Posted on 08/31/2005 11:32:04 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
President Bush to address the nation on Hurricane Katrina...has flown by the damage on Air Force One on way back to D.C.
It's a nice thought and I hope to be pleasently surprised.
But I don't expect to be.
ty, star fan, for both of your posts....I just got home...did get to hear the end of his presser.....starting at the 3rd objective, re infrastructure....with your info, I've got a good idea about what he said....and you're probably right, he probably did give the liberals heartburn. :)
Russia and Japan offered yesterday. Hadn't heard about Germany. Condolences came from Iran.
And let's not forget the budgetary impact.
That works for me.
I think we're all a bit punchy.
You heard correctly.
This was INTENDED as an accountant's checklist - telling people affected what was being done for them, telling the rest of us how bad it is.
You want sentiment instead of action? That feeds and saves no one. There will be time for sentiment later, but even better will be results of action.
Get real.
You and I must have watched different speeches.
Jackson (which has problems of its own), Vicksburg, Monroe, Shreveport, Alexandria, Lake Charles, Houston, Beaumont, Orange, to start the list.
All the worse.
Why don't you just STUFF IT with the speech crique. What matters is WHAT he said and not HOW he said it. He is plain spoken and I like it that way.....no fancy florishes. It's not the time or place to be so concerned about stylish phrasing.
Have you really been thinking those things? I thought it was just me.
I heard somebody, Matthews maybe, saying that this Homeland Security taking over was the "test drive" for civil defense in this country and it started me thinking he's right; I mean, what if there is a disaster (like another attack)....we need to all look at these pictures and start thinking about our situations.
I'm going to talk to my kids about it.
I saw those prisoners in orange too, so I think we're seeing the same thing. DIdn't look like this country.
Didn't you hear; the tip is now a mandatory maxi-sized service charge.
I really don't give a damn what Ronald Reagan would or would not have done, and no one knows what he would have said or done since he never faced anything like this.
Nor did I want a SOU Address. All I wanted from the President is what I got. Action. Bluntless. Detail and Leadership. This is what the American people wanted in majority, not rhetorical florishes that do nothing to ease suffering or anxiety.
Maryland's Governor Ehrlich ordered NG mobilized this morning, to be sent to Mississippi, IIRC.
Plus, Balto Gas & Electric Company had crews on the road to LA on monday.
Yeah - much worse.
I just can't get over that it is likely we have near a MILLION PEOPLE who will need assistance - housing - total rebuild of the infrastructure about them.
This is going to be a huge story for months, and possibly YEARS to come.
Give up, Peggy, we're on to you :^)
We heard action and leadership from the President, because no state or local official in Louisiana has demonstrated any such leadership.
People now have reassurance that someone is in charge and that the full weight of the federal govt will be brought to bear.
I have the feeling that Bush and company are furious with Blanco and her ineptitude.
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