Thursday, September 08, 2005

No Joking Matter

fiore-2I'm not usually a big fan of Mark Fiore's flash animation cartoons, but this one has an amazing kicker. Starts off with some basic potshots at Brownie, Bush, and SUV drivers evacuating from New Orleans (leaving the poor behind) via an imagined parade of floats at a Whoopsi Gras carnival, but ends up with the audio of Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard from this week's Meet The Press (via Crooks and Liars):

I want to give you one last story and I’ll shut up and let you tell me whatever you want to tell me. The guy who runs this building I’m in, Emergency Management, he’s responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home and every day she called him and said, “Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?” and he said, “Yeah, Mama, somebody’s coming to get you.” Somebody’s coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody’s coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody’s coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody’s coming to get you on Friday… and she drowned Friday night. She drowned Friday night! [Sobbing] Nobody’s coming to get us. Nobody’s coming to get us. The Secretary has promised. Everybody’s promised. They’ve had press conferences. I’m sick of the press conferences. For god’s sakes, just shut up and send us somebody.


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