I can has utter silence?

Well, you KNEW the first natural disaster would be met with Fark Independents^TM going batshiat in a blatant attempt to have anything Katrina-like with which to smear Obama.

It's hard to ignorn Kentucky.

robsul82: Well, you KNEW the first natural disaster would be met with Fark IndependentsTM going batshiat in a blatant attempt to have anything Katrina-like with which to smear Obama.

I missed that smearing. Which thread did this occur in?

Point them at this:

Gov. SteveBeshear said Thursday during a tour of Western Kentucky that Obama called him about 9 p.m. Wednesday and they spoke for about 10 minutes.

"I talked with him about the various trouble spots we had, the lack of drinking water in some places, having to get heat to many of our shelters and nursing homes, and the widespread power outages," Beshear said. "He expressed his concern for the folks of Kentucky and wanted to let everyone know his thoughts and prayers were with us all."

Obama completed the disaster emergency paperwork in less than an hour, Beshear said. Obama signed the declaration after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. The disaster declaration will bring federal resources and staff to the state.

Federal officials are hauling truckloads of water, ready-to-eat meals and the large generators to a staging area at Fort Campbell in southwestern Kentucky, said Mary Hudak, a spokeswoman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's southeast region.

AirForceVet: I missed that smearing. Which thread did this occur in?

There's been at least two that I've seen today.

HansensDisease: AirForceVet: I missed that smearing. Which thread did this occur in?

There's been at least two that I've seen today.

There's at least a half dozen, going back to the day after the storm hit. A couple of NRO and Townhall links in there.

Quick, deny everything... the internet never leaves evidence of things that happened !

AirForceVet: robsul82: Well, you KNEW the first natural disaster would be met with Fark IndependentsTM going batshiat in a blatant attempt to have anything Katrina-like with which to smear Obama.

I missed that smearing. Which thread did this occur in?

HansensDisease: AirForceVet: I missed that smearing. Which thread did this occur in?

There's been at least two that I've seen today.

GAT_00: HansensDisease: AirForceVet: I missed that smearing. Which thread did this occur in?

There's been at least two that I've seen today.

There's at least a half dozen, going back to the day after the storm hit. A couple of NRO and Townhall links in there.

In short, don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.

This is going to Main? I figured it would generate enough of a flame war on the Politics tab.

Oh, and good job by the President in being Presidential, and the Governor in being Gubernatorial.

Obama doesn't care about white people!

You tell the Governor of Kentucky I'm ignoring him.

robsul82:

Fark Independents^TM going batshiat

Those creatures compellingly curious
With features both frightened and furious
What they lack in spine
They make up in whine
And argumentums ad spurious

I bet if Obama dropped a 6-pack of beer off at Drew's place, all this would disappear.

Gonz: This is going to Main? I figured it would generate enough of a flame war on the Politics tab.

Oh, and good job by the President in being Presidential, and the Governor in being Gubernatorial.

And, the modmins make the first half of my initial post look idiotic. Crap.

Oh, well. I mainly wanted to say "gubernatorial". The rest was window dressing.

Oh good, this is going green. It won't shut up the Freepers, but it will let us laugh at their stupidity some more. You lost, morons. Get over it.

How many of those 600,000 had electricity to begin with? This is Kin-tuck we are talking about you know.

Godscrack

I don't agree, at all, with the idea that Obama is ignoring Kentucky. But that picture made me laugh pretty good.

So I'm sure he's canceling his superbowl party to put on his sad face, right?

Don't worry about Kentucky. Like my dear old Uncle Dad used to tell me, "Them tuckians is tough, look at all the stuff they can do missing all those teeth."

I just got back into Kentucky to help my parents dig out of it. It's surprisingly bad in their neck of the woods. People in Carlisle Co. (a really small county in West KY) are going to be w/o power for a month and most people in our town are still w/o power. My parents were without power for 2 days and very lucky by the sound of it.

Trees are absolutely everywhere and people are just starting to really dig out. People in the South have a hard time dealing with this type of thing. Fistfights at gas stations and robberies and stuff are happening a little bit, but I guess that's to be expected. Ice storms are the worst, because at least blizzards are fun.

There is a big difference between the at most couple of dozen people that died in this ice storm, many from non-direct causes like getting poisoned by carbon monoxide because of improper gas heater usage, and the 1,000+ people that died from Katrina.

But the Governor of Kentucky is a Democrat. So he's obviously lying. And this is reported by people like MSNBC and CNN. They are shills for Chairman Obama and serve no purpose but to perpetuate myths and lies about him. I envisioned him promising me a unicorn that farts bacon and burps beer and he hasn't delivered. He's an epic failure!!1!1 If only Palin was our VP we would be fine. She's rugged, independent, smart and knows how to take on the good 'ol boy crowd.

Hope

Change

Palin/McCain

/did i do it right?

robsul82: Well, you KNEW the first natural disaster would be met with Fark IndependentsTM going batshiat in a blatant attempt to have anything Katrina-like with which to smear Obama.

But-but-but I thought they said Bush was just wonderfuldoodelykins during Katrina!

HansensDisease: Point them at this:

Gov. SteveBeshear said Thursday during a tour of Western Kentucky that Obama called him about 9 p.m. Wednesday and they spoke for about 10 minutes. ...

Obama completed the disaster emergency paperwork in less than an hour, Beshear said. Obama signed the declaration after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. The disaster declaration will bring federal resources and staff to the state.

So what? Bush had signed the emergency paperwork for Louisiana BEFORE Katrina even made landfall there. Did that help? What matters is getting FEMA to actually do something. Making a phone call is isn't enough. Bush made plenty of phone calls before and during Katrina, but that didn't stop FEMA from sending truckloads of ice to Maine as a relief measure, or ordering hundreds of trailers to a muddy field in Mississippi where they still sit empty never used. Deeds matter, words are cheap. Forty-three people have frozen to death so far while Obama sits in the Oval Office with the heat cranked up so high "you could grow orchids in there." You're doing a heck of a job there, Obammy.

Snarfangel: You tell the Governor of Kentucky I'm ignoring him.

The rest of the sane, modern world, too. Trying to seize a couple hundred DNS names, thinking he can just do whatever he wants with the Internet.

robsul82: Well, you KNEW the first natural disaster would be met with Fark IndependentsTM going batshiat in a blatant attempt to have anything Katrina-like with which to smear Obama.

And he has done exactly what in response to a quarter of the nation without power in the middle of one of the coldest winters on record?

Said "Yup, it's a problem."

Peter von Nostrand: But the Governor of Kentucky is a Democrat. So he's obviously lying. And this is reported by people like MSNBC and CNN. They are shills for Chairman Obama and serve no purpose but to perpetuate myths and lies about him. I envisioned him promising me a unicorn that farts bacon and burps beer and he hasn't delivered. He's an epic failure!!1!1 If only Palin was our VP we would be fine. She's rugged, independent, smart and knows how to take on the good 'ol boy crowd.

Hope

Change

Palin/McCain

/did i do it right?

He is so intelligent that he has already fixed the problem. The neocons are criticizing him because he is black, they just won't admit it. They lost, they should just get over it.

/did I do it right

Alien Robot: So what? Bush had signed the emergency paperwork for Louisiana BEFORE Katrina even made landfall there. Did that help? What matters is getting FEMA to actually do something. Making a phone call is isn't enough. Bush made plenty of phone calls before and during Katrina, but that didn't stop FEMA from sending truckloads of ice to Maine as a relief measure, or ordering hundreds of trailers to a muddy field in Mississippi where they still sit empty never used. Deeds matter, words are cheap. Forty-three people have frozen to death so far while Obama sits in the Oval Office with the heat cranked up so high "you could grow orchids in there." You're doing a heck of a job there, Obammy.

Untrue, Bush didn't believe that a Cat 4+ hurricane sucking into New Orleans would cause utter devastation. Despite all the Discovery Channel and Weather Channel specials about "what if", he stated "no one predicted anything like this could happen"...

"I bet if Obama dropped a 6-pack of beer off at Drew's place, all this would disappear."

Giving alcohol as a gift is illegal in Kentucky. It's a shame, too. Most of the areas which were hardest hit are dry counties, and the people there could really use a beer right about now.

Sounds like Kentucky's Governor is on ball with the disaster coverage. Governor Blanco could have learned a thing or two from him.

Alien Robot: Forty-three people have frozen to death

This is the most exaggerated thing I have ever read on fark.

No one has frozen to death except the one woman who got into a car wreck and didn't get help in time. Most of the people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning by using gas and kerosene heaters improperly. There are also several car wrecks, and a couple of people hit by tree branches and people with natural illnesses or emergencies that couldn't be gotten to fast enough by the ambulance.

Change ..... it may not be the answer, but at least it's not the problem any more.

/refreshing competence

robsul82: Well, you KNEW the first natural disaster would be met with Fark IndependentsTM going batshiat in a blatant attempt to have anything Katrina-like with which to smear Obama.

You f*&%wit leftists started this shiat with the incessant Bush-demonizing that occurred during his tenure, to the point that the caricature of Bush became meaningless. Do you honestly expect to believe that Obama isn't going to receive the same type of treatment from rabid righties? I think it's healthy and personally, I can't wait to see Obama eviscerated for his every move like W was - except this time, it'll be fun to see Obama fanboys such as yourself getting butthurt in utter indignation over any criticisms that come Obama's way (even if they may be false criticism).

Oh, and good to see you are still beating that dead horse of an idiotic label you mention in every thread. It's almost as if you believe you're as clever as you think you are.

HansensDisease: Obama completed the disaster emergency paperwork in less than an hour, Beshear said. Obama signed the declaration after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. The disaster declaration will bring federal resources and staff to the state.

It took him an hour! What a miserably slow response time! People are dying and it took him an entire hour to complete the paperwork!

Local officials grew angrier at what they said was a lack of help from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

In Kentucky's Grayson County, about 80 miles southwest of Louisville, Emergency Management Director Randell Smith said the 25 National Guardsmen who have responded have no chain saws to clear fallen trees. He said roads are littered with fallen trees and people shivering in bone-chilling cold are in need.

"We've got people out in some areas we haven't even visited yet," Smith said. "We don't even know that they're alive."

Smith said FEMA was still a no-show days after the storm. (new window)

12349876: Alien Robot: Forty-three people have frozen to death

This is the most exaggerated thing I have ever read on fark.

No one has frozen to death except the one woman who got into a car wreck and didn't get help in time. Most of the people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning by using gas and kerosene heaters improperly. There are also several car wrecks, and a couple of people hit by tree branches and people with natural illnesses or emergencies that couldn't be gotten to fast enough by the ambulance.

:facepalm:
the air that comes out of my car's exhaust is really warm too. i bet that would be a great way to stay warm.

TheGreatGildersleeve:

And he has done exactly what in response to a quarter of the nation without power in the middle of one of the coldest winters on record?

Said "Yup, it's a problem."

A quarter? Really? Kentucky is bigger than I thought.

Kentucky is an oasis of profound ignorance. but, they do have Jesus!!

Hang On Voltaire: He is so intelligent that he has already fixed the problem. The neocons are criticizing him because he is black, they just won't admit it. They lost, they should just get over it.

/did I do it right

Why are you bringing up his skin color? Oh, I know, everyone to the left of Newt Gingrich claims any and all criticism of Obama is because of his skin color.

Raskolnikov's Angst: robsul82: Well, you KNEW the first natural disaster would be met with Fark IndependentsTM going batshiat in a blatant attempt to have anything Katrina-like with which to smear Obama.

You f*&%wit leftists started this shiat with the incessant Bush-demonizing that occurred during his tenure, to the point that the caricature of Bush became meaningless. Do you honestly expect to believe that Obama isn't going to receive the same type of treatment from rabid righties? I think it's healthy and personally, I can't wait to see Obama eviscerated for his every move like W was - except this time, it'll be fun to see Obama fanboys such as yourself getting butthurt in utter indignation over any criticisms that come Obama's way (even if they may be false criticism).

Oh, and good to see you are still beating that dead horse of an idiotic label you mention in every thread. It's almost as if you believe you're as clever as you think you are.

I think you missed something:

Bush actually DESERVED the derision he received. He screwed up everything he touched. EVERY SINGLE THING. Pretty much the only thing you numbnuts could come up with positive is that he increased funding for abstinence only education in Africa to combat the AIDS epidemic.

Obama has been President for twelve days, and by all accounts has been good so far. Even the Governor of Kentucky, the state in question, says that Obama is doing just fine getting them help.

So go ahead and act like this is all well-deserved retribution. It will just make you look even more like a petulant child than you already do.

Hang On Voltaire: Smith said FEMA was still a no-show days after the storm. (new window)

to be fair, i wasn't even aware that there was a storm that blasted Kentucky, although a couple of friends of mine in that area have not been online for several days, uncharacteristically.

Hope they are doin alright

Alien Robot: So what? Bush had signed the emergency paperwork for Louisiana BEFORE Katrina even made landfall there. Did that help? What matters is getting FEMA to actually do something. Making a phone call is isn't enough. Bush made plenty of phone calls before and during Katrina, but that didn't stop FEMA from sending truckloads of ice to Maine as a relief measure, or ordering hundreds of trailers to a muddy field in Mississippi where they still sit empty never used. Deeds matter, words are cheap. Forty-three people have frozen to death so far while Obama sits in the Oval Office with the heat cranked up so high "you could grow orchids in there." You're doing a heck of a job there, Obammy.

Which just goes to show that when you spend decades insisting government doesn't work, then appoint a horse show judge to run emergency management you should expect failure.

Hang On Voltaire: Local officials grew angrier at what they said was a lack of help from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Basically, Grayson County's a tiny little place, hard to get to, and they're pissed off that no one's helping yet.

But notice who they're calling out- it's not like the National Guard is a state institution, right?

Linux_Yes: Kentucky is an oasis of profound ignorance. but, they do have Jesus!!

Peter von Nostrand:
Which just goes to show that when you spend decades insisting government doesn't work, then appoint a horse show judge to run emergency management you should expect failure.

Not to mention, he buried FEMA (which was a mostly competent organization previously) under a mountain of the pointless bureaucracy that is DHS. There was absolutely no reason to hitch them up to that wagon.

Putting Brownie in charge just finished that deal.

Kentucky is a disaster area. Also, there appears to have been an ice storm there.

Shadowknight: Not to mention, he buried FEMA (which was a mostly competent organization previously) under a mountain of the pointless bureaucracy that is DHS. There was absolutely no reason to hitch them up to that wagon.

Putting Brownie in charge just finished that deal.

Yep pretty much. FEMA has no business being in the DHS.