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- MommaKatz, on 08/31/2008, -19/+242This is as it should be. Mobilize volunteers to help where needed, DO NOT under any circumstances go the area of a disaster for a photo op that can only hinder preparation efforts. Do not, under any circumstances, turn a natural disaster into political fodder and gimmickry, but DO care about those in harms path and activate a network of help. Obama clearly shows the judgement to lead out country, whereas McCain will act against the best interest of the people he purportedly seeks to lead if he perceives a leg up for his political ambitions.
- DJShay, on 08/31/2008, -21/+195As usual McCain only wants it to LOOK like he cares. His actions and votes tell us differently. Just like Jon Stewart said, "Republicans love America, they just hate half the people living it it"
- susanswilk, on 08/31/2008, -21/+134I like this story. This is a good study of the character difference between Obama versus McCain. Obama, like the rest of us, watched the Katrina nightmare unfold, and has absorbed at least some of its lessons.
Obama is using up-to-date technology to activate his army of volunteers and supporters to raise money and find volunteers to help with the aftermath.
Luddite McCain responds as politicians have always done. He asks himself "How can I use this bad situation to show that I care, and profit from it politically?" Answer: Fly down there. Draw resources away from the actual emergency to protect himself. Get that photo op.
Our upcoming election reminds me of the what-to-drive dilemma from Men in Black: "New hotness" versus "Old and busted"
We can't afford old and busted Grampy McSame. - inactive, on 08/31/2008, -23/+108McCain is improving. This time he's NOT eating cake while a city drowns.
- dinot, on 08/31/2008, -14/+90A link to an article titled "Obama WALKS the WALK" and you're still saying "much words, no actions"???
Does being willingly ignorant really help your argument? - susanswilk, on 08/31/2008, -16/+90McCain's voting record on Katrina is here: (stunning!)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/31/125510/904 ... - stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -17/+66The Evangicals prayed to Got to rain out Obama’s acceptance speech. It didn’t work. It is quite ironic with the turn of events with Hurricaine Gustav coinciding with the Republican convention. Is God sending a message?
- stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -6/+41So how'd you get THAT out of the clips you attached? They are laughing at the irony of it all, that Evangicals prayed in droves for God to rain out Obama's acceptance speech, but the weather was beautiful. Come time for the Republican convention, and what happens? Gustav pays a visit. ...
- phnx0221, on 08/31/2008, -2/+37Live feeds for Gustav : http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/gustav.html
Also, it appears from reporters near New Orleans, who have contacted the mayors office, people will not be turned away from evacuation. Homeless people can go as well, they are getting evacuation buses ready. People who are left behind however, cannot expect to find shelter. The super dome will be locked. Mixed reports are coming in that it might be guarded as well. Patrols by the National Guard and police will be conducted regularly after the storm. A mandatory curfew will be put in place during and after the storm. People who are found outside after the curfew hours, will be arrested.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jF46TkeDETFqsBx ...
Finally, some resources for residents who are still in New Orleans, AFTER the storm. Food Not Bombs, and Common Ground will be setting up volunteer food and first aid clinics.http://digg.com/world_new/Anarchist_Groups_Near_Gu ...
Looking for additional support groups right now. Anyone who knows of any, please post them here and on other threads, so that people may have these resources at their disposal, for themselves, or for friends and family. - SteelChicken, on 09/01/2008, -11/+43People in Iowa didn't wait for others to come help, they helped themselves.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 08/31/2008, -13/+43Wouldn't it be neat to have a president that is able to call people to action in such a way? Wouldn't it be great to have a president who brought fireside chats to the 21st century? I really can't wait to see how Obama uses technology during his presidency. It's about time the government became more accessible through the internet.
- pintomp3, on 09/01/2008, -3/+31that's only because gustav missed mccain's birthday by two days.
- samimnot, on 09/01/2008, -4/+31Judge a person by their actions, not their words...
- stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -4/+29This does not compute. "Rage in their eyes?" From my vantage point, it appears more like the Republicans have the market cornered on hate. For way too long, "us liberals" sat back and turned the other cheek. It's to the point where we've finally had enough and we're not going to take it anymore, but "rage" in our eyes? It's the contact lenses, dude.
- ph070sh0p, on 09/01/2008, -1/+25Liberalism is actually when you consider personal liberty the most important thing in politics. (So small government, limited power). So really, libertarians are the biggest liberals.
- jakefatman, on 09/01/2008, -5/+29The last time I checked, neither Obama nor McCain were president.
- inactive, on 09/01/2008, -11/+34Maybe Mccain can give shelter to New Orleans residents in his 18 houses?
- Mekhami, on 09/01/2008, -22/+44HEY DIGG MORONS.
Stop calling me a liberal. You don't even know what liberal means anymore. It is an empty term.
I'm a progressive. I like progress.
You're not. You vote for McCain.
Get the damn terminology right, because liberal is an extinct term. - PHiZ187, on 09/01/2008, -1/+22:Shrug: Our forefathers founded a Liberal Democracy, not a Conservative Democracy, those guys were called the Tories. We dumped their tea in the harbor, and then chased their redcoat asses back to Britain.
- u2wedge, on 08/31/2008, -18/+38no one visits McCain's website, so I don't think he had many other options.
- Rikkochet, on 09/01/2008, -3/+23I have a new policy of burying and blocking anyone who slings Liberal as an insult as if it's supposed to be a bad thing.
Newsflash: it's not. It's a political stance, and constantly trying to berate people without anything more than describing them shows how incapable you are of retorting. - Reeds2, on 09/01/2008, -18/+37Didn't Obama go to the floods earlier in the year for photo ops, and Digg blasted McCain for not doing the same? Now that the situation is reversed, McCain is wrong for going and Obama right for not going?
- someguy92, on 09/01/2008, -2/+20But who wouldn't want to play PORK INVADERS!?!?
http://www.johnmccain.com/videogame/invaders/ - cadmiumpaint, on 09/01/2008, -12/+30what if McCain trips and breaks his hip? he needs to be careful. he's a fragile old man.
- TheDarkstarter, on 09/01/2008, -2/+17It would be better if McCain just stayed home and had his cake and stayed the hell out of the way of the real helpful efforts.
- dinot, on 08/31/2008, -4/+19Unfortunately, there's still time for that since Gustav hasn't made landfall yet.
- PHiZ187, on 09/01/2008, -7/+22In an unrelated note. ***** Redstate for their dishonest conservative trash. They are some of the most absurd, in-denial, mommas-basement, pundits on the entire interwebs. I stop by there frequently for giggles, and on the day when Sarah Palin was announced VP Erick Erickson was trumpeting how she was from "THE BIGGEST STATE IN TEH COUNTRY OHMIDAWG!!!!"
Like vast acreage for some reason makes you a better governor... - inactive, on 09/01/2008, -7/+22I'm not a fan of McCain or Obama so to be honest I don't care. However I don't like spin, and this article is a load of biased rubbish. Both Obama and McCain are focusing on on what to "do to get elected". If you are stupid enough to lap up the Obama image, or even McCain's, I have pity for you.
- IslandDog, on 09/01/2008, -9/+23Digg hypocrites.
- cyrix, on 09/01/2008, -1/+14What-the-*****...................
- PHiZ187, on 09/01/2008, -3/+16Yeah, the last thing that the emergency responders need are a caravan full of politicians and their associated security getting in the way and distracting the attention of the relief workers.
- john2kx, on 09/01/2008, -1/+14I hadn't heard of redstate until now, and I thought it was a parody site at first..
Really unbelievable how in denial some people can be. - Mekhami, on 09/01/2008, -4/+17It's understandable since you clearly have no education and no thoughts independent of what you hear on the news, that you're not educated enough to make distinctions between words.
Progressivism is a term that refers to a broad school of international social and political philosophies. The term progressive was first widely used in late 19th century America, in reference to a general branch of political thought which arose as a response to the vast changes brought by industrialization, and as an alternative both to the traditional conservative response to social and economic issues and to the various more or less radical streams of socialism and anarchism which opposed them. Political parties such as the American Progressive Party organized at the start of the 20th century, and progressivism made great strides under American presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
And please, explain how Obama is "liberal." He's not completely pro-choice. He's not anti-second amendment. He is against Affirmative Action. Where are your grounds for this ignorant claim? - Suzpaz, on 09/01/2008, -1/+13McCains visit had to enlisted at least 50 police officers. A secret service caravan that hindered the evacuation (seeing as both lanes are going north). For what? So he can look at the people leaving? What good could his visit possibly do?
- blackinthmiddle, on 09/01/2008, -6/+18No, we complained that he didn't care because he didn't DO anything! We complained because his daddy started funding to improve the levees in Louisiana and (surprise, surprise), he decided that fund should be cut to the bone. The year that Katrina happened, the levee project asked for $25mil; he decided $3.9 mil was enough. Congress earmarked $5.5 mil. Estimates to put things back to normal right after Katrina were in the $200 Billion dollar range. The whole penny wise, pound foolish thing comes to mind.
And don't dare say, "Well the same thing could have happened with Bill Clinton. First, he didn't cut funding for the Louisiana levees like dumb-dumb Bush did. Second, he was the president at the time. Numerous scientists had his ear and all told him he really needed to create a dyke system like The Netherlands. One scientist even gave (very accurate) scenarios of how the people would act. Some would leave right away, others wouldn't leave due to financial reasons. Others would find out that they should leave, but it would be too late.
I can go on. Insurance companies raped the people of Louisiana afterwards. There's a class action lawsuit against State Farm for their egregious behavior. "Damn, she had flood insurance? Well, did she have hurricane insurance? No? Well then her house was destroyed by hurricane, of course!" Never mind the fact that the woman got THREE engineers to confirm that it was indeed the flood that knocked it off of it's foundation. Yes, this is a true story. Did Bush step in and even attempt to have the insurance companies act more accountable? Of course not!
You Bush zombies just don't get it. We want an intelligent person with a fresh perspective and energy directed at solving problems. If there was an anti-midas touch, Bush would have it! Yet, fools like you continue to make excuses for him. What exactly has he done, what exactly has he touched that you can say, "Hey, good job there, Bush!" - sullivanst, on 09/01/2008, -1/+12Actually, he wasn't in Iowa, he was in Illinois on the Iowa border. Check this quote:
Dave Ripper, a local Republican precinct committeeman, also said this is a time when politics are put aside. "I may get in trouble with my fellow Republicans, but I respect (Obama) for taking the time to come to Quincy at a time like this," Ripper said.
Moreover, Obama used the cameras to appeal for volunteers to come to the area and help out. You know, a bit of leadership. - jakereilly, on 09/01/2008, -4/+15Um, again, another loony neocon trying to change the story.
This story is about mccain doing NOTHING and obama doing EVERYTHING.
End of story. Get it through your head.
What is mcsames grand plan? More drilling (thats proven not to work)? More 100 year wars? What is it? - Suilenroc, on 09/01/2008, -0/+11Dugg for historical accuracy.
Unfortunately, the meaning of the word has largely changed. That's the problem with language, it's always changing. - growler1, on 09/01/2008, -3/+14He had his chance the first time, too, but he was eating birthday cake with W.
- inactive, on 09/01/2008, -3/+14yeah, boy, sure is going to be such a great day when a semi-progressive competent guy gets booted, and a shrivelled worthless hack gets to wipe his ass with what's left of the constitution, won't it? please hold your breath until then.
would somebody please make a retard digg for these tools to babble on?
oh look, a block user button... - Bakedwafer, on 09/01/2008, -2/+12My friends, let me tell you a story from when I was held hostage in a Vietnamese prison camp, where I was brutally tortured......
- gbjxc, on 09/01/2008, -1/+11"Also I seem to remember your Messiah filling sandbags for a photo op."
...In the state he represents in the Senate. - jakefatman, on 09/01/2008, -5/+15Yes, the double standard is always there.
- whodoes, on 09/01/2008, -1/+10 * Sept. 2, 2005: Obama holds press conference urging Illinoisans to contribute to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
* Sept. 5, 2005: Obama goes to Houston to visit evacuees with Presidents Clinton and Bush.
* Sept. 7, 2005: Obama introduces bill to create a national emergency family locator system
* Sept. 8, 2005: Obama introduces bill to create a National Emergency Volunteers Corps.
* Sept. 8, 2005: Obama co-sponsors the Katrina Emergency Relief Act of 2005 introduced by Senator Harry Reid
* Sept. 8, 2005: Obama co-sponsors the Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005 introduced by Senator Russ Feingold
* Sept. 12, 2005: Obama introduces legislation requiring states to create an emergency evacuation plan for society’s most vulnerable
* Sept. 15, 2005: Obama issues public response to President Bush’s speech about Gulf Coast rebuilding.
* Sept. 21, 2005: Obama co-sponsors bill to establish a Katrina commission to investigate response to the disaster introduced by Hillary Clinton
* Sept. 21, 2005: Obama appears on NPR to discuss the role of poverty in Hurricane Katrina.
* Sept. 22, 2005: Obama and Coburn’s Hurricane Katrina financial oversight bill unanimously passes Senate committee.
* Sept. 22, 2005: Obama’s amendment requiring evacuation plans unanimously passes Senate committee.
* Sept. 28, 2005: Obama and Coburn issue statement about the need for a Chief Financial Officer to oversee the financial mismanagement and suspicious contracts occurring in the reconstruction process
* Sept. 29, 2005: Obama and Coburn investigate possible FEMA refusal of free cruise ship offer
* Oct. 6, 2005: Obama and Coburn issue statement on FEMA Decision to re-bid Katrina contracts
* Oct. 6, 2005: Obama co-sponsors Gulf Coast Infrastructure Redevelopment and Recovery Act of 2005.
* Oct. 21, 2005: Obama releases statement decrying the extension of FEMA director, Michael “Brownie” Brown’s contract. Obama calls Brown’s contract extension, “unconscionable.”
* Nov. 17, 2005: Obama and Coburn introduce legislation asking FEMA to immediately re-bid all Katrina reconstruction contracts.
* Feb. 1, 2006: Obama gives Senate floor speech on his legislation to help children affected by Hurricane Katrina
* Feb. 2, 2006: Obama introduces legislation to help low-income children affected by Hurricane Katrina
* Feb. 23, 2006: Obama issues statement responding to a White House report on Hurricane Katrina. Obama noted that the top two recommendations that the report had for the federal government were initiatives he had been working on since immediately after the storm hit. Obama called the administration’s response “delinquent.”
* May 2, 2006: Obama gives speech about no-bid contracts in Hurricane Katrina reconstruction
* May 4, 2006: Obama’s legislation to end no-bid contracts for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction passed the Senate.
* June 15, 2006: Obama and Coburn announce legislation to require amendment to create competitive bidding for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction for federal contracts over $500,000. Although it passed previously, the language was stripped in conference.
* June 15, 2006: Obama releases podcast about his pending Katrina reconstruction legislation in the Senate.
* June 16, 2006: Obama and Coburn get no-bid Hurricane Katrina reconstruction amendment into Department of Defense authorization bill.
* July 14, 2006: Obama and Coburn’s legislation to end abuse of no-bid contracts passes senate as amendment to Department of Defense authorization bill.
* August 11, 2006: Obama visits Xavier University in New Orleans to give Commencement address
* August 14, 2006: Obama and Coburn ask FEMA to address ballooning no-bid contracts for Gulf Coast reconstruction
* Sept. 29, 2006: Obama and Coburn legislation to prevent abuse of no-bid contracts in the wake of disaster passes Senate to be sent to President’s desk to become law.
* Feb. 2007-Present: As Obama begins his Presidential campaign he references Katrina as a part of his stump speech as he travels around the country in his familiar line, “That we are not a country which preaches compassion and justice to others while we allow bodies to float down the streets of a major American city. That is not who we are.”
* June 20, 2007: Obama co-sponsors Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007 introduced by Senator Chris Dodd.
* July 27, 2007: Obama and colleagues get a measure in the Homeland Security bill that will investigate FEMA trailers that may contain the toxic chemical, formaldehyde.
* Aug. 26, 2007: Obama outlines a detailed Hurricane Katrina recovery plan.
* December 18, 2007: Obama calls on President Bush to protect affordable housing in New Orleans
* February 16, 2008: Obama releases statement on toxic Gulf Coast trailers - sullivanst, on 09/01/2008, -0/+9As pointed out in the diary, Obama helped out after Katrina even though he wasn't campaigning for anything at the time.
The guy's life story is consistent with the idea that he's driven by the desire to make people's lives better.
As Obama points out, we're not saying McCain doesn't care about people - we're saying the DOESN'T GET IT - and photo-ops that detract from relief efforts are a perfect example of that. - mistergoomba, on 09/01/2008, -8/+17can we just f***ing elect him already?!! november can't come soon enough. i don't even think mccain takes this election seriously anymore
- inactive, on 09/01/2008, -10/+19Palin is wrong for VP because she is inexperienced.
Obama is right for President because he is inexperienced.
McCain is wrong because he is the past and part of the washington establishment.
Biden is right because he has links to the past and is part of the establishment.
So on and so forth. The hypocrisy of obama supporters are beyond the pale. - filmbandit, on 09/01/2008, -3/+12superstition will get you nowhere, backwater
- lupka, on 09/01/2008, -0/+9How did you find that??
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