Let me begin with stating that I believe that the Federal government should be the “last resort” in emergency planning and emergency response…… the state and local governments being primarily responsible to assist their residents. Here and on other sites, it is being questioned as to why the Great “O” is not being blasted through the airwaves for his failure to quickly respond to the damages, loss of life, and the lack of power and heat encompassing areas from Texas to Maine, primarily in Kentucky. Why aren’t they screaming because Obama is sitting in the Oval Office with the thermostat set at 72, and he has yet to “survey” the damages?
I recived this in my email today:
“” Iowa “”
MAKES THOSE WHO CAN STILL THINK … THINK!
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IOWA (THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA ) AND NEW ORLEANS?
NEW ORLEANS KNEW THAT A HURRICANE WAS COMING AND CHOSE TO DO LI TTLE, THEN EXPECTED, NO … DEMANDED, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE TAXPAYERS REBUILD THE CITY AND THEIR HOMES BETTER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THE HURRICANE.
IOWA JUST WATCHED IT RAIN AND DEALT WITH IT LIKE RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE.
Where are the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping
the folks affected by the floods?
Where is good old Michael Moore?
Why is the media NOT asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn’t solved
Why isn’t the Federal government moving Iowa people into free hotels in Chicago and Minneapolis?
When will Spike Lee say the Federal government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines?
Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes, cases of beer and television sets?
When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a ‘vanilla’ Iowa
… because “that’s what God wants”?
Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of shootings at rescuers, of
rapes and murder?
Where are all the people screaming that George Bush hates white, rural people?
My God, where are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Oprah, and Harry Connick Jr?
How come after two weeks we never heard about the Iowa flooding again? (1 guess only)
Where are the government bailout vouchers and the government debit cards?
There must somehow be one hell of a big difference between the value of the people who live in Iowa and Louisiana! What is it???????????
Let’s float this one around for a while in contrast to all of the hullabaloo that New Orleans received and see how many Americans can and are still willing to THINK for themselves instead of letting our uncaged liberals and a questionably ethical press do it for them ……
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/04/more-dispatches-from-kentucky/
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February 4, 2009 at 8:05 pm
JAMES,
Here’s another good article on the storms in Kentucky:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/02/a_tale_of_two_storms_or_let_th.html
Obama’s sitting in the White House eating $100.00 a pound steak and sipping martinis with the thermostat in the oval office set at 75 while the people of Kentucky suffer.
Where is the outrage?
Where are the people screaming for the head of FEMA to be fired?
Where are the FEMA trailers, or vouchers or debit cards?
Come on people, let’s be consistant, you were yelling at the top of your lungs that Bush simply flew over the damage left by Katrina, or that he was at some Birthday party eating cake, and Obama is hosting a Super Bowl party (was Bill Ayers there?).
Read some of the comments in the above article, there are about 4 or 5 from actual people affected by the storms.
I am appalled at the double standard of the people who were calling for Bush to do more in New Orleans, and who are now silent on Obama’s failure in Kentucky.