In no particular order:

#1: Barbara Bush. Who said of Hurricane evacuees currently residing in the Houston Astro-Dome: “So many of the people here, you know, were underprivileged anyway (chuckle), so this is working very well for them.”

I have one question: What is with the Bushes? (Bush the Better had it, and Bush the Lesser doesn’teven understand the ramnifications of a single mother with three jobs.) Is this genetic, a product of a pampered background, or something else? (Remember though, the great heroes of the Democratic Party are Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy — two products of wealth… and the current Republican Party leader in the House — Tom DeLay — grew up poor, so you can’t paint a broad “class warfare” brush here.)

There’s a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
There’s a kinder, gentler machine gun hand
There’s department stores, and toilet paper
Styrofoam garbage for the ozone layer
There’s a man of the people, says people alive
Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive — Neil Young

#2: Speaking of Tom DeLay… what is his excuse?

The kids were all lying around on a cot and appeared to have no clue who these visitors were. DeLay lightened the subject with the camping out comment. “You gotta admit, isn’t it kinda fun, like camping out?” Then Snow gave one kid an awkward pat on the back and they all moved on.

#3: To point to the leaders(?) of the Religious Right is like aiming at the broadside of a barn, so bungle them together.

I will point out that I called the story of Pat Robertson saying that Hurricane Katrina was caused by God’s anger over the selection of lesbian comedienne Ellen Degeneres to host the upcoming Emmy Awards correctly: it is bull. That’s a wee bit specific, and stylistically fits more under Fred Phelps. As for Pat Robertson — no, it’s Abortion that caused God’s Wrath:

You know, it’s just amazing, though, that people say the litmus test for [Supreme Court nominee John G.] Roberts [Jr.] is whether or not he supports the wholesale slaughter of unborn children. We have killed over 40 million unborn babies in America. I was reading, yesterday, a book that was very interesting about what God has to say in the Old Testament about those who shed innocent blood. And he used the term that those who do this, “the land will vomit you out.” That — you look at your — you look at the book of Leviticus and see what it says there. And this author of this said, “well ‘vomit out’ means you are not able to defend yourself.” But have we found we are unable somehow to defend ourselves against some of the attacks that are coming against us, either by terrorists or now by natural disaster? Could they be connected in some way? And he goes down the list of the things that God says will cause a nation to lose its possession, and to be vomited out. And the amazing thing is, a judge has now got to say, “I will support the wholesale slaughter of innocent children” in order to get confirmed to the bench. And I am sure Judge Roberts is not going to say any such thing. But nevertheless, that’s the litmus test that’s being put on, the very thing that could endanger our nation. And it’s very interesting. Read the bible, read Leviticus, see what it says there.

#4: David Duke needs your help. See, his office building has been destroyed and…:

Despite what to many would seem crippling setbacks, Duke vows to continue his pro-White activities, and believes that his readers and supporters — who gave him some 60 per cent of the White vote in races for Governor and Senator in the state — will help him do that. He says: “I must rely entirely on you, your sense of responsibility, and your generosity.”

While you’re at it, you can give to the National Vanguard’s charity to “Help White Families in Need”:

Along with the supplies that are being delivered, we are including our brand new “What is National Vanguard?” brochure with every box that is delivered to the needy families. The brochure is a high quality and professionally designed tri-fold hand-out that emphasizes on the front cover the importance of White families. We are not pushing political issues now — there are more urgent things to do. But we do want our people to know who we are.

If it seems like something of a straw-man to figure into the picture David Duke, I have two things: (1) he won more than half of the White Vote in his Lousiana state-wide races.

#5: Glen Beck: When you are rioting for these tickets, or these ATM cards, the second thing that came to mind was — and this is horrible to say, and I wonder if I’m alone in this — you know it took me about a year to start hating the 9-11 victims’ families? Took me about a year. And I had such compassion for them, and I really wanted to help them, and I was behind, you know, “Let’s give them money, let’s get this started.” All of this stuff. And I really didn’t — of the 3,000 victims’ families, I don’t hate all of them. Probably about 10 of them. And when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I’m just like, “Oh shut up!” I’m so sick of them because they’re always complaining. And we did our best for them. And, again, it’s only about 10.

But the second thought I had when I saw these people and they had to shut down the Astrodome and lock it down, I thought: I didn’t think I could hate victims faster than the 9-11 victims. These guys — you know it’s really sad. We’re not hearing anything about Mississippi. We’re not hearing anything about Alabama. We’re hearing about the victims in New Orleans. This is a 90,000-square-mile disaster site, New Orleans is 181 square miles. A hundred and — 0.2 percent of the disaster area is New Orleans! And that’s all we’re hearing about, are the people in New Orleans. Those are the only ones we’re seeing on television are the scumbags — and again, it’s not all the people in New Orleans. Most of the people in New Orleans got out! It’s just a small percentage of those who were left in New Orleans, or who decided to stay in New Orleans, and they’re getting all the attention. It’s exactly like the 9-11 victims’ families. There’s about 10 of them that are spoiling it for everybody.

So… Glen Beck hates victimes of the 9/11 tragedy and he hates the victims of Hurricane Katrina? Well, at least he’s honest. Or desparate for ratings.

#6: John Stossel. Does he believe this ultra-libertarian economic stand on the issue of price gouging, or is this affected contrarianism? I don’t really have the answer.

More later.

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