Why didn't Hollywood save New Orleans?

[xoxoxoBruce]

I've got the Titanic beat......only 400 women went down on the Titanic.

PFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!

[Guyute]

Sale on asbestos undies in aisle 5!!!!

I somehow doubt a US president would be so blatantly racist- even icky thicky Dubya isn't THAT stupid.

if anything Kanye West and his celebrity ilk are more to blame- why didn't he hire a fleet of water tankers and stretch Hummers filled with food, gather up all of his hood-mates, and race down there to help out? No, he got on TV in his fancy duds, with all of his buds, and flamed the Pres from nice, safe SoCal. Typical. The only person more hypocritical is Bono. We pay these people millions to stand in front of cameras, freak out when one of them goes to a movie premiere, then expect them to not puff up for the media, roll up their sleeves and go help out the little guy. Yeah, right.

Maybe if the media didn't have an audience of no-minds eagerly awaiting the next pearl of wisdom from Rocket Scientologist Tom Cruise, or Julia Roberts, these idjits woud be forced to go lend a hand in person to get airtime.

PS- I am Canadian, and I have to say that we should eject Celine over the Atlantic. What a maroon. Did someone let her go out again without her Prozac???????

[bluecuracao]

Originally Posted by Guyute

even icky thicky Dubya isn't THAT stupid.

People keep saying that...and he keeps proving them wrong.

[bargalunan]

Originally Posted by Guyute

I am Canadian, and I have to say that we should eject Celine over the Atlantic.

Don't joke about such a serious topic. I live over the Atlantic !

I liiiiiiiike Bono's songs.
In the name of love, Van Diemen's land, I still haven't found what I'm looking for (gospel one)...

I think he's famous enough and has nothing to prove. I feel him sincere when he involves himself in a humanitarian purpose.

[warch]

Senior Gun obviously didnt see the GIGANTIC Documented, internationally broadcast ('cept in the mideast apparently)shocking, awing truth that in New Orleans, celebrity crooner and comic actor Harry Connick Jr. responded more quickly and effectively last Thurdsay than FEMA and the red cross.
Gun has not seen the level of aid and fundraising that's occured from individual, corporations and yes, big liberal celebrities.

So his outrage is lame.

I will say this about Kanye- He made his statement on Friday, the day that the federal response began to kick in. Correct or not, given the horror and emotion of the preceeding 5 days, I can see how he would form his opinion.

[mrnoodle]

The Red Cross was ready with food and water on pallets almost immediately. The Louisiana Dept. of Homeland Security -- a state version, not the feds -- told them they couldn't bring it to the Superdome or convention center. Why? They didn't want to create 'magnets' out of those places.

Source: The vast right wing conspiracy

Ooops, bet the left didn't mean for that to get out.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

It would interrupt everything else that is happening on the ground in that area, just to get the shots that tw wants. Frankly I would rather have him hugging people in the safe zone for a day. I guess I'm racist.

Well, UT, if TW ever missed an opportunity to demonstrate he's an ass, or Marichiko that she's an assistant one, it was likely because their servers were down. What a pair of unspeakables.

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Well, UT, if TW ever missed an opportunity to demonstrate he's an ass, or Marichiko that she's an assistant one, it was likely because their servers were down. What a pair of unspeakables.

Clarification: Sir, I am no assistant ass, I am an ass.

Thank you.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by mrnoodle

The Red Cross was ready with food and water on pallets almost immediately. The Louisiana Dept. of Homeland Security -- a state version, not the feds -- told them they couldn't bring it to the Superdome or convention center. Why? They didn't want to create 'magnets' out of those places.

That seems to be a recurring theme across the board. No aid should be given because it might attract people to use it. Like the C-130s full of food for airdrops that remain grounded because they think dropping the food will cause riots.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

That seems to be a recurring theme across the board. No aid should be given because it might attract people to use it. Like the C-130s full of food for airdrops that remain grounded because they think dropping the food will cause riots.

More refusal of individual assistance.

[BigV]

marichiko, if I may?

Originally Posted by Dogberry

Dost thou not suspect my place? Dost thou not suspect my years? O that he were here to write me down an ass! But masters, remember that I am an ass. Though it be not written down, yet forget not that I am an ass. No, thou villain, thou art full of piety, as shall be proved upon thee by good witness. I am a wise fellow, and which is more, an officer, and which is more, a householder, and which is more, as pretty a piece of flesh as any is in Messina, and one that knows the law, go to . . . and one that hath two gowns, and everything handsome about him. Bring him away. O that I had been writ down an ass! (Much Ado About Nothing; IV.ii.67–78)

The long version, given UG's demonstrated affinity for the language.



(I, however am merely the ass pro tempore.)

[Happy Monkey]

Read about the real asses here.

Unfortunately, our sinking feeling (along with the sinking City) was correct. Just as dusk set in, a Gretna Sheriff showed up, jumped out of his patrol vehicle, aimed his gun at our faces, screaming, "Get off the fucking freeway". A helicopter arrived and used the wind from its blades to blow away our flimsy structures. As we retreated, the sheriff loaded up his truck with our food and water.

Wow! Great link, HM! What an appalling story written by two visitors to New Orleans. How damning are their words. Enough said.

[Hobbs]

Purhaps this has already been addressed in this thread, so I'll just reiterate the obvious.

Why didn't Hollywood save NO, or better put why did it take Hollywood so long to save NO? Becuase it took them that long to figure out how to capitalize on this disaster. Any celebrity worth their weight in helping would be better doing it on the sly. When you drag a shit-load of cameras, and production crews with you, your efforts become suspect and smacks of self-promotional material. It happens all the time. Being a celebrity is a desease. They need the spotlight. If they want to truely help, shut the cameras off, push the producers out of the boat and pack it full of food and water. Right now everyone is cashing in on this situation from Richard Simmons, Sean Penn, to President bush and Channey.

Historical story of interest:

One late night a fire broke out on the Paramount back lot. William Shatner was first on the scene. Seeing the fire, he rushed to a phone. Only he wasn't calling the studio fire deparment, but his publicist and a photographer. When they arrived, he then called the studio FD and then lent a hand putting out the fire. Lots of good pub shots of him fighting the fire along side the professionals. The building/set invovled in the fire was a complete loss btw. That's it in a nut shell.