stuck on stupid!

by **Mugzy** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:00 pm

http://thepoliticalteen.com/video/stuckonstupid2.wmv

This is the way to deal with the freakin media!

Transcript:
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.

by **cavalierlwt** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:20 pm

The link wasn't allowing a 'hotlink' so I threw a copy of the clip in my comcast space.

http://cavalierlwt.home.comcast.net/stuckonstupid2.wmv
I'll leave it up for a day or two.

I'll trust the military over FEMA any day of the week. They have the right mindset, as in 'get the Job done, just do it, don't worry how'
Govts and Businesses have 'other' concerns that come before the main objective.

by **A.M. Foxtrot** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:22 pm

haha...Nice

by **CreepingCharlie** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:22 pm

Good for him. Tell off those dirty little media punks.

by **cavalierlwt** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:25 pm

Well, after the last disaster, I would expect the media to be a little skeptical, on the other hand they should give Honore the benefit of the doubt as he is the one who fixed the debacle the first time around.

by **Ldsmith104** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:41 pm

Don't hotlink to my site WTF??? if you don't want to share it don't put it on your site!!! :mad:

Thanks cav...

That's some funny shit...typical media:lol:

by **cavalierlwt** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:48 pm

No problem.
Yeah, typical media. When it's time to be critical and open their mouth, they say nothing. When it's time help serve the public and deliver the message, suddenly they're Woodward and Bernstein. They know from firsthand experience that Honore knows what he is doing. A few weeks ago, they actually did their job and started asking tough questions to the head of FEMA and other that were running the show. I guess they haven't learned when to turn it on and when to turn it off.

by **Rotoman** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:02 pm

I love stuff like this...totally shows the difference between different personalities and modes of thinking. On the one hand you have the media trying to 'explain' and 'understand' it all and then you have the military saying "f*ckin do it and we'll figure out the 'why' later".

Reminds me of a time in the Marines when I was embarking 60 Marines to Japan for a Cent Com joint operation. Our Marines were going to travel with several hundred members of the other branches on the same embark aircraft. Before we loaded up all their seabags, which are all a nice green color and all look the same, I had every Marine tie a 6 inch piece of pink embark tape on the handles. Made picking out their gear from 200 identical seabags rather easy.

If its stupid and it works,....it ain't stupid.

by **PraiseA||ah** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:06 pm

"Don't get stuck on stupid!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

He is the man. I've said it before and I'm saying it again.

by **PudriK** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:27 pm

Gotta love it.

You skipped a word in your transcript though:

"And right now, we need to get good, clean information out to the people that they can use. Hooa? And we can have a conversation on the side about the past, in a couple of months."

The all-purpose "hooa," here used as "you understand?", like he's talking to one of his soldiers.

(I know, that's probably not the official US Army way to spell hooa. I don't know what is.)

by **cavalierlwt** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:47 pm

From now on, a Natl Guard General should always be the boots on the ground Commander for any disaster scene. For this type of things, Military leaders have the correct qualities for the job: decisive, adapt and overcome, get the job done now...by any means necessary. In a situation where time means lives, these are the people to run the show.

by **cavalierlwt** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:59 pm

Here's an MP3 clip with more of the same interview, there's some pretty funny stuff.

http://cavalierlwt.home.comcast.net/honore.mp3

by **PudriK** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:02 am

I'm proud that they put a Coastie in charge of federal recovery efforts for Katrina (VADM Thad Allen) and another Coastie was put in charge for Rita (RADM Larry Hereth). These guys report directly to Chertoff (DHS), and FEMA reports to them. Ditto what cavalier said about military leadership.

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