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(Yahoo)   Maybe -- just maybe -- it would be more helpful for the Democrats to stop complaining that Bush failed to rebuild New Orleans and instead submit a workable rebuilding plan of their own   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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Rev.K [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-08-31 11:16:37 AM  
Maybe, just maybe, the President should take responsibility for one of, if not the worst, disaster response nightmare in modern history.
 
weezbo
2007-08-31 11:18:25 AM  
Maybe, just maybe, they're trying both:

Democrats used the second anniversary this week to roll out comprehensive plans for Gulf Coast rebuilding while continuing to lambaste the Bush Administration's handling of the aftermath.

Workability is debatable.
 
Bandman614
2007-08-31 11:20:29 AM  
That clusterfark has had a leadership vacuum since the first storm clouds rolled in.

Someone needs to bit the bullet and take charge there. That one crazy guy a while back had dreams of doing it. I say put him in charge if he wants the job so bad.
 
Mordant
2007-08-31 11:29:59 AM  
Vote Republican in 2008 and reject the folks who can't fix our current problems (that mysteriously developed in the last 6 years).
 
skinnycatullus [recently expired TotalFark]
2007-08-31 11:37:03 AM  
Oh I'm so glad this little talking point hasn't gone away. It helps me identify the true idiots.

/Dems don't have a plan, Dems don't have a plan, Dems don't have a plan
//keep saying it and somebody will eventually believe it
 
what_now
2007-08-31 11:50:51 AM  
I really don't understand why the democrats haven't completely fixed everything the republicans broke in the past 6 years.

I mean, they've had almost 9 months now...
 
Eddie Adams from Torrance
2007-08-31 12:03:36 PM  
Bandman614: That one crazy guy a while back had dreams of doing it. I say put him in charge if he wants the job so bad.

Exactly! What this country needs to get things back on track is a crazy guy in The White House.
 
ninth_level_dan
2007-08-31 12:05:03 PM  
subby fails at trolling
 
Bandman614
2007-08-31 12:08:36 PM  
Eddie Adams from Torrance: Exactly! What this country needs to get things back on track is a crazy guy in The White House.

A) I laughed

B) I meant in charge of the fixing of New Orleans
 
jayhawk88
2007-08-31 12:09:35 PM  
Maybe, just maybe, someone will finally listen to what is quickly becoming my mantra:

Neither side cares about you. They care about making themselves rich and keeping themselves in power. You demean and humiliate yourselves by willingly playing the role of puppet they cast for you.
 
DrRatchet
2007-08-31 12:09:43 PM  
Maybe--just maybe-- the administrative branch could appoint staff on the bases of competence, rather than loyalty and religion.
 
coachwdb
2007-08-31 12:09:45 PM  
Well, hell...considering W promised to rebuild...
 
HotWingConspiracy
2007-08-31 12:10:17 PM  
If they did that they'd get a veto threat.
 
coma
2007-08-31 12:10:33 PM  
ninth_level_dan: subby fails at trolling

...and apparently you fail at haircuts and shirt purchasing. Do you think youre the farking highlander or something?

/completely ignoring the validity of your post.
 
Maud Dib
2007-08-31 12:11:06 PM  
You want a plan?
I say we nuke the entire site from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
 
Hung Like A Tic-Tac
2007-08-31 12:12:04 PM  
skinnycatullus: Oh I'm so glad this little talking point hasn't gone away. It helps me identify the true idiots.

/Dems don't have a plan, Dems don't have a plan, Dems don't have a plan
//keep saying it and somebody will eventually believe it

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Jon Snow
2007-08-31 12:12:13 PM  
The Republican campaign slogan of 2008:

Why haven't you cleaned up our messes already, Democraps?!
 
Dubya's_Coke_Dealer
2007-08-31 12:12:58 PM  
"Well, hell...considering W promised to rebuild..."

And that works the same way as telling people what great faith you have in the great man who is doing a great job...both mean, "what I just said was a big lie."
 
DrRatchet
2007-08-31 12:14:35 PM  
So what federal agency has the mandate to rebuild New Orleans? FEMA? Any Democrats in the management at FEMA?
 
SherKhan
2007-08-31 12:14:35 PM  
Wasn't Karl Rove was put in charge of Gulf Coast reconstruction?

/I'll keep asking till your petard hurts
 
Ace Frehley's Ghost
2007-08-31 12:17:32 PM  
DrRatchet: Maybe--just maybe-- the administrative branch could appoint staff on the bases of competence, rather than loyalty and religion.

Now that's just crazy talk there, son.
 
DrRatchet
2007-08-31 12:17:36 PM  
Ok subby... A democrat plan? Obama lays out plan to rebuild New Orlean (new window)
 
EwokHunter
2007-08-31 12:17:43 PM  
Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.
 
fosborb
2007-08-31 12:20:18 PM  
Does anyone know how Ron Paul would handle New Orleans?
 
trueaustinite
2007-08-31 12:23:06 PM  
Maybe (just maybe) the Democrats don't have the luxury of being the FARKING EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE WHOLE GODDAM COUNTRY.

/retard
 
neilio42
2007-08-31 12:23:09 PM  
Did anyone consider this plan? (new window)
 
SherKhan
2007-08-31 12:24:25 PM  
fosborb:

Does anyone know how Ron Paul would handle New Orleans?

He'd single-handedly rebuild it in a day two and a half furlongs above sea level on a plateau made from the bodies of his enemies.
 
Dubya's_Coke_Dealer
2007-08-31 12:24:35 PM  
"The would be asking too much from the Democrats because they stand for nothing to begin with."

As opposed to the Repubicans who stand for bending over
 
Space_Poet
2007-08-31 12:25:02 PM  
So, what subby is saying, that after 2 years, the place is still in shambles and they haven't been able to repair the damage or even come up with legislation to help, so now it's the Dem's fault, oooook.

/why do I see this coming up more and more in the near future?
 
Bill_Wick's_Friend
2007-08-31 12:25:53 PM  
"Have you cleaned up my mess yet?" -- Vote GOP in 2008
 
ablank
2007-08-31 12:26:14 PM  
Well, my plan would start with "removing the incompetent idiots in the executive branch that are incapable of creating or implementing a reconstruction plan." Sadly, my plan cannot be adequately implemented until November 2008.

Realistically, even given the best plan in the world, Bush would fark it up, because it would require 1) he listen to outside advice, 2) he appoint somone who is competent and impartial, not a politically connected hack, and 3) he pay attention and make sure shiat got done.
 
trueaustinite
2007-08-31 12:26:46 PM  
Lord_Baltimore: The would be asking too much from the Democrats because they stand for nothing to begin with

I can has a bumper sticker political mindset?
 
DrRatchet
2007-08-31 12:27:08 PM  
B-B-But Clinton... Has a plan! (new window)
 
Gnorb
2007-08-31 12:28:12 PM  
fosborb: Does anyone know how Ron Paul would handle New Orleans?

It's a state issue?
 
AkaDad
2007-08-31 12:28:47 PM  
fosborb: Does anyone know how Ron Paul would handle New Orleans?

He'd pray, then cut taxes.
 
Gnorb
2007-08-31 12:29:34 PM  
Gnorb: fosborb: Does anyone know how Ron Paul would handle New Orleans?

It's a state issue?

Clearing up: "he would claim that it's a state issue?"

/I FAIL.
 
DrRatchet
2007-08-31 12:30:22 PM  
Just to be Fair and Balanced, I should point out that The Republicans have a plan too:
Do Nothing! (new window)
 
StarlingFive
2007-08-31 12:34:36 PM  
I'm a Gravel fan.
So I'm getting a MAJOR kick out of this.

If you twats wanted to fix it - get it done.

/Gravel 08
 
Poopspasm
2007-08-31 12:34:40 PM  
Step 1: Stop electing retards.

The end.
 
coma
2007-08-31 12:36:41 PM  
Lord_Baltimore:
That was a typo. It should have read: "*That* would be asking too much from the Democrat Party because they stand for nothing."

Cause that makes your point more salient?

Oh, I see you created your account a couple days ago... I wonder who you could be?
 
neilio42
2007-08-31 12:39:12 PM  
Maybe--just maybe--it would be more helpful for the Democrats to stop complaining that Bush failed to rebuild New Orleans and instead submit a workable rebuilding plan of their own

This will never happen.
 
Hung Like A Tic-Tac
2007-08-31 12:40:29 PM  
Lord_Baltimore

Giuliani '08: Keep making liberals cry on the internet!

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brantgoose [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-08-31 12:41:12 PM  
Triumph the Wonder President: The Democrats should come up with a great trillion dollar plan to rebuild the Gulf Coast--for me to poop on!
 
fosborb
2007-08-31 12:41:25 PM  
Gnorb: Gnorb: fosborb: Does anyone know how Ron Paul would handle New Orleans?

It's a state issue?

Clearing up: "he would claim that it's a state issue?"

/I FAIL.

Sure the Federal government dropped the ball, but the state did as well. What happens when a state fails to do its job? I'm sure Congressman Paul wouldn't just write off New Orleans to Darwin...

1) if his policies were in place before Katrina, how would they have made a difference

and 2) if his policies were in place immediately after, how would they have fixed this disaster at all levels of government.
 
Saiga410
2007-08-31 12:42:07 PM  
Gnorb: fosborb: Does anyone know how Ron Paul would handle New Orleans?

It's a state issue?

Exactly.

Let the feds offer unlimited loans at the fed rate to the state. That and sick the justice dept at the insurance companies.

Why FEMA 2 years latter? It is no longer an Emergency.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-08-31 12:42:49 PM  
ninth_level_dan: subby fails at trolling

Made you look/post, didn't he?
 
xalres
2007-08-31 12:43:20 PM  
Yeah DUMBocrats! Why didn't you use your minority status and lack of any real power to get anything done in N'Awlins?

I'm so sick of this crap. They did it with Iraq too. Republicans do nothing constructive to fix anything, then when they're called on it they turn around and ask "What are YOU doing about it? What are YOUR big ideas, huh?" Never mind that they dind't have the ability to really get anything done themselves until 2006.

Here's a novel idea, it happened during a republican presidency, with a majority republican congress. Stop sitting on your asses complaining that somebody else won't take responsibility for it and DO SOMETHING YOURSELVES!
 
Saiga410
2007-08-31 12:46:21 PM  
xalres: Stop sitting on your asses complaining that somebody else won't take responsibility for it and DO SOMETHING YOURSELVES!

Message to the denizens of NOLA?

/ducks
 
fosborb
2007-08-31 12:46:50 PM  
Saiga410: Let the feds offer unlimited loans at the fed rate to the state. That and sick the justice dept at the insurance companies.

Why FEMA 2 years latter? It is no longer an Emergency.

The state and city already proved how incompetent it was with Katrina.

If my house burns down because I was unable to properly contain my firepit out back and my insurance company failed to cover it... should the federal government offer me unlimited loans at the fed rate?
 
Shostie [TotalFark]
2007-08-31 12:49:34 PM  
Maybe, just maybe, people will realize that it's not GWB's fault that reconstruction efforts in the most corrupt city in the most corrupt state of the union are slow...
 
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