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2005-09-06 Home Front: Economy

Lt. General Honore blasts press coverage of Katrina aftermath

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-06 00:42|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Got any links on the General's arrival and this interview.Sounds like this guy is a lot like Stormin Norman when it comes to dealing with the press.My favorite Swarzkoff quote"That's a bunch of Bovine Scatology".

Posted by raptor 2005-09-06 09:51|| 2005-09-06 09:51|| Front Page Top

#2 We need more can-do people like Lt. General Honore in the public view. And when slime-spewers like CNN give them crap, and the can-do people dump it back in the faces of the reporters, we need the higher-ups in the government, like the Cabinet and the President back them up and tell the CNNoids, that, well, that is how we call them.

Press: Do you always look at the press negatively like that?
General: Yes, Ma'am. We certainly do. Most of you are, uh, shall we say, biased, agenda driven, lazy, cowardly, and worthless, nothing personal, you understand.....

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-09-06 16:35|| 2005-09-06 16:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Saw an interview of the mayor this morning (CBS?). It was an incredibly soft interview primarily allowing him to blame the federal government, instead of his administration's unpreparedness or the lawless citizens of N.O. There was not one tough question.

Later I saw an interview of an aircraft carrier captain. The newsbabe was trying her hardest to get the captain to fault FEMA and the feds. No matter how many times she tried, he wouldn't bite. Near the end, the captain said the ship had taken on extra rations and water before the hurricane in case relief operations were needed. The flight deck was piled high with goods. Too bad the N.O. administration didn't have the foresight to stock their emergency shelter (Superdome) with food and water.

Posted by ed 2005-09-06 18:00|| 2005-09-06 18:00|| Front Page Top

#4 One thing I was wondering about was the newschoppers . Why the fuck didn't the fucking networks order them to pick people up instead of broadcasting their misery.

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-09-06 22:22|| 2005-09-06 22:22|| Front Page Top

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