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QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman vsmith Read today's New York Times and get a little more scoop on the facts and the blame.
QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken I'll try not to turn this into some big ridiculous political rant... QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." –President Bush, on "Good Morning America," Sept. 1, 2005, six days after repeated warnings from experts about the scope of damage expected from Hurricane Katrina (Source)OF COURSE no one anticipated the breach of the levees! The French that decided to build N.O. almost 300 years ago where it was didn't anticipate the breach of the levees! "Hmmm, let's build a city with a lake on one side, a mighty river on another side, and the ocean on another side! And it will be below sea level!" Hello!!! Anybody see anything wrong with this picture??? Anybody??? But everybody points the finger at the president. It's ALWAYS his fault. He should have been out there on the levee, with his flowing roba and staff, keeping the storm waters away from the city, right? Wouldn't the ACLU have had fun with that one...??? QUOTE: 2) "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them." –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source)So? Many of the refugees (oh wait, we can't call them that, 'cuz it's somehow "racist" -- knobs) here in Wisconsin want to stay! Can you blame them!?? High and dry vs. living in the shadow of the sea... sounds like a no-brainer to me! And it sounds like the former first lady is smart enough to realize a tremendous opportunity for a lot of people as a result of the disaster. I really don't care for the way that the president is getting the blame for a NATURAL DISASTER. This of course was followed by a lot of BUREAUCRATIC INCOMPETENCE, which was also not the president's fault! [banghead] I'm sure if he had his way, there wouldn't be any of said incompetence, but he's not the king, he's the president!!! There's a lot of other knobs in the middle -- most of them also elected by the people -- that need to be moved aside LONG BEFORE this "horrible president that we have". [V][:(!][V][:(!][V][:(!] I thought this topic was about stupid quotes, not truths from some of the best-educated leaders in this country. Get better sources next time.
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." –President Bush, on "Good Morning America," Sept. 1, 2005, six days after repeated warnings from experts about the scope of damage expected from Hurricane Katrina (Source)
QUOTE: 2) "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them." –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source)
QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman vsmith I see, so the Mayor and the Govenor didn't really need to look at the worst case senerio, since it was going to be FEMA's job? Also I think you really need to look a little deeper on how the mess was started, if they really felt the Dome was the safety net, then why wasn't someone there to control things, dispense food and water, control the mob mentality? Again another pass the buck opinion that is based on I am sure some other agenda. Why wasn't Clinton in Chicago years ago during the heat wave that killed 500 people, I mean that was a natural disaster, I don't think we once saw a tear come from him, but is he not all over a this current problem. Read today's New York Times and get a little more scoop on the facts and the blame. That's probably asking too much though since it would focus blame away from the Bush family, and we/you can't have that. Dave (tired of the rhetoric)
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QUOTE: Originally posted by richardy Now we have a radical group claiming the levees were bombed by the government (aka Bush).
QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman Simple, hurricane, a bad one took out man's attempts at controlling mother nature. We lost.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer Another stupid mistake by the mayor of NO was telling the people it was OK to come back,when the infrastructure of the city was still in shambles.As soon as the people got back,they had to be told to leave again,partly because of hurricane Rita.
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith get those engineers from Holland over here to show us how to build levee systems that work.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith get those engineers from Holland over here to show us how to build levee systems that work. Uh, I've yet to see a Cat 4 hurricane make it to Holland...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Mike, As insensitive as this might sound, I think the the fact that Rita might head this way has caused some of the Dome folks to rethink where they have landed, and quite a few have found realitives a lot futher inland... But there is a little panic going on here, a buddy of mine works at Home Depot, he called this afternoon, wanting to know if I needed him to hide some plywood for me...it didnt click...till he told me people were lined up out the front door to by the stuff. Batterys, water coolers, rope, tarps and tape are going fast too! Unless Rita stalls out over this part of Texas, I think it will do just like most of them, flood parts of Freeport, make Galveston's West end a mess, flood the low parts of IH10, and all the underpases in Houston...unless it rains long and hard up hill from you guys, I dont think you have a lot to worry about. At least, I cant remember the Colorado river getting out of its banks around there, although that little horse farm down under the bridge on the north west side of IH10 looks like it might flood easy... So unless Rita does like Tropical Storm Allison, and sits on top of us, dropping 2 to 4 inches of rain an hour, for 24 hours, I think we can ride her out... On the other hand, if the Houston Emergency Management says its turned this way, and is above a cat 3, and they reccomend leaving, then keep your eyes peeled for a black Dodge Magnum Station wagon...I will honk as we go through, heading to my sister's house in the hills outside of San Antonio! As my middle daughter like to say, "Dad, your old, but not stupid"... Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by garyaiki Tom Tomorrow exposes the radical leftists behind the Katrina incompetence. http://www.workingforchange.com/printitem.cfm?itemid=19635
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