This is a good interview which shows that most reporters are Rucking Fretarded!!
Don't get stuck on stupid, that has to be without a doubt the coolest thing ever said. (at least for today)
09-20honore.mp3
Honore: And Mr. Mayor, let's go back, because I can see right now, we're
setting this up as he said, he said, we said. All right? We are not going to
go, by order of the mayor and the governor, and open the convention center
for people to come in. There are buses there. Is that clear to you? Buses
parked. There are 4,000 troops there. People come, they get on a bus, they
get on a truck, they move on. Is that clear? Is that clear to the public?
Female reporter: Where do they move on...
Honore: That's not your business.
Male reporter: But General, that didn't work the first time...
Honore: Wait a minute. It didn't work the first time. This ain't the first
time. Okay? If...we don't control Rita, you understand? So there are a lot
of pieces of it that's going to be worked out. You got good public servants
working through it. Let's get a little trust here, because you're starting
to act like this is your problem. You are carrying the message, okay? What
we're going to do is have the buses staged. The initial place is at the
convention center. We're not going to announce other places at this time,
until we get a plan set, and we'll let people know where those locations
are, through the government, and through public announcements. Right now, to
handle the number of people that want to leave, we've got the capacity. You
will come to the convention center. There are soldiers there from the 82nd
Airborne, and from the Louisiana National Guard. People will be told to get
on the bus, and we will take care of them. And where they go will be
dependent on the capacity in this state. We've got our communications up.
And we'll tell them where to go. And when they get there, they'll be able to
get a chance, an opportunity to get registered, and so they can let their
families know where they are. But don't start panic here. Okay? We've got a
location. It is in the front of the convention center, and that's where we
will use to migrate people from it, into the system.
Male reporter: General Honore, we were told that Berman Stadium on the west
bank would be another staging area...
Honore: Not to my knowledge. Again, the current place, I just told you one
time, is the convention center. Once we complete the plan with the mayor,
and is approved by the governor, then we'll start that in the next 12-24
hours. And we understand that there's a problem in getting communications
out. That's where we need your help. But let's not confuse the questions
with the answers. Buses at the convention center will move our citizens, for
whom we have sworn that we will support and defend...and we'll move them on.
Let's not get stuck on the last storm. You're asking last storm questions
for people who are concerned about the future storm. Don't get stuck on
stupid, reporters. We are moving forward. And don't confuse the people
please. You are part of the public message. So help us get the message
straight. And if you don't understand, maybe you'll confuse it to the
people. That's why we like follow-up questions. But right now, it's the
convention center, and move on.
Male reporter: General, a little bit more about why that's happening this
time, though, and did not have that last time...
Honore: You are stuck on stupid. I'm not going to answer that question. We
are going to deal with Rita. This is public information that people are
depending on the government to put out. This is the way we've got to do it.
So please. I apologize to you, but let's talk about the future. Rita is
happening. And right now, we need to get good, clean information out to the
people that they can use. And we can have a conversation on the side about
the past, in a couple of months.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Friday, September 16, 2005
Personal Metamorphosis
Personal Metamorphosis
This is the blog of one of my co-workers and her ability to write creatively far exceeds my own. While we may sometimes have differences of opinions, I respect the insight she gives me on subjects that I would not normally think about.
Feel free to visit her normally, it is an artistic view of many thing that are going on in the world, and while you many not agree with her (or me for that mater) you can not deny her ability to express her self eloquently
This is the blog of one of my co-workers and her ability to write creatively far exceeds my own. While we may sometimes have differences of opinions, I respect the insight she gives me on subjects that I would not normally think about.
Feel free to visit her normally, it is an artistic view of many thing that are going on in the world, and while you many not agree with her (or me for that mater) you can not deny her ability to express her self eloquently
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Remembering 9/11
I won't be able to post this on Sunday, so I thought I would go ahead and do it now.
Its been 4 years since that early September morning and like most of us I remember what exactly what I was doing when I found out. I had gotten off of at around 6 in the morning and I went back to the dorms after turning in weapons. I can't remember what I made for breakfast that day. I just remember wanting to grab some food and then rack out because I had to be at work again in about 10 hours. I remember waking up later that day and turning on the TV just for some background noise while I did the morning routine and to my amazement the world trade center was on fire. That was when I sat down and actually started paying attention. Just about then another reporter was on the phone saying he was at the Pentagon and "It sounded like a bomb went off somewhere in the building". Well, after that I threw on my gear with out doing any of the little stuff I normaly did before work. Then I ran to the base grocery store and picked up some batteries and a couple of bottles of water and grub and went over to the guardmount hut to see what I could do to help.
Right around this time, while I was getting ready, the base was put into Threatcon Delta and we were in the process of recalling everyone in our Security Forces Squadron to come and arm up. Being one of the first people on scene I was given control of a fire team (which normally has 4 people on it, but this one only had me) raptor 1 and armed with an M60 machine gun with aprox 1000 rounds of ammo and a HMMWV. I was told that as more people came in and armed up they would be sent to fill out my team. So there I was carrying a crap load of gear for my weapon a set of NVG's and Thermal's which weighed about, well I think the correct term is a "whole-bunchinze". I hope in the hummer and drive out to Base Gate 1 where I hop the curb and park on the sidewalk. I take the M60 and mount it in the turrent I half load the weapon and was ready to rock & roll if needed, think about that. I was overwatching the gate from about 20 yards away, if I had to open fire on a threat the gate guards would have to jump out of the way so I wouldn't hit them. I was also very nervous I don't think I was scared, I was just in the mind set that I might have to shoot someone today and if you think that wasn't on my mind you're smoking crack.
Now I have to say that while everything seemed to be happening in a chicken with its head cut off mode, it was actually very organized chaos. However that being said I was getting a little lonely being in a fire team who's duties were to protect the base gate with just myself on it. I called up the control center to see what was going on, they told me that the off duty flight was being brought in to work the extra patrols and fireteams and that I would be relieved in about 5-10 minutes.
Almost 5 minutes (to the second later) another hummer pulls up with a fireteam (full fire team) to take over my position, I then went back to the guardmount hut and we conducted the evening briefing got sorted out into regular duties and the extra duties we were going to be assuming and went to work.
Through all this there was no fear or indecision, the people from my squadron and the whole base in general came together and did what needed to be done. Everyone was extremely professional and I was proud of our response. This was also an attack by an enemy, an enemy who we were already very familiar with. This is an enemy that while many had never heard of him, had attacked us before. This is the enemy that seized the US embassy in Iran 1979. The same one that attacked the US embassy and military barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983. The same enemy that attacked a night club in Madrid Spain in 1985 and again in West Berlin, Germany in 1986. The list goes on and on an on about the different targets and the many casualties that have been caused by these attacks.
But we continue on and some of us forget while some of us never paid attention in the first place. Then when we have forgotten or at least seemed to have forgotten, it happens again, or at least that was the pattern in the past. However on September 11th 2001 the enemy made a mistake they attacked not a night club or an army base or some far away embassy, They attacked something that almost everyone knows about, something that even if you've never seen it you know it means something, something that was dear to us all, even if we didn't know how much it meant to us... Until it was gone.
So we come to the anniversary of this momentous event that really was awake up call for the nation. Something that opened our eyes to the world and showed us that we were vulnerable, that we were no longer the "invincible US", that we too could bleed, and that there are bad men out there who do want to hurt us. People we have never met who would just as soon cut your throat than give you the time of day, just because you live where you live.
So I leave you with this. Where were you that September morning and have you closed your eyes again?
Its been 4 years since that early September morning and like most of us I remember what exactly what I was doing when I found out. I had gotten off of at around 6 in the morning and I went back to the dorms after turning in weapons. I can't remember what I made for breakfast that day. I just remember wanting to grab some food and then rack out because I had to be at work again in about 10 hours. I remember waking up later that day and turning on the TV just for some background noise while I did the morning routine and to my amazement the world trade center was on fire. That was when I sat down and actually started paying attention. Just about then another reporter was on the phone saying he was at the Pentagon and "It sounded like a bomb went off somewhere in the building". Well, after that I threw on my gear with out doing any of the little stuff I normaly did before work. Then I ran to the base grocery store and picked up some batteries and a couple of bottles of water and grub and went over to the guardmount hut to see what I could do to help.
Right around this time, while I was getting ready, the base was put into Threatcon Delta and we were in the process of recalling everyone in our Security Forces Squadron to come and arm up. Being one of the first people on scene I was given control of a fire team (which normally has 4 people on it, but this one only had me) raptor 1 and armed with an M60 machine gun with aprox 1000 rounds of ammo and a HMMWV. I was told that as more people came in and armed up they would be sent to fill out my team. So there I was carrying a crap load of gear for my weapon a set of NVG's and Thermal's which weighed about, well I think the correct term is a "whole-bunchinze". I hope in the hummer and drive out to Base Gate 1 where I hop the curb and park on the sidewalk. I take the M60 and mount it in the turrent I half load the weapon and was ready to rock & roll if needed, think about that. I was overwatching the gate from about 20 yards away, if I had to open fire on a threat the gate guards would have to jump out of the way so I wouldn't hit them. I was also very nervous I don't think I was scared, I was just in the mind set that I might have to shoot someone today and if you think that wasn't on my mind you're smoking crack.
Now I have to say that while everything seemed to be happening in a chicken with its head cut off mode, it was actually very organized chaos. However that being said I was getting a little lonely being in a fire team who's duties were to protect the base gate with just myself on it. I called up the control center to see what was going on, they told me that the off duty flight was being brought in to work the extra patrols and fireteams and that I would be relieved in about 5-10 minutes.
Almost 5 minutes (to the second later) another hummer pulls up with a fireteam (full fire team) to take over my position, I then went back to the guardmount hut and we conducted the evening briefing got sorted out into regular duties and the extra duties we were going to be assuming and went to work.
Through all this there was no fear or indecision, the people from my squadron and the whole base in general came together and did what needed to be done. Everyone was extremely professional and I was proud of our response. This was also an attack by an enemy, an enemy who we were already very familiar with. This is an enemy that while many had never heard of him, had attacked us before. This is the enemy that seized the US embassy in Iran 1979. The same one that attacked the US embassy and military barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983. The same enemy that attacked a night club in Madrid Spain in 1985 and again in West Berlin, Germany in 1986. The list goes on and on an on about the different targets and the many casualties that have been caused by these attacks.
But we continue on and some of us forget while some of us never paid attention in the first place. Then when we have forgotten or at least seemed to have forgotten, it happens again, or at least that was the pattern in the past. However on September 11th 2001 the enemy made a mistake they attacked not a night club or an army base or some far away embassy, They attacked something that almost everyone knows about, something that even if you've never seen it you know it means something, something that was dear to us all, even if we didn't know how much it meant to us... Until it was gone.
So we come to the anniversary of this momentous event that really was awake up call for the nation. Something that opened our eyes to the world and showed us that we were vulnerable, that we were no longer the "invincible US", that we too could bleed, and that there are bad men out there who do want to hurt us. People we have never met who would just as soon cut your throat than give you the time of day, just because you live where you live.
So I leave you with this. Where were you that September morning and have you closed your eyes again?
Random acts of rambling
Well, its been a fairly slow night tonight at work. There have been no shootings or stabings or anyother death, distruction or meyham. While this is a good thing, it does make the night crawl by. I've just been watching the news and chilling for the most part. So its all good, but the night is still young and we have about 3 more hours of work for something to kick off.
Also I got a roommate yesterday. He seems like a good kid, lol, kid a I call him I'm only 5 years older then he is. I'm just going to have to see how this will turn out.
Also for an update about the ZS Charity fundraiser has raised over $2000, and while that isn't much every little bit helps.
Well there are infomercials in abundance this time of moring so now I have to try and find something to watch.
And by the way but Coffie is the worst drink ever and Mountain Dew is the necter of the Gods.
Also I got a roommate yesterday. He seems like a good kid, lol, kid a I call him I'm only 5 years older then he is. I'm just going to have to see how this will turn out.
Also for an update about the ZS Charity fundraiser has raised over $2000, and while that isn't much every little bit helps.
Well there are infomercials in abundance this time of moring so now I have to try and find something to watch.
And by the way but Coffie is the worst drink ever and Mountain Dew is the necter of the Gods.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Nutritious Candy Bars
I would like to state that my supivisor at has advised me, that fresh non melted candy items are the worlds most nutritious food, and that he has recently released documents from the Hershey Corporation to back up this statement.
Also instead of STAR awards, He will purchase a Hershey bar for people who go above and beyond the call of duty. However Hershey bars with almonds will be reserved for "The Caring People Award". In addition to this, peanut butter cups will be given out for what he calls "Random Acts of Kindness".
Also instead of STAR awards, He will purchase a Hershey bar for people who go above and beyond the call of duty. However Hershey bars with almonds will be reserved for "The Caring People Award". In addition to this, peanut butter cups will be given out for what he calls "Random Acts of Kindness".
Monday, September 05, 2005
Tribes
This is a very small snippet from another blog that I have found. Please before you make any comments pls read the whole thing, I warn you that it may take a while. Hopefully it will open some eye's.
Eject Eject Eject
TRIBES
(Folks, there's R-rated language throughout this thing. Normally I can edit it out; this time, not so much. I may do so later, but now I want to leave it as I wrote it.)
I’m generally an optimist, and it’s been my pleasure to be able to write mostly about the good and the noble things in our lives. But the events in the Gulf – of Mexico – have brought to a head a summer and a year that has been getting progressively uglier and more painful to watch.
Who can not see the way the country has changed, not since 9/11, but before that – since the 2000 election? Who cannot feel the split, the division, that rips like a shredding sail on a broken mast, canvas tearing like the sound of musketry, as the rigging falls to the deck?
This breaks my heart. It just breaks my heart into little pieces. I have said less and less as I see more and more, because deep in my core I still don’t want to believe that some Americans could willfully and consistently do such destructive things out of such petty and base motivations, things which in time will make the horrors of New Orleans look like a flea circus in a small tent, with the much larger carnival raging unseen in the background.
I’ve taken sides in these essays, obviously – that’s what I do. But I have never, until now, felt the need to take the gloves off and really let fly. I always feared I would regret it, later. I still do. Only now, I fear I will regret it worse if I do not.
So now we must look at Tribes.
Please read the entire artical at the above website
Eject Eject Eject
TRIBES
(Folks, there's R-rated language throughout this thing. Normally I can edit it out; this time, not so much. I may do so later, but now I want to leave it as I wrote it.)
I’m generally an optimist, and it’s been my pleasure to be able to write mostly about the good and the noble things in our lives. But the events in the Gulf – of Mexico – have brought to a head a summer and a year that has been getting progressively uglier and more painful to watch.
Who can not see the way the country has changed, not since 9/11, but before that – since the 2000 election? Who cannot feel the split, the division, that rips like a shredding sail on a broken mast, canvas tearing like the sound of musketry, as the rigging falls to the deck?
This breaks my heart. It just breaks my heart into little pieces. I have said less and less as I see more and more, because deep in my core I still don’t want to believe that some Americans could willfully and consistently do such destructive things out of such petty and base motivations, things which in time will make the horrors of New Orleans look like a flea circus in a small tent, with the much larger carnival raging unseen in the background.
I’ve taken sides in these essays, obviously – that’s what I do. But I have never, until now, felt the need to take the gloves off and really let fly. I always feared I would regret it, later. I still do. Only now, I fear I will regret it worse if I do not.
So now we must look at Tribes.
Please read the entire artical at the above website
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Huricane Relief
Zombie Squad Charity
They are collecting money to give to either the Red Cross or Salvation Army. Or possibly even some smaller charities depending on the need. Feel free to make a contribution, if not to this charity then to another one.
They are collecting money to give to either the Red Cross or Salvation Army. Or possibly even some smaller charities depending on the need. Feel free to make a contribution, if not to this charity then to another one.
Aftermath
Well New Orleans has been evacuated, the city is 80% under water, a lot of people have been killed others are homeless and jobless. This is truly an End of the World event for some of these people. Their lives will never be the same again. Also many of the people affected are of the lower to middle-class, people who didn't have much of a means to begin with, most of them will be in need for some time to come. This truly is a body blow to not only the states that were hit but to the entire United States. Also like many other disasters this one will only be in the news for a few days until something else comes along and gets the medias attention, but the recover effort will be a long and drawn out process that will likely last many years into the future. Quite simply the places affected will never be the same.
How ever there is some good news coming in with all the bad. While many people have lost their lives, many more have been saved. Also America is a very generous county we will help the survivors and the displaced. I just want to know what the world's response will be. The USA is always helping disaster victims around the globe in conjunction with the international community, I just can't wait to see what that community will do for us in out time of need.
Finally just to sum up my thoughts. Stay strong, Don't give up, We need to be there for each other in the end.
How ever there is some good news coming in with all the bad. While many people have lost their lives, many more have been saved. Also America is a very generous county we will help the survivors and the displaced. I just want to know what the world's response will be. The USA is always helping disaster victims around the globe in conjunction with the international community, I just can't wait to see what that community will do for us in out time of need.
Finally just to sum up my thoughts. Stay strong, Don't give up, We need to be there for each other in the end.
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