Comments on: Dept of Truthiness http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nell http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215624 Nell Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:26:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215624 Oh, yeah. Accountability and response has improved so much since Katrina that Mr. Philbin is leaving FEMA... wait for it ... to run the public information office at the National Intelligence Directorate!! I am not making that up. Oh, yeah. Accountability and response has improved so much since Katrina that Mr. Philbin is leaving FEMA… wait for it … to run the public information office at the National Intelligence Directorate!!

I am not making that up.

]]> By: NabaFEMA http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215553 NabaFEMA Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:57:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215553 But did the conference succeed in making the point that FEMA was doing everything it could to respond to the crisis? Thank you for the question. I think today's events show there is no doubt FEMA remains firmly focused on the core mission that it has been charged with by this administration. But did the conference succeed in making the point that FEMA was doing everything it could to respond to the crisis?

Thank you for the question. I think today’s events show there is no doubt FEMA remains firmly focused on the core mission that it has been charged with by this administration.

]]> By: greg http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215546 greg Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:12:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215546 “I hope readers understand we’re working very hard to establish credibility and integrity, and I would hope this does not undermine it." Why would it undermine it? “I hope readers understand we’re working very hard to establish credibility and integrity, and I would hope this does not undermine it.”

Why would it undermine it?

]]> By: FEMA internal emergency (vol. 94) : Global Dashboard http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215542 FEMA internal emergency (vol. 94) : Global Dashboard Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:42:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215542 [...] the Chicago Sun-Tribune, via Crooked Timber: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s No. 2 official apologized Friday for leading a staged [...] [...] the Chicago Sun-Tribune, via Crooked Timber: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s No. 2 official apologized Friday for leading a staged [...]

]]> By: WinSmith http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215524 WinSmith Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:24:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215524 How is this different from a Fox News reporter in the west wing? How is this different from a Fox News reporter in the west wing?

]]> By: Oregonian37 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215460 Oregonian37 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:08:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215460 Umm..no...faking a news conference and assuming we are all stupid doesn't undermine your credibility in the least...right? Umm..no…faking a news conference and assuming we are all stupid doesn’t undermine your credibility in the least…right?

]]> By: Anderson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215436 Anderson Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:42:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215436 The stupidity goes to so many levels. How did Johnson think the scam wouldn't be revealed? What did Johnson think the aftermath would be - better or worse than if no scam had been performed at all? And these morons are the ones we're trusting to save us from disasters? They *are* the disaster. The stupidity goes to so many levels. How did Johnson think the scam wouldn’t be revealed? What did Johnson think the aftermath would be – better or worse than if no scam had been performed at all?

And these morons are the ones we’re trusting to save us from disasters? They are the disaster.

]]> By: bi http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215432 bi Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:29:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215432 "Next time around, when trumped up voter fraud charges are made in a couple of swing states, they will allow Bush to remain in office rather than see a democrat inaugurated on time." Hmm, if the Supreme Court's able to drag out a recount for two whole years, that'll be a real eye-opener. “Next time around, when trumped up voter fraud charges are made in a couple of swing states, they will allow Bush to remain in office rather than see a democrat inaugurated on time.”

Hmm, if the Supreme Court’s able to drag out a recount for two whole years, that’ll be a real eye-opener.

]]> By: airth10 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215428 airth10 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:58:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215428 Arnaud, Your are being counterintuitive. Would you trust Bush with another four years? I don't think he could ever get it right. There is to much ideology involved on his side, ideology that will continually get it wrong Arnaud,

Your are being counterintuitive.

Would you trust Bush with another four years? I don’t think he could ever get it right. There is to much ideology involved on his side, ideology that will continually get it wrong

]]> By: e julius drivingstorm http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215424 e julius drivingstorm Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:37:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215424 Arnaud, I think it means 2 elected terms but a 10-year maximum. I think the Supreme Court could have allowed Clinton to remain in office until a viable recount was effected in Florida in 2001. Next time around, when trumped up voter fraud charges are made in a couple of swing states, they will allow Bush to remain in office rather than see a democrat inaugurated on time. Arnaud, I think it means 2 elected terms but a 10-year maximum. I think the Supreme Court could have allowed Clinton to remain in office until a viable recount was effected in Florida in 2001.

Next time around, when trumped up voter fraud charges are made in a couple of swing states, they will allow Bush to remain in office rather than see a democrat inaugurated on time.

]]> By: Arnaud http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215421 Arnaud Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:13:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215421 Isn't the 22nd amendment setting a limit of 2 presidential terms? Repealing it would give them more time to get it right!... Isn’t the 22nd amendment setting a limit of 2 presidential terms? Repealing it would give them more time to get it right!…

]]> By: airth10 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215420 airth10 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:05:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215420 Arnaud, The thing is this administration didn't want to learn 'the job'. They wanted to abolish it or out-source it. Now they are kind of understanding out-sourcing has made things worse for them and that the people are unhappy with it. What does the 22 amendment have to do with it? Arnaud,
The thing is this administration didn’t want to learn ‘the job’. They wanted to abolish it or out-source it. Now they are kind of understanding out-sourcing has made things worse for them and that the people are unhappy with it.

What does the 22 amendment have to do with it?

]]> By: Alex http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215415 Alex Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:36:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215415 So those German TV reports probably were bang on the money... So those German TV reports probably were bang on the money…

]]> By: bi http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215409 bi Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:54:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215409 P. O'Neill: Quick, someone blame the Potemkin conference on Clinton! O’Neill:

Quick, someone blame the Potemkin conference on Clinton!

]]> By: Arnaud http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/comment-page-1/#comment-215408 Arnaud Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:47:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/27/dept-of-truthiness/#comment-215408 airth10: After 7 years? You guys should repeal the 22nd amendment if it takes so long to learn the job! airth10:
After 7 years? You guys should repeal the 22nd amendment if it takes so long to learn the job!

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