Cheney heckled on hurricane tour


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GULFPORT, United States (AFP) - US Vice President

Dick Cheney was confronted by an irate heckler when he toured the US Gulf coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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Cheney, who was sent to the region by

President George W. Bush amid intense criticism of the federal response to the disaster, was briefing reporters in Gulfport, Mississippi, on his impressions of the relief work when he was interrupted by a bystander.

"Go f--- yourself Mr. Cheney!" the unidentified man shouted. The man then repeated: "Go f--- yourself!"

Asked by a reporter if had encountered similar protests during his tour, Cheney replied: "That's the first time I've heard it."

This is the funniest thing I've read in while. They said he had been heckled on the news, but they didn't say what the heckler had yelled. Funny stuff!!

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*EDIT* Here is a link to the file if you want to see!! WMV

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he deserved it? amrinders, I think you missed the part that a HURICANE happened.

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I know that. But the way theare handling it. Thats why I said he deserved.

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what does he expect? a lot of people are really mad at the federal government's slow reaction and a lot of people's families are still missing. some verbal abuse should be the least of his worries.

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what does he expect? a lot of people are really mad at the federal government's slow reaction and a lot of people's families are still missing. some verbal abuse should be the least of his worries.

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Exactly. Thats why I said he deserved it. ^^^^

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I'm sorry but it seems that most people don't know jack about government.

Why is everyone mad at the federal government for what happend?

Don't any of you know about the laws and rules of separation between state and senate? The federal government isn't suppose to really support the state unless the state asks for help. It is the state government and mayors of cities that are responsible.

I don't like Bush, but it's not his fault at all for anything. It is the state's responsiblity. The governor knew that he had poor people in his the cities, but didn't send busses to get those people out of there before the hurricane hit. The governor didn't have emergecy plans or shelter for HIS people. It is the STATE that is responsible.

Look at what happened durring Sept 11. Mayor Juliani didn't get help from Bush. He cleaned up the city all by himself with the help from HIS city and state. He did what was nessesary for his people within his city and got help from his governor.

No one bitched with Bush didn't do anything except do send our people to war. That is the separation between state and senate.

If the federal government got involved in everything that happend per state for what ever reason it is, then it wouldn't be it's own state anymore. The governor didn't even have protection from all the looting and the cops didn't even seem to care. That is the state's problem.

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,Sep 8 2005, 20:46]what does he expect? a lot of people are really mad at the federal government's slow reaction and a lot of people's families are still missing. some verbal abuse should be the least of his worries.

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Considering what's been happening, Cheney is lucky he is only being heckled. Thousands of people are dead because of the lack of planning, accountability and preparedness of the Federal, State, Municipal gov'ts. Strange how, although, this is really a non-news event, reporters are making it into "news" (who's kissing whos' **** on this one??).

@ nicedreams (you posted just as I was typing) .... this is not to minimize the impact of 9/11 but the destruction of a few buildings in NY and the ~3000 lives lost pales in comparison to how many lives have been lost in this hurricane. Sections of the city are entirely flooded. *All* the houses which are mostly made (or have) wood and drywall will need to be torn down - otherwise mildew and fungus will arise and it will kill people. This doesn't count for the cost of deploying supplies, airlifting people, providing shelter, giving debit cards, etc.... Frankly, the reporters were there surveying the damage. If it takes anyone in the federal gov't to wait for the cities to call and say "We need help" when the scale is this grand, then there are some serious policy problems.

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In case nicedreams forgot the F in FEMA stands for federal and I'm pretty sure they are involved in planning for these types of things. There's also the Department of Homeland Security. I think they help too.... I think blaming the separation of State and Senate for the way the government handled this is ridiculous. They were supposed to be planning for this type of thing ever since 9/11.

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Disrespectful insolent ingrates. I suggest all federal aid be withdrawn from that area and let them see how long they last. Damn welfare panty-waist liberals.

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If you were watching any TV news channel and see what was happening and all the reporters bitching (yes, even Fox), then nothing anyone will say here will convince you that anything is wrong.

I'm sorry but it seems that most people don't know jack about government.

Why is everyone mad at the federal government for what happend?

Don't any of you know about the laws and rules of separation between state and senate?  The federal government isn't suppose to really support the state unless the state asks for help.  It is the state government and mayors of cities that are responsible.

I don't like Bush, but it's not his fault at all for anything.  It is the state's responsiblity.  The governor knew that he had poor people in his the cities, but didn't send busses to get those people out of there before the hurricane hit.  The governor didn't have emergecy plans or shelter for HIS people.  It is the STATE that is responsible.

Look at what happened durring Sept 11.  Mayor Juliani didn't get help from Bush.  He cleaned up the city all by himself with the help from HIS city and state.  He did what was nessesary for his people within his city and got help from his governor.

No one bitched with Bush didn't do anything except do send our people to war.  That is the separation between state and senate.

If the federal government got involved in everything that happend per state for what ever reason it is, then it wouldn't be it's own state anymore.  The governor didn't even have protection from all the looting and the cops didn't even seem to care.  That is the state's problem.

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Aid was absent for 4 to 5 days and hundreds (may be thousands) of people died because of it.

I bet those rich republicans on the coast will be lined up for all the welfare money they can get to rebuild their million dollar homes.

Disrespectful insolent ingrates. I suggest all federal aid be withdrawn from that area and let them see how long they last. Damn welfare panty-waist liberals.

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I'm sure there is some blame to go all around but local and State officials don't have the kind of resources to take care of something like this. We all knew what was going on. The feds knew this was going on and people were dying whether the paperwork asking for help was in or not. The Canadians got into a part of town before even our military did, so I don't think this has anything to do with paperwork or asking for assistance or whatever.

Here is a link to the video: WMV clip

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Disrespectful insolent ingrates. I suggest all federal aid be withdrawn from that area and let them see how long they last. Damn welfare panty-waist liberals.

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Are you kidding me?

Withdraw from the area? They weren't in the area for 5 days and look what happened.

The timing was unacceptable... they should have had supplies on the way as the hurricane was hitting... if not before. They knew New Orleans would be hit... in fact the were forecasting a direct hit on New Orleans until the very last hours. They knew... and they just took there good old time.

Words can't describe how intolerant and closed minded I think you look right now.

Put your pathetic reasoning behind you that makes you think people down there (or should I say liberals) are less than you... they are american citizens and deserve to be ****ed. Federal Assistance shouldn't take that long.

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I do agree that the federal government did take too long to provide help, but every time I watch the news or at least when this disaster first happend, it was like all Bush's fault and people where holding their tounges to saying anything about race prejudice like Bush was running the state or something.

I do remember Bush calling the Governor and told him it was mandatory for him to get his people out of there. I even watched Bush on TV saying the same thing, but I never saw the state do anything. I don't like Bush at all, but I just saw too much of saying it's Bush's fault.

The only fault here is Mother Nature. Sh-t happens. I lived in Japan for 3 1/2 years (my dad was in the Air Force and I was in High School at that time) and they went through hell and back with Typhoons which are worse and earthquakes and I was right there when all this was happening. It's funny how the Japanese engineering is so much superior. It was crazy how most building are built to with stand all the crap that happens there. We used to sit for 4 days while a Typhoon would rip the hell out of the city and this happend almost every 2 weeks durring Typhoon season. I've lived in Tampa Florida and Fort Walton Beach Florida for over 5 years and know what it's like to experience both Typhoon's and Hurricain's and my share of Earthquakes too in Japan.

I really hope that they take some tips from the Japanese when rebuilding so this doesn't happen again. It's amazing going through over 20 Typhoons and a few Earthquakes in a 4 year time span and the ability to have their buildings mostly be able to with stand those things including floods. Of course they have had their share of deaths and destruction also from these natural disaters.

All I'm saying is that I hope people get through this and the help keeps coming and people need to stop the blaming and just get through this. All people seem to do is b-tch and create more problems when they should focus on the real problems.

The worse part is the crime that happend right afterwards. It's rediculous to see people in time of crises getting robbed and killed when they are just trying to survive like the rest of the people going through the same thing.

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Aid was absent for 4 to 5 days and hundreds (may be thousands) of people died because of it.

I bet those rich republicans on the coast will be lined up for all the welfare money they can get to rebuild their million dollar homes.

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Because there are no rich democrats. Republicans profited off of the hurricane. Actually, since Bush has a direct line to god, he called it in.

Stop posting ignorant crap like that. Do you not know the boundaries between state and national government? If Bush stepped it up, the state government would go nuts that he was infringing upon their rights as a state. He would have to take away some of their powers. Think southern states would approve of that? Yeah right.

By the way, federal aid doesn't appear out of thin air. The hurricane's massive flooding is still leaving the areas. Did you really expect Bush & Co. to go rushing in while people were shooting at aid workers because they were afraid to get caught stealing [non-necessities]? Get real.

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Because there are no rich democrats. Republicans profited off of the hurricane. Actually, since Bush has a direct line to god, he called it in.

Stop posting ignorant crap like that. Do you not know the boundaries between state and national government? If Bush stepped it up, the state government would go nuts that he was infringing upon their rights as a state. He would have to take away some of their powers. Think southern states would approve of that? Yeah right.

By the way, federal aid doesn't appear out of thin air. The hurricane's massive flooding is still leaving the areas. Did you really expect Bush & Co. to go rushing in while people were shooting at aid workers because they were afraid to get caught stealing [non-necessities]? Get real.

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Thanks Acid for backing my first statement up a little. And the fact that most of our military is over sea's fighting a war we should be in. We haven't found Osama and that SHOULD be the only reason we are over there.

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