Bush bungled Katrina crisis, say Britons

Times Online ^

[jmc1969]

The Iraqis likes us more then any public in Western Europe.

[NZerFromHK]

They can't quite get over the days when the United States were 13 crown colonies of Great Britain (not quite United Kingdom yet at the time).

[hiredhand]

Didn't we dish out a royal ass whooping on them a couple of hundred years ago? :-)

I think they should -

[F.J. Mitchell]

Not as bad as the Britts bungled the Battle of New Orleans.

[California Patriot]

So what? Propagandized by the BBC, they'll believe almost anything.

[DocRock]

Someone should inform them that our 50 States are Sovereign Entities and George Bush is not King. Oh, never mind, we need to start here with our MSM.

[cripplecreek]

I once read that the reason "the sun never sets on the British empire is because God doesn't trust an englishmen in the dark."

It was apparently written some time ago.

[Johnstone]

Europe gets much of its news coverage about the USA from CNN International and BBC. 'Splains alot.

[Bogey78O]

Is Britain really that far gone?

[Leapofaith]

Yes, I agree with this statement. If you go back and look it was not a majority in America that would pop off on the subject. The Brits seem to have no end of criticism and advice without LEARNING anything about the structures of state, federal, and local government. I would appreciate it if they just STF.

[NZerFromHK]

You now understand why the Australians call the Brits "whinning Pommies".

Ping!

[stayathomemom]

If Britons think that Bush bungled the Katrina crisis, than that is evidence that the MSM is bungling the news.

[GoLightly]

How'd you get so smart about it?

[NZerFromHK]

Yes it is. It is not even the Thatcherite Britain.

[NZerFromHK]

When you live next to a group of people (Euroepan New Zealanders) that are essentially still British in character and outlook for more than half your life, you start to understand them to the extent of seeing how bad they are. The British are very similar to New Zealanders except their conservatives are marginally stronger.

[BykrBayb]

I bothered reading this article because I'm still trying find out what President Bush is supposed to have done wrong. An entire article about it being Bush's fault, yet not one mention of what he's supposed to have done wrong. Could somebody please tell me what he did wrong? Anybody?

[gpapa]

By almost three to one, 63% to 23%, people think the response to the hurricane would have been speedier and more effective if most victims had been white and middle class

Typical race-baiting question and answer. We do not have a caste system, unlike some European countries and their former colonies. We are Americans, living in the land of the free and the home of the brave. The disaster that is Katrina will not change that fundamental truth. We will remember 8-29 as we did 9-11. They that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles [Isaiah 40:31]

[Archon of the East]

But still, Americans should not care much of what British think because they have ZERO understanding of federalism as a concept.

It is truly amazing at how much power and liberty "the people" keep demanding the federal government take, which of course they do. Every time I hear its all Bush's fault I hear a weak, cowardice voice that is begging for a tyrannical all powerful central government. They act and talk like the President of the United States of America is and should be a dictator ignoring the rights, duties and responsibilities of local and state government.

[cripplecreek]

I wonder how the brits would respond to someone asking what they would do in a similar situation. Would the notice the rising water and calmly move to higher ground or would they explode into an orgy of vandalism, violence, and theft.

[NZerFromHK]

It is natural for the Poms to think along this line. The United Kingdom is a unitary state and for a long time everything important has been dictated from London, except some local council matters like cleaning public toilets or police managing.