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03 September 2005

Stuff happens. "W. drove his budget-cutting Chevy to the levee, and it wasn't dry. Bye, bye, American lives."→[More:]Am I the only one that thinks Maureen Dowd's op-ed today is offensive?

Not on the same scale as the rest of this clusterfuck, and I agree with all the points she's making, but man, poor taste and bad writing. (This might be related to the fact that her writing in general is nails on the chalkboard for me.)

post by: strikhedonia at: 16:46 | 17 comments

americans are dying in a huge vat of toxic sewage filled with dead bodies. americans are being held prisoner in piles of filth by the national guard. the american president is a simpering chucklehead mugging for cameras. americans have swallowed whole a pack of lies about increased security and readiness for disaster. corporate theives are looting the citizenry.

no, i can't say i'm the least bit concerned about maureen dowd. what's your fucking excuse?

posted by quonsar 03 September | 17:10

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posted by quonsar 03 September | 17:19

I thought the piece was right on.

posted by puke & cry 03 September | 17:25

dear maureen,
please write gooder. thx!

posted by quonsar 03 September | 17:33

"Whores come faster with old men than FEMA is getting to NOLA."

posted by quonsar 03 September | 17:47

Over the top Monday morning quarterbacking.

posted by Carbolic 03 September | 17:52

Considering that thousands of people have died *since* Katarina as a consequence of the callous smug indifference displayed by everybody from Bush down, I think it's kind of understated and restrained.

posted by carter 03 September | 18:10

completely understated and restrained.

Carbolic, you realize i hope, that this is exactly the response we'll see the next time there's a terror attack--or a natural disaster? If you're ok with that, then i don't know what to say.

posted by amberglow 03 September | 18:27

George Bush's ineptitude has killed far more Americans than Osama could have dreamed of.

Now that's more like it.

posted by carter 03 September | 18:30

Regarding writing style, I think it's gone beyond sober statements of facts. Almost everyone I talk to is angry beyond belief at this.

posted by carter 03 September | 18:32

I am angry about the whole situation. I was just offended by the trite way that she worded it. I don't think it's appropriate.

But obviously I'm the only one, I should go back to worrying about other things, whatever.

posted by strikhedonia 03 September | 19:53

q. has a point -- the reaction to this disaster is trying to pretend the situation is under control, with a carefully coreographed photo-op here and there, and your problem is that Dowd's writing is shrill?

posted by matteo 03 September | 20:21

The government's inaction about this whole thing is just more proof that the Department of Homeland Security is a pile of shit.

posted by interrobang 03 September | 21:19

I agree completely with Dowd and in fact would liked it to have been more fierce.

But I didn't really like it because all her columns sound alike. It's like she's phoning it in.

posted by kmellis 03 September | 21:22

I've considered Dowd a crappy writer for years. This is more crappy writing for a good cause, yet one of those things that gives enemies of humanity like Carbolic aid and comfort by its crappiness (like the Sunday Doonesbury about Jane Fonda, not online yet...)

Over the top Monday morning quarterbacking.
Except it's not Monday Morning, it's halftime in the Hurricane Season, and considering Bush's total inability to learn from his mistakes, it is likely to happen all over again before the end of November. THAT's what makes me so angry and so scared.

posted by wendell 04 September | 00:23

I've been freaking out about Katrina and the clusterfuck surrounding it all week. I guess reading that op-ed and interpreting it as being flippant kind of pushed me over the edge. (That and my friend who drools over every word out of Dowd's mouth, but that's a different story.)

I'm just really frustrated and angry because I feel so useless and wasteful. I wish I could do more than donate money. And yes, worried about more hurricanes... we're already up to M.

posted by strikhedonia 04 September | 00:51

we all do, strike--just donate more or something. the kids need school supplies down there too.

posted by amberglow 04 September | 01:23

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