Interesting NOLA story via Rolling Stone (with bonus Sean Penn action!)

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(Yeah, I know- he doesn't excoriate Penn, and he calls a gun a "Rueger automatic". So there, I brought it up here first.) :rolleyes:

"...Any country that enjoys fighting and b*tching as a recreation as much as America does will always be, in some way or another, walking along a knife's edge. We're a nation that spends its afternoons watching white trash throw chairs at each other on Jerry Springer, its drive time listening to the partisan rantings of this or that hysterical political demagogue, and its late-night hours composing feverish blog entries full of anonymous screeds and denunciations. All of this sh*t is harmless enough so long as the power comes on every morning, fresh milk makes it to the shelves, there's a dial tone and your front yard isn't underwater. But it becomes a problem when the magic grid goes down and suddenly there's no more machinery between you and whomever you happen to get off on hating."
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"...A lot of John and Willie's success has to do with attitude. Everywhere you go in New Orleans, the military imports strike the same pose. There is an unmistakable air of You F***ed Up Badly Enough to Require Our Presence, So Now You're Going to Shut the F*** Up and Let Us Do Our Job."
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May I ask a stupid question?
Why does Rolling Stone have a Politics section? Aren't they a magazine devoted to popular music?
Does National Review have a section for music reviews?
 
An awesome question. But musicians and actors credit themselves with a lot more intelligence and political adroitness than they usually posses, so this doesnt come as a shock.

Black property owners defending their stuff with guns brings hope to my heart.
 
I love the way the author made Sean Penn into some sort of a "Manly Hero". :barf:

And how he talked about (repeatedly) the breasts of some Fox Producer. I guess he doesnt view them as anything other then a piece of meat.

The quote following quote really bothered me:

"Ain't nobody helping these people except us," says Ryan Asmussen, a young man with a shaved head and a workingman's deep tan. "All these people are dying and nobody's helping us with them. We're out here all day long."

They refered to the people in the South as hayseeds and the white trash a lot but the man he is describing is an average Southerner in my experience.

The way he talked about the government doing nothing and all that pissed me off. He attacked the military personal a lot in his article. But one actually stopped and tried to give him food. All he does is tell him to "???? off." WOW. What an ???????. :uhoh:

How is it ok for them to commandeer a boat from someone but if the government or police do the same thing it is wrong? :confused:

I like how the author is trying to make it into a race issue at some points but quickly points out the poor white people who are suffering. He wont it admit that it is really a class issue and not a race issue :fire:

I cant go on because I could be here all day. It is nice that they wanted to help but maybe they could have gotten organized instead of begging for handouts and cheating other people out of their property. What were they thinking? Why not get a truck with some food, water, clothes, and guns to drive down instead of hopping in a cab? :(
 
This story is an example of b.s. journalism rushing in to fill the vacuum left by the death of Hunter Thompson. But HT could have covered Katrina just as well without ever leaving the Texas bar.

he talked about (repeatedly) the breasts of some Fox Producer.
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As if she were meat, indeed. Her stories were outstanding, even uplifting. She had good points to make. Er, what did she say?

Anyway, someone has to step in to replace Christiana Amanpour (sp?), the aging, but still interesting, 1990 Desert Storm meat. I seem to remember the term "scud slut", but that might offend Art's grandma, so I won't mention it here.

Even The High Road needs a sewer, and this thread is destined to go there :evil:
 
I like how they tore the old guy's burgler bars off his window and then left him. I'm sure he made it.
 
There being no rental cars available, we hire what appears to be the last cab in Baton Rouge, an ancient minivan that lists badly to one side and makes knocking sounds at speeds over 35 m.p.h.

Actor, historian and journalist pile into this ridiculous vehicle around noon on Saturday with no real concrete plans beyond a determination to find passage into New Orleans.
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What morons.
 
They seem to think that being able to play scales, chords and make music somehow is equivalent to a degree in political science, History or law. The same goes for actors who for the most part did not finish their degree. I think it may be the drug factor. When I was a kid my dentist used to give me nitros oxide and I thought I discovered the secret of life. Funny thing I couldn’t remember it after I came out of it. :D

A mind is a terrible thing to waste….
 
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