Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Does Another GOP Propaganda Job

Mitt Romney has declared “Victory”
over Hurricane Sandy in Ohio, Wisconsin ...

Homestate GOP Hacks - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

The Journal-Sentinel continues its function as a GOP propaganda organ with a story by Patrick Marley accompanied by a huge photo of Paul Ryan in Wisconsin red: "Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan greets volunteers and supporters at a campaign office in La Crosse on Tuesday as they collect relief supplies for victims of superstorm Sandy." (Photo - Mary Altaffer)

Writes Patrick Marley:

On Tuesday, the Romney campaign allowed reporters and camera crews to watch a few minutes of Ryan's visit with volunteers in La Crosse but then required them to leave. Julian Bradley, La Crosse Republican Party chairman, and others in attendance said Ryan did not talk politics after journalists left.
"He was very gracious, appreciative of the fact we pulled this together," Bradley said.

What is Marley thinking? Why the propaganda for Romney-Ryan?

Meanwhile, on Planet Reality, objective writers note what the Red Cross actually has to say about efforts employed by the Romney-Ryan campaign by actually citing Red Cross directives on collecting relief supplies for victims of disasters:

Unfortunately, due to logistical constraints the Red Cross does not accept or solicit individual donations or collections of items. Items such as collected food, used clothing and shoes must be sorted, cleaned, repackaged and transported which impedes the valuable resources of money, time, and personnel. - Red Cross

Impeding is not a constructive thing to do right now.

Why does Marley omit this in the piece headlined: "Obama, Romney to resume campaigning in Wisconsin"? More from Reality Land:

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Hurricane Sandy Knocks Down the Privatizers

A friend asked why I like J.J. Abrams' new TV series, Revolution, and other post-apocalyptic shows like Frank Darabont's The Walking Dead.

The reason is such mega-disaster plots explore fundamental questions about social contract theory that otherwise are not widely discussed in any manner in an American society seemingly capable of inflicting anything onto itself and the world.

Has nothing to do with watching Zombies get wasted by the survivors of the bio-apocalypse, though this is gratifying as well.

Why do we live in a society if not precisely for protecting the will (as Patrick Riley writes), the liberty and rights of citizens?

Mitt Romney and the current band of crazies see everything as a means to serve for-profit corporations (the very few), suggesting that we even privatize FEMA, though of course Romney still refuses to comment now on past positions in the realistic hope few will notice.

There are other points of view.

These points of view ought to be endlessly discussed in a thinking society. Here's a start.

From the White House:

"There are still millions of people without power and many whose neighborhoods have been damaged or destroyed by water, heavy winds, and falling trees. The President promised to bring the full weight of federal resources to bear in helping those victims recover."

Romney Is Inept and Foolish on Hurricane Sandy Response

Mitt Romney is not even an elected official and he is screwing up the response to Hurricane Sandy.

Instead of heeding Red Cross directives on how to help the victims, the Romney campaign has privatized its own efforts and now has turned its cynicism and sloppiness into a last-minute campaign advertisement.

Meanwhile, President Obama continues his steady leadership winning bi-partisan plaudits, and Obama 2012 has delivered an e-mail campaign following the directives of the Red Cross to address the disaster.

See Romney criticized for turning Hurricane relief event into political rally, for a read on the depths Romney will plunge, even now.

Seriously wondering if Romney—who has called for the elimination of FEMA and of course changed his mind once this idiocy was widely exposed—is capable of doing anything besides screwing other people for his own perceived self interest.

Look for Romney surrogates to suggest—ludicrously, and with no evidence—that the Obama campaign is now politicizing Hurricane Sandy precisely because President Obama is winning bi-partisan praise going into election day.

Romney stands by pledge to shut down FEMA

Maybe Mitt Romney (along with the lunatic, Ron Paul) have been watching reruns of the X-Files too often.

Doubt Hurricane Sandy will change their minds.

The NYT writes today:

Most Americans have never heard of the National Response Coordination Center, but they’re lucky it exists on days of lethal winds and flood tides. The center is the war room of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where officials gather to decide where rescuers should go, where drinking water should be shipped, and how to assist hospitals that have to evacuate.