Tuesday, October 30, 2007

AND NOW FEMA NEWS, THEY REPORT AND THEY DECIDE

Some time back, we referred to this administration as the commissars of the right; opposing the Russians in ideology but emulating them in style. And as many of you no doubt heard in the tradition of the “spontaneous” town meeting, and their own more foxy version of Pravda, the administration’s news comrades are FEMA-ing their oats again and this time at the scene of the California wildfires where FEMA held a fabulously faux media news conference, with everyone present, but the media. It seems the “reporter’s” questions were asked by FEMA employees to other FEMA employees and, surprise, they approved of themselves. Alas, at least for now, the truth tends to come out in these United States and we’re assured when the administration says they were embarrassed, an emotion we didn’t know they were capable of and they’ve promised the public such a bad act won’t take place again. And you know them; it won’t, at least not without better actors.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great post! And in case anyone says he didnt notice it...THE FLAG WAS 5 FEET LONG!!!

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