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BLANCO SPEAKS OUT ON LIES, PAIN, AND GENDER BIAS
thedeadpelican.com ^
| 01/01/05
| Chad E. Rogers
Posted on 01/01/2006 7:18:12 AM PST by Ellesu
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To: Kozak; Diddle E. Squat; Dog Gone
So they got up on Wednesday morning and started feeding the media lies... making us look bad, making me look bad personally, Blanco tells KATC. Oh, she's wrong; we started criticizing her the Saturday before the storm at that pitiful press conference!
Women oftentimes are viewed- you know- as crying uh, and that theyre weak, theyre emotional, and that they cant handle the situation, whereas men if they shed a tear theyre being viewed as very compassionate.
This from the woman whose plan for the storm was to PRAY that Katrina turned away from New Orleans.
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posted on
01/01/2006 9:25:20 AM PST
by
Howlin
(Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
she invokes the pain of those she and Nagin harmed, but only points out the loss of their homes (inanimate objects which are absolutely vulnerable to devastating weather), and talks of shares of money......But her staff had their offices redone to the tune of $600,000!
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posted on
01/01/2006 9:26:51 AM PST
by
Howlin
(Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)
To: pepsionice
My Dad sold off his share of a successful instrumentation company in Texas City, TX in the early 80s and moved back to Louisiana to try his hand at the same thing in his home town.
He decided to bid on government contracts as well as private industry contracts. While he did OK on combined bids in the local market (very large market in SWLA), he was absolutely astounded at the corruption on the state level.
Almost all the sealed bids were opened early and the people handling the bids were openly asking bidders if they could improve their bids. If you actually made it to the next round, they were asking for kickbacks as if there were never any laws written against them.
It got to the point where my Dad just stopped bidding on state projects.
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posted on
01/01/2006 9:33:38 AM PST
by
Comstock1
(I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta bubble gum!)
To: Howlin
she invokes the pain of those she and Nagin harmed, but only points out the loss of their homes (inanimate objects which are absolutely vulnerable to devastating weather), and talks of shares of money......
But her staff had their offices redone to the tune of $600,000! Howlin, you have lost sight of the fact that all those folks that drowned don't really need those homes any more ... and, why should the governess care ... as long as she and her staff are comfortable?
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posted on
01/01/2006 9:39:48 AM PST
by
caryatid
(Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
To: Ellesu
All I know is that JW Marriott wanted to remove his staff and hotel guests from their hotels down there. Blanco and Nagin wouldn't give clearance for several days...
Lost a lot in translation there...
They drag their feet, people died.
To: Ellesu
I passed through NO on I-10 last week, it looked as if the storm had only hit days before. What the Hell is going on down there? Why is this woman still in office?
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posted on
01/01/2006 9:47:06 AM PST
by
Jalapeno
To: Jalapeno
One reason that Blanko hasn't been impeached yet is because the state got slammed with Katrina's evil twin three weeks later and the one's who were spearheading the recall simply had to take care of more important things like surviving. Rita damaged more of the state than Katrina. However, the local leaders in swla are competent so there hasn't been much national coverage on all that has been accomplished here.
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posted on
01/01/2006 11:47:21 AM PST
by
CajunConservative
(Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Jindal.)
To: Jalapeno
Don't look at me, I didn't vote for her. 'Course I'm not old enough, but I wouldn't have anyway. By the way, If I am remembering correctly, her home town of Lafayette didn't even vote for her.
To: Ellesu
There were people at the national level... and they started criticizing the president. Well the presidents people didnt like hearing that. So they got up on Wednesday morning and started feeding the media lies... making us look bad, making me look bad personally, Blanco tells KATC.
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posted on
01/01/2006 5:10:30 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: SkyPilot
She kind of reminds me of Mama.
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posted on
01/01/2006 5:42:55 PM PST
by
CajunConservative
(Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Jindal.)
To: Ellesu
Ahhh. There it is. Wonder why it didn't come up in search when I used "blanco"? Might have gotten it if I used "liar" or "thief".
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posted on
01/01/2006 6:04:50 PM PST
by
chemicalman
(Many have skeletons in their closets. In New Orleans, we have skeletons in our attics.)
To: chemicalman
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posted on
01/01/2006 6:09:35 PM PST
by
Ellesu
(www.thedeadpelican.com)
To: Just mythoughts
One of the things they said was that I had not signed the most basic thing and thats a declaration of disaster. Darla! I had signed that Friday before the storm! When Louisiana didnt even know a storm was coming!
They never said she didn't sign it. They said she never submitted it. SHe probably left it under her makeup case while dressing for the hurricane.
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posted on
01/01/2006 6:31:01 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: rawcatslyentist
Sadly I had to explain this cartoon to my wife 4 times before she "got it".
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posted on
01/01/2006 6:33:43 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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