Hey, y’all, Jebediah here. With Katrina and her aftermath, this is a good time for White Trash Wednesday. Why? Cause moonbats are goin’ wild about all the issues going on down in gumbo land and the Redneck Riviera. Yup, you hear me right.
Chrissy Matthews, while talking with Senator Richard Shelby (R-Al), called the area (again) the Redneck Riviera. From the transcript for Monday, Aug 29th:
MATTHEWS: Let me go back to Senator Shelby.
Senator Shelby, there‘s a lot of effort down in your part of the country, along the Gulf Coast, to develop, you know, the whole idea of a resort area. It‘s been called the Redneck Riviera, fondly, I think.
SHELBY: We don‘t call it that. We just call it the Gulf Coast.
MATTHEWS: OK, the Gulf Coast.
SHELBY: Sure.
What’s missing in that exchange is the snotty tone in which Matthews said it, and the annoyance with which Sen Shelby responded. These Northern liberals always have to find some way to sneer at the South. Yet Northerners keep moving down South, as well as vacationing. Go figure.
Chrissy also referred to the brewing toxic waters in New Orleans as "gumbo soup." A. that was obnoxious, B. that was disrespectfull. Again, you had to hear it live. Of course, not that many people actually watch Hardball, I had it on for a change in Katrina coverage.
I also caught a bit of The Situation with Tucker Carlson. Didn’t switch from Scarborough, and he had a video from that Walmart that was being looted. Not sure if anyone has seen it, but it clearly showed police officers looting. The reporter asked what she was doing, she stated that she was here to look for looters, he asked if part of her job was stealing shoes, she said she was doing what she could, then, to the reporter, "you’re here." He replied "but I’m not stealing." She walked away.
Not quite sure if it is the same WalMart that Michelle Malkin reports about, will have to wait for the transcript to yesterday’s show.
Then we have writers going loony, saying that global warming is causing the hurricanes, and it is Bush’s fault, such as at Time Magazine and the Boston Globe (using a link for the story from the International Tribune, so folks do not have to register). Apparently, global warming has only happened while GWB is President, and has only had an effect during the not even 5 years of his time. Absurd. Hurricanes happen. So do earthquakes, tsunami’s, and volcano’s. Are they his specific fault, too? If global warming is happening, it is something that would take a while to get to this point, certainly longer then not quite 5 years. And, again, I ask, how much effect does Man have on it? Some have said none, some negligible, I say, a bit. But, hurricanes happen.
People say "but there are so many more." Got proof, sparky? Hurricane records only go back a bit over a hundred years, other then some journals. If it didn’t hit land, or a ship’s Master keep a record, it didn’t happen in the records of bygone days.
Someone asked "Why didn’t Bush order the evacuations earlier!" Because that is the Governor’s job. They make that decision, not the federal government. Why didn’t Clinton order evacuations during any hurricane while he was President? Not the same thing, you say? Hurricane Floyd was a Cat 5 before it hit Wilmington, NC, and, fortunately, dropped in strength. That was 1999. No Slick evac order.
Either way, my little buddy has a message for all those who want to play stupid politics with Katrina
Slight Update by Teach: there is a looting video of the WalMart that shows the police involved, very quick. Hopefully, MSNBC will release the whole thing. There are a few officers who should be busted themselves. (look under the video section, "after the deluge, the looters"
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