Is anyone watching CNN?

[Daxx]

Gail,

He has an hour long show on CNN during prime time every night called Anderson Cooper 360. If you put his name in google you will get a lot more info

You forgot to add that he's a real hottie!!! ~Daxx's Wife

 

[Miss Jasmine]

He looked like he was close to losing it yesterday. I am not surprised. I imagine those reporters are seeing some things they have never seen before. Tuesday night Jim Cantore almost lost it on camera.

 

[bsnyder]

Aloha!

I am proud that so many of our journalists are speaking out and confronting the politicians who are so callously sitting by while we and the world are watching American babies, and children and grandparents die in this unspeakable tragedy.

Anderson lost it because Sen. Landreau had the opportunity to demand more from the Fed Gov't on behalf of her constituents (including the poor woman whose dead body Anderson had witnessed being eaten by rats) and instead gave virtual hi-5s to all of her political friends.

Now we all know how prepared we really are for a national emergency...so much for Homeland Security! The bodies of dead AMERICANS are left to rot, police still have no way to communicate with each other, criminals have taken control because of a lack of MILITARY presence and the fact that they were able to obtain AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, there is STILL no official website for families to try to begin to establish contact, they never even registered the names of the any in the Dome or Center so they have NO CLUE who is coming or going, babies are literally dying of thirst and we can't airlift in bottles to drop on these poor lost souls??? We can send buuses OUT to TEXAS but can't send any IN filled with bread and water and ice? Help is ON THE WAY??? WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR? THIS IS AMERICA?
YEP! I'm disgusted about a lot of things!
~Rose~

This is NOT a national emergency. This is a state and local emergency. And it's obvious those officials were lazy, negligent, ignorant or incompetent. Or maybe a combination of all four.

 

[Christine]

I love Anderson Cooper. Sorry to hear that this happened. Unless you've got a heart of stone, there's no way that this couldn't get to you.

 

[HTH]

How terrible!

 

[sharbear]

This is NOT a national emergency. This is a state and local emergency. And it's obvious those officials were lazy, negligent, ignorant or incompetent. Or maybe a combination of all four.

Wow, I can't even respond to this. Amazing.

Hit Back, Hit Back, Hit Back!!!!

 

[peachgirl]

Actually, I thought his response was appropriate. All she wanted to do was pat her fellow politicians on the back.

I guess if I had seen the dead body that rats were feeding on he saw, I'd get a little irate when a politician wanted to spend the interview thanking other politicians.

 

[shortbun]

This is NOT a national emergency. This is a state and local emergency. And it's obvious those officials were lazy, negligent, ignorant or incompetent. Or maybe a combination of all four.

You are so so wrong. The national guard has been called in and their leader, in a group media statement I just saw on CSPAN, said it was a "national emergency" and that the National guard from every state would be taking part. The new head of Homeland Security called it a national emergency as well. I hate that it reached this level but I am glad they, the govt, is finally seeing it for what it is.

 

[BuckNaked]

This is NOT a national emergency. This is a state and local emergency. And it's obvious those officials were lazy, negligent, ignorant or incompetent. Or maybe a combination of all four.

You won't find many people that are more into states' rights than me, and I usually agree with you Bet, but I've got to say that I'm flabbergasted at this statement.

NOT a national emergency? A major US city is virtually destroyed, and that's not a national emergency? Would you say the same if it had been a terrorist nuke or chem bomb?

NOT a national emergency? Hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans are dead and thousands more are struggling just to get by, and that's not a national emergency?

NOT a national emergency? Two major gasoline pipelines, the Plantation and the Colonial are shut down, forcing potential shortages and price spikes all up and down the Eastern seaboard, and that's not a national emergency?

This is not just a matter of lots of water and dead people - it's a matter of humanity, of a national government that can and should step in when state and local governments are overwhelmed. This is not just a matter of the local economies of NOLA and the Mississippi Gulf Coast being devastated - it's a matter of ripples and repercussions throughout the country.

If this isn't a national emergency, then we need to rip up the Constitution and start over, beginning with an airtight definiton of "national emergency".

Rant over.

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

This is NOT a national emergency. This is a state and local emergency. And it's obvious those officials were lazy, negligent, ignorant or incompetent. Or maybe a combination of all four.

Aloha!
Wow! I tried 3 times to answer this one but I'm just speechless (finally!) and exhausted...

I wish we who CARE ABOUT OUR FELLOW AMERICANS who are suffering so terribly could do SOMETHING (beyond donating $$$ and voting in the next election) to show our solidarity with these people
~Rose~

 

[DisneyCP2002]

This is NOT a national emergency. This is a state and local emergency. And it's obvious those officials were lazy, negligent, ignorant or incompetent. Or maybe a combination of all four.

I agree with this, the ball was really dropped by all involved it seems.

 

[babar]

soooo, what do you guys think constitues a national emergency?

 

[BuckNaked]

soooo, what do you guys think constitues a national emergency?

I'm wondering the same thing too.

 

[Luv2Roam]

I guess a national emergency or not depends on if it is you sitting on your roof close to death.

I saw that too and I am surprised this has not happened more by other reporters. All I can say is Way to Go! He was right on target.
More need to speak out where it matters.

 

[WebmasterAlex]

I guess a national emergency or not depends on if it is you sitting on your roof close to death.

I saw that too and I am surprised this has not happened more by other reporters. All I can say is Way to Go! He was right on target.
More need to speak out where it matters.

I don't think he even thought he was right on target. Did you watch the end of the interview? He was mumbling thank you's and looked so embaressed

 

[Nancy]

soooo, what do you guys think constitues a national emergency?

I'm wondering too.

But least we forget since everyone seems to focus on NO, there are other areas desperately in need of help also. We have 3 states affected by this, not just one city. While NO is the one in the news because it is a major city, there are so many others that lost everything. The governments help is needed not only in NO, but also in Mississippi and Alabama.

 

[peachgirl]

The head of Homeland Security declare it an "incident of national significance". I know that is supposed to trigger emergency plans that is supposed to make the process of giving assistance smoother...yeah, that works really well, doesn't it?

I don't know, does that mean the same thing as a national emergency?

 

[babar]

um, constitutes, not constitues....sorry

 

[Luv2Roam]

How can a human (who cares anyway) not be involved in all this and NOT loose it? I think we all would have gone off long ago.
I know they try to remain professional and only report what they see. But even they can only take so much.
I normally don't watch him even. But I thought what he did was good. Officials need to be shaken and held accountable.

 

[palmtreegirl]

I don't think he even thought he was right on target. Did you watch the end of the interview? He was mumbling thank you's and looked so embaressed

I saw it and I completley disagree with you.