Our Nation Is In Great Danger - Democratic Underground

In the wake of this disaster, we are all bearing witness to the competence of our nation’s institutional response. I am afraid that this response is less helpful than it is indicative of the gross incompetence and arrogance of our President’s agenda. Further, those private institutions that have received great benefit over the past six years are serving to remove their facade of charity and compassion by their meager offerings to this devastated landscape.

The immense consequence of the President’s quest to cut funding to FEMA coupled with his complete disregard for any tangible plan for emergency preparedness will now be experienced by our entire nation. Yet, there is no mention of it thus far in the mainstream.

The President in his great narcissism has not walked a single yard of this broken soil since the storm has passed. As people scrambled upward in their homes to save their very lives, the President opted to enjoy a sliver of sweetly frosted cake on a sunny tarmac and attend a town hall meeting to discuss matters of no relevance to the immediate crisis.

While the Coast Guard worked to chop holes out of roofs to save men and women in their potential last moments, the President opted to commemorate Japan’s surrender, strumming a guitar with a boyish posture.

His only attempt to console a wounded region was to credit himself for offering federal relief and a few drops of oil, which would have been released had he drowned in an attic himself.

His benefactors, the huge companies that have been granted billions of dollars in tax relief, have begun responding to this tragedy by offering the equivalent of pocket lint to the effort. It seems that billions upon billions of dollars in annual revenue only merit an average of $1 million in relief from companies such as Wal-Mart, GM, and various oil companies, a stark reflection of the horrid decadence of all who have benefited from the President and his contempt for the citizens of this nation.

Many of our representatives will hold their tongues about the deplorable state of our nation as a result of the incompetence, distain, and complete separation from reality the President and his constituency has shown. However, I have great hope that at the very least, the greater nation and in its vast diversity will at last face the reality of what this despicable administration has done to us all.

It is difficult for the typical American to imagine that our nation can be so devastated that things such as revolt, violence and even revolution could reach their doorstep. I believe that a huge component of our national culture is a certain sense of insulation from the horrific chaos we witness around the globe and in the third world. But here we are, on the brink.

Be warned.

Be warned that the immediate future for all of us will be difficult. Be warned that the system of control established by the President will be thrust upon us with great intensity; not for the purpose of stabilizing the unrest of our nation; but for the sake of maintaining the fruits of his sinister actions thus far.

It will not be discussed over the next few weeks, but a national crisis is coming. As a direct result of the actions of the great narcissist, we will all be subjected to the ramifications in his place.

There will be national fuel shortages. There will be acts of violence and desperation as the availability of certain “luxuries” is taken away from us. There will be martial law. There will be Martial law for no legitimate reason other than keeping the voice of America silent. There will be massive layoffs.

There will be hopelessness.

The President does not have the integrity to persuade the American people to make personal sacrifices to serve the greater good. His constituents know this. And so, he will try to control all of us from above, choosing who must sacrifice and who may not. Although he has no voice, he has power and will use it covertly to suit his whims.

If there was ever a time for us to get up and fight to save our nation, that time is now.

First, I urge all of you to look around your homes and scrounge up any amount of loose money, clothing, and essentials and donate them. Go to your local Red Cross or the Salvation Army with your offerings. While you are there, please give blood if you have the ability. Do whatever you can to help. Every penny, every blanket, every spare room that can hold someone counts. I am not wealthy either, but I am going to do what I can.

Secondly, as the situation improves for the people of the south, please do whatever you can to send the message to your government that you demand the removal of this President and his administration. It is time that he suffers an inkling of the consequence for his arrogance.

I fear that if he remains in office, our nation will not have the opportunity to heal itself in our lifetime, if ever. Whatever you feel about these words, please do not ignore the logical conclusions we can draw from this cancer on our nation. For, we are beginning to witness them at this very moment.

I hope you are wrong, but that is strictly wishful thinking

Thanks for your thoughtful post.

I have boxes of old clothes & some old kitchen wares that I will happily donate. Thanks for a timely reminder.

Exxon/Mobile reported $7 BILLION in profits for last quarter. What will they give to help? $3 a gallon gas is what they will give us. Shameful, absolutely shameful.

We have got to get corporations out of our government! It may seem like an un-doable task, but it must be done or they will ruin this world.

Nominated.

I concur. This post doesn't need my vote for greatest, but I'll vote anyway.

Powerful... absolutely powerful. This should be read by every American.

Edited to add:

Welcome to DU! :toast:

That is one powerful piece of writing.

Thank you.

--p!

And welcome to DU. Excellent post

turning the page to a new, strange, and difficult way of life. Very, very sad.

What do we do?

I know we fight like hell to get this no-good dolt out of office. I will write my representatives today.

However, what do we do to protect and prepare ourselves and our families from the chaos and crisis that may happen?

Do we hoard gas? Save money? Pay off credit cards? Stockpile food and water?

I see many posts about the impending crisis. This one was remarkable and very eloquent and I nominated it.

I would also like to see some posts addressing specific things we can to help our families deal with the bad stuff that's coming.

CrackpotAmerica, we need your voice out there far and wide!

Thanks to all for your kind words.

Gas in Georgia is up to $4.99.

Prepare yourselves and god bless.

Thanks for sharing.

Peace

While Bush & Co. didn't create the hurricane, their policies have increased the suffering and death in its wake by several orders of magnitude.

Few Democrats, let alone Republicans, from the US Congress visited Camp Casey to take a stand on Iraq though they had weeks to do so. How many will hold this administration accountable now? Have they any decency, or has their corruption sunk them ten feet below sea level with New Orleans?

As the Mississippi River reclaims its own, so must the vastly underrated and despised "little people"--those so manipulated by the powerful and their agents in the news and entertainment media, in business, and in government--reclaim what is theirs: their mandate and their power which holds their government in thrall to them rather than the opposite. We don't need a revolution; we need a jolt to our long-term memory and a renewed commitment to raise this country up so that it never falls so low again.

No government can long bend the course of an aroused people. Soon all America will breach the levees, and those on the wrong side will be swept away.

it is forthcoming no doubt

my belief is that light will always win over this darkness
always

Everyone has to pitch into help... the situation is dire down there. If Democrats controlled the politics of this country, we would be better off. However, the country has seen worse - we dont need a strong leader to get us through this... we need a strong country and strong people. We dont need generous corporations we need generous people. We are a country of 293 million people... we dont need to rely on a single man, a single party, or fallback on corporations.

Stop being an oracle for the doomsday. We will make it through this, as our country and its people have made it through worse. Now is not a time to start placing blame on Bush, or start partisan attacks. As bad of a president he is, he's all we have.

Now isnt a time to complain or to panic.

Now is a time to act.

www.redcross.org

Now is a time to act...but just because we act to help others, doesn't mean we need to NOT ACT and accept what bush has done.

"As bad of a president he is, he's all we have."

Maybe so, but we need a hell of a lot better.

when you blame someone for hurricanes.

or like the way bush has handles things just because he's "all we got". Thats a cop out.

Not the same as blaming him for the hurricane...not even close.

I blame his lack of understanding, compassion, intelligence, concern for anyone but himself & his rich pals for letting this country end up where it has...but not to worry...I blame a lot of dems too who were too chickenshit to speak up for what they knew was right...too chickenshit to put thir political life on the line and went along to get along.

Frankly, in my eyes, you lose credibility when you refuse to see what is clearly in front of you and becoming clearer every damn day this moron sits in the WH...or his overgrown pig farm ranch.

This is not to say this is the thing we need to focus on right now but we can't put it so far back we don't remember what needs to be changed either.

I wouldnt say otherwise.

Just that there are more important things sometimes.

LOL

I think we are able to do more than one thing at a time...we can help those who need it and still work on getting rid of the *horible president* or hold him accountable...

that history will hold him accountible, and i also confident we wont get rid of him before his term is up.

Secondly, as the situation improves for the people of the south, please do whatever you can to send the message to your government that you demand the removal of this President and his administration.

Yep, let's get the ball rolling.
This new National tragedy is going to fuel our public discourse for quite some time. Some people say now is not the time to politicize it, but the time to discuss it will come sooner or later.
We all have an angle to comment on Bush's mishandling of this, on the environment, on our preparedness, on national guard, etc.

So bookmark these tips to Write Letters to the Editors that have more chances of getting published (the tips include a link to the Media Database to find local papers to target), and pass the link around, too.

Don't just complain, Take Action.

Will look forward to reading more from you! :toast:

I hope we wake the hell up.

these motherfuckers out!

Be sure and go to Crackpot's website as well:

http://www.designfromnowhere.com /

I want to steal his words for my next LTE.

I only wish I'd read it in time to nominate it.

Powerful, Nominated	corkhead	Aug-31-05 11:01 AM	#1
Makin' it two...	fudge stripe cookays	Aug-31-05 11:03 AM	#2
Crackpot, your name doesn't suit you.	babylonsister	Aug-31-05 11:05 AM	#3
What's The Good News? n/t	OrangeCountyDemocrat	Aug-31-05 11:07 AM	#4
There are still enough people around to take the advice.	Pacifist Patriot	Aug-31-05 11:09 AM	#7
Well said.	CrispyQGirl	Aug-31-05 11:08 AM	#5
With heavy heart I concur.	Pacifist Patriot	Aug-31-05 11:09 AM	#6
Agree with "heavy heart"...	Bellamia	Aug-31-05 11:42 AM	#8
Kick for Truth	In Truth We Trust	Aug-31-05 12:24 PM	#9
Cross-Posting from GD: Link to Craigslist New Orleans if you can help.	Pooka Fey	Aug-31-05 12:45 PM	#10
Recommended for 'Greatest' & 'Home Page'	Sapphire Blue	Aug-31-05 01:09 PM	#11
Like A Brick From Ignatz ...	Pigwidgeon	Aug-31-05 04:29 PM	#12
Thank you.	JimmyJazz	Aug-31-05 05:02 PM	#13
So true - kicked and nominated!	ordinaryaveragegirl	Aug-31-05 05:02 PM	#14
kick	Nikki Stone 1	Aug-31-05 05:04 PM	#15
Indeed...	stillcool47	Aug-31-05 05:05 PM	#16
Well said! Welcome (belatedly) to DU, Crackpot! Kicking.	dicksteele	Aug-31-05 05:07 PM	#17
What can we do to insulate ourselves from the impending doom?	TwoSparkles	Aug-31-05 05:07 PM	#18
Keep it kicked	havocmom	Aug-31-05 05:08 PM	#19
I am afraid it is beginning right now.	CrackpotAmerica	Aug-31-05 05:11 PM	#20
kick	G_j	Aug-31-05 05:19 PM	#21
PROFOUND!	Window	Aug-31-05 05:22 PM	#22
The Eve of Destruction is indeed an impeachable offense	despairing optimist	Aug-31-05 05:39 PM	#23
were right there with you ca	faithnotgreed	Aug-31-05 05:40 PM	#24
Lets try to keep this in perspective	17th and B	Aug-31-05 05:43 PM	#25
Personally, I think the OP has the correct perspective.....	Desertrose	Aug-31-05 07:12 PM	#29
you lose a bit of credibility...	17th and B	Sep-01-05 12:32 AM	#38
where did I say I blame him? All I'm saying is we don't have to accept	Desertrose	Sep-01-05 01:53 AM	#39
Obviously he's a horrible president	17th and B	Sep-01-05 07:52 AM	#41
you do realize we are discussing this in the ACTIVIST forum, right?	Desertrose	Sep-01-05 10:52 AM	#42
I am confident	17th and B	Sep-01-05 02:42 PM	#44
kickin it up	smurfygirl	Aug-31-05 06:06 PM	#26
Totally agree. kick.	rumpel	Aug-31-05 06:40 PM	#27
kicked/nominated n/t	Blue_Tires	Aug-31-05 07:03 PM	#28
kick nt	steve2470	Aug-31-05 07:29 PM	#30
Demanding removal of this President: tips for LTE's	cyrilb	Aug-31-05 08:07 PM	#31
Welcome to the DU cyrilb! Looks like you are gonna be a great asset here	havocmom	Aug-31-05 09:07 PM	#34
Good piece	donheld	Aug-31-05 08:17 PM	#32
Wow. Superb work, CA, and very sobering. Recommended. n/t	KrazyKat	Aug-31-05 08:56 PM	#33
kick	peekaloo	Aug-31-05 09:27 PM	#35
Thank you for that. Please publish it as a letter to editor.	leesa	Aug-31-05 09:50 PM	#36
Most excellent piece	George Oilwellian	Aug-31-05 10:13 PM	#37
kick	SofaKingLiberal	Sep-01-05 03:00 AM	#40
Thank you for sharing	DemReadingDU	Sep-01-05 12:43 PM	#43
Well said. Thank you.	enough	Sep-01-05 05:55 PM	#45
Magnificently said	BuffyTheFundieSlayer	Sep-02-05 05:06 AM	#46
kick	Sapphire Blue	Sep-07-05 02:48 AM	#47