CNN Jack Cafferty - Hurricane Katrina Outrage

In late August, 2005, Jack Cafferty appeared on CNN to express his outrage at the lack of a coordinated federal response to the calamity known as Hurricane Katrina. "Where the hell is the water for these people?" he asked, while informing viewers that in his 62 years, he'd never seen anything so outrageous.

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[Speed7743]

The BP Oil Spill was bad because all of the oil went deep down to the bottom of the Gulf Of Mexico, it is impossible for all of it to be taken out of the Gulf given the fact that all of it is permanently under the Gulf. Katrina was a natural disaster, you can get any city back and perfect in the right place after a hurricane in about 4-6 years. So don't complain about Katrina you idiots, the Oil Spill is permanent and one of the worst tragedies that has ever happened.

[TavernWenchBlog]

@Speed7743 Wow. Are you actually making an argument that land is more important than life? Do you realize how horrible you sound? Death is PERMANENT. 1,800+ human souls perished in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Those lives can't be replaced, those people aren't coming back.

It's beyond childish to compare the BP oil spill to Hurricane Katrina. "So don't complain about Katrina"? Seriously? What is wrong with you?

[acenace24]

I remember when Obama showed up as soon as possible to the oil spill....ohh wait he didnt! And doesnt anyone remember when he pulled the troops out of Iraq and Afghanastan...ohh he didnt do that either. Doesnt anyone know that the House/Senate has been controlled by Democrats since 2004? But wait dont bring up Nanci Pelosi's approval rating of 18% either, just blame Bush, do some God damn research people!

[TavernWenchBlog]

@acenace24 @acenace24 Besides Katrina having only geography in common with the BP Oil Spill (sorry, acenace24, but I don't recall 1,300 of our fellow Americans drowning to death during the BP Oil Spill, for one), what's really amazing about your comment is that you implore everyone to do some "God damn research" while falsely claiming that Congress has been controlled by Democrats since 2004.

Try 2006 (the year after Katrina). Take your own advice & do some research next time, maybe?

[TavernWenchBlog]

@acenace24 And you know, if you really want to get technical about it, the 110th Congress was elected in November of 2006 but they (and Speaker Pelosi) weren't sworn in until January of 2007. So you're three years off.

[gulfgypsy]

So why isn't this same sort of outrage being expressed over the slow response by obama? For the most part all obama has done is find time for photo-ops, vacations, golf, cocktail parties and the odd bit of actual work since the oil spill disaster has ocurred.

[TavernWenchBlog]

@gulfgypsy Maybe because 1,000+ people haven't died? Maybe because it's a completely different crisis altogether? The only thing Hurricane Katrina and the BP Gulf Disaster have in common is geography.

[kairu35]

I'm so glad to see someone on tv say this

[zonjordan]

@acenace24

two obvious differences...

in one case Bush could have actually done something to directly save lives..Sean Penn was physically there helping people....

what did you expect Obama to do?!?.. dive into the water and personally plug the hole...bring a bucket and start collecting the oil himself??!?!!

the fact you can even compare the two is mind boggling...you are a moron.. its statements like these that give American a bad reputation for being dumb...

[Mr40acresandamule]

No Andrew Jackson was

[rubberbaby00]

GB, worst president ever...

[pcolalongfellow]

@Atomikenrtia he's talking about WATER to drink Mr. Funnyman!

[pcolalongfellow]

@WTFARWEGONNADO Hoe do you kill a big business like Haliburton or BP?

[pcolalongfellow]

@Speed7743 Big Oil responded to their disaster much like our govt reacted to Katrina...The 2 are 1 in the same...

[Shadow072177]

I love you Cafferty!

[Beyond82094]

@L2SB I agree with you on Bush, but not so much with Obama.

[Atomikenrtia]

"Where the hell is the water?"

uhhh... that was the problem, Jack lol.