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Yessireebob! That is exactly what Bill O’ Reilly is! The man who has such respect for the “homies,” down in New Orleans is a true, blue pro. This little piece from Media Matters should bring back fond memories. (Emphasis mine)

CALLER: George Bush doesn’t care about American people. After Katrina, he passed a law making it so his contracting buddies could bring in a bunch of illegal immigrants, instead of putting Americans to work, plus it took them five days to get down there.

In response, O’Reilly said: “On the rebuilding of New Orleans, you’ve got to use contractors that can do the job. So, you can’t — you know, if you’ve got contractors who specialize in infrastructure rebuilding, you’ve got to bring them in.” He then added, “And the homies, you know, who you don’t know — I mean, they’re just not going to get the job.”

If WordPress played well with flash media I could just embed this video, but instead I will steer you over to visit Bec and take a look at what passes for grace under (minute) pressure on O’Reilly’s part. I would do so quickly though, YouTube has already pulled it and I don’t know how long it will last on break.com.

This is one of the big voices of modern day conservatives, a group who is no longer conservative by any measure I can discern. The group whose reckless approach to their duty as public servants has caused such hardship for my fellow New Orleanians in the aftermath of the Levee Failure. No matter what your political leanings you should be appalled at this behaviour worthy only of a spoiled child (with a foul mouth).

Fine example, eh?

-Loki, HumidCity Founder

It is consistent with their track record that the power mongers and the corrupt have perniciously sought self aggrandizement at the expense of the citizenry throughout the course of the current administration. Now ABC seems to have joined the ranks. Their upcoming “docudrama,” about 9-11 is composed of semitruths and outright fabrications (see references below).

With Aug 29 just past and 9-11 looming I am sick with awareness of the shortcomings of our elected officials and media. Five years later the Feds have made no progress on 9-11, one year later and 80% of New Orleans is still decimated. Now the despicable subhumans are once again trying to use modern American tragedies for political gain.

Donning the yellow robes of journalism ABC prepares to push a politically slanted, pro neocon “memorial show,” on the watching public. Maybe they should run Spike Lee’s new documentary with it as a double feature. No? Thought not.

Five years later and nothing has been done at the site of a great American tragedy, Bin Laden is still free, the towers have not been rebuilt, and most New Yorkers I know complain of an abscence of progress. One year later and New Orleans is still in ruins, more than half its citizens still displaced, Federal efforts universally bungled, and the social contract abandoned.
Compare the truth of what is STILL HAPPENING in New Orleans with the mainstream national media. Google it. Do some digging here and on the blogs listed in my sidebar. Then read through the links below to see the same abscence of honesty. It will make you sick to your stomach.
1. “Writer of ABC’s 9/11 ‘Docudrama’ Is Avowed Conservative Activist,” ThinkProgress, September 1, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2047&id=8709-6594760-QXGXUsmP.Ae_JIgQJa5XiQ&t=6

2. “Clintonoids Prepare To Attack 9/11 Movie,” The Rush Limbaugh Show, August 30, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2049&id=8709-6594760-QXGXUsmP.Ae_JIgQJa5XiQ&t=7

3. “FBI Agent Who Consulted On Path to 9/11 Quit,” ThinkProgress, September 7, 2006
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/fbi-agent-quit/

4. “Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini,” Variety, September 7, 2006
http://www.variety.com/VR1117949675.html

5. Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher, MSNBC appearance, September 7, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2077&id=8709-6594760-QXGXUsmP.Ae_JIgQJa5XiQ&t=8

6. “Harvey Keitel speaks out on Path to 9/11: ‘It turned out not all the facts were correct’”, Showbiz Tonight, September 7, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2078&id=8709-6594760-QXGXUsmP.Ae_JIgQJa5XiQ&t=9