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charlieblue) wrote2008-11-16 05:13 pm
charlieblue) wrote2008-11-16 05:13 pm
<3 Anderson Cooper
Just a couple of Anderson Cooper graphics/wallpapers + one celebrating the cuteness of Stephen Colbert and Anderson together:
Preview:
August 31st, 2008.
I’m sitting at a bar.
I know, I know, there’s a massive storm coming. Don’t worry, I’m not drinking. I hadn’t eaten all day and this is the only place I could find open in the French Quarter.
“We never close,” the bartender yelled out as he waved me inside. “I knew you would be here,” the chef said, rushing into the kitchen, “I’m going to make you up some crabcakes.”
How could I say no? It’s a small place called the Oceana Grill, and it’s packed with cops and reporters. That’s a good sign, it means most of the residents and tourists have left. The Quarter is empty, boarded up, calm. I’ve spent today walking and driving around, checking up on evacuations and preparations.
So far the differences between the response to this storm and Katrina are obvious. Lessons seem to have been learned. The governor appears on top of the evacuations, city officials seem to be working together.
We haven’t gotten a final count on how many of the estimated 30,000 people who needed help to leave have actually gotten out. But there have been buses evacuating people since early yesterday. As for the levees, we simply don’t know. The work on them is not completed, and there are serious concerns about how strong they really are. we will be watching them closely.
We will be broadcasting a two hour special tonight. We have a large presence here, and are ready to cover whatever happens. We have staked out multiple locations to be at during the storm, and we hope to stay on the air as long as possible even during the worst of it.
“How long are you staying open for?” I ask the bartender as I pay my check…
“til,” he says.
“til what?”
“til we get tired.”
Anderson Cooper, from: Here.
ETA: Drive-by rec,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
karanguni has written a gorgeous piece of Rahm Emanuel mentoring Anderson Cooper, and it includes this on Prop 8:
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Go read it here.
Preview:
August 31st, 2008.
I’m sitting at a bar.
I know, I know, there’s a massive storm coming. Don’t worry, I’m not drinking. I hadn’t eaten all day and this is the only place I could find open in the French Quarter.
“We never close,” the bartender yelled out as he waved me inside. “I knew you would be here,” the chef said, rushing into the kitchen, “I’m going to make you up some crabcakes.”
How could I say no? It’s a small place called the Oceana Grill, and it’s packed with cops and reporters. That’s a good sign, it means most of the residents and tourists have left. The Quarter is empty, boarded up, calm. I’ve spent today walking and driving around, checking up on evacuations and preparations.
So far the differences between the response to this storm and Katrina are obvious. Lessons seem to have been learned. The governor appears on top of the evacuations, city officials seem to be working together.
We haven’t gotten a final count on how many of the estimated 30,000 people who needed help to leave have actually gotten out. But there have been buses evacuating people since early yesterday. As for the levees, we simply don’t know. The work on them is not completed, and there are serious concerns about how strong they really are. we will be watching them closely.
We will be broadcasting a two hour special tonight. We have a large presence here, and are ready to cover whatever happens. We have staked out multiple locations to be at during the storm, and we hope to stay on the air as long as possible even during the worst of it.
“How long are you staying open for?” I ask the bartender as I pay my check…
“til,” he says.
“til what?”
“til we get tired.”
Anderson Cooper, from: Here.
ETA: Drive-by rec,
karanguni has written a gorgeous piece of Rahm Emanuel mentoring Anderson Cooper, and it includes this on Prop 8:-
When there's another vote in California and the courts and the people and the churches are all on fire over do-gay-people-get-to-get-married, Cooper calls, and Rahm wants to not pick up. So he picks up.
'Don't ask me for my opinion,' he says directly. 'I'm not going to give it to you. And where the fuck are you, Baghdad? Speak up, I can't hear shit.'
'I'm at a protest!' Anderson shouts at him. There's a noise like someone's just shoved him into someone who's shoved a signboard into his face, and Rahm kind of wants to be there to beat people off. 'Word from the ground, Rahm. The people are angry! And if you guys keep waffling in Washington --'
'We're all for civil rights,' Rahm says, patiently even though he wants to break his pen in half and say something that may almost, almost be sorry. Cooper's so fucking alone in his apartment because of all these reasons, and somedays Rahm sends him boxes from Eli's without Cooper having to dedicate 59 of 60 Minutes to him, but cake is a very different thing from constitutional enabling.
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Go read it here.