[Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Rita - Don't Get Stuck On Stupid

[Bill Effros]

Brad,

Exactly when is "a little bit ago"?  I've had a some difficulty finding 
this press conference.

Bill Effros

brad haslett wrote:

>You gotta love this guy.  Too bad he wasn't in charge
>during Katrina.  Brad
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>New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin held a press conference a
>little bit ago, and started losing control to a media
>pool assembled that was showing signs of panic, due to
>the previous incompetence in the region by the local
>and state government. Lt. Gen. Russel Honore stepped
>in and literally took over. Here's what he had to say:
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>Honore: And Mr. Mayor, let's go back, because I can
>see right now, we're setting this up as he said, he
>said, we said. All right? We are not going to go, by
>order of the mayor and the governor, and open the
>convention center for people to come in. There are
>buses there. Is that clear to you? Buses parked. There
>are 4,000 troops there. People come, they get on a
>bus, they get on a truck, they move on. Is that clear?
>Is that clear to the public? 
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>Female reporter: Where do they move on... 
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>Honore: That's not your business. 
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>Male reporter: But General, that didn't work the first
>time... 
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>Honore: Wait a minute. It didn't work the first time.
>This ain't the first time. Okay? If...we don't control
>Rita, you understand? So there are a lot of pieces of
>it that's going to be worked out. You got good public
>servants working through it. Let's get a little trust
>here, because you're starting to act like this is your
>problem. You are carrying the message, okay? What
>we're going to do is have the buses staged. The
>initial place is at the convention center. We're not
>going to announce other places at this time, until we
>get a plan set, and we'll let people know where those
>locations are, through the government, and through
>public announcements. Right now, to handle the number
>of people that want to leave, we've got the capacity.
>You will come to the convention center. There are
>soldiers there from the 82nd Airborne, and from the
>Louisiana National Guard. People will be told to get
>on the bus, and we will take care of them. And where
>they go will be dependent on the capacity in this
>state. We've got our communications up. And we'll tell
>them where to go. And when they get there, they'll be
>able to get a chance, an opportunity to get
>registered, and so they can let their families know
>where they are. But don't start panic here. Okay?
>We've got a location. It is in the front of the
>convention center, and that's where we will use to
>migrate people from it, into the system. 
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>Male reporter: General Honore, we were told that
>Berman Stadium on the west bank would be another
>staging area... 
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>Honore: Not to my knowledge. Again, the current place,
>I just told you one time, is the convention center.
>Once we complete the plan with the mayor, and is
>approved by the governor, then we'll start that in the
>next 12-24 hours. And we understand that there's a
>problem in getting communications out. That's where we
>need your help. But let's not confuse the questions
>with the answers. Buses at the convention center will
>move our citizens, for whom we have sworn that we will
>support and defend...and we'll move them on. Let's not
>get stuck on the last storm. You're asking last storm
>questions for people who are concerned about the
>future storm. Don't get stuck on stupid, reporters. We
>are moving forward. And don't confuse the people
>please. You are part of the public message. So help us
>get the message straight. And if you don't understand,
>maybe you'll confuse it to the people. That's why we
>like follow-up questions. But right now, it's the
>convention center, and move on. 
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>Male reporter: General, a little bit more about why
>that's happening this time, though, and did not have
>that last time... 
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>Honore: You are stuck on stupid. I'm not going to
>answer that question. We are going to deal with Rita.
>This is public information that people are depending
>on the government to put out. This is the way we've
>got to do it. So please. I apologize to you, but let's
>talk about the future. Rita is happening. And right
>now, we need to get good, clean information out to the
>people that they can use. And we can have a
>conversation on the side about the past, in a couple
>of months. 
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