Thank you. The screaming is a dead giveaway of a weak position. Bush is strong and silent because he knows that in the end he'll be holding the winning hand. He's the one doing something while the Donkeys are screaming.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Posted on 09/03/2005 4:55:53 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED
And backed up with facts!
Nice job!
On spot Taz, very good.
The minority party trumps the majority.
What does that say about the majority?
Unfit to lead?
Ari was a great spokesman. He made it an art form.
Ari had a talent of slapping the yapping dogs down with facts.
Thank you. The screaming is a dead giveaway of a weak position. Bush is strong and silent because he knows that in the end he'll be holding the winning hand. He's the one doing something while the Donkeys are screaming.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Here is the hurricane plan for New Orleans, a nice laundry list of what they should have done. Notice it says they would need three days to evacuate. And yes the school buses were the way they planned to do it. When Katrina headed to New Orleans they had the time. Did nothing. Don't forget Bush issued a state of emergency directive on Saturday, so the Governor could call up the feds for help. The call didn't come. I just saw Gov Blanco on the TV, she said she doesn't know where to put the evacuees.
Moral of the story, don't hire a Democrat for any important job.
Bump!!!
Ms.B
Great post! And you're right--it's a win-win situation for the Reps and especially for the President--who needs it.
Everyone's blaming him now. But in a surprise move, he calls for an investigation ... shocking the blamers ... the truth comes out and we find out that it wasn't President Bush's fault after all, now was it...
(that's not to say that there might not be a few problems in terms of coordinating the feds and locals after a catastrophe--I was quite upset, too about these thirsty, abandoned people, but perhaps other states are better at having plans in place and getting needed help? As so many have pointed out, just look at NYC after 9/11.)
In any case, it would be fantastic to have a report exonerating the president (which it will, obviously, especially considering the structure of the U.S. federal system), after hearing rappers, reporters, you name it, slam him personally.
That was exactly the analogy I drew while listening to the tirades of the Mayor and Police Chief. The Mayor was upset because he knew he was responsible. The Police Chief, though, seems to live in a perpetual state of ignorance-------maybe blissful, maybe not.
He was the best. You are once again right on this.
Agreed.
Volume and content frequently are antithetical.
That is spot on.
Suplies were moved to Georgia and Texas prior to the Hurricane.
Takes time to truck them in.
The Senator representing New Orleans is the Democrat of the two.
The chief of police squalling about the National Guard when some of his officers quit and allowed the looting and lawlessness to continue.
Complete lack of leadership.
That about sums it up.
It all comes down to Intelligent Design. Those too stupid to take matters into their own hands, in this case evacuating NO, died as a result of their stupidity. Government interaction has little to do with this humanitarian disaster. Each of us has a responsibility to ourselves and our immediate neighbers.
You know, if the Republicans can't back up their President when his personal reputation is being attacked, then, well, they can go to you know where.
Like I said, it's a win-win. The Reps can call for an investigation and the American people will fully support that.
Here's what they should say: "People are outraged and upset, and want to know what happened. It was not only a catastrophic failure, particularly after 9/11, it was unbelievable on the world stage. The world's superpower couldn't seem to respond to its own backyard. The people deserve to know what happened. What if this had been a terrorist attack?"
I just don't see how the Dems could fight such an argument, particularly after they were the first ones to criticize.
And you know what? I wouldn't mind finding out the answers to these questions, either.
Don't forget there is also a French influence in Louisiana, a French way of thinking you might say (as opposed to an English influence in many other states). Perhaps this has also played a role in Louisiana and New Orleans being the way it is today.
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