Really.
The fact that he just stayed a few hours is depressing and tells us a lot. What he didn't say tells much.
This blogger who is fighting like mad to highlight Coastal erosion highlights the speech and gives commentary (WARNING LOT OF LANGUAGE )and I can't even wrote the title of the piece on here :) However the blogger pretty much gives the sad reality where we are at
Here are a few parts I will post before I give my commentary
.....Oh my Goddess! He still thinks Katrina Hit New Orleans???~where did His'O'ner got this YANKEE SOUTHERN ACCENT?He Cannot pronounce Melancon or Cao. Soliciting audience applause for his own Lackeys. He is trying to turn this into a Love Obama Thing. Also just reiterated his Total Stupid Ignorance of the Cause of New Orleans Flooding. Denies that Corps of Engineers did it --instead says "Government Broke Down".He is Lying by Omission and I am watching him do it. What about the Bad Pumps, Mr President? What about our flood walls that are Not Replaced by your Rogue Military Unit the USACE???He just stretched the Truth like a Condom! Says that 220 Miles of Levees and Floodwalls have been Repaired. Wrong Mr President.Not once utters the words US Army Corps of Engineers. Ever.Sayz he won't forget about New Orleans... Oh and the Gulf Coast.Oh Snap! Now he is talking about how he bailed out all the Bankers because they were having their own Storm. Can you believe it? He is using our Flood, calling it due to the Storm, and now humping that onto his Wall Street Bailout! What the Hell?
On the important issue of the Charity Hospital in New Orleans
3rd Question: Barack chortles "Now its a Man's Turn": FEME Reimbursements and Charity Hospital! Obama is bullshi**ing about saying anything specifically about Charity Hospital. Side-stepping the Answer. Haha he laughs. What a Dick. Limps over onto Arbitration Process for Charity. Blowing Smoke on Charity, looks like the Fix is In with this President and Charity Hospital. Lays it off on State/Federal disagreements. Says we are screwed by the US Constitution. Ha! Charity is Toast.Obama did not answer the Question of Charity for the record.
Yet the morons in the audience are cheering wildly!!
Back to the major depressing part
6th Question: Davida is her name: Environment, going green no recycling program in Nola, big crowd pleaser for some reason, I must have missed some charming thing from Obama while typing here. Basically his environmental policy, but we'll see if he knows anything about Wetlands Loss. Of course he leads into Energy.I have no idea why he is Patronizing local environmental activity. That was weird.
He tried to float some sorta joke about being sure that we have something going on "around here" but He doesn't know all the details and we should check with someone else. Yep, the President is passing the buck here for sure. No Wet Lands must be Good Lands for him. OK now he is back to his Economic Recovery Package and "green jobs" big energy sources etc yadayada... but he doesn't know a thing about Disappearing Wetlands and has no Answer for that. Oh here is Health Care again.
Wow, I had never realized how Patronizing Obama really is towards the Gulf Coast Citizens. You know, this President should have Studied up on us before he came down here to Piss Down Our Back and Tell New Orleans It Is Just Raining. Oh now he is trolling the Change Meme. Hummers, Gas Prices.Oh Great!
Just One more question? Just 7 questions?7th and Final Question: Cute Little Black Kid: wants to know why people hate Obama and that God is Love. And now that is "What I'm Talkin'bout!" says His O'ness. Oh yeah, everyone hates Obama.
What PT Barnham PsychoDrama Bull S*t MisDirection. This is the Closer, a Little Tiny Tim Kid asking why so many people Hate Obama? I don't hate Obama, nor do I know anyone else who hates him, even amongst my own rabid neocon siblings
.It appears that Obama is Playing The Hate Card? WTF?He did this often and consistently throughout the event. Everyone is Mad at Him. Everyone Hates Him. He is so Mister Misunderstood. He has So Much On His Plate Poor President.Getouttaheah! There is no crying in politics.
So what does this mean? Well we are screwed!!
The President did not seem to think he needed to visit areas outside New Orleans where Coastal and Wetland loss has been extreme.
If the President is about to lead the fight for the billions of dollars needed and also led on the hard choices as to the Corp of Engineers , Mississippi River traffic, the Intracoastal waterway, the forced moving of communities ,etc etc then one might think he would be seeing the problem first hand. The fact he is not looking at these areas is troubling for where all this is on his list of priorities.
The President did not use this opportunity to inform the nation that USA was about to go on a major land saving program never before seen in history to save the Louisiana coast.
IN fact one gets a sense he might not know the severity of the "big problem" at all.
It is reality time folks. Despite having a filibuster proof congress and tons of liberal friendly environmental support it appears the biggest environment problem in the USA is way down the list of priorities AGAIN. Sadly we can't have too many more again in the future because time is running out.
I have to think the most liberal of Obama's New Orleans and South Louisiana supporters were very disappointed as to what appears is the lack of focus on this issue.
I pray I am wrong on this thought of mine I really do. But is the President so petty that nothing is going to get done because well he knows he will not win Louisiana in three years?
Is that why he did not go to Mississippi? A frightening thought. Is this problem aggravated because he is upset that Louisiana Conservative Democrats are not exactly on board with some major parts of his Health Care plan? Will there be retribution? These are things I don't even want to think about.
I guess these concerns resurfaced today after that horrible "last question " with the kid (pulled from the lines before the event so they knew what he was going to say) who asked - WHY DO PEOPLE HATE YOU OBAMA!! Good grief with all the problems we have down here time is taken out of his brief appearance to make Obama look like the victim again.
Hey I have no problems with planted questions but too bad there were no planted questions on Coastline and Wetland loss. The reason there might not have been is well nothing in reality is going to get done.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Obama's Flyover Trip To Louisiana Reveals That We are Screwed!
Posted by James H at 10/16/2009 12:08:00 AM
Labels: Coastal Erosion, democrats, environment, louisiana, New Orleans, obama
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Hey Y'all.
I always try to apologize to nice people who may take offense at my hard language, especially when they respect it so as to hang it on their own blog.
Thank you and my apologies.
What gets me though, is how you absolutely nailed some other angles to this disturbing turn of face that I in my angst and gnashing of teeth missed, to wit: Obama playing the Victim Card, a thing most sensitive to people of the Flooding.
I had missed that completely, caught up in the Elmer Gantry Wise Blood Medicine Show who'dat.
I mean I thought Obama Doth Protest Too Much", but you laid bare the Victim Card.
I saw the Hate Card and the Race Card, but missed the Victim Card. But his cards are marked with the Blood of the True Victims who did not make it through the Flood.
We are not Victims any more than was Jesus. We are Survivors who will resurrect our glory by the strength of our Faith.
But where our Faith finds firm footing in this "Nation of Laws" remains to be seen with this Clueless President.
I am done with Clueless Presidents, and am hitting him so hard because we must have Action from this Commander in Chief.
But thankfully there are nice peoples like y'all to help move this message forward in a more, ahem, Faithful Way.
I really appreciate this connection. What I heard yesterday scared the Hell out of me, so your take on this helps me step back from the Edge of the Abyss and find some firmer footing.
Thanks youz
LOL don't worry I am not a puritan and I even though I have a Cathoic blog I am used to salty pg-13 talk. I am just can't link a post talking about Obama and blowing the Glory hole because well that might not make it past the web censors people have on their blogs LOL. They would think it was a porn site and my rants could not get out.
Thought I agree with you a hundred percent
This is my view, I forecasted this all along. I was actually less critical on the Bush adminstration than others. But in the end I knew that now after two decades of doing this that no President will stand up to the Corp!!!
I got involved in this subject of Coastal erosion when I was in High School. Then the powerful Senators such as Breaux and B Johnston could not help. Landrieu can not get anything done nor Vitter. I see a pattern
Lets face it Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans care more about getting the $$$$ to their districts than dealing the the BIG PROBLEM now here. That is the sad state of affairs. When we Louisiana folks on opposite poltical sieds realize this the better I have told both Vitter and Landrieu that they should both figure out how to shut the whole damn thing down in the Senate till we get satisfaction
As soon as we realize this at least we have a starting point with dealing with reality. Every one sees this as some partisan affair. I see it as Conservatives in SC and LIberals in Illinois not wanting to spend money in Louisiana.. AS SOON AS WE REALIZE that we are the same boat the better off we shall be.
I talked to Jindal today and askeded him if Obama gave him promises on Coastal erosion funding in private. Basically Jindall rolled his eyes. Heck neither Bush or Oabam did is going to spend their polticial captial on it. That is just the fact until we force them too
It is all so depressing. I might seem anti Obama but in affect I see Obama and Bush in the same boat. No ones cares enough to help us out and thus they don't have the poltical cover. It is all so depressing
Keep up the good work
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