Oprah: Ignorance Goes Mainstream
Thursday, September 8th, 2005It seems that the ignorance surrounding the situation on the Gulf Coast has become mainstream, as Oprah Winfrey has now chipped in with her worthless $0.02:
Chat show host OPRAH WINFREY is furious over the way the victims of Hurricane Katrina have been treated, and believes America owes the survivors an apology.
Winfrey cut short her summer break to host special episodes of her THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW from the nation’s devastated Gulf Coast and was horrified by the scenes which awaited her.
Referring to the amount of time survivors had to wait for help, and those who died as they waited for help, she fumes, “I think… this country owes these people an apology.
“This makes me so mad. This should not have happened.”
Winfrey wore a gas mask as she toured New Orleans’ now-empty Superdome, which housed thousands of people in disgusting conditions for several days.
She says, “Nothing I saw on television prepared me for what I experienced on the ground.
“I was sitting at home feeling frustrated and useless, like so many other people, so I came down to personally assess how I could best be of service.”
This country owes these people an apology? It obvious in this case that by using the word “country”, Oprah really means “President Bush.” She doesn’t say a thing about Mayor Ray Nagin or Governor Kathleen Blanco, the two people most responsible for the chaos and death toll during the aftermath of this disaster. Could it be that she didn’t mention them because one is black and the other is a woman? Maybe, maybe not. It could be that she is just that ignorant, and hadn’t bothered herself with finding out the facts before gracing the rest of us with her (obviously superior) opinion.
The she says that she had to go to the disaster area so she could assess how best to be of service. You know, millions of Americans who don’t have access to private jets, million dollar mansions and bank accounts which are the envy of most countries were able to answer this quandary without plastering their faces all over television while exploiting the victims of Katrina. If you want to help, simply donate as much money as you can to one or more of the many charities who are already down there doing the work that needs to be done. This way, you won’t be in the way and the people who need help will actually get it. Of course, this avenue denies you the ability to plaster your face all over the Western World showing what a good person you are, but hey, them’s the breaks. You’ll survive.
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September 13th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Limited Tuesday
Today’s dose of NIF – News, Interesting & Funny … Time for another Kerry-180 Tuesday, when I get around to it that is.