few graphic programs punched out. Thought I would get my niece's intro here but she hasn't written up her profile yet to include in a table for her page that I did. Want people to be able to "meet her" w/o having to post it all on thread.

My grief support group went well last evening & I have had good feed back from it Next week starts the weight loss support group. Niece (new FReeper) is my assistant.

Rus, the corruption sounds terrible there. Is it even safe to be a politician there?

[Billie]

Hi, guys - sorry to be so late getting here - this time I read the essay in my mail, John! They are such crybabies. Shame they can't grow up and act like adults.

President's on now, addressing the nation - going to go listen. Thank you both for these great reads every Thursday! (I love those whiney graphics, dutchess!)

[The Mayor]

This one should keep us all thinking.

This is a true story of something that happened just a few years ago at USC.
There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed atheist.
His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire semester to prove that God couldn't exist.

His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. For twenty years, he had taught this class and no one had ever had the courage to go against him.

Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever really gone against him because of his reputation.

At the end of every semester on the las t day, he would say to his class of 300 students,

"If there is anyone here who still believes in Jesus, stand up!"

In twenty years, no one had ever stood up. They knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "Because anyone who believes in God is a fool".

If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that He is God, and yet He can't do it."

And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces.

All of the students would do nothing but stop and stare.

Most of the students thought that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they had been too afraid to stand up.

Well, a few years ago there was a freshman who happened to enroll. He was a Christian, and had heard the stories about his professor. He was required to take the class for his major, and he was afraid. But for three months that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor said, or what the class thought.

Nothing they said could ever shatter his faith...he hoped .

Finally, the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand up!" The professor and the class of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the classroom.

The professor shouted, "You FOOL!!! If God existed, he would keep this piece of chalk from breaking when it hit the ground!"

He proceeded to drop the chalk, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleat of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the ground, it simply rolled away unbroken. The professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man, and then ran out of the lecture hall.

The young man who had stood, proceeded to walk to the front of the room and shared his faith in Jesus
for the next half hour. 300 students stayed and listened as he told of God's love for them and of His power through Jesus.

[DollyCali]

Hi darlin'

[TweetyinOhio]

Hi DollyCali, guess who is the newest freeper here.....It's me your niece Shawna.....spread the word!!!!