August 27th, 2011
12:38 PM ET
Obama: 'Going to be a long 72 hours'(CNN) - President Barack Obama toured FEMA headquarters in Washington Saturday as Hurricane Irene continued up the east coast of the U.S. On a conference call with emergency officials, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and FEMA administrator Craig Fugate, while at the command center, Obama warned of the worsening conditions, saying “it’s going to be a long 72 hours.” Obama, who thanked officials at the National Response Coordination Center, has declared states of emergencies in nine eastern states. Irene made landfall early Saturday morning and has already left 550,000 North Carolina and Virginia power customers in the dark. |
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My prayers are with all the people who are in the path of Irene. Let's all pray.
our father in heaven
may your name be kept holy
may your kingdom come soon
may your will be done in earth
as it is in heaven
give us today the food we need
and forgive us oursins
as we have forgiven those who sin against us
and dont let us yied to tempation
but rescue us from the evil one
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime, have a man pray for a fish and he *dies hungry*
Yes please save us from the GOP!!! If FEMA were privatized how much do you think a private company would charge for the various unregulated services that are needed before and after major events? And what would happen if you could not afford to pay.... Maybe they would show some compassion (that was a joke). Money vs people money will always win!!! greed kills.
The evil one...you mean Perry, Palin or Bachmann?
faking president we gat america wwwww up
Looks like FEMA is on the ball .
Prayers and courage to those effected.
Ron Paul says to kill FEMA. What a guy eh? Thinks the Church will take care of everyone.
Best wishes, and hopes for the safety of those in the path of the storm.
And let's not forget that Bush cldeodd Gaddhafi, like he was suddenly a good guy. And not one mention of the fact that the rebels he and the coalition are supporting happen to be former al Qaeda operatives.I suppose next we're going to blame Obama for the fall of the Roman Empire. Why not? He gets blamed for everything else. It doesn't surprise me at all that the writer of this blog is from Great Britain. They have been the shittiest allies a nation could want over the course of the last century or so.
Don't pray. Help those affected rebuild their lives after the storm.
Hope things don't get worse. Especially for folks in NYC and the other areas that would be difficult to evacuate and rescue later. Days of no power, flooding and all the other nasty things that happen after severe storms is no fun for the people living through it. Good luck to all. Keep working hard Obama, Fugate and Napolitano. It is your job and what we expect for our money.
my prayers to all the people in the east cost wish you safe.
only reason FEMA is on the ball is because Obama has his foot in their a**.
@ viranka – – only reason FEMA is on the ball is because Obama has his foot in their a**.
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Classy, very classy. I assume that you will be going into the trouble areas to volunteer your help since you think President Obama isn't doing enough. If you don't like the man, that's fine, but be fair. Oh, wait, you're obviously a Tea Bagger and that word is not in your vocabulary. Sorry, my bad.
obama huorican desaster cancer for america
@ viranka. Sorry. I did not read your post properly. I am so used to him being attacked that is what I thought I saw. I am very, very sorry.
Typical Liberal, so full of hate.
Typical bagger, that is how you own up to your own mistakes, you apologize and correct.
You should learn something from this, no wait, you type of people *lie* on purpose, never mind.
Jay, you are wrong. Some people are just snake bit by the nasty stuff put out by teabaggers. She was right to apologize for an misread and mispost. I've done it myself. But you know what, I have never seen a right wing extremist apoliogize for an error.
show me a right winger nut who isn't full of hate either. everything goes both ways nowadays.
Get over yourself Jay....this is a disaster, in your area no less. And you and yours are attacking this president for helping as much as possible.?? Doesn't that sound stupid to even a tea head like you? Probably not....you 3rd grade drop-outs seldom see the error in their continued bashing of this president. All you can do is throw out your usual bumper sticker diatribe/ statement...Liberals are so full of hate, blah blah blah. No solutions, no unified message, just the usual moronic rhetoric. If it weren't for Faux news, you wouldn't have anything to post right?
No, you are.
Denna APOLOGIZED. You did realize that right? YOU attacked her for APOLOGIZING. Do you see any failed logic in that? She held her self accountable for her mistake. I dont believe Ive ever seen a (R) do that on a message board. Why dont you take YOUR HATE somewhere else.
Deena,
Those of us that support this president, understand how sensitive every comment is. This president is attacked relentlessly everyday. Often, he's attacked for doing the right thing. Its not a surprise that he's been unable to bring about the change necessary to move this country forward, because everything is opposed, before its even given a chance.
I loath everything republican / tea party / GOP. Those people have sold themselves to a hateful ideology and a political position just to seek this president's complete failure. I cannot think of anything that is more UN-American
May you and yours be blessed during this disaster..but rest assured this president will do all that he can to support ALL affected citizens.
My prayers for safety and a minimum amount of damage go out for those affected by Hurricane Irene.
"Obama: 'Going to be a long 72 hours' "
Dude, it has been a long 2 1/2 years. You make it sound like DAMAGE is something foreign to you!
How quickly folks forget. The disaster was present when the president got there. Remember Hoover and how long it took Roosevelt to clean up the destruction back then. We have the same situation again. This mess is not going away for sometime and it is not President Obama'sfault.
A little cooperation would go a long way but too many are hell bent on destroying this country so that Republicans can be in power.
SHAME, SHAME!
yep, The Great Depression took 10 YEARS to reach precollapse levels again.
And the recovery didn't start until FDR took over from the failed Republican Hoover (census data supports this).
Unemployment rates at that time didn't start to decrease until FDR took over. And I know what you Repuke defenders will say next and no WW2 had absolutely *nothing* to do with the recovery. History recorded the GD as over in 1939, two years before WW2.
Good point, Joy. Unfortunately, many Americans have very short attention spans, care little about history, and believe insults are synonymous with debate. If it didn't happen yesterday, it didn't happen at all. It's the same crowd that claimed President Obama was the worst President in our history....the same week he took office.
Thanks Joy..common sense is refreshing.
Dave, when you say "Dude, it has been a long 2 1/2 years. You make it sound like DAMAGE is something foreign to you!" I think you must have selective memory loss. The fact is that damage is not foreign to any of us. Don't forget – we all lived under George W, when damage was a way of life. Obama's accomplishments have been absolutely incredible, considering the mess he walked into. I guess what is foreign to many is having a president with a brain and who also works hard. He seems to be one of the few in Washington who is actually trying to do make the country better, as opposed to your "friends" who whether you realize it or not would just as soon see the country slip into the ocean if it made Obama a failure. They are more interested in serving their monied backers than doing what is best for their constituents and the country. I still can't get over how many people voted for Bush against THEIR OWN BEST INTERESTS, and for ridiculous reasons that had nothing to do with being president. NOw these people are unemployed, hurting and they want to blame Obama. Incredible.
I agree with you but people don't want to hear the truth when they have been brainwashed for generations to believe that the status quo is to always stay in power and on top no matter what. It wasn't so much as having Obama as president because of his skin color but more of the fact that he might get something accomplish for all the people and not just one set of people. It hurt those who hate him because he took on a job that a lot of them do not want and is trying to change things for the better and is doing it despite all the brick walls they put up.
They can't even find one reasonable candidate with the republicans and teaparty alike who really want to have that job but putting up a good front to make it seem like they do. This is about the worst bunch of candidates campaigning in the history of voting, with all the pledges they are forced to sign, I just wonder how in the world will they ever been able to get any business done at all. They have let the hatred of people tie not just their hands but also their souls to something they know they have no intentions of doing.
Dave, grow-up would ya? This president has see the BP disaster, the tornedos, the Tsunami's in Japan, earthquake in Haiti.
Please go lay down so we don't have send someone out looking for you / the village idiot
Grow Up. This is 2011, history has already been written, you cannot change it. Obama is doing his best to clean up a 10 year mess in 4 years. I dont see YOU picking up a shovel and helping dig the country out of its hole....
obama bomba blak year no more pleas go to hellllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Aww, did Irene interrupt Obama's little vacation in Martha's Vineyard?
The petty remarks never stop.
Enough already.
That's all the Tea Baggers are. Petty scumbags
COUNTRY FIRST..TRY IT IT WORKS..Regardless of race ,religion ,politics and money..At this time we are all one in our Great Country The Untied States of America....
Obama took 26 days off in his 1st term.
Bush in his 8 years took 1027 days off, that is ONE THIRD of his time screwing around and while supposedly we were in a 'state of emergency and war' HA
Craig, you do realize that there are 832 weekend days during 8 years. Why do you count weekends for President Bush but only days in Hawaii for Barry? A little hypocritical don't you think?
Whats wrong with you people, so the president isn't suppose to celebrate his birthday after a long week of negotiating with republicans who practically got everything what they wanted?
for year is to mach mr. president go to kenia for the rest of your time live or go to hellll
Would Bush have cared, or stayed – on his vacation?
it stopped a lot of people vacations.
Sheila, Did you come by that snarky / childish / petulant attitude naturally or is it a tea party thing, developed by un overabudance of hatred for this present?
From this angle, it just looks ignorant. Go count Bush 43's days of vacation and come back and report to us when you SEE FACTS as opposed to the lies and misinformation you try to spread. I'll standby waiting for the comparison...so I'll see you next decade – LOL
People have died Sheila.
Show some respect for their families. Show some respect for The (MINE, YOUR, OUR) President of the United States.
This is no time for childish remarks.
FEMA ,RED Cross , Local Governments ,Federal Government ,Our President and I pray the republican congress understand Together we are one regardless of race, politics, religion and money .WE ARE ONE !!!!!!!!
America it is time to come together as one in America step in and help our brothers and sisters, as richest country in the world..Eric Cantor I hope you can see it in your heart to put Life ,Country and America in front of savings ,cuts and political agenda's ...God Bless Amercia
For all you haters of the President this is not the time for negative attitudes and comments. I was just in hurricane Irene in NC and this is a storm that needs to be respected and I feel the President is trying to be prepared and do what is best for all Americans who are/ and will be affected by this devasting storm. So if you have not experienced being in a hurricane I would hope that you would stop your negative comments about the President, this is not the time while people are afraid and hurting.
I truly believe the Lord is trying to send all of us a message about the bickering, hatred and discourse in Washington that he is in charge and we need to get our priorities together and begin to respect each other as human beigns and do what is right for the betterment of this country.
President Obama is the President of the United States and he should be respected as that he is not a monster he is a man of color trying to do what is best for this country.
GOP Governors , Candidates, TeaParty People are complaining that the government should not intrude in our lives, well I am waiting to see who will be lined up for Emergency Fema Funds and assistance.
Good post Dee
You speak with wisdom and common sense. Our President is doing a great job. He can't stop this hurricane, but his presence and genuine caring for all of us is apparent. We need to support our wonderful President as he works to face emergencies and solve long-term problems. Some of the negative comments above are so hateful – it's embarrassing.
The Boy is a moron, your nuts if you think he cares.
Take a good look at your name tag. Bet you're from Texas. Whose your "boy"
If you can't cite speciific evidence to support you statement, what does that make you? A genius. Answer: something much, much less.
Typical name calling response with no substance-ignorant.
Racist much? Calling our president a "boy" just epitomizes the ignorance and hatred that is you. President Obama is doing a fantastic job. By now, if we measure the gub-mint's response to Katrina, via Bush 43, bodies would be floating down a river somewhere. So because this president alerts us to the problems – He DOESN'T CARE.
Get a life! Most important, go home, as your town is missing their village idiot
The name is Mr.President ....racist.
A man is but the product of his thoughs what he thinks he becomes
hatred does not cease by hatred but by love alone this is an ancient
and eternal law.
The hate is strong in this one...
You are so right.
stopid men you ar no time for f k i n g bolshit mir. democrats . we hev no working for 1 year we last alll ar president never rans 7- 11 store he is golfing w up america
America be safe ,smart and help the best we can..
RON PAUL is the People's Choice in 2012! Join the rEVOLution!
Once an idiot always an idiot! Like he cares the man is such a disgrace.
Who in the HELL are you calling a boy? This is exactly why I have no doubt Prez Obama will win re-election. It's because of the obvious racist element in our society that gained so much attention with the Tea Party and current hate filled rallys of the of GOP. Thats why you conservatives won't win an general election ever again or at least until 2024 after Hillary Clinton has finished her two terms. To much self righteous religious talk and hate with your conservative party. Your either anti-science, anti-marriage equality, anti-women's rights, anti-diversity, anti-healthcare for everyone, anti-education funding, anti-clean air, anti-clean water, anti-food safety, anti-human experience, anti-Medicare, anti-Medicaid, anti-Social Security, and now anti-FEMA. And if your not stealing an election in 2000 with your village idiot G.W. Bush, yall don't have a chance to win another election for a long time. But if there is another civil war, maybe you might win back the South, and you can have that without an civil war.
He is doing more then you ever could.
So true. I could never get in as many rounds of golf in as he has managed to do since becoming POTUS. But then, I work full time.
"Once an idiot always an idiot!" And to prove the point you post.
No, its turd blossoms like you that are a disgrace! Saving the lives of our citizenry is the objective. Why would you say that's a bad thing? Unless you are a complete moron or a teahadist...possible both because they are certainly synonomous
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Your hatred is blatant.
You tea bags would rather see our government fail so you can rise to power as opposed to being good citizens and helping those in need. And you call yourselves "Americans."
The mans a snake oil saleman
And that goofyball called Ron Paul says we don't need FEMA. Had to be one of those TeaBagger to say such things...
ron paul smoked alot of weed give him a break
But hes not a leader for America He's only a half step over bozo obama
loser peresident leader shmok we come to america to si mr bobo kiling as wher ar we going america wwwk up he is a shmok
Obama Has not done a thing the Governors of each of the affected states have prepared the people and the emergencies, the President only went public after the east coast was already ready
President Obama declares the state of emergency so funds can be released to these states. Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey was the first to thank him this morning.
Good one, Notfooled. Your post wins the "Pwnage Award". +1
And you are an expert in this field because......??????????? Geesh, I guess we should wait for your expertise in this matter before accepting the fact, these govenors are going on record saying the Federal Government's response has be critical to minimizing the effects of the disaster. I mean, what do they know? What does anyone know except you "spanglish" – Yeah Right? Turn up the sound on the TV to see if we'll have your interview on CNN
cnn news or nada
Hi Folks
You are a f-king disgrace to the field of journalism. Jack Layton, Opposition Leader in the Canadian
Parliament, die of cancer this week and his funeral was today and you don't mention it on your newscast.
Shame on you.Canada is the US's most important trading partner.
CK
ther you ar m god bl,es you men cnn or nada
good cnn n or nada
Dont worry. Republicans will blame the President for something. Here in Virginia, looks like local, state, and federal coordination worked very well. Prayers and best wishes go out to all those without power and damage to their homes.
waht f k i n g president cnn loves ar president mr david king so stupid of c democrats for dad saportes
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I am casting my vote for President Obama. He's the only President that does care about the middleclass, poor, America. GOP has done nothing for the American people accept bash the president. What has the GOP done? The GOP has obstructed everything this President has try to do. Obama save the US from total financial meltdown, brought OBL to justice, has helped other countries like Haiti and Japan. I sticking with President Obama. I will support his effort to win second term. GO Obama GO.
go bobama go go to hell
WoW, look at all the haters. Even in a disaster
Good post Dee
and I guess for all you conserv and some of you others (libs & Inds) haters thinks the Bush administration was doing a better job when katrina hit the big NO 6yrs ago, President Obama just can't do any right when the last administration left some much bull crap to clean up. Just a dam shame when the Vic (President Channy) writing books and on national TV admiting to commiting international crimes for a war that was all base on a lie, just a dam shame
I survived 4-5 back to back hurricanes in 2004, in Florida- Frances, Ivan, Jeanne...etc... I know what the East Coast is going through and my thoughts are with you all...
...I say the previous...because I get so TIRED of the OBAMA haters!!!! Get a LIFE!
If you can not contribute to the Subject, then just don't bother.
maria por favor estas loco peresident estas loco es la fino del mondo to no miras que pasa america
I'm just thankful that we have an intelligent, compassionate man in the Oval Office, and not a moron like Perry or Bachmann, or Paul, who is calling for destroying FEMA.
East coast – remember this when you vote in 2012!
Eliminating FEMA is a great idea. If you've worked as closely with them as I have over the past several years you'd understand why. I've seen them put someone in charge of a 150 person department whose previous role was managing a fruit department in a grocery store. I've seen six department heads take an hour and a half to decide whose responsibilty is was to authorize what should have been a routine $5,000 expenditure. I assume they are typical of fed govt beaurocracy bloat. If it wasnt so expensive to tax payers, it would be comical.
no mhter how no mr.. bobo pleas no more ediuot in the w h
Obama is a black guy, and the old, fat, racist white Tea Baggers are going insane.
@ Obamasux1
I take it your referring to the Famous G.W. Bush quote after Katrina : You're doing a hell of a job, Brownie .
Wasn't that photo great of GW looking out the window of AF , what a leader ?
And if President Bush had landed, entered the city, you would have said that he was interfering with relief efforts. Barry watches the whole thing on a computer screen, talk about being detached. Oh, but to you that is the smart thing to do. Typical Liberal hypocrite, full of hate.
No, FEMA interfered with relief efforts.
Jay in NC = boundless stupidity
Jay.... no one can hold a candle to your type of hate. You are just another racist moron.
i love republicans saying "liberals" are hypocrites and full of hate, perhaps you should look those words up and then look in the mirror.
aes verda mr. bobo go to kenia
President Obama--Is a great leader. Its only those who try to block everything he does that are the problem.
Leader? You mean a behind, don't you?
HA HA ...That's so funny! People are out trying to save lives and you're making jokes about the focused, intelligent organized work this President is doing on behalf of people, would otherwise be suffering......
you are almost as funny as the other 9 clowns that come out of that car before you. Fantastic circus trick...can you do it all again for us on more time? This time, just go ahead and stay in the car...for that, you'll get a standing 0vation....I guarantee it.
No.. he meant LEADER clear enough for me to read it. What part of it don't you understand?
si estas loco estas como to que no mira nada vas mirras el dr, por cheque total to perder la cavesa todo que estas peresidente aces es la manera que la mondo termina
you ar onlly cnn or ndaa
Obama evacuated the entire East Coast so that the looters would get their stimulus packages!
As reassuring as it is to recognize your awareness of the situation, I'm sure we would all sleep more so at night if an immediate, specified response was in order.
Big salute for President. He is doing all he can to save our nation from billionare and trillionare
to la mismo que estas in fermo loco presidente go to helll bo bo lindo
sinuor loco te gosta mr.. bobo loco
It seems the gov't worker could have positioned the FEMA sign a little better so that the "F" wasn't over a crack in the wall. Just sayin' the images does not project confidence an professionalism. And the little name plate on the table in front of the Prez seems a little tacky considering he is probably the most recognized person in the room, if not the world. Are we starting to emulate banana republics or what?
Union job.
Wonder just how long were Janet Neapolitano's eyes closed in the picture and was she snoring out loud? Is there a video to go with the picture?
Wonder just how long Janet Neapolitano's eyes were closed and was she snoring out loud? Is there a video to go with the picture?
Three posts to point out just what a moron you are...keep going.
When you consider Irene could just as well could have gone to a category 4, what sort of damage would have happened then? America was simply not ready even for a relatively gentle tap from mother nature.
New Jersey is suffering mainly because it was already waterlogged with record rain. Nobody seems willing to acknowledge the connection between greenhouse gas emissions, temperature rise, and freakish weather. This is not new science. The great Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius (the guy who discovered ions) worked out the basic math way back in he 1800s. It is an outright lie that his science is controversial. We have statistics on how much fossil fuel we have burned each year, and chemistry to tell us how much greenhouse gasses that released.
Claiming that the sharp CO2 rise is not man-made is as bogus as claiming a a broken jar of jam of the floor has some mysterious origin when you know perfectly well you just dropped one.
If you record a phenology garden for several years you know weather is being affected by our pollution.
PERRY – ROMNEY 2012 Restore America
If anyone is interested I'd like to encourage you or invite you to watch the 1997 rendition of 'AMISTAD' Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins, on WGNA TV. It's on right now in Georgia. It is a very good and detailed depiction of the beginnings of a systemic assassination, by the 'supremast establishment' of the spirit, the integrity, the self-worth, the dignity, the history, of an AMERICAN people. 10am-1pm. If you miss it, watch for it to come on again.
Yep, typical Liberal rewriting history. Morgan Freeman's character is a fictional creation. In real life, it was Josiah Willard Gibbs (white man), who discovered James Covey, the Mende sailor who served as a translator for the Amistad captives. Makes you wonder what else they got wrong.
Troll of Hate spotted.
Obama, it has been a long term for you, and for those of us of whom have to put with you. Deal with 72 hours.
Christie 2012
The UNTOLD STORY/EMMETT LOUIS TILL-TVONE-CH 71 in Georgia on right now.
No Barry. It's going to be a long 14 months.
Theresa O'Brien – WOW ..I must say how beautiful August loekod!! I jsut loved looking at all these pictures of the happy couple! The pictures are wonderful and it will be sooooo hard to pick the favorite ones!
A long 72 hours looking for enough disaster to try and spin Obama on top of things, to bad he does not spend this effort cutting his wife's $10M taxpayer vacation-a-thon
But do you have ANY solutions to offer, since this country is in such a mess? Or are you mainly proficient at snive, petty remarks? Some of us "thinking folks" want to know.
And on top of that God also gets hurt,fells pain,cries and needs you to love him just as I needed my wife in my past to love me,But she did not,she bokore her promiss to me all together just for lust.She loved lust more then me,Now how can I be a good husband to some one who does not even love me but but only to my face with a lie? its impossible.
The thing that I really get a kick out of reidnagrg all of this is that everything that is coming to pass under Obama's watch is stuff that many of us predicted would come to pass due to Bush's incompetence. Obama inherited an impossible situation. While I think he has done a lousy job, no one could compare to the disarray that the Bush regime caused.
Going to be a long 14 months.
Until we can vote this clueless boob out.
Took a hurricane to blow him in off the golf course.
Draft Hillary now.
Obama must be racist, he didn't personally go around and make sure everyone evacuated.
eres stupido como tu sinuor bobo w up america
So... Let's recap. We expect the President to resolve issues created over a seven year period, within a mere 2 1/2 years. Not to mention when Prez Clinton left ofc, we were in the Surplus. Obama took ofc when we were, what?,,,What's dat?... Oh yeah!.. That's right, A TRILLION DOLLARS in debt. This is not about the presidency. This about desperately trying to assasinate a BLACK MAN, so why mince words!!?!. Who cares that our fellow citizens are in need. The Tea Party will stop a nothing with their spread of HATE. I would say their 3-11 status is working splendiferously... Oh, for all the 'educated' folks out there, '11' is for the 11th letter in the alphabet, in CAPS, mulitiplied by three. I'll give you an hour so to figure it out. God Bless America!!!... Signed off.
Obama is doing what anyone else would in this situation, like him or not. People have to stop being so bombastic.
iim bombistik for mr.. bobo ba stupid likes you bobo ba
As a college educated medical profession I have been very impressed seeing how FEMA was revamped over these last two years. My husband would have been too, but unfortunately I lost him a few years ago to cancer. But my husband was a California EMS commissioner for over ten years and was actually part of San Franicsco disaster planning task force. A disaster plan is very, very complex and involves federal level on down to governors/states/ city/town/police/fire/transit systems/EMS emergency responders/hospitals/volunteer groups agencies/ etc/etc/etc. All work together with certain people designated to be in charge of each designated section of planning/response and continue to work cooperatively well together in team effort. I have observed the disasters that have occurred in US this year, and am impressed with the seen new revamped FEMA disaster plan. Have seen and heard lots of praise from those affected this year. I have been watching CNN 24 hour new coverage and have heard good praise about FEMA's assistance with Hurricane Irene from governors/mayors/police/fire/etc.. Hurricane Katrina FEMA plan/response was pretty bad, so the new seen revamped disaster plan, as a medical professional familiar with disaster plan/response, is wonderful and a much welcomed improvement to see. The complex top level to bottom level mult-agency preparation/response for Irene was excellent. At least so far. Has been amazing to watch, understanding all the complexities that make this possible..
My husband and I were very involved when Loma Prieta Earthquake struck San Francisco 1989. No sleep for us, and many long hours spent working during our actual time off. I know from first hand personal experience, what it is like workng during a natural disaster. Disaster plans are a huge, huge must
I send my sincere congratulations to President Obama, Head of FEMA, Janet Napolitano, and all those at state/local/volunteer level that were involved in planning/and now responding to Hurricane Irene. States were quite lucky as Irene lost steam over North Carolina, and never regained it's strength. Damage effects left elsewhere will still be huge though. Lots of flooding problems/etc. seen. The worst could have actually happened quite easily, and as such all disaster plans approach to deal with the worst scenerios. They have no other choice – consequences could very well be devastating if they don't. No one has a magic genie to accurately predict what will happen. You always plan for worst, but hope for best.
From a medical professional that knows the full scope of disaster planning/response. I am impressed and very pleased with what I have seen and continue to see. Damage could have been so much worse if plans had not been that not good and well co-ordinated. The continuous new media coverage and all the alerts was excellent to really get people to listen and pay attention/react/deal with all aspects. People are human beings and typical psychological reaction aspects do come into play here. The continuous media coverage/repetitiveness is a must to get the message out to the public. I want to sincerely thank CNN for their excellent coverage. Was appreciated and was great.
howww mr. bobo ba stupid bo bo ba president wiht experiens waht the hell he was doind mir. bobo ya ya go to hell
Yep, just you Jay! Just a typical conservative with yet another jaded view of what the truth about a historical documentary, that was based on the TRUTH is! It's sad that he feels so much hate against TRUTH that he picks one petty little addition, that was probably used to enhance the storyline, to discount, degrade and dismiss a whole multi-Academy Awards Winning documentary; 'AMISTAD', which was written by 5 brilliant people, produced and directed by 3 brilliant ones! What a selfish, begrudging person.
He has the audacity to question David Franzoni, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounson, Matthew McConaughey and Morgan Freeman, all of whom studied the historical values, wrote the story and had it put on the 'BIG SCREEN', by one of the worlds greatest producers and directors, Steven Spielberg, and also another great director Debbie Allen. Jay, during those times, many whites were 'abolitionists', and we certainly thank GOD for that, but FYI, there were also many brave blacks active in securing our own 'freedom'!
Yes, I have the audacity to question. Isn't that the point of the story, to question the prevailing authority. To not just accept what the elite of the day tell us to believe but to dig deeper and find the truth. Liberals want someone to guide them, tell them what to do, be it the government or Hollywood (big corporation). Most Liberals can not handle real responsibility, that is why they do not own businesses.
The fact remains, Josiah Willard Gibbs, who discovered James Covey, the Mende sailor who served as a translator for the Amistad captives was a white man, not black. The question is why do you want to negate the efforts of whites. Why are you so adverse to the fact that white people worked hard, gave their lives, and livelihood to end slavery.
Take the Quaker in Penn. They were the first in 1682 to sign a 'no slaves agreement' That the new colony, and future State, of Pennsylvania would be free for all men and women. But I am sure the Liberal elite would rewrite that story as well.
Obama could swim out and save you from drowning, and some of you hate-filled individuals would still curse him the entire swim back to shore. How pitiful. Whatever your political views, religious views, or social views, this Country needs to seriously start standing united, versus all this division and hatred that isnt helping rebuild anything. I bet if a capable country like China decided to go to war with us (for whatever reason), I bet you folks would start singing a different tune when their stealth fighters were headed this way with a couple loaded nuclear warheads, and their massive population took arms and put boots on our soil.
He would only do it if he was 200% safe and would get him votes
obam is a snake oil saleman
Barry's chickens are coming home to roost.
mr. bobo ba tax china 25 prece for all and redos the defecit den retur backs your michel to visit the family in kenia mr.. obamo you ar f k i n g loser big time
It's been a "LOOOOOONG 2 1/2 Years–
keep your chin up Bozo's on his way out
See him grandstand all weekend..... anything for votes what a snake
If you think this is a long 21/2 years just wait untill you vote Perry in and you will think it is the end of the world.
I have been following Jay in NC for a while he is so negative and always spew hatred this we do not need in a time like this. Some of us say positive things to help the country and there are other who will not take heed and try to tear this President down and other americans who don't agree with them. We can be respectful and agree or disagree this is the beauty of freedom in America.
At least Perry will know what he's talking about ..... He ran companies before
obama just runs his mouth
'Adverse to the fact'?!? 'Negate the white efforts' towards ending slavery?!? You're spinning, yet another lie against MY character since I called you on your first 'racist' post. You brought race into this whole 'AMISTAD' debate! Freemans' character should've been white? Every intelligent, studied African American who knows anything at all about the history of chattel slavery knows full well of the honorable, brave efforts of the many humanitarian, God fearing whom many choose to call 'Good White Folks'.
You ask "Freemans' character should've been white?" the answer, YES. Because the actions he took in the move were based on a white man in real life. Why is that so hard for you to accept? Maybe Freeman should play George Washington to make you feel better. Get real, if white people did not want slavery to end then it would have never ended. Period. You have to give credit where credit is due. The man that helped those black men back then was a white man, not Morgan Freeman.
Demorats were the biggist slave owners in the South
let he who is without sin cast the frist stone.
does your faith teach forgivness or bitterness
I've spoken about this type of a Bold American, on this blog and many others! I've pointed out how many whites still exist, even now, who stood and are standing in the gap so to speak, for us right today! Who've marched, been beat, fought, dogged and died for the cause of OUR freedom and equality! I've humbly acknowledged them, thanking them for their BRAVE assistance towards our onging struggle for total and complete justice. So you can stop lying when you get ready Jay! You certainly aren't one of them!
give up the slave talk all of this crap is bought up to "make americans aware that now we have a black President"
We need a President not black not white but a President
and right now we don't have one
stupid we gat bo bo ba im soo p of bobo
Every white person in AMERICA doesn't possess that sick, supremast mentality....we know that! Jean2009, and many others on this blog are good examples of that being true! Just like us, they detest the ones who do and the fact that it still thrives and boils in America, after all that's been lost to put that fire out! These are the ones who believe in equality, giving people the same unbiased opportunity to excel. This same GODLY mindsets are who helped us elect Barack H Obama for President! Thank you all.
Obama won strickly on race
90% blacks would have voted for the devil as long as he was black
Liberal white america Hated the Republicans so much they would have voted for rhe devil as long as he was not repblican
obama could have been a great president if he knew what the hell he was doing
APresident with Experience Courage and streagh makes a president not color
Most of us don't object to a black president Color has nothing to do with it
We want a qualified President which we don't have now
we acknowledge your statement
we absolutely reject your comment
we want a qualified president,, we belive the president is a qualified leader .
let pray for our leader we are the biggest costumer that they all have .
please join america in pray our leaders need jesus help.
Aha! Just as it happens in any article that so much as mentions the name Obama, the discussion ends with a debate of race. As if an African-American politician is of a different species than White politicians. You should all be ashamed of yourselves for your petty insults and unintelligible remarks.
to all cnn you ar loser and nat corectad neows time to cheng your game obama his losing
I can answer that for you, it might take a colupe postes so please bare with me ok.God the father is not even a little bit insecure But he knows we are and he also knows most people would sleep around on there wifes or even leave them for another just for the sake of lust or money or fame. With that being said if you are to leave your wife for another even after you made a declruration to stay with them there whole lives then there is no way you would stay with God for eternity.
The first thing is, the only reason I asked the question was indicating where you decided to bring race into the discussion. I already gave my acknowledgement and thanks to the 'good white people', then and now.They had to be brave, strong and GOD-sent to stand against such a beligerent, greedy, hateful, racist, white supremast establishment! And there still are some; those are the one you fight on the blog. 'Get real, if white people did not want slavery to end then it would not have ended. Period'. LOL!
We know the majority of white AMERICA wanted the lucrative, money-making business of slavery to continue. That's why we know what those white soldiers were up against; GREED and SUPREMACY! They were hated for going against the white ideals of the society. THEY STILL ARE! We know the story...it's been passed down to us through the generations...'Us whites ought to be sticking together'. 'One thing we hate worse than a ni@@er, and that's an old ni@@er-lover'! I've given my credit where its due, why don't you?
@isaac; go take a class in American English-writing; come back and then post...the only thing we can understand you saying to the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, where most of us DO speak and read English is...'GO TO HELL'! If you can't at least do that, then I will say to you too...go to hell!
if you want everyone to speak english make Boxo in the white house pass the law making english our traditional languge
obama is trying to break down our traditional values President Bush instilled our Values obama is destroying them
Liz, I thought that Liberals were supposed to be compassionate.
Pete; I'd rather believe that they were 'DIXIECRATS' back then, PETE. They weren't loyal or obligated to any one of the parties...but as greedy and as money-mongrelling as the Republican party is, it would stand to reason they'd be Republicans! They killed the Republican President Abraham Lincoln for his part in ending slavery! Slavery was MONEY!
And Jonson had Kennedy Wacked so there is your Twisted Demorat party
to you read what the head of the Liberal Left NY times is saying about Religion and Christians
you Demorats are really screwed up
Jay, I thought the same about GOP/conservatives....well that was what I'd believed for most of my very young life; especially since we were taught and often reminded by conservative-leaning Americans, that there was none other besides the Grand Old (Compassionate) Republican Party (Conservatives) who 'freed us from slavery'! Well now Jay, what happened to all of that compassion? Seems the Abraham Lincoln Grand Old Party was infiltrated by the inhumane, money-chasing, non-compassionate Dixiecratic mentality.
Government watchdogs are blasting the Obama campaign’s decision to name its 2012 voter-registration initiative “Project Vote” — the same name as a group closely linked to the discredited ACORN organization.
Members of ACORN were caught on undercover video giving two supposed clients detailed instructions on how to commit fraud, and ACORN faced a number of voter-registration fraud cases following the 2008 election.
Use of the Project Vote name by the Obama campaign is “truly astonishing,” Tom Fitton, president of the conservative Judicial Watch good-government group, tells Newsmax. “We knew President Obama was the president from ACORN. And if this isn’t an indication of it, we don’t know what is.”
ACORN-linked Project Vote is a Washington, D.C.-based 501c3 nonprofit organization that supports voter-registration drives in “historically underrepresented communities.”
But there is “no wall of separation” between Project Vote and the well-known ACORN organization, according to Matthew Vadum, the Capital Research Center editor who wrote “Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts Are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers.”
He calls Project Vote “the branch of ACORN that’s most notorious for voter fraud.”
Vadum wrote in an American Spectator piece on Monday: “On registration and mobilization campaigns, ACORN and Project Vote work together to the point where it is a difficult, if not impossible, to tell the difference. They share staff, office space, and money.”
As an example he cites Project Vote’s field director, listed on its website as Amy Busefink. In November, she pled no contest to two counts of conspiracy to commit the crime in Nevada of compensation for registration of voters. In January, she received a year of probation and a $4,000 fine. Vadum calls that incident “a major ACORN-approved voter fraud conspiracy.”
Vadum tells Newsmax that the use of the Project Vote name for Obama’s new voter-registration drive “says the Obama campaign is up to the same old tricks, that they’re not afraid of being called out by the media.
They know that they can continue to operate with impunity, encouraging voter fraud, and they’re not going to be held accountable.”
The decision to employ the Project Vote name was clear in a recent email from the Obama campaign: "Project Vote will embark on a voter registration effort to maximize voter participation. Project Vote will drive our campaign strategy — from paid media, to digital outreach, to grassroots organizing and voter registration efforts — to communicate with and engage key demographic groups."
Adopting a name so closely linked to ACORN, and President Obama’s political career, could hardly be an accident, says Fitton.
“It collapses the façade that there was any distinction between the Obama campaign and Project Vote in 2008.”
Fitton speculates adopting the “Project Vote” name is intended as a “dog-whistle” to the Democratic base.
He adds: “If the Obama campaign was intent on trying to disassociate itself from the criminal activity which took place with its vendor last time, which was ACORN, using the name of their partner seemingly would be the wrong way to do it.”
Obama has had well-documented ties with ACORN. In the 2008 race, his campaign paid $832,000 for voter-registration services in key primary states to Citizen Consulting Inc., an ACORN umbrella group that Fitton describes as “an ACORN front.” The money was initially reported to the Federal Election Commission as payments for “staging, sound, lighting.” The reports were corrected after their true nature was revealed by a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review expose.
In 1995, Obama helped represent the group in a lawsuit that forced Illinois to adopt a bill relaxing the standards for establishing voter eligibility, and he helped train ACORN’s staff in Chicago.
Obama’s 2008 campaign relied heavily on expanding the electorate and registering new voters. His political strategists have indicated it will be a key component of his re-election effort as well.
Fitton says the Project Vote name shows that the Obama campaign plans to continue running its 2008 campaign playbook, despite the fraud associated with voter-registration activities that cycle.
“It should alert people to the fact that Project Vote hasn’t gone away,” he says. “One of the big misconceptions has been that ACORN and Project Vote, which had been associated with voter registration issues in 2008, disappeared as a result of the scandals, as a result of the videos. And they haven’t disappeared — the state ACORN groups are still operational, and obviously Project Vote is still using the ACORN method to register voters.”
Vadum, whose book documents 54 voter-fraud convictions stemming from the 2008 elections, tells Newsmax that he expects ACORN to be just as active in the 2012 campaign as it was in 2008, although under a different brand. ACORN’s state chapters have reconstituted themselves under new names, he says, and its affordable housing arm is now receiving money from HUD under a new name.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Outrage as Obama Names New Voter Initiative After ACORN
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ACORN did this ACORN did that. Why ACORN's been in business assisting voters for years and years and years! How many other Presidents have they helped to get elected fraudulently? Why the big FOCUS on them NOW? You people need to get over it! Barack Obama got elected President the same as every other President before him, besides GWB, was elected! The electoral due to the popular vote. Now...Ooooh!...All of a sudden, and after all of the other past Presidents were elected, OBAMA'S the fraudulent one? Huh?
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