"stuck on stupid"

[William Salmon]

General Honore's remark was actually directed at a reporter, or
reporters, not at emergency management teams.  Here's video:

http://thepoliticalteen.com/video/stuckonstupid2.wmv

Quoting Brenda Lester <alphatwin2002 at YAHOO.COM>:

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> I'm trusting my memory on this one. In Spike Lee's recent documentary
> about the Katrina debacle, an outraged survivor said that the
> government was "stuck on stuck."
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> Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>  The anniversary of Katrina reminded me of General Honore's remark in
> its wake that emergency management was "stuck on stupid."
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> Not only do I find over a half million Googlits, Usenet has it back to 1995.
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> Does it have some kind of anecdotal or pop cultural origin ?
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> JL
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~Will Salmon

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