One chopper

Thursday September 1, 2005 - 10:04AM EDT

Let's get something straight. There is a reality to look at. I hate this whole "relief effort" bullshit but for the moment what else. What I hate the most is that no one is doing anything to change the attitude of "relief effort" that I have been so colorful trying to describe.

Bush expressed sympathy for those who were still suffering but also said there should be "zero tolerance" for breaking the law during an emergency situation. - full article

Please, someone remove this man from power, from figurehead status. One national guard chopper. One. Well there may be more but this is going to be figurative. One fucking chopper. Are you insane, how many fucking chopper does the military have. More than one. How is it that when disaster struck, more than 1000 choppers were not sent in for rescue missions? Riddle me that Batman? They call the response of 28,000 troops the largest military response to natural disaster. I call it pathetic. This is the same shit that happened when that tsunami struck. Countries will fucking rush hundreds of thousands of troops into battle but never into situations like this. How can anyone say they care about human life when this kind of fucked up garbage is going on. How in the fuck do people have no water or food for more than a day. Last time I checked you could fly cross country in 6 hours. I bet not a single person has a clue or is organized enough to coordinate a competant operation either. That is whole other issue. One echoed by the major of New Orleans too. They can mobilize shit so fast for war but not disaster relief. How pathetic is that. I see pictures of New Orleans from the sky and I don't see those fancy military boats that they can drop from planes covering the landscape searching for people. I see nothing but a city underwater. Besides, you'd think with a war going on the military would be at full readiness and be able to deploy troops less than a 4 hour plane ride away in less than a day. Pathetic. Have you heard about this crazy shit at the Superdome. A few medical choppers and that is it. Maybe if the people saw the sky full of military choppers and transport vehicles they wouldn't act so nuts. When there are only a couple of buses and medical chopper with 30,000 people of course you'll have panic.

He said the National Guard told him that it was sending 100 military police officers to restore order.
"That's not enough," said Zeuschlag, whose Acadian Ambulance is based in Lafayette. "We need a thousand." - full article

Fuck, where are those fancy fucking hovercrafts. Louisiana is bayou country, swampland, what a golden opportunity to use such a vehicle. I know the military has those things, where the fuck else are they using them. Not in Iraq for damn sure, that place is desert. Ok so I don't know the logistics of launching hovercrafts and it may not be feasible but you get what I am saying. Alright I got no more for now. I'm just waiting for someone to say something.