I'm worried about george. (Warning - Extremely Photo Heavy)

[soup]

No, really. Aren't you? Heard he was going to New orleans today and will spend the night there as well. This brings up all kinds of questions. I'm sure you have more, but for now, I have to ask:

will he be welcome?












will there be a parade? will there be beads?




will there be enough security?




where will he stay?










how will he get where he's going?


















what will he eat?










will he bring his own alarm clock? or will one be provided?








will he bring Barney? will Barney make new friends?














does Barney like cats?




What will he do while he's there?
will he go fishing? maybe take a boat ride?






will he bring his bike? will these people ride with him?






who will he hug? who will hug him?

[Bluebear]

1. Nice work, soup. I am EXTREMELY worried about "W".

Because, as we all know by now, it is all about him.

[soup]

27. Wonder if he'll bring his jammies and 'pilly'.

can't sleep without them, ya know?

Thanks for caring, Bluebear. I knew I wasn't the only one concerned about **his royal aboveitallness.

Isn't there a pray for george site somewhere - set up so the troops in Iraq can pray for him? Swear I remember something like that.

[Bluebear]

35. You can fast for George Bush here....

http://www.heartlight.org/fast/

Answer a call to personally fast once a month for President Bush.

God is raising up multitudes of Christians (regardless of political affiliation) to fast and pray for the holiness of President George W. Bush and our nation. Join us in God's grassroots movement.

[IndyOp]

50. I'm afraid to look at the link you give above, but am assuming

that you are supposed to save the money you otherwise would have spent on food and send it to */GOP...

:shrug:

[FreedomAngel82]

60. Don't forget his teddy bear

[ken_g]

2. Great job!

Very powerful...

[soup]

31. So's george. Just think, he is the 'fiasco-in-charge'

of this pain and suffering.

We've all got to remember to thank him for it.

[magnolia]

3. Just when I thought...

...it couldn't get to me anymore...

Thanks.

[soup]

33. Me, too.

But enough about anyone else. Gotta move on. get over it.
Sure hope he won't get his shoes wet or muddy.

sorry, magnolia. I'm just really pissed today. Having a hard time handling it all.

[MsLeopard]

4. Wow! Powerful presentation

Nominated...

[soup]

36. ah, thanks, MsLeopard.

and welcome to DU. Glad you're here. :hi:

[onecent]

5. OMG THIS IS FABULOUS!!!!

[soup]

38. and so is george.

and Laura, can't forget her. She's fabulous, too.

Showed up at a rescue center, and after only what? a 2 hour wait for her? served a few people lunch.

Wonderful people. Lovely family.

[CrispyQ]

6. Very nice compilation!

Thank you!!


Nominated.

[soup]

40. Thank you, CrispyQGirl.

I'm crying, and I'm angry, and I should probably walk away for awhile. New Orleans deserves so much better than george. We all do.

An empty city for the empty suit.

[Blue Belle]

7. He'd be hard-pressed to find a "Friendly/Pre-screened" crowd...

to speak to in his usual "Townhall" format. He'll probably end up flying one in from Idaho... if not an actual crowd, maybe a few firefighters or police officers. :eyes:

[texpatriot2004]

20. yeah, he'll have to manage on his own...tough crowd n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

61. That might be kinda hard to find people

It'll be a very small crowd I'm sure.

[likesmountains 52]

8. nominated through many tears...thank you...

[Child_Of_Isis]

9. Wow! That was pretty moving. eom.

[hiley]

10. Oh soup your presentation is remarkable

thank you,
hiley

[catmandu57]

11. I guess he feels safe enough in an empty city

surrounded by thousands of armed law enforcement and military, You know, I'm not so much of a dog person, but that picture of the little dog covered in filth still has my heart aching.

[Iris]

12. hey, soup! Are you Michael Moore?

This is really good stuff. You gotta get a permanent link to it somewhere.

[liberalhistorian]

15. I agree, this is

WONDERFULLY done! The animal pics also were as heartbreaking as the human suffering. The pic of people on the highway made me think of my own local highways and what it would be like to be stuck on them like that.

[Iris]

17. Yes. The highway shots were simply eery.

And the pets - well, simply heartbreaking.

[fasttense]

13. Very moving. You did a great job!!! n/t

[lpbk2713]

14. Where will Georgie ride his bike?

(Nice collection of pics, BTW)

:thumbsup:

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Thanks for this! Off to blast the media and Congress over the ineptitude

of **

------------------------------------------------------
URGENT yet easy! Hold the government accountable for Katrina's aftermath
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4736062

[Mad_Dem_X]

18. Well done! I have tears running down my face

I think seeing the stranded animals is what did me in. Great presentation.

[mrfrapp]

55. Stranded Pets

I don't know why but it's the plight of the homeless animals which really makes the disaster real to me. I cry to myself whenever I think of the human suffering but for some reason the images of homeless dogs and cats really brings it home to me. It highlights the senslessness of it all I think.

The sight of a fellow human being suffering is heart breaking enough but to see a tame pet who trusts us and in many cases depends on us for survival is clearly too much for you and I. What worries me is that the bedraggled animals we see in these pictures are the hardiest of those to be found in New Orleans. There are thousands of others who were simply to delicate to survive the torment and horror.

I haven't commented on the Katrina disaster thus far so I'll use this opportunity to offer my heart and sympathy to everyone affected.

:hug:

[Misunderestimator]

19. Thanks... very powerful.

:cry:

[Loge23]

21. would make a great presentation

Thank you for the great job! (nominated)

[RevCheesehead]

22. One of the most powerful things I've ever seen on DU.

Thank you so very much for your effort. Wow.

[texpatriot2004]

57. Hey ReverendCheesehead long time no see.

Remember Joshua, "Be bold and strong, banish fear and doubt for remember the Lord your God is with you where ever you go."

[jmowreader]

23. The railroad track man really did it to me

That poor guy doesn't look like he's got a friend in the world, and he needs one bad.

George ain't that friend. George wants to put a casino where his home now stands.

[soup]

45. from the Guardian.

Here's the caption:

Long march
September 5: Luggage in hand, Lynwood Doronslet, 69, sets off down the railway track towards his son's house in Metairie, outside New Orleans.
Photograph: Jerry Lara/AP
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,1558667,00.html

I hope he made it. I hope his son was there to greet him at the end of his journey and that they are now together someplace safe.

[Frustratedlady]

24. Incredible Job!

Congrats on a very moving compilation of photos. Thanks for all your work (or, as George would say, HARD WORK)! The photos of the people and situation is bad enough, but that little doggie is gonna haunt me. Bless your heart.

[mirandapriestly]

25. I'm so upset by those photos

I really can't stand this, I am just so upset.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

26. Very moving. Thank you. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. This is awesome

Great great work

:yourock:

[jillan]

29. Absolutely fantastic, moving pic thread! Bravo!!

This belongs on the front page here, and on every magazine cover.

[scarletlib]

30. This just breaks my heart.

[Blue_In_AK]

32. Very moving photo essay...

We must never forget these images.

[Buns_of_Fire]

34. The beads lying in a puddle says it all to me...

The drowning of a great city and its residents. :cry:

[Jeanette in FL]

37. Awesome, thank you

[NJCher]

39. great work

Tears here, too. Very moving.

I have a suggestion. Where the woman is wrapped in the flag would be a good opportunity to stick it to * over his constant association with the flag. Maybe something like, "Will they wear the flag with George?"

OK, now I have to go have a drink and try to forget this.

God what a mess this country is.




Cher

[SeattleGirl]

41. Awesome job, soup.

Reminds me of that drug commercial: This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs (eggs in a frying pan).

"This is your country on George W. Bush"

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

42. Well done, Soup

[freemen2005]

43. WELL DONE!

[nickyt]

44. SPECTACULAR - kick this post for the next 5 years. Awesome. THANKS

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. Wow! That was powerful!

[texpatriot2004]

47. I know what you mean. Georgie has made many, many

enemies around the world. We all have consequences for our actions and our inactions.

[countingbluecars]

48. What a moving photo essay.

I'm crying again.

[Henny Penny]

49. kick

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[MS68]

51. Please tell me....

that somebody couldn't have taken the picture of the little muddy dog without rescuing it? I guess any of the dogs for that matter, but that one's particularly heart wrenching....

[madmax]

52. Well done n/t

[Lefta Dissenter]

53. soup,

you have a big heart. Great job on that collection.

:cry:

[ignatius 2]

54. Powerful images,especially the last one. Her face tells it all.

I so hope that a week or so from now, America will not forget these people. Besides their basics,I suspect many will need counseling and of course jobs.

All the private contractors they are bringing in should be forced to have a good percentage of their labor,at their going rates, be from the area.

[nodehopper]

77. I'm pretty sure that's a him

[nookiemonster]

56. Outstanding!

Nominated.

:yourock:

[ThatsMyBarack]

58. It's All Right to Cry

Anybody besides me who was a little kid in the '70s with Free to Be You and Me should remember that song (sung by Rosey Grier)--and it's the perfect caption for the last photo.

I hope those kitties in the big Tupperware thing can breathe okay....:cry:

[FreedomAngel82]

59. Very beautiful

And the animal pictures make me cry. :cry:

[SunDrop23]

62. Great post. Hard to fathom that all of it happened in our country. nfm

[SalmonChantedEvening]

63. Great work soup, so very moving.

Tears of sadness and anger :cry:

I thought I had no more left...

[Catchawave]

64. Very nice !

Thank you for proving W means Worry :scared:

[malaise]

65. Too sad

The people and the pets have me bawling again.

[enough]

66. Beautiful, soup. Thanks.

[BrklynLiberal]

67. kick

can't find words to do it justice

[Window]

68. Profound pictorial.

Thanks for sharing.

Peace

[titoresque]

69. Thankyou

:cry: and it also pisses me off so bad.......my in-law repukes need to see this! They are the only ones I know of personally who voted for this animal and everytime I think about this, I just want to call them up and cuss them out!!!!!

[Paradise]

70. thanks. n/t

[Tatiana]

71. ***Sigh*** Thank you.

Beautiful pictorial. :cry:

[fleabert]

72. Powerful- Send that to DailyKos, CNN, etc...

everyone in the world should see this montage...

:cry:

[Ioo]

73. This one kills me for some reason...

I have 2 cats, and I am so wprried about the animals.

Please don't get me wrong, people are important, but the animals can't always take care of themselfs, people, for the most part can.

[friesianrider]

74. I'm with you.

This photo and the one of the little pup covered in some sort of oil-like substance was heart-wrenching.

Have you considered donating a few bucks to Noah's Wish or the HSUS (they both have animal rescue teams on the ground)? Their websites are www.noahswish.org and www.hsus.org - I know they could both use any financial help from anyone.

[Ioo]

75. Done did it :)

I did the the HSUS, I will see what I can find for the other one.

[mcscajun]

76. Great job!

:applause:

[TexanDem]

78. SOOO POWERFUL! Amazing work! Should be widespread over net!

[AuntiBush]

79. And How Will Poor, Poor George Keep His Life, You know...

Balanced, and all...

[texpatriot2004]

81. I can't imagine, it will be so hard for him to "go on with his life"

poor, poor Georgie with soooooooo much blood on his hands

[AuntiBush]

86. Wouldn't want to be poor George in the end, you know.

It will be very, very hot down there, or so we're told over the centuries.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

80. Well, Zippity-Doo-Dah!

C'mon, Soup, let's not worry our beautiful minds about the victims of Hurricane Corina. They are so poor and they are so black, but this is working very well for them. We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. Brownie is doing a heck of a job. Things are going relatively well. What didn't go right? That's the first time I've heard it. You're just trying to get us to play the blame game. It's terrible. It's tragic. But in a democracy of 300 million people, over years and years and years, these things happen. Now tell the truth boys, is this kind of fun? Let's go get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita.



Seriously...well done.

[IndyJones]

82. ***deep sigh*** Very moving pictures! Thanks for posting.

[Im with Rosey]

83. That was incrediable, words fail me.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

84. Thanks for posting -brought tears to my eyes

[LeahD]

85. Creative, moving, gut-wrenching. Never forget. n/t

[PatriotMom]

87. WOW Fantastic, very moving, speechless.......n/t

[merh]

88. ..

:cry:

[soup]

91. I'm sorry.

:hug:

[merh]

92. Thank you for this thread and the hug!

:hug: :hug:

[Straight Shooter]

89. Very well done, indeed.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[HughBeaumont]

90. All I can think of

is this song and how nobody with any power cares. At all.

I plan on giving heavily in 2 weeks.