Monday, September 12, 2005
Death Reality
death sells.
death sells in politics - the mayor of new orleans claiming that 10,000 people in his city had died.......
death sells in the media, they love a good death story because they know viewers are attracted to them and they have no problem about repeating (or creating their own exaggerations) in order to feed the frenzy.
NOT to say the catastrophe in n.o and all gulf states wasn't bad but the death toll is going to be far less than predicted.
what is essentially left will be a clean up and engineering task over an area that is the size of great britain. it too will need to be financed properly.
i have read many predictions about new orleans being the first modern city to die, this is another example of the above. not only were great amounts of people said to be dead, but now an entire city was predicted to DIE. there were even comparisons given to ancient greece, egypt, rome in some articles.
news flash - expect to see mardi gras take place in new orleans this coming year.
ALSO, the real thing that needs to be examined and will NOT be is the amount of politics that has effected this mess. we have a n.o mayor who is not above party politics, a corrupt police force (the worst in the country in many surveys), a democratic gov. and state legislation known for graft accusing the feds (read republicans) about who is to blame.
more? ok.........the mayor of n.o and other dems would love a high body count and are counting on it to win more votes......because this is really all it is about. not polite to say but what we are witnessing is politics played at it lowest level.
chicago politicians know that in order to get elected first and foremost they have to make sure snow is removed from their neighborhoods promptly.
all politics are local.
the fact that the tv and print media were so keen to show the chaos breaking out is nothing surprising, nor is the fact that politicos such as the louisiana machine got involved quickly. howard dean is even jumping into the fray now.
the death count will be fairly accurate, they will NOT be able to lie about it. too much is at stake, it is like counting votes in florida at this point, each party is going to have their own people staked out at each office making sure numbers are accurate.
as sick as it is, it is the reality.
nice, isn't it?
death sells in politics - the mayor of new orleans claiming that 10,000 people in his city had died.......
death sells in the media, they love a good death story because they know viewers are attracted to them and they have no problem about repeating (or creating their own exaggerations) in order to feed the frenzy.
NOT to say the catastrophe in n.o and all gulf states wasn't bad but the death toll is going to be far less than predicted.
what is essentially left will be a clean up and engineering task over an area that is the size of great britain. it too will need to be financed properly.
i have read many predictions about new orleans being the first modern city to die, this is another example of the above. not only were great amounts of people said to be dead, but now an entire city was predicted to DIE. there were even comparisons given to ancient greece, egypt, rome in some articles.
news flash - expect to see mardi gras take place in new orleans this coming year.
ALSO, the real thing that needs to be examined and will NOT be is the amount of politics that has effected this mess. we have a n.o mayor who is not above party politics, a corrupt police force (the worst in the country in many surveys), a democratic gov. and state legislation known for graft accusing the feds (read republicans) about who is to blame.
more? ok.........the mayor of n.o and other dems would love a high body count and are counting on it to win more votes......because this is really all it is about. not polite to say but what we are witnessing is politics played at it lowest level.
chicago politicians know that in order to get elected first and foremost they have to make sure snow is removed from their neighborhoods promptly.
all politics are local.
the fact that the tv and print media were so keen to show the chaos breaking out is nothing surprising, nor is the fact that politicos such as the louisiana machine got involved quickly. howard dean is even jumping into the fray now.
the death count will be fairly accurate, they will NOT be able to lie about it. too much is at stake, it is like counting votes in florida at this point, each party is going to have their own people staked out at each office making sure numbers are accurate.
as sick as it is, it is the reality.
nice, isn't it?
// posted by Zevchi @ 8:34 AM 
