The closest thing to a hero ....
General Honore takes over a press conference in New Orleans where the reporters keep asking questions instead of listening to the statements the people in charge of evacuating citizens and says the following:

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.

Male reporter: General, a little bit more about why that's happening this time, though, and did not have that last time...

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.

I laughed when I heard this, because as much as I like having a free press that nails the authorities to the wall, I would like to believe that we can all work together sometimes and put our agendas aside.

If there are buses to get people out of the way of a natural disaster, let the folks know. There's plenty of time to blame and tear down everyone later. For right now, let's save some damned lives.

Thanks to Robyn for pointing me in the right direction on this.

Don't Get Stuck On Stupid. Heh...could be a presidential campaign slogan! (Although there are lots of folks who think we've been stuck with stupid for a while now...)