‘Gulf Officials Hope Obama Speech Can Help Finish Katrina Repairs.’ Really?
by PubliusFrom The Hill:
President Obama should use the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to inject new energy into the unfinished task of repairing New Orleans, according to officials from the region.
Obama will deliver a speech here Sunday to mark five years to the day that Katrina made landfall, devastating the city and tarnishing the presidency of George W. Bush.
Showcasing the progress in New Orleans under his administration could also help boost the president’s sagging approval ratings, and with it the fortunes of his party in November. His speech, officials say, should offer a way to find balance between further oil exploration and protecting the region’s sensitive coastline.
“We’re also going to impress upon him how difficult this recovery is going to be,” Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) told The Hill. “We’re going to remind him about the importance of coastal restoration and accelerating revenue sharing.”
But more importantly, Louisiana’s congressional delegation – Democrats and Republicans – want the president to lift the moratorium on offshore oil drilling his administration imposed in the wake of the BP spill.
“We’re also going to mention to him that this moratorium that is in place – this blanket moratorium is causing severe economic damage to small businesses as well as to the oil and gas companies, large and small, independent, as well,” she said. “So this is a lot of what he’s going to hear when he’s here.”
Obama is now saddled with helping the region recover from both disasters — a responsibility fraught with political risk.
As a presidential candidate, Obama gained traction by criticizing his predecessor for his response to the disaster and for failing to instill a sense of urgency in the recovery effort in the wake of the storm.
“There is not a sense of urgency in this administration to get this done,” Obama said of the recovery effort in January 2007. “You get a sense that will has been lacking in the last several months.”
But two years into his administration, New Orleans is still being rebuilt. The city’s population is now about 100,000 less than it was before the storm, according to some estimates. And hard-hit areas like the Lower Ninth Ward are still dotted with hundreds of vacant, decaying buildings.
Read the whole thing here. So much to say here. In a span of 5 years, we’ve had two disasters in the Gulf. One was subject of wall-to-wall media coverage and used to vilify a President. The other, well, wasn’t. If there were ever a debate about media bias, it ends here.
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They are putting "hope" in the wrong place. I think he's all out of change…..
Magic Teleprompter?
If it works out for New Orleans, perhaps the Teleprompter could come out and state that the Nation is no longer in debt, and then state there is Zero Unemployment.
Long Live The Magic Teleprompter!
Jeez, almost forgot. New Orleans is the other, endless, Liberal-Black-Hole…((((sigh))))
Perfect place for Baracky to con a few more poor souls.
I worked in NO for FEMA twice and HUD once: Katrina was in many ways a good thing in that it got rid of a lot of buildings that were suffering from decades of deferred maintenance and were not feasible to repair. They also got to demolish the old housing projects, which were abject pits of despair. I hated having to work in them.
I strongly urge you to see Spike Lee's, "God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise." Yeah, it's a Lee joint, so there is a leftist slant, but not nearly as much as you probably think. The big surprise for me is how much of a genuine hero Brad Pitt comes off as. Seriously. he's put his money where his mouth usually resides and rebuilt over 50 homes so far with new efficient units. I had no idea.
Still, everything is blamed on FEMA and nothing on the local government. I hate it when they do that because FEMA is NOT a first-responder agency.
"Showcasing the progress in New Orleans under his administration could also help boost the president’s sagging approval ratings"
Yeah, about as much as taking credit for success in Iraq will. Too bad for him, the reason he has horrible approval ratings is few people believe him anymore.
Well, he is very good at talking and no action.
But Barry was gonna lower the sea levels? No one need fear in the Chocolate City, their messiah will simply raise his hands and New Orleans will be completely restored. If another Cat. 5 hurricane comes he’ll simply raise his hands again sending the hurricane away, blessed be our Barry!
The same level of flooding in the poorer sections of the city occurred in the 60's with Hurricane Betsy. One reason that certain areas are lacking in rebuilding is that the property owners had put their rental properties into Section 8 housing and were not getting a good return due constant damages. After Katrina many property owners opted not to rebuild in certain neighborhoods since it would have been a very bad investment.
How soon we forget that the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana were the true culprits in the Katrina nightmare. But that's OK. Just blame Bush. It's so much easier than actually digging into the facts and placing the blame where it belongs. And, yes, it will happen again. The city itself is slowly sinking into the muck it was originally built upon.
Thanks Huck, I will see Spike's production, only now that you recommended it. I loathe Pitt!
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Hope is all you have when you depend on the Government.
Well speeches too.
The damage is all self-inflicted. I was part of the team of commercial finance specialists who came to NOLA after Katrina (and it was hard living there, let me tell you) to help jump start new commercial real estate development and get the financing going.
The people there only cared about when they would get another round of FEMA checks. That was always the topic of conversation on the street. When will we get more federal money?
After the initial survey we realized that the Lower Ninth Ward was an environmental disaster and would have to be scraped clean and rebuilt. Most of it was already gone anyway and there was no utility service down there at all. At night it was scary. Not a sound but the distant traffic and no lights and few people. It was/is a Third World war zone. We knew this, but we went forward anyway. I put together the package and due diligence on "New City" – the proposal to build an entirely new kind of city in the Ninth Ward. We were going to scrape it clean, put the new utilities on top of the ground and then fill in on top of that until we were 12' out of the flood plain. Then we would build the new development – towers, retail, housing complexes, gaming venues, the whole nine yards. A complete 10-year plan of development that would be largely done in the first 5 years and the people who lived there before the storm would have the opportunity for real housing and opportunity afterwards. Almost $8 billion in new commercial income-producing property and housing development. We estimated it would sustain 30,000 jobs in a city that had double-digit unemployment and the nightlife that consisted of listening to crickets.
Of the $8 billion only $500 million was taxpayer money – the rest was all private investment we would raise through Wall Street.
What did the denizens of NOLA say? They told us to take a hike. We wouldn't let them control the process or the money so they didn't see any opportunities to steal money.
What do we see today? The same blown up neighborhood I walked away from in 2007 and said never again would I return.
It's time to move on. NOLA will only be a wound for suckers. They just want you to feel bad and toss them some money.
They will be putting hope in the TOTUS.
Did you watch the Glenn Beck rally? Not one teleprompter and they all gave great speeches.
The "tarnished" Bush presidency….. media driven…. unlike the protective press obama has who are all laying in bed with him.
5 years on, and the Democrats are wallowing in despair.
Fuck 'em.
"…according to local officials from the region"? Which sluggards are those? Oh, yeah, the mayor and the local democrat ward bosses, all looking for a little more booty. As SMFII says, f 'em.
Prezbo didn't do a damn thing for Lousiana during the oil spill, but the libtards in NOLA start howlin about hurricaine Katrina (which was basically a self induced flood ie misdirected levy funds) and he is a freakin hero. Eff him and them. The Miss gulf areas are rebuilding.
I kinda gave Pitt a pass with what he said about the death sentence thing a couple of weeks ago, only because I know he has been in N.O. working his a$$ off helping the people in the area build homes with his own money.
I honestly don't know all his politics and havn't really heard much from him in the past. I think what he said stems from frustration of having to deal with all the red tape he has to fight to get anything done and the genuine emotional investment he has with the area. It's like building a sandcastle and some meathead comin by and knocking it over.
I could be wrong. Just my own assessment.
New Orleans was and is a monument to the Welfare State, community organizing, & economic redistribution. Dur the recent Haiti earthquake, an NBC reporter quoted an alleged Haitian man-in-the-street in a ramshackle refugee encampment beseeching her with the following question (paraphrased) without the slightest irony, shame, nor prompting: "When is the world going to come save us?" New Orleans was/is no different. When indeed! NOLA is a third world cesspool inhabited by, well, our very own fellow Americans. After Katrina, Mississippians right next door mostly just helped themselves and their neighbors. continued below.
continued from above. Detroit is really no different from NOLA. Both are now ghost towns. If either 'come back', it'll be at OUR expense. They will be re-settled by the same wards-of-everyone-else as Haiti. No thank you. NOLA had no charm pre-Katrina; less charm now — unless you prefer to vacation amidst filth & decadence. Motown made nothing but crap from the 1980s onward. We all learned how bad by comparing our K-cars with the neighbor's Civic & our brother-in-law's Camry. I for one will never go back, neither to Bourbon Street nor the Big Failed Three. Vacation in America? NOLA is a vision of a post-Apocalyptic America – as is Detroit. Buy American? Not if it flaunts the Union Label on the bumper.
All the other coastal areas hard hit by Katrina are well on their way to recovery. It seems that if you actually get your a$$ away from the X-Box and start doing something yourself, instead of waiting for someone else to do it for you, a recovery begins to appear. Strange concept I know.
LOL. Tell us how ya really feel! I'll give ya thumbs up for that one.
Language!
Middle English.
My wife says it all the time when I curse. "Language"! ;P
Five years.
Five years.
There are people sitting around waiting on the government for five years?
Here is a hint. I'll throw in a clue at no extra charge…
Your city hasn't been underwater for a few years. Fix it. With your hands.
Is Obama Violating a Catholic Bishops' Position with Katrina Speech Location?
Spoiler Alert: Of course he is.
In the same vein as the praying Catholics @ Notre Dame still being prosecuted over a year and a half ago.
Free the ND 88
Sorry,..sorry,…..sorry,…………
but here's the truth,..the whole truth and nothing but the truth,…….
After Katrina, five long F__KIN years ago,…………
there is STILL much work to be done in New Orleans,……
not because of the level of devastation,.but,………
because to many liberals, to many Democrats and far to many Blacks,….
have been in charge,….
If each individual in that area had picked up a,………
shovel,…a broom,…a hammer,……
and did something everyday,…..
today we would be singing some praises for these folks,……
I fear five years from now we are going to see,…….
the same victimization crap again.
"Third world cesspool?" Really? People in New Orleans go to work everyday in an effort to recover what was lost 5 years ago. The ignorance you are displaying by lumping the hard working citizens of this region in with those you saw on television begging for a handouts is pathetic. For all of the thousands who stayed behind for the video cameras, tens of thousands heeded the warning, packed their belongings, and left homes and family, not knowing when, if ever, they would be able to return to the life they had worked hard to create for themselves. New Orleans is a wonderful city, full of amazing people who bring character and joy to much of the rest of the nation. I surely hope your hometown never faces any sort of large scale disaster. But have no fear, we New Orleanians will be here to help. Even though you spit in our faces.
Fuck 'em and feed 'em fish
Lift the moratorium – no way.
Blame Bush – absolutely
Obama as Mary Landrieu's pimp – aboslutely
As someone who was born and raised in Detroit, lives on the MS gulf coast and visits NOLA as much as possible, you have some valid points but you shouldnt condemn these entire cities because of a few Idiots waiting for handouts. I would bet there are plenty in your town. You do have to wonder why MS is mostly rebuilt and NOLA still looks like a war zone. Detroit and MI in general are just a good example of what libs and their union buddies can do to a once great state and industry.
Something else he can try and blame on Bush in between vacations.
The thrilling adventures of Obamaman continue apace. With what burst of Ciceronian grandiloquence in promotion of such statecraft as has not been seen since Metternich will he grace us lowly gun-clingers next? I literally cannot wait. Personally I am, well, "hoping" that he sees fit to appoint ex-NYT typist Chris Hedges as the Czar of Christian-Absolutely-Not-Muslim-Nuh-Uh Outreach; Katy Perry was unavailable
Publius: This is off topic and i apologize. I need some assistance. I have a card that was inserted into every census taker's training manual which is totally in arabic. Does anyone know where I can send it after I scan it to get it translated?
Can you imagine? ALL the census takers were given this bookmark in Arabic? I really want ot know what it says and how it affects this country. Thanks
I respect Pitt. He is weird, but he has his moments. Meanwhile there is some idiot named Ray Nagin making reference to "The Merchant of Venice" on CNN
There are success stories in NOLA. The Vietnamese community got back in and totally rebuilt without the Government. They shared housing and took care of the elders and worked a house and then a block at a time. All while working for a living and raising families. They re-built in something like 2 years as I recall. In this country there are 2 distinct groups. Those who do for themselves and those who want it done for them. I tend to be in the second group by choice and PAY with MY MONEY to have it done for me. I wish all those who want it done for them were the same.
Don't ever forget… It's all Bush's fault!
Well said. Camden once had the largest shipyard in the world. Things change–except until politicians from a certain political wing get involved, then they tend to stay the same in perpetuity
I simply can not believe what I have read. An honest statement on this website that Katrina "tarnished" the legacy of George Bush. Congratulations on stating the obvious. Now move on to the economic meltdown and the Iraq war.
And it never made the nightly news, unbelievable, I had to read it here on a Conservative blog, since I started reading my news on sites like this I have not turned on my TV in over two years, thanks.
The First Wookie.
"accelerating revenue sharing"
I'm afraid to ask, but what exactly does this mean?
So will I.
Middle Finger English.
Here it's, feed 'em beans.
Righteous indignation from the Husk…please!
Go back to Dem Underground and Daily Kos, Marybelle007; and, live in NOLA yourself if you admire it so much. NOLA's Saviour comes tomorrow to promise more free money. Jubilee cometh!
I’d heard this, it was interesting to hear the story first hand. You know, we can’t have the perceived re-gentrification of NOLA, and you mentioned the “J” word (jobs) and we really can’t have that. Dumb bastards are happy in their squalor, by all means enjoy…have at it, just don’t dial 911.
Oh well, at least all the various police agencies there will have something to do when he visits…
Are we sure this isn't a "working vacation"?
Too bad the millions given, and not used, to have the levees improved prior to Katrina was done by the corrupt Dems in the state at every level.
You morons didn't even have the presence of mind to put emergency hospital generators above the known flood line.
The blood from the dead is on your hands because you refuse to engage in intellectual honesty.
Blame others for your own incompetence all day long……pretty soon you may grow the f**k up.
BTW, marybelle007, the reasons it's so obvious you're a leftist troll come to annoy us here, are: 1) your low posting score; and, 2) the simple fact that conservatives from Blue States/locales NEVER defend the progressive leaches surrounding them. YOU New Orleanians have been unable and unwilling to help yourselves for FIVE YEARS. Self-respecting folk and the communities they live in don't wait for handouts from others AND THEN file fraudulent claims worth HUNDRED$ OF MILLION$. What are you really? An SEIU Goon?
Amen Ralph!
I caught that one also…….
She realy meant…."gimme some of those billions you extorted from BP and the American people….post haste".
Indeed!
Hold up rain… uhm.. I'm a bit confused here.. you do realize the 9th ward was almost entirely residential. (Yes, it was a slum for the most part).. but your plan was to change it almost in it's entirely to a business district (I only see one mention of Housing complexes in your post)?
Dont' get me wrong, as I know a lot about the corruption behind the scenes in New Orleans, but outside of along the Industrial Canal itself, the 9th ward is almost strictly residential purposes. But I'd say that in that case, I would have probably had said "take a hike' there as well to the same offer, albeit for entirely different reasons.
Mr. President, you had best get to rebuilding New Orleans. The democrats have spent the last 50 years teaching minorities to depend on government aid for their existence. Now cities with large populations of minorities that have been hit with disasters have no clue how to be self reliant. Just as New Orleans has no idea how to recover from the disaster of Katrina, Detroit has no clue how to recover from the disaster that is liberalism. If these people ever figure out they have been had, the dems are toast!
Wow.. I hate doing this… but I'm defending NOLA time and time again today.. YOu do realize that New Orleans is MORE than the 9th ward and the CBD? Right? Yes, there are horrible parts of the city I wouldn't be caught dead in.. but that's the truth of any major metro city (trust me, I have parts of St. Louis I don't go out in, even when it's midday and the light is bright as can be!) but there are areas that are so much more than those two districts.
You're taking what the media is feeding you (NO = 9th district and the Central business district)… and completely bypassing the rest of the city.
And yes, I'm originally from the Gulf Coast, so I would like to believe I know what I'm defending here… (Besides, I'll defend the MIssissippi Coast even harder than New Orleans.. but I will defend New Orleans when it deserves it).
This is nothing but BO's big chance to evoke something he can still blame on Bush, 'cuz that's all he's got left.
Thanks Cooper.
I'd stay on that one. DON"T let it drop until you have a suitable answer.
Psssst!
Y'all hear there was a flood in Tennessee this year…………………?
Katrina is five years old.
I won't Cowboy. I'm going to write David Horowitz and ask him.
The meltdown was caused by Democrats.
The Iraq war is won.
Now let's move on to Obama's coked up Armada level spending.
Things would get better if the libs weren't in power. Look at other places that have been hit by disasters. The ones where liberals rule wallow in self-pity and wait for someone to make it better. The ones ruled by conservatives move on and solve problems.
Who would you want to be in charge?
"We know you still have some money. We are going to extort it out of you."
Nobody. I'd get more done.
And taking credit for fixing the situation.
Yes, people do have a short memory. Also remember that old Gov. Blankstare and Mr. Chocolate City were both Democrats, and we all know that the MSM will do whatever is necessary to protect them. President Bush called that stupid bitch days before Katrina hit and offered help, she told him she would get back to him. She finally did after it was too late and then the blame game circle jerk started. That whole clusterf(@%&K was Blanco and Nagin's fault, but the MSM will never admit it.
That's pretty good for a chuckle. Mold or cat people…
I am not a Southerner, but I do enjoy visiting.
His speech will cause the blind to see, I am sure. Maybe even make the lame to walk. No? How about, make those who listen, snore?
It means Mo' Money for my constituents so I can get re-elected, thus helping you get re-elected Mr. Obama.
Nothing but a bunch of wet Rednecks, why would the MSM care about that? No wailing and moaning Democrats to show on TV. Bubba floating all of his stuff through the streets on a couple of truck innertubes with a door on top of them for a raft don't make for good TV. Haven't you learned anything on here Cowboy?
/sarc
Everyone still talks about Katrina, when Rita hit the other side of the state a short time later and devastated all of that area. The difference? Work ethic !! Just sayin', that's all!
Is “Big Brother” starting in California? Get the kids used to the idea…then we are next, or just wait for another generation then implants?
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15815706?nclic...
Hey buddy, I'm a conservative and I'm local. Chew on that for awhile. Since I didn't jump on the "let New Orleans fall into the Gulf of Mexico" bandwagon, you are under the mistaken assumption that I am a "leftist troll" coming to annoy you. That couldn't be farther from the truth. What I would simply like to do is remind people that those camera hungry money grubbers made famous by CNN are nor an adequate representation of New Orleans. The tax paying citizenry left during the storm and many returned to nothing.Unfortunately, paying taxes is not necessary to vote. Many people spent their life savings on home repairs-insurance does not cover everything, just in case you were wondering- , paying for temporary housing, etc. It amazes me that on websites such as this, that are primarily centered around showcasing the liberal bias in the media and the mass amount of mis-information that is out there, so many people are quick to assume that everything they see on the news regarding New Orleans is correct. Ironic, perhaps? Or just plain stupid. If you were to visit New Orleans, you would see that the areas that have come back have done so without the aid of the government. The parts that aren't are the areas that the government sent the highest number of checks to pre-Katrina. Do your homework. Attack the Levee Board and the ACoE, but to level a blanket attack on the entire city is completely childish and ignorant, and does nothing to further your credibility in future attacks on problems within the welfare state. I honestly hope you are the liberal plant because your hatred for people from my area makes me embarrassed to be on your side of the aisle.
After 5 years, there's no excuse for N.O. to not be built up again, or almost built up…It's
strictly the way the storm was handled by the local politicians during and right after
Katrina hit….Mississippi had a Republican Governor, and things got done…N.O. had
a Dem Mayor and a Dem Governor, and neither one of them knew their a** from a
hole in the ground…Then a lot of N.O. citizens have a culture of "Hands Out for Freebies"..and
they don't get motivated to move their lazy buckets!!
They need to get over their victim hood and move on.
Can't be done. that is only for the Whiteys along the Mississippi in Iowa and Minnesota.
And by then there will be a Republican preseident who will, according to the MSM, share the blame with Bush for not getting the city fixed. There will be no mention of Barry-Bop's failure.
I wonder if he will tell the world how wortless the Mayor and the Govenor of the state were durning this? They ran like rabbid dogs from the place…
Bush asked from day one – Ms. Governor do you need our help ???? The state has to ask for HELP !!!! SHE FAILED !!!!
How many our BILLIONS of tax $$$$ have disappeared down that Louisiana rabbit hole? Where'd it all go? Who stole what? Who got rich by stealing OUR money?
This crap is wearing thin. How much "fixing" is needed?
The *victims* IGNORED a MANDATORY evacuation order, the IDIOT former DEMOCRAT mayor sat on his ass, the previous DEMOCRAT idiot Governor FAILED in the aftermath of Katrina and all we hear is "Bush, Bush, Bush."
That shows how vicious and biased the leftist press is and how a JournOlist Media can drive opinion.
Gee viscpa. Connie's post made perfect sense. Blow it out your ass you fucking troll. You wanna bully somebody? Try me.
I agree…follow the money. How much went to the Dems in the state. How much went to ACORN and all the sattelites….how much went to Shore Bank…how much went to No Bama and his cronies?
Concerned citizens want to know.
How much longer can this really go on? NEVER has an area of the country wallowed in a natural disaster for so long.
It's become embarrassing. The charade of blaming Bush endlessly is silly. The local and state leaders are and were
worthless parasites that blew it big time.
Where is their pride?
Truth be told …unemployment is at least 18% …and will continue to rise with Obama's Oil Rig Stopage …"Marxist Obama White House Liberal Media" says another 15,000 jobs lost …truth be told, it will be another 30,000 jobs los, at least. Evil, Suppressive, Oppressive A-Holes.
Thanks for pointing that out; and the marxist, socialist media didn't trash them as they did Bush who called the governor of louisiana begging her to ask for federal assistance. Seems that until an area is considered a disaster zone, the feds can't enter without an invite from the governor..
Exactly. Thats why the smart people of this state couldn't wait to get rid of that idiot. I was born and raised here and still live here, but for the life of me it's hard to understand why the people of this state do some of the idiotic things they do when it comes to politics. One thing's for sure though, no matter how bad I think my home state may be, there's always Chicago to point to as being the cesspool of the country when it comes to politics.
Watch this is going to be a blame Bush orgy…………..Nothing to see here folks move along
Can't suck up the oil, can't fix the rising water. What possibly could a speech do, except bore people. The One gonna tell them to not rebuild homes that are below sea level? Good advice to anybody who lives where hurricanes go. And forget rebuilding the welfare state, it just shows how helpless people became, and how stupid and useless the welfare state really is — it can get you killed, if it doesn't kill you first.
It's too bad people think Bush did a better job with Katrina than do Obama did fixing the oil spill. Sad truth, we learn nothing, as big government tends to go down the same hole.
You can add to that list Los Angeles, San Francisco, NYC, Boston, and spin city east just for starters.
You're right, and it does do my heart some good to know that we are not the only laughing stock of the country when it comes to corrupt politicians. I guess the rest of the country figured why should they be left out right !! LOL
I can't see the need ever ending for an entire city with its hand out eternally.
Pride? Come now Red, we are talking about New Orleans Democrats here !! LMAO
The Bailout cost more then the Iraq war………So it cost more money to bailout unions than to fight a war….just damn…I know Bush's fault right…..
I guess they march in the parade to show their Pride?
Your point is taken. Seems if you lived with that kind of graft for so many decades, and were suffering from the result, you might be a good candidate to join the smaller govt movement. Oh wait, they have to plan their next naked run through the Mardi Gras.
Wow! I've heard credible CA conservatives praise the views in San Fran. I've heard NYC conservatives rave about the gnocchi in Little Italy. I've heard Hawaiian conservatives – Haoles all – go on and on about the agree-able weather. I've been to NOLA on business oh 6 times. Love those beignets! The rep NOLA has among conservatives is readily apparent in an overwhelming number of posts here. Embrace it Clarabelle! Troll…
The MSM gave & still gives NOLA the same sympathetic patina it gives Obama. How could Clarabell possibly believe otherwise? It was after all Bush's fault. If I believed everything I saw in the news about Katrina & NOLA, by golly, Clarabell wouldn't be TROLLING solo from her lonely little shut-in perch! Go infiltrate the next Tea Party rally in Baton Rouge, Clarabell.
brnormand & Mark S – the hardworking watermen and Gulf Coast restaurateurs, hoteliers & entrepreneurs hurt by the spill are much to be admired – and helped. NOLA is a swamp – and to swamp it will return.
Aah! He will deign to speak his soothing words and make right all things wrong:
John 1:14
"The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth."
Alinsky 5:43
"And the oil will separate from the sea, the birds will fly, the fish and shrimp will swim, the crabs will crawl, and tourists aplenty will emerge, coin in hand," sayeth He, "jobs will rise up from the waters as sweet and profitable as before. And bearing palms as he rides through the city gates, the people will sing his praises and Sweet Emma and her Original Tuxedo Jazz Band will once again sing and dance with joy and happiness."
Ayers 9:23
"…and he shall cast out the Devil Bush with a word; drive the money-makers from the Gulf into the darkness; cleanse the waters and renew their prospect as clean and clear as the sailing waters of Hyannis Port, for thou art our creation made life, to bring holiness and social justice to all, and to destroy false prosperity…"
The atmospherics that surround this guy are biblical and even almost "Koranish." It occurs to me on occasion when I hear him speak words that are so obviously in conflict with reality that I wonder if he borrows from the directives in that alleged "holy writ" that grant absolution to those who use falsehoods and subterfuge to bring confusion to the infidel.
The last 19 months have been a confluence of so much BS, hallucination, delusion, willful ignorance of the facts, and what appears to be deliberate sabotage of what works in a free market that it makes the head swim, so to speak.
History shows us.
When the government promises to "take care of You" from "The Cradle to the Grave", mostly, you just get the
Grave.
1:9 And Obama said, Let the union thugs under the bosses be gathered together unto one place, and let us nationalize GM: and it was so.
1:10 And Obama called the nationalized entity Government Motors; and the gathering together of the unions he called community organizing: and Obama saw that it was good.
1:11 And Obama said, Let the earth bring forth ACORN, the herb-smoking agitators, and the fruity radicals yielding fruitcakes after their own kind, whose seed of destruction is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
1:12 And the earth brought forth radicals like blades of grass, and herb-smoking agitators after his kind, and the ACORN yielding fruitcakes, whose seed of destruction was in itself, after his kind: and Obama saw that it was good.
1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:14 And Obama said, Let there be wealth redistribution in the firmament of the heavens to divide the clean from the unclean; and let there be a sin, to blame man for the seasons, and for hot days, and warm years:
1:15 And because of this sin let us command that lights with screwy filaments give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:16 And Obama subsidized these lightbulbs; so that all but GE might rue the day, and that poor reading light might rule the night: he made Snooki a star also.
1:17 And Obama set these lights in all the government offices and schools to give pale light upon the earth,
1:18 And the masses could barely distinguish the day from the night, and the light from the darkness: and Obama saw that it was good.
1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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