Sunday, August 27, 2006

everyone's doing it

Since everyone else is looking back at the coverage of Hurricane Katrina, one year ago, I thought I would as well.

(Prologue: I did it before Arianna, but she did it too.)

August 31

8:18 pm
"We do not neeed to have anyone send us money to rebuild after a hurricane."


September 1

10:07 pm
"What the h*ll is happening?"

10:12 pm
"This is not the America I grew up in."

10:32 pm
". . . we're talking about class."

10:36 pm
"Joe Scarborough is turning into a liberal."

10:51 pm
"You know the world has gone to h*ll when . . ."

September 2

12:16 pm
"Interesting to see how critical the media has been."

1:09 pm
"Please consider making a donation."

3:38 pm
"Do you understand that anger?"

4:00 pm
"Who is writing these guys' talking points?"

4:12 pm
"One mother said she was given two diapers . . ."

4:36 pm
"Go, Soledad."

September 3

10:55 am
"There is no coming together."

11:34 am
"Kanye is the number one search right now on Technorati."

6:49 pm
"CNN's not going to let this thing drop."

7:20 pm
"AP is reporting . . . "

September 4

8:49 am
". . . what do you think of the relief support from Castro and Chavez?"

September 5

10:24 am
" . . . apparently the senator is threatening to punch President Bush . . ."

10:36 am
" . . . the self-congratulatory media coverage . . ."

11:07 am
" . . . there's nothing like a credit card, car, cell phone . . . "

11:15 am
"The scrapbook of history accords but a few pages to each decade . . ."

September 7

8:17 pm
"It's time for the self-congratulatory press to can it."

September 9

7:50 pm
"Nobody is saying how many . . ."

8:16 pm
"George Bush hates midgets."

8:51 pm
" . . . it can't be entirely coincidental . . ."

September 10

7:34 am
" . . . it should have been a blinding flash of the obvious to everybody . . ."

September 11

11:04 am
"The cruel irony is too much to bear."

September 12

6:31 pm
"Many are struggling to get access to the meds that keep them alive."

8:13 pm
" . . . Ann Coulter has finally become completely delusional."

September 13

8:26 pm
"Bush managed to push, 'I take responsibility,' from between those pursed lips of his."

9:02 pm
"The Bush Era is over."

September 15

7:17 am
"I really did speak too fast . . ."

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