RSSMr. Penn, These Are Trained Professions. Do Not Try This At Home
I will admit that the following story would be more funny if the situations in the Gulf Coast area were not as tragic as they really were. That being said with all the tragedy sometimes we need some humor to keep us going. Enter Sean Penn. There is a reason why not anyone can just come to the Gulf area and try to rescue others as they might just need rescuing themselves. Thus begins the saga of Sean Penn and his photo op to rescue victims of Hurricane Katrina, when Sean Penn’s rescue bid sinks.
Efforts by Hollywood actor Sean Penn to aid New Orleans victims stranded by Hurricane Katrina foundered badly overnight, when the boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak. Mr Penn had planned to rescue children waylaid by Katrina’s flood waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch. The actor, known for his political activism, was seen wearing what appeared to be a white flak jacket and frantically bailing water out of the sinking vessel with a red plastic cup.
ABC Poll; Who Is to Blame for For Hurricane Response
Unfortunately in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina people have decided to play the blame game instead of concentrating on the matter at hand, evacuating the people from the hard hot Gulf coast regions and providing them with care. Of course we need a scape goat in all of this and by the looks of how the hurricane response was handled it appears that there is more than enough of blame to go around.
The MSM and curious enough the Governor of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans seem to be the loudest critics of the Federal Government and President George W. Bush. What a shock. I think Mayor Ray Nagin best look at his own actions. A really good look. Some how in all of this due to political partisanship, not only is President Bush responsible for the slow hurricane response many also are blaming him for the hurricane as well. Even some people in this country have decided to as well. Even though the focus should be on relief efforts, lets look at who the American people think is to blame.
In an ABC News Poll on Views of Hurricane Response it would appear that although Americans blame the Federal Government and even more so the local/State governments for their unpreparedness.
Americans are broadly critical of government preparedness in the Hurricane Katrina disaster — but far fewer take George W. Bush personally to task for the problems, and public anger about the response is less widespread than some critics would suggest.
The most critical views cross jurisdictions: Two-thirds in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say the federal government should have been better prepared to deal with a storm this size, and three-quarters say state and local governments in the affected areas likewise were insufficiently prepared.
Other evaluations are divided. Forty-six percent of Americans approve of Bush’s handling of the crisis, while 47 percent disapprove.
Posted September 4, 2005 by Scared Monkeys Homeland Security, Media, Politics, Polls, weather | one comment |
Beth Holloway Twitty Response, Part II (A mother’s grief, she plans to go home)
Sometimes a picture can say it all, this is just one of those moments. Below are pictures of Beth Holloway Twitty packing to go home to Alabama and the anguish of a mother’s grief during the pres conference following the news that all suspects in the disappearance of her daughter Natalee Holloway were being freed. Comments from original post from the press conference. From the AP, Beth Holloway Twitty pland to return home
The mother of a missing U.S. teenager announced Sunday she will soon leave Aruba, saying she had “exhausted all my avenues” on the Dutch Caribbean island after the release of the three suspects in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance.
Beth Holloway Twitty said she plans to travel to Aruba “frequently” but will seek justice for her daughter from the United States.
Compare and contract that with the pictures of Beth when I met her in Aruba during the TES search for Natalee Holloway.
Post Katrina; Beyond Comprehension
There are some things in life that just fail to make any sense or comprehension. Some of the post hurricane actions in New Orleans just make me shake my head in wonderment. What were these people thinking? Michelle Malkin has an amazing post on THE LOST 
CHILDREN OF KATRINA, please read.
In the rush to evacuate people from the storm-ravaged New Orleans area, at least two dozen children have been separated from their parents in Louisiana, according to the state social services department. Some children and parents also have been separated and sent to neighboring states in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and as the evacuation continues officials expect that number to grow larger, according to Marketa Garner Gautreau, an assistant secretary with the social services office. “As people have been pushed onto buses and jumped onto buses, they’ve gotten separated from their families,” Gautreau said.
I agree that it is difficult right now to discuss the politics and the blame game of Hurricane Katrina when such immediate actions of stupidity are going on. Let us focus on the issues at hand and help the victims of this disaster now. Especially the children, the most helpless of us all. I agree with Michelle, start forwarding these photos to the MSM so that they get them help instead of just covering the blame game aspect of this disaster.
Help the most defenseless of our population in this disaster, please help the children.
BREAKING : CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST PASSES AWAY
LA Times has the official statement from President George W. Bush regarding the passing of Chief Justice Rehnquist:
“President Bush and Mrs. Bush are deeply saddened by the news” of Rehnquist’s death, White House counselor Dan Bartlett said. “It’s a tremendous loss for our nation.” The president, after attending church services on Sunday, will make a statement about Rehnquist, presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said.
WASHINGTON Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died Saturday evening at his home in suburban Virginia, said Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg. A statement from the spokeswoman said he was surrounded by his three children when he died in Arlington. “The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his dues on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last couple of days,” she said. Rehnquist was appointed to the Supreme Court as an associate justice in 1971 by President Nixon and took his seat on Jan. 7, 1982. He was elevated to chief justice by President Reagan in 1986.
The Life of William Rehnquist and his many accomplishments:
Rehnquist summarized his vision of the nation’s constitutional structure in a speech at the University of Texas a few years later:
It is almost impossible … to conclude that the [Founders] intended the Constitution itself to suggest answers to the manifold problems that they knew would confront succeeding generations. The Constitution that they drafted was intended to endure indefinitely, but the reason for this well-founded hope was the general language by which national authority was granted to Congress and the Presidency. These two branches were to furnish the motive power within the federal system, which was in turn to coexist with the state governments; the elements of government having a popular constituency were looked to for the solution of the numerous and varied problems that the future would bring.
See Rehnquist’s CV at Find Law
From CNN, Chief Justice Rehnquist has died. Rehnquist, who presided over the court for nearly 19 years, was 80.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who helped shift the U.S. Supreme Court toward a more conservative ideology and strongly supported states’ rights during his three decades on the bench, has died.
NY Times; William H. Rehnquist Dies at 80; Led Conservative Revolution on Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist, who died Saturday at the age of 80, helped lead a conservative revolution on the Supreme Court during 19 notably successful years as chief justice of the United States.
The Washington Post; Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Dies, article states the question that many have been pondering since Rehnquist was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Bush now has a major opportunity to attempt to reshape the highest court in the land.
Rehnquist’s death creates the need for two and perhaps three confirmation hearings. If Bush elevates a sitting justice to Rehnquist’s position, confirmation hearings will be required for the designated Chief Justice, as well as for replacements for the associate justice elevated as well as for Roberts.
Here is a real shame. Alan Dershowitz was on Fox around 1 AM, shortly after they Rehnquist’s passing calling him a Republican Thug. There are times and places for such discussions, and this is not one of them. We have the Audio.
Blogs Covering Chief Justice Rehnquist’s Passing:
- Wizbang
- Jawa Report
- The Moderate Voice
- Michelle Malkin
- Kos Calls for the suspension of Roberts Hearings
- Supreme Court Nomination Blog
- My Due Diligence has some interesting comments
- Ian The Political Teen (The Video King)
To Discuss the Passing of Chief Justice Rehnquist, visit the Scared Monkeys Discussion Forum.
