These boots were made for walkin'....

[Couture]

.....and that's just what they'll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.

Breaking news: Just moments ago at the Ferragamo on 5th Avenue, Condoleeza Rice was seen spending several thousands of dollars on some nice, new shoes (we’ve confirmed this, so her new heels will surely get coverage from the WaPo’s Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice’s timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, “How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless!” Never one to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman.

Angry Lady, whoever you are, we love you. You are a true American.

Just for a little background, lets go back in history just a few months. Remember when Bush rushed from Crawford to Washington at midnight to try to save one brain dead woman. Now, with a national disaster with a casualty list growing by the hour, millions homeless, and Bush stays on his vacation for three days. WTF?!?

Meanwhile his Secretary of State is pulling a Emilda Marcos as reported above. Also reported as stopping off for a broadway show.

In the middle of this disaster, speaker of the house Dennis Hastert declared, "that rebuilding New Orleans doesn't make sense to me"

Five days after a disaster and the government can't get its fucking act together to lift some water and sandwiches to these victims?

This group of people running the government are the most self-centered, snobbish, inept, bumbling, disconnected dumbasses I've ever seen. They couldn't find their way out of a paper sack without burning down the city.

Fuck, the president reads a fucking book called, "My Pet Goat," while the fucking country falls down around him. Couldn't find Bin Laden. Couldn't find the WMDs. Cut the funds to build the fucking levees. Tried to fuck up social security. Jesus H Christ, can we at least teach this fucking moron to at least play the fucking fiddle while Rome burns? Fer Christsakes, he pads the shoulders of his suit like some Valley girl from the 80's. It looks like he's going for the big hair look about half the time. If this asshole doesn't have "Impeach Me" written across his forehead, WHO DOES?

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Unleash Darth Cheney.

 

[Couture]

Unleash Darth Cheney.

I mean the whole damned crowd this time. If someone stole your car from you, you'd expect to get it back. Now this guy stole the 2000 election from Gore. I say we give it back to him.

 

[Alex756]

I didn't realize she wasn't allowed to take a lunch break. I was a total bitch and bought boot more expensive than I needed while this was going on.

The woman has been arranging foreign aid like crazy, maybe she needed a freaking 30 minutes to get out of her office?

Who the freak cares if she spent that 30 minutes eating or buying shoes!

There is REAL news out there right now.

-Alex

 

[Couture]

I didn't realize she wasn't allowed to take a lunch break. I was a total bitch and bought boot more expensive than I needed while this was going on.

The woman has been arranging foreign aid like crazy, maybe she needed a freaking 30 minutes to get out of her office?

Who the freak cares if she spent that 30 minutes eating or buying shoes!

There is REAL news out there right now.

-Alex

Takes a bit longer to take in a broadway show and buy several thousand dollars worth of shoes, ya know. This is the worst natural disaster in the US in our lifetimes. When we have a crisis at work, I'm expected to be there, and I make a whole helluva lot less than Condi does.

 

[Couture]

There is REAL news out there right now.

-Alex

Oh yes. Here's a picture of President Bush from Tuesday. See how hard he's working to save lives and aid refugees. Come on. Give me a fucking break. Wake up.

They were not fairly elected. And most importantly, These fucking people do not deserve to represent our country.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Oh yes. Here's a picture of President Bush from Tuesday. See how hard he's working to save lives and aid refugees. Come on. Give me a fucking break. Wake up.

They were not fairly elected. And most importantly, These fucking people do not deserve to represent our country.

It looks like he has a snake tongue.

 

[Alex756]

Oh yes. Here's a picture of President Bush from Tuesday. See how hard he's working to save lives and aid refugees. Come on. Give me a fucking break. Wake up.

They were not fairly elected. And most importantly, These fucking people do not deserve to represent our country.

There is no point in argueing with you. Whatever is done you will find fault in it, damned if you do damned if you don't.

If you want to use the suffering of thousands to bitch about an election, its your right. If you want to ignore the real news of the nacy and army and national guard and coast guard and the people that CAN actually help and the good they are doing and the things the president did to ALLOW that to happen *shug* whatever.

Where I was brought up, the tasteful thing is to get off your high horse and soapboxing as long as there are bodies floating in the street.

-Alex

And I ain't even a republican

 

[Couture]

It looks like he has a snake tongue.

"Dear Lord wantcha buy me a Mercedeez Benz
There people dyin in New Awlins, I must make amenz"

By the way - this was San Diego. I hear the weathers real nice this time of year. Meanwhile Condi's buying shoes and catching a broadway show.

Colly, I know you like to imagine that everyone is doing all they can humanly do. Hell, I gave them the benefit of the doubt too. But, it is time for us to admit that these aren't ordinary people. They are not behaving as past leadership behaves. They are more interested in winning than leading.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

"Dear Lord wantcha buy me a Mercedeez Benz
There people dyin in New Awlins, I must make amenz"

By the way - this was San Diego. I hear the weathers real nice this time of year. Meanwhile Condi's buying shoes and catching a broadway show.

Colly, I know you like to imagine that everyone is doing all they can humanly do. Hell, I gave them the benefit of the doubt too. But, it is time for us to admit that these aren't ordinary people. They are not behaving as past leadership behaves. They are more interested in winning than leading.

How the fuck do I keep getting adressed in threads I haven't posted in or adresed on subjects I haven't posted on? I'm starting to think I'm senile or something

Edited to add: No offense meant Coture. Just this keeps happening and I'm really wondering what's going on.

 

[Couture]

There is no point in argueing with you. Whatever is done you will find fault in it, damned if you do damned if you don't.

If you want to use the suffering of thousands to bitch about an election, its your right. If you want to ignore the real news of the nacy and army and national guard and coast guard and the people that CAN actually help and the good they are doing and the things the president did to ALLOW that to happen *shug* whatever.

It's not just me Alex. Here's what the Mayor of New Orleans had to say:

"Excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed."



Without pausing for thought, Mr Nagin, who was an unknown cable company executive when he ran for Mayor of New Orleans three years ago, weighed into President Bush and nearly every agency of the US federal Government.

"We authorised $8 billion to go to Iraq lickety-quick," he said. "After 9/11, we gave the President unprecedented powers lickety-quick to take care of New York and other places."

"Now, you mean to tell me that a place where most of your oil is coming through, a place that is so unique when you mention New Orleans anywhere around the world, everybody’s eyes light up -- you mean to tell me that a place where you probably have thousands of people that have died and thousands more that are dying every day, that we can’t figure out a way to authorise the resources that we need?

"Come on, man. You know, I’m not one of those drug addicts. I am thinking very clearly. And I don’t know whose problem it is. I don’t know whether it’s the governor’s problem. I don’t know whether it’s the President’s problem, but somebody need to get their ass on a plane and sit down, the two of them, and figure this out right now."

When asked what New Orleans needed now, Mr Nagin said:

"I need reinforcements, I need troops, man. I need 500 buses, man.... This is a national disaster. Get every doggone Greyhound busline in the country and get their asses moving to New Orleans. That’s -- they’re thinking small, man. And this is a major, major, major deal. And I can’t emphasise it enough, man. This is crazy."

Mr Nagin, who was voted to power in 2002 after promising to end years of cronyism and corruption in New Orleans, called on Americans to press their politicians into taking more vigorous action.

"Organise people to write letters and make calls to their congressmen, to the President, to the Governor. Flood their doggone offices with requests to do something. This is ridiculous," he said.

"I don’t want to see anybody do anymore goddamn press conferences. Put a moratorium on press conferences. Don’t do another press conference until the resources are in this city. And then come down to this city and stand with us when there are military trucks and troops that we can’t even count.

"Don’t tell me 40,000 people are coming here. They’re not here. It’s too doggone late. Now get off your asses and do something, and let’s fix the biggest goddamn crisis in the history of this country."

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Forget the unleashing, Doc.

How about hanging the whole neocon cabal in effigy.

Call it an emergency response exercise.

 

[Dar~]

I live in New Mexico. Yesterday, I bought a new keyboard, groceries, and a karaoke CD. Then, I went out for the evening and sang karaoke and had a drink or two. It was fun.

Because I enjoyed myself, adn had a good time does no tlessen my grief for the people in the path of Katrina. It means I needed to excape the terror and find things to be happy about so I didn't drown in the stress and sorrow. THe current administration is trying. Unfortunately things take time. I am a democrat, and I don't see the reasoning behind your complaints. I bought a pair of shoes yesterday, does that make me less caring? I bet you smiled at least once yesterday, obviously you have no compassion.

Using a catastrophe as a political soap box is in no way mature or reasonable. It is also in no way going to help sway people to your way of thinking, only make them see how glad they are that they aren't like you. What you are saying is that our leaders don't have the same rights as the citizens they stand for. Thats a very crappy perspective. If they are Americans, they have every right to take a break from the terror. They are facing it constantly. It is their job to take care of us. Condi and Bush have to sleep, have to spend time with their families, and have every right to enjoy little snippets of life when they can. Just like every other citizen. I know it is sad that the victims of Katrina are suffering, but measures are being taken. It may not be as fast as we all would like it to be, but they are in place and things will start happening. I feel horribly for the victims. An entire cultural epicenter has be demolished and will need ot be rebuilt from the ground up. In life all things take time. Drop the hate for now, we have enough negativity in our world right now. Do what you can to help the victims.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Yes, Dar, but YOU did not campaign, spending millions of dollars, to become a nationally elected official. And YOU did NOT promise to this country that you would guide and protect and do everything possible to keep this country a good place. YOU didn't insult and slander the Democrat opposition. YOU didn't send most of our personnel off into the wild blue yonder, cutting the "measures that are being taken" by TWO THIRDS.
You are a private citizen. Condi and GW are not. They are elected officials who will have to answer to this nation.

 

[glynndah]

No one begrudges Condi Rice a new pair of shoes. It is her apparent "let them eat cake" attitude that has everyone upset.

 

[Alex756]

No one begrudges Condi Rice a new pair of shoes. It is her apparent "let them eat cake" attitude that has everyone upset.

What let them eat cake attitude? and the entire purpose of this thread was to flame her for buying shoes. For all we know she's buying shoes to go thank countries and ask for aid.

sine she is a woman you know damn well her fashion will be critiqued by the media and is she is wearing old shoes it will be front page news, a guy can show up in a frumpy wrinkled suit and no biggie, lord forbid a woman have a run in her hose.

With offers from the four corners of the globe pouring in, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) has decided "no offer that can help alleviate the suffering of the people in the afflicted area will be refused," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Thursday.

I don't see the let them eat cake attitude

-Alex

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Even if the disaster relief had been moving forward quickly, like a well-oiled machine, most people would have expected the leaders of the government to be hovering in the background in case they might be needed to expedite any unexpected kink that might arise.

Unfortunately, neither quick, nor well-oiled describes the emergency response to this disaster.

(When you hear that Dubya has been made to concede that the response was unacceptable you know how poor it must be.)

Even if Dubya and Condie ARE useless in an emergency, and the controls must be left to cooler, wiser, heads, they should at least have been made to hang out in the White House basement grilling Cheese Whiz sandwiches, so citizens could maintian the delusion that their leaders were competent, in control, and cared.

 

[Liar]

Agreed that an elected government officials sould be working their ass off pretty much 24/7 in a time of crisis like this. That's what they are paid for, it's part of the rent for the White House offices.



But am I the only one seeing the irony in this?...

“How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless!”

...says a lady who herself is visiting a Ferragamo store. What was SHE doing there?

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Agreed that an elected government officials sould be working their ass off pretty much 24/7 in a time of crisis like this. That's what they are paid for, it's part of the rent for the White House offices.

Think carefully, Liar. Even in the wake of a disaster, people have to go about thier everyday lives. I went to work today, then I had two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Period. The President has obligations in NO, but a tragedy isn't his only concern. He also has the same responsibilities he had before, some in Iraq, some concerning the UN, some concerning social security, some concerning... Etc, etc...

Let's look at this rationally. He's merely doing what he did beforehand. Maybe he shouldn't have been playing guitar before either, but you understand the point.

You are a private citizen. Condi and GW are not. They are elected officials who will have to answer to this nation.

Let's face it already, people. Neither Condi nor GW will answer to anybody. They'll finish their terms and leave office. I know it, and so do you...

Q_C

 

[Liar]

Think carefully, Liar. Even in the wake of a disaster, people have to go about thier everyday lives. I went to work today, then I had two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Period.

You're not the Prez. It's not your job to solve national crisis (What's the plural for crisis? Crisises? Crisii?). If mandatory overtime during events like this is not in your employment contract as a goverment top dog, it should be.


There is an eerie parallel to this from over here. The day after the tsunami, when reports of missing swedes, families, children, and the scope of the humantarian disaster began to unfold...our foreign minister had to choose between extra hours at the office, or to go see a musical. The critisism she got from choosing the latter when her citizens were dying on a distant shore was IMO well deserved.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

There is an eerie parallel to this from over here. The day after the tsunami, when reports of missing swedes, families, children, and the scope of the humantarian disaster began to unfold...our foreign minister had to choose between extra hours at the office, or to go see a musical. The critisism she got from choosing the latter when her citizens were dying on a distant shore was IMO well deserved.

Extra hours doing what, exactly, though? Out of curiosity, what should she have done? Wait to hear news? If she doesn't have a cell...

Q_C

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Oh, and I believe it's... Wait, what is it? Crisies?

Q_C

 

[Liar]

Extra hours doing what, exactly, though? Out of curiosity, what should she have done? Wait to hear news? If she doesn't have a cell...

Q_C

1. Show concern. She was a pretty well respected and trusted figure prior to this blunder, and it would have meant a lot to a lot of people to see that she gave a shit.

2. Be accessible. There were desicions put on hold because she wasn't there and couldn't be reached. A vid-link conference with the foreign minister of Finland about cordinating evacuationb flights was thougth of but never happened, for instance.

3. Throw weight around. Private and non-proit organisations were organized to participate in the relef efforts, and the presence of the minister in those discussions is not vithout value.

All those things except the first can be done by others than the minister of course, if delegated properly. But still more effectively if the alpha person for the job is there in person. Also, as a public figure, one's ethos is always under review, and maintining that is an important part of the job.

Oh, and I believe it's... Wait, what is it? Crisies?

Looked it up. It's "crises".

 

[sophia jane]

1. Show concern. She was a pretty well respected and trusted figure prior to this blunder, and it would have meant a lot to a lot of people to see that she gave a shit.

2. Be accessible. There were desicions put on hold because she wasn't there and couldn't be reached. A vid-link conference with the foreign minister of Finland about cordinating evacuationb flights was thougth of but never happened, for instance.

3. Throw weight around. Private and non-proit organisations were organized to participate in the relef efforts, and the presence of the minister in those discussions is not vithout value.

All those things except the first can be done by others than the minister of course, if delegated properly. But still more effectively if the alpha person for the job is there in person. Also, as a public figure, one's ethos is always under review, and maintining that is an important part of the job.


Looked it up. It's "crises".

Well said, Liar. When one sees a leader working (or even appearing to work), it increases morale. When one sees a leader having "fun" in time of crises, it makes us feel abandoned.

 

[Wildcard Ky]

So let me get this straight.

The Secretary of State was wrong for buying an expensive pair of shoes because there is a disaster in the Gulf Coast?