Terrible Ice Storm Rocks Kentucky, FEMA takes Five Days to respond, AP does not have the stones to critize Obama

Talk about the shoe being on the other foot! 🙄

The Story:

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has called up all of his Army National Guard troop and some Air National Guard units to get the state back on its feet following a crippling ice storm.

The addition of 3,000 soldiers and airmen makes 4,600 Guardsmen pressed into service. It’s the largest call-up in state history.

More than 400,000 people remain without power in Kentucky five days after the storm hit. Many others still lack electricity in other states from the Midwest into Appalachia.

The storm is suspected in at least 42 deaths across several states. Authorities say it could be weeks before some areas get power back.

via Storm-struck KY calls up entire Army Nat’l Guard – AP

The reason I say the above about the AP, is because if you look over on Tim Blair’s Blog, you see the following quotes from the AP:

Dozens of deaths have been reported and many people are pleading for a faster response to the power outages. Some in rural Kentucky ran short of food and bottled water, and resorted to dipping buckets in a creek …

Local officials grew angrier at what they said was a lack of help from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

[…]

Emergency Management Director Randell Smith … said roads are littered with fallen trees and people shivering in bone-chilling cold are in need.

“We’ve got people out in some areas we haven’t even visited yet,” Smith said. “We don’t even know that they’re alive.”

Smith said FEMA was still a no-show days after the storm

But if you go back to the original AP article, the parts quoted above are gone! Just like magic. Could it be that the editors at the AP, are scared of “The One” and fear that criticizing his response to this disaster in Kentucky might put at risk their ability to report from the White House?

Further more, five days?!?!?!?! Does anyone remember the outrage expressed by the Liberal media, after the disaster in New Orleans during Katrina? I have yet to hear any sort of outrage about this from CNN, I have yet to hear Anderson Vanderbilt Cooper yelling at Government officals on his show.

But the “magic one” did give a phone call, so it’s all good!:

Kentucky’s governor is praising the Obama administration’s prompt reaction to the fierce wintry weather that slammed his state.

“They really hit the ground running,” said Steve Beshear, interviewed by CNN. “They’re working very hard to get all the equipment and supplies here that we need.”

Crews have been working to restore power and water service to hundreds of thousands of people. Beshear said that while he realizes “nothing moves fast enough,” he said the federal assistance “has been a great help to us so far.”

Beshear, a Democrat, explained that when the first wave of bad weather came through on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, officials realized that they needed additional help.

“I called the White House directly at that time. I had my other folks talking to FEMA, but I went straight to the top because we needed fast help,” he said.

He said he spoke to the director of intergovernment relations and said she walked Kentucky’s paperwork through. He said President Obama called him and told him he was announcing an emergency declaration for the state.

“I can’t tell you how appreciative we were,” the governor said. “He not only expressed his concern, but he obviously had the Kentuckians in his thoughts and prayers, and he communicated that to us.”

Oh, He called, big whoopee do! Why isn’t he down there? Why isn’t he doing more? Oh wait, that’s because he’s a Democrat and they can do no wrong. My Bad.

Does anyone remember this picture, that left about lost thier mind over?

I remember how the liberal media crucified Bush over this. But Obama just makes a Phone call and he gets off, scott free!

Can you say Bias?

I knew you could!

Update: Michelle Malkin finally gets around to Blogging about it.

Others: Right Wing Nut House and Tim Blair

11 Replies to “Terrible Ice Storm Rocks Kentucky, FEMA takes Five Days to respond, AP does not have the stones to critize Obama”

  1. Obama could less these people did not support him so he ignores them.
    WERE IS THE OUTRAGED PRESS AND DIM-O-CRACTS.

    Obama has not even bother to fly over and look down his nose at the people freezing to death. Maybe thats the problem since there not out standing on there roofs holding up signs he doesn’t have time for them.

    To busy trying to get his porkulus bill passed.

  2. He is too busy stimulating the economy by throwing parties.

    By the way do we have any clue how much the “bipartisan” Superbowl Party is going to cost and who is paying for the Superbowl party ?

  3. When will people learn NOT TO RELY ON GOVERNMENT! If people were prepared they wouldn’t be in this situation. We need to learn that the government is not our parent or protector. We are responsible for our own lives.

    I would personally like to see FEMA go away. Citizens can do just fine coordinating with their neighbors and city councils to get through tough times.

  4. We had massive ice storms in SW Missouri the last two years in a row. I was out of power for 11 days(2007) the first year and 4 days the next(2008).

    It was a disaster but we never received any real support. That is why we need Committees of Safety( http://www.committeesofsafety.org ) formed in every State and Local area to setup Local response capabilities. We don’t need the Federal Govt. or their bogus agency called FEMA. It is impossible for the Feds and FEMA to effectively respond. It is up to the Local people.

    1. That’s a great idea. The main point of this, is how Obama is getting kid glove treatment by the media. Not the storm in KY or FEMA’s handling of it.

  5. The current fema responce to the ice storm that devestated a swath from arkansas through penn. is about the usual. I also stongly agree with the writer who suggested local responce teams. I am a paramedic working in Clinton Ar. I was on duty during the 2 tornados last year in feb. and may. The fema responce was pathetic; standing in the road passing out leaflets on who to call for help, and this was 5 days after the first one in feb. They only got in the way of all our county “volunteers” busy with : welfare checks,clothing/food distribution,cleanup of debris,ect,ect.
    We don’t need the feds! we did just fine down here by ourselves. So well in fact that the whole scenario has been an inspiration for our entire community!
    The “fed involvement” will only end when we all cease to finance the “monster” any longer… and now the bailout with the obscene bonuses…if we don’t finance them with our tax dollars, they’re out of business.

  6. What a waste of the American president’s time, energy and aircraft fuel for him to fly over Kentucky for a phot op. He is a bigger and better man than that. He did what was important, declared an emergency so federal funds could immediatelly flow the the affected area. That is what he should have done and that’s exactly what he did.

  7. What a waste of the American president’s time, energy and aircraft fuel for him to fly over Kentucky for a phot op. He is a bigger and better man than that. He did what was important, declared an emergency so federal funds could immediatelly flow the the affected area. That is what he should have done and that’s exactly what he did.

    Gee, I wonder, did you say the same thing about Bush during Katrina? I doubt it.

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