Roundup

A collection of tragedies..

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is responsible for disaster preparedness and response. It can be any kind of emergency, terrorist, nature, etc.

The top 3 positions at FEMA are Bush political appointees. None of the 3 have any emergency response experience. They are just Bush ass suckers.

While Brown (#1 man) ran horse shows in his last private-sector job, FEMA's No. 2 man, deputy director and chief of staff Patrick Rhode, was an advance man for the Bush-Cheney campaign and White House. He also did short stints at the Commerce Department and Small Business Administration.

In addition, the agency's former third-ranking official, deputy chief of staff Scott Morris, was a PR expert who worked for Maverick Media, the Texas outfit that produced TV and radio spots for the Bush-Cheney campaign. In June, Morris moved to Florida to become FEMA's long-term recovery director.

Should the President be impeached because he appointed supporters to crucial jobs? Is it any wonder the Federal response to the hurricane was incompetent? Should Bush be put in jail for the rest of his life if people died because of that?

FEMA does not want any photographs of the consequences of that policy.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily criticized for its slow response to the devastation caused by the hurricane, rejected journalists' requests to accompany rescue boats searching for storm victims.

"We have requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media," the spokeswoman said in an e-mail.

Newsmedia better document it anyway. Fuck FEMA. The bastards got people killed.

The Firemen that Bush used in his latest photo-op told FEMA to go fuck off. What did FEMA do? Attacked the firemen.

On Monday, the Tribune says, some firefighters began to take off their FEMA-issued T-shirts in protest. A FEMA spokesman responded by questioning the firefighters' willingness to help in a time of need. "I would go back and ask the firefighter to revisit his commitment to FEMA, to firefighting and to the citizens of this country," FEMA spokeswoman Mary Hudak told the Tribune.

Mary Hudak should be put in jail with the rest of FEMA management, and the White House management. How dare she question firefighters who were PISSED OFF at being held back from helping people so George ASSHAT Bush could get photographs taken.

Put all those fuckers in jail right now.

Bill Clinton and his intern blowjobs looking pretty good right about now, eh?

From the files of "this is bloody retarded", the California legislature passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage. That's not the retarded part. The California Governor is, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Austrian army deserter, former body builder, and former Terminator. That putz gets to decide if thousands of California citizens are entitled to equal treatment under the law.

This is unlike in Massachusetts, where the court ordered legal same-sex marriage. This is the first time in the United States that a state legislature has passed the law. So which way is the kindergarten Cop leaning?

After the vote, Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Margita Thompson said: "The people spoke when they passed Proposition 22. The issue subsequently went to the courts. The governor believes the courts are the correct venue for this decision to be made. He will uphold whatever decision the court renders."

What a minute? I thought the wing-nuts were all upset because the courts had "forced" same-sex marriage on a state? Now a democratically elected legislature passes it and the Gropenator wants the courts to settle it?

File that in the re-fucking-tarded basket.

My impression is that Schwarzenegger is socially liberal. He's worked in Hollywood, which is very heavily influenced by gays, and I know he's not completely morally bankrupt like most Republicans. I think he sees that his poll numbers are so bad that he's not going to win re-election anyway. I'll bet he signs the bill.

If he doesn't, put him down as yet another fascist in a long line of right wing fascists.

Speaking of Hollywood. Bob Denver died last Friday. He was Gilligan on Gilligan's Island. Great show. I was totally into it. Just an F.Y.I., but did you know that Gilligan also played Maynard G. Krebs on Dobie Gillis? Bet you thought I was gonna say "did you know that Gilligan was gay?". Well, he was. heh

Lets see, who's left from the show? Mary Ann, Ginger, and The Professor. Trivia question; What was the Professors name? What was the Skippers? Roy Hinkley and Jonas Grumby, respectively.

Amazing the stuff you learn at imdb.com. Seems the Professor's son died of AIDS in 1994, and Johnson does a lot of fundraising now.

There's more Katrina news.. but whatever..

** update **

Last week we were wondering where the Vice President was during the worst natural diaster this country has ever seen. Seems he wasn't ill. He was simply house hunting. Make that mansion hunting.