About that other thing that's going on

[prog]

I'm going to be confused, anxious and upset until the first time The Enemy uses it to segue into his War is Peace message. Probably as part of his very first public mention of it. Then the usual focused slow-burning rage will continue as usual.

The brightest side I think I can hope for here is that it will touch off an angry, blame-seeking dialogue about global warming. Not very bright, really.

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[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

He already has.
President Discusses Hurricane Katrina, Congratulates Iraqis on Draft Constitution

Three paragraphs about the hurricane, followed by twelve on Iraq.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Mm, no, I can't say this counts. They're presented as two separate orders of business, which they in fact are.

I'm thinking more of GWB gettin' up behind the podium and calling for the nation to stand together, much as it learned to stand together during 9/11, when the enemies of our nation blah blah blah, and though it was a natural disaster this time we must beedle beedle-dee-dee so we don't have to fight 'em over here. Good night and god bless no questions thank you *runs away*.

[radtea.livejournal.com]

How about:

"This Administration knows many things that are denied by many people. We know that the world was designed by an Intelligence greater than our own. [pause] We know that homosexuality is against Nature. [longer pause] And we know that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

"I am now able to tell you, my fellow Americans, that while we are waging the good fight in Iraq, it is not yet over. We have strong, compelling, intelligence [sincere look right at camera] that, that, that... we have intelligence, good intelligence, that Saddam's scientists were working on, on, on... not just on e-mailing anthrax to thousands of unsuspecting Americans from Canadian internet pharmacies, but were also, now, I can tell you, were also now working on a means of controlling the weather...a system to create storms. Big storms. Hurricanes.

"This is not the first disaster of this size America has faced, and it will not be the last. But rest assured that this Administration will not rest until we find those weapons of mass destruction, even if we have to invade every oil-producing nation on Earth to do it."

[cortezopossum.livejournal.com]

Yeah... keep an eye on Venusalia.

[jadelennox]

If it weren't for the Enemy, there'd be a National Guard in LA, too, you know to do, what, its job? Guarding the nation? Instead of in fscking Iraq?

-jl, scared

[xymotik.livejournal.com]

Amen!

I did a brief search for "National Guard," since I too had seen somewhere that there aren't many/any of them in Louisiana 'cause they're off in Iraq, but instead found this gem:

[The "God Hates Fags" Church] say God is punishing American soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays, and they brought their anti-gay message to the funerals Saturday of two Tennessee soldiers killed in Iraq.

Whoa.

Needless to say, they didn't get a warm reception.

[jadelennox]

While I continue to believe WBC and Phelps are only harm their own side, they still make me wanna hurl.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Do you think he will actually interrupt his precious vacation to mention it again? I _so_ want someone to ask him why the Louisana National Guard can't help out. Or why there's not enough money to deal with the aftermath.

As for the climate change issue - it would be nice, but everyone's going to be so caught up in the immediate human catastrophe that that boring topic - haven't we discussed it to death already? isn't there some new celebrity scandal to catch up on? - will just be ignored, for the most part.

[jadelennox]

*cries*

*hopes to be proved wrong*