How a REAL President Responds to Disaster
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In Sept. 1999, while duly elected President Bill Clinton was on a working trip to New Zealand to meet with the Chinese president, Cat3 Hurricane Floyd started menacing the Carolina coast. What did he do? Did he strum a guitar? Did he eat cake? Did he lie to the troops about Serbia being just like WII? Did he lie to the nation and a hall full of sycophants about Medicare deformation? NO, of course not! He declared the Carolinas a Federal Disaster Area before Floyd struck, mobilized the National Guard and military, cut short his working diplomatic foray, and flew home early to manage the natural disaster...
What you might ask did W's daddy do in responding to a similar disaster? Poppy Bush's response to Hurricane Andrew was to leave the campaign trail to return to DC and manage the disaster(badly).
Nixon's response to Hurricane Camille? It appears to have been a common sense strategy of readying the National Guard and rescue operation to follow the hurricane in. Thereby having a Federal emergency response on the ground helping out within hrs. of the skies clearing.
Whew! Think about it. "...having a Federal emergency response on the ground helping out within hrs. of the skies clearing". Think what you may of "Tricky Dick", but it makes Nixon seem like a Boy Scout compared to the fucktard we now have mis-managing the show.
Speaking of whom, let's review how our illegitimate Dear MisLeader responded after Hurricane Katrina had struck. To start with, over a third of the LA and MS National Guard (about 8,000 from each state) and their equipment were in Iraq making the Middle East "Safe for Democracy". Leaving the home guard woefully under-staffed and under-equipped.
On Monday August 29th, in the last week of his grueling five week vacation, he found it necessary to fly to Arizona, where he had a birthday cake party with fellow Republican Sen. John McCain and an appearance in a hall full of sycophants where lied to them and the nation about the Republican Medicare Deformation. While fellow American citizens were dying and drowning.
Then on Tues. August 30th he flew to California, where he lied to the troops in San Diego by saying Iraq was just like WWII berfore appearing with a country music artist and strumming his shiny new pResidential guitar. While fellow American citizens were dying and drowning.
Only then did Bush decide to end his five week vacation a day early and return to Washington. The NEXT day, Wednesday August 31st. Doing a "pResidential flyover" from the comfort of AF One on the way! He then finally deigned to address the nation by making the "WORST SPEECH OF HIS LIFE"...
Unfortunately, the sad and disgusting display of mis-leadership doesn't end there. Now it appears the tens of thousands of poor folk were left stranded dying and drowning in New Orleans for another two days, 'til Friday Sept. 2nd, because of a power struggle between the Bushites and the Louisiana government.
Seems Bush and his Neo-con cabal were itching to impose martial law in New Orleans!
So what are we, the American people to do? Well, short of armed uprising or a "Velvet Revolution" there's really only one recourse other than to do nothing.
Call for the immediate impeachment of the current "officeholder", George W. Bush.
the above inspired by a post at finding_rae via lightleaks
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Thank you CactusPat,
It's been a while since we've had a real president in office.
Reading about Clinton's response and timing in
an emergency shows me how a leader should lead our country.
We'll get there, again. First, Bush has got to go!
Actions speak louder than words
DADDY,HELP ME....ok son, let me call Bill. there you have it folks.
Funny how
he summons his parents, for validation.
"You tell 'em, Daddy. You tell 'em I'm a good boy. Make them leave me alone, Daddy."
and/or
"Maaaamaaa! They looked at me! Make them stop, Mama"
Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic throng, the coward, and the meek, who see the world's great anguish and its wrong, and dare not speak.
Ralph Chaplin
Roberts and Katrina
If you want to oppose John Roberts' nomination, you should tie his nomination to the larger issue of whether there are any branches of the Federal Government who can look out for the interests of the poor. In New Orleans, the poor were neglected because they don't have political clout and lack the social and political capital to advocate for their needs. We need to ensure that the Judiciary will be looking out for these interests. In this time when these vulnerable citizens are fighting for their existence, is John Roberts the kind of person who will be looking out for their welfare?
thinking out loud
Just thinking out loud here but does anybody think Bush let LA governor hang because she is a woman? Didn't that organization Robert's can't remember about, the Federalist Society, say the feminist movement is a way for ugly women to get work? Don't tell me Bush sacrificed the LA people to prove a woman place is in the home.
Interesting story: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050906/ap_on_go_pr_wh/katrina_washington">Yahoo News
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security
like it's some kind of federal program."
- George W. Bush in a debate in St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000
Then a week later he hides behind his mama's skirt
while his daddy tells the world that if you want to criticize him to his mama you better wear your flack jacket. What a sissy he is, and what bullies they are.
Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic throng, the coward, and the meek, who see the world's great anguish and its wrong, and dare not speak.
Ralph Chaplin
Barabara Bush
What is mamas address? I will send my letter of disrespect to her too. Funny, I sent the letter to President@whitehouse.gov and didn't get an automated response but a friend of mine actually got a pre-formed bullshit letter from them.
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security
like it's some kind of federal program."
- George W. Bush in a debate in St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000
Re: Sociopathic Queen Mother "Babblin'" Babs...
from Amy Goodman's headlines on today's show
UFB! but it sure explains where our Sociopah-In-Chief's genes come from...
They used Clinton!
They used Clinton as a truly compassinate human figure to represent their (Bush) phony compassion reguarding victims of Katrina.
Way to go Clinton, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer!
Having faced the enemy, (the republican assassination of his character)he has gained greater insight into their tactics and will be prepared to meet them on the front lines in the battle of the american people versus the conservatives.
my soldier
Just wanted to let the readers know, my husband is an Army soldier in Iraq, he is stationed on a Marine Air Base in western Iraq. In his mess hall they are forced to watch FOX NEWS on a big screen tv during every meal! Unbelievable.
Unbelievable is right! At
Unbelievable is right!
At least they should let them watch( or not watch) what the soldiers decide on.
Thank you for posting this. God bless you and your husband for your sacrifices.