Rev. Erudite Redneck, B.S., B.S., M.A., M.Div.

As Regan would say, "There you go again". On CNN last night Lou Dobbs ran video showing the mayor and la governor twice in the last 3 years vowing to fix problems with the evacuation plans. It seems the mayor was supposed to take all the school buses and move the poor out of the city. Two times in the last 3 years he failed. Both times he and the governor said we’d fix it!
And last Tuesday when the water started coming in the mayor was asked if he was overwhelmed. He said no we can handle it.
Like Truman said, “The buck stops here”, but it sure as hell didn’t start at the top.
nuff said
 

OK. I'm for lopping off heads that need it. And it might very well be that every elected official along the Gulf Coast failed to do his or her duty. Lop away.

The point of THIS post is that the president basically said, in the same breath, ""Yep, my administration messed up. I, the leader of this administration, will investigate this administration to find out why." Which is horse hockey.

Actually, I don't think he meant to say it the way he did. I'll bet he is genuionely surprised that the whole world now expects him to "lead" an "investigation."

I think what he meant was, "OK, OK, I'll look into it." But no. He had to use big words, like "investigation," as part of his effort to look "in charge," and it's bitten him in the ass.

I don't know which pisses me off more. That he finds it so hard to take advice and admit his failures, or his seeming inability to say what he means, and mean what he says, unless someone else has written the damn words down for him.
 

Latest poll tells a different story.
Bush doing a good job 42%
La officals doing a bad job 38%
Know one to blame because God did it 18%
 

I am sure it will be a fair and unbiased investigation that he will refuse to testify at.
 

Anonymous, I'm not sure of your point. If you look at the flip side of your numbers, 58 percent DON'T think Bush is doing a good job, and 62 percent DO think Louisiana officials were doing a good job.
 

Alright, I've seen enough crap here to fill an outhouse. Hey MR.Thepress, what the hell would you have done had you been in charge of the Federal gubmit? Go into detail, share with us, you've been mouthing off about the President for a week now. Let's hear what you'd have done. And by the way, the Reagan floor mat is in very, very poor taste.
 

Anon, I repeat:

"OK. I'm for lopping off heads that need it. And it might very well be that every elected official along the Gulf Coast failed to do his or her duty. Lop away.

"The point of THIS post is that the president basically said, in the same breath, 'Yep, my administration messed up. I, the leader of this administration, will investigate this administration to find out why.' Which is horse hockey."

The president can't investigate himself. That's just dumb.

As far as being on the president's ass all week, you're confused. This is the first post in which I have jumped on his ass directly.

And after five years of reluctantly defending him and of giving the benefit of the doubt, I'm done.

My beloved Reagan doormat in poor taste? This ain't Romper Room. The Right Wing is in worse taste, and speaking of asses, the Bush administration's kissing of the Right Wing's ass is the worst of all.

Conservative is one thing. The Bush administration is not that. It's insane and is led by people who would piss on me and other everyday people if we were on fire. Not without a camera rolling.

Same for Sean Penn and every other Hollywood freak. They can shut the hell up, too.

Now, Anon, look in that and see if you can't find some corn in the crap.
 

Dang it, would NOT piss on ...
 

Jeb Bush is 2008. He had 4 hurricanes last year and didn’t have a bit of trouble. Jeb Bush is 2008
Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008 Jeb Bush is 2008
 

Dang it, in 2008
 

I fixed mine is 1 minute, took you 2
 

LOL. I'd take Jeb over his brother.
 

ER, be careful what you wish for.
 

!!! Good point, B.

But there are degrees of good and bad!
 

Is Nick Toper now posting as Anonymous?
 

Nope, no corn there. Just fruitloops. Come on, you're telling us what you would do now. I mean what would you have done before, during and after Katrina. And may I point out that you are forever posting a note, and then coming back and telling us we misunderstood your point. Hell son, spit it out. Say what you mean upfront. No pussy footing around.
 

Heap big Press speak out of both side of mouth, like um John Kerry
 

What do you mean what would I do about Katrina? I would write about it, if my job and responsibility called me there. In other words, I would do my job.

And, no, as much as he and I get crossways with each other, Nick Toper doesn't fire cheap shots from behind the Anon. cloaking device.

Sometimes I do talk from both sides of my mouth. Sometimes I get so pissed off I can't think straight. Sometimes I am inconsistent.

Geo. W. Bush would rather take an ass whuppin' as admit as much. This makes twice now, that I know of, that he's admitted it.

Again, ergo, "I'm for lopping off heads that need it. And it might very well be that every elected official along the Gulf Coast failed to do his or her duty. Lop away.

"The point of THIS post is that the president basically said, in the same breath, 'Yep, my administration messed up. I, the leader of this administration, will investigate this administration to find out why.' Which is horse hockey."

Knock-knock! Anon. Are you stoned or illiterate? If so, whoever is reading this stuff to you is making stuff up. 'Cause yoer fighting a fight that ain't here.
 

I tell you what Press would have done if he were running the show. He’d put out the call to activate a guard unit and stood at the gate pat’en his foot. Then as they came in he’d have said, Joe Bob, Billy Bob, Bobby Bob, y’all take off in this jeep and git to New Orleans and the rest of us can catch up. Then when Pat Bob and Norman Bob got there he’d put them in a truck full of paper plates and have them haul ass for Mississippi. Then when Pat Bob, Roger Bob and, crap, what am I saying. It’s a brave new world. I meant that when Shirley Bob, Susie Bob, and Katie Bob got there he’d have them take off with a truck full of bullets, forgetting to tell them where they were going. Now, back to Pat Bob, Roger Bob, and Dale Bob, they’d take off with a load of green beans and no damn can openers. Wilson Bob, and David Bob take off in a helicopter full of water and MRE’s and dropped them to 25,000 people at the Super Dome.
By now Joe Bob, Billy Bob, and Bobby Bob are all dead because they got to town and the mob of looters and low life’s overwhelmed them. A thousand or so are dead at the Super Dome because as any idiot knows you can’t air drop food and water to starving people with causing a riot. And so on, that is if Press had his way.
But thank God the people in charge know what they’re doing. FEMA and the army doesn’t do any thing half-assed. They get their stuff together and when they arrive they take over the whole place turn it around over night.
Praise the Lord, Thank God our Commander In Chief has put the best people in charge of saving us from ourselves. GOD BLESS GEORGE BUSH
 

Well la-de-dah Mr.Prissy pants. It's easy to sit in your high tower and throw crap at folks trying to do their jobs. Why don't you take some vacation time and head over and help those poor folks. Hand out water, hand out sandwiches, hand out the book of Morman (or whatever it is you read), just get off your duff and help them out.
 

Again, "I'm for lopping off heads that need it. And it might very well be that every elected official along the Gulf Coast failed to do his or her duty. Lop away.

"The point of THIS post is that the president basically said, in the same breath, 'Yep, my administration messed up. I, the leader of this administration, will investigate this administration to find out why.' Which is horse hockey."

Hey, yall: Are those words coming out in English?
 

Anonymous continues to amaze ... and not in a good way.
 

This person that goes by no name looks for someone for whom he can hold high regard, so he thinks of you, ER.

High praise, I'd say. He thinks of you on a high horse. He thinks of you on a mountaintop. He thinks of you leading the country.

Trouble is, he/she doesn't see that we all have this here right -- and because of you, ER, this forum -- to piss and moan if we so choose. I don't see this person who goes by no name standing chest high in sewage-filled floodwater passing out anything either.

Pray, folks. Pray. And thank God it is not us.
 

FYI
Latest Poll
Who to blame?
Local officals 25%
Federal officals 18%
President Bush 13%
No One 38%

Should anyone be fired?
Yes 29%
No 63%
 

Oh, and one more thing. I do hold ER in high regard. He’s hard headed, stubborn and if he thinks he’s right he’ll fight you to the death. He’d make a good President, probably a one-termer, but a good pres. In his heart, he likes George Bush, knows his heart is in the right place, and that he truly is doing what he thinks is best for America and the rest of the world. We have no idea what truly is going on in the world every day. Why do you think every president is white headed and 30 years older looking at the end of 4 or 8 years. Keep up the good work ER.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
 

That last Anon -- I can't keep 'em straight -- is right-on about what I think about Dubya's heart, actually. I feel the same way with him as I do with friend and regular commenter Nick Toper: His heart is right; his head is wrong. And Nick thinks the same thing about me.

Uh-oh, there was you some more nose-rubbin' and butt-kissin' -- that's to whichever Anon was complainin' about same.
 

Dr. ER gave a hearty guffaw at your concise summary of the day's post, Nick.

Something like:

Bad policy.

Bad execution.

Great heart.

:-)

Hoo hoo. Hey there, MeanAnon, there's you some more camraderie among people who think each other's politics SUCKS. :-)

Take notes. It's gonna take a lot more gettin' along for us to go along. A great Texan once said something to that effect. (A great one.)
 

ER, I knew you’d be a good politician, or lawyer, etc. Only a true professional can slug it out all-day and then go out for drinks while the jury is out. Ah, it’s been a good day.
 

Make mine Dickel, rocks. :-)
 

There really is a great Texan? Damn, I'm stumped. :-)
 

Isn't that what they call that tall talking statue at the Texas State Fair?
 

One or more of those anons has ER all wrong. He is not a bad guy.

ER thinks with his heart, just as I do. We just come to different conclusions.

Nothing wrong with being passionate about what one believes. better than being apathetic, I'd say.
 

Okay, I can't stand it, ER....

"And, no, as much as he and I get crossways with each other, Nick Toper doesn't fire cheap shots from behind the Anon. cloaking device."

It seems I remember you once got after me for getting after someone for posting anonymously. What's up with you giving "Anonymous" grief?? ;)
 

Feline, from time to time people get so p.o.'d at the Anonymi that they start insisting that they reveal themselves in some way, or start suggesting that I zap 'em. That's one thing.

Slappin' 'em around just a little bit is another. I think. Tell me I don't put up with LOADS from them! :-)