Is anyone running our country at all

[holly]

I tell you part of the problem:

"Someone" chopped funding to bring the levees up to spec so he could have a war; "Someone" has spent all of our resources for his war; "Someone" has committed all of our military/guard troops outside of the nation - leaving us wide open.

This is unreal, I bet Canada or Mexico could invade right now and it'd be over in a few days, and GW would be saying "everyone has to sacrifice some... we're gonna help the people that need help... I'm going to fly over the area and get together with my advisors" etc. etc...

On the other hand, I'm not surprised at all. What it comes down to is the nation has been bankrupted, and our government has leeched the strength of our nation away. There's probably a few dozen other potential disasters lying in wait around the country...

you have to be fuckin kiddin me... your blaming this on bush? cmon. make up your mind. is he an idiot or a mastermind, he cant be both. im sure the military scientists invented the hurricane gun, and bush pulled the trigger. shit happens. i wish bush did go to war for oil... if we fuckin win, then fuck them. thats why we kick ass... because we can.

You're right, I'm sorry, the President had no power to do anything in preparation for this disaster, and had utterly no idea that a category 5 hurricane headed towards New Orleans would be a Very Big Deal. Heck, how would he have known that taking money away from a public works project in New Orleans might cause a problem... and after all, we didn't know for absolutely positively certain having the Corps of Engineers shore up the known weak spots in the levee would do any good... or that it might be handy to have maybe 10,000 Guard there to maintain the peace and help out in case something bad does happen... after all, we didn't *really* know for 100% sure that a REALLY BIG HURRICANE WOULD WIPE OUT NEW ORLEANS.


Nope, nobody would have predicted that, and it was beyond the scope of anyone's power in the U.S. to prepare New Orleans in such a way. Really, when it comes down to it, I'm sorry the poor man's vacation was bothered with such a thing. Poor GW, he's really the loser in all of this, he couldn't have foreseen any of this and couldn't have done anything about it anyhow.... How silly of me to suggest otherwise!

Donny's actually pretty right on this one.
Brush up on the studies that were done previous to the event regarding potential hurricaine activity in the N.O./Gulf area.
The federal government knew exactly what would happen to that city if something went wrong, and Bush cut funding that directly impacted the well-being of the N.O. levee system.

Articles of interest:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/01/o ... index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/02/l ... index.html
http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=24745
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... 7#continue

[BoB]

you have to be fuckin kiddin me... your blaming this on bush? cmon. make up your mind. is he an idiot or a mastermind, he cant be both

You're right, he can't be both. My Bushometer is pointing toward 'Idiot'. Actually it's never moved...

Holly's right on too.

[LeveLscream]

Reguardless, Bush was better for us than fuckin Kerry.

[LeveLscream]

this guy is an idiot
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/kanye.html

I for one would not choose to live below sea level.

The flood surge that swept through New Orleans was created largely by human folly. They let the city sink below sea level (5 to 15 feet). They built dikes higher and higher. They developed an evacuation plan that failed miserably, especially for the poor.
It was a fatal mix of rising seas, sinking lands, elevating rivers, shoreline erosion and increased storminess that finally caught up with public ignorance.

[holly]

Reguardless, Bush was better for us than fuckin Kerry.

Blanket statement with no back up.

[holly]

I for one would not choose to live below sea level.

Good for you.
You should feel lucky that you even had a choice.

[Death2all]

First off all I was only joking about the whole god cleaning out the under brush thing. Second why do we feel the need to blame Bush for every bad thing that?s happens in the world? It?s a goddamn shame we don't live in a perfect world where things never go wrong. Unfortunately shit happens not only that but where the fuck is the rest of the world to come to our aid like we did with the Tsunami effort I don't see help from any foreign countries.

[holly]

First off all I was only joking about the whole god cleaning out the under brush thing. Second why do we feel the need to blame Bush for every bad thing that?s happens in the world? It?s a goddamn shame we don't live in a perfect world where things never go wrong. Unfortunately shit happens not only that but where the fuck is the rest of the world to come to our aid like we did with the Tsunami effort I don't see help from any foreign countries.

Are you fucking serious?
Do you even GLANCE at the news?

Fucking Qatar donated $100 million yesterday, and that's just the tip of the iceburg.

[andyb]

bush couldnt do shit. thats the breaks. if he didnt cut funding, the fuckin levies still wouldnt be fixed in time. you think that shit happens in a couple of years? do you realize how fuckin long it would take to get that shit in order, the reality is that these stupid fuckin cajuns new that shit was comming and thought they would like to hang around in case any looting was to take place. puttin 10000 guard there to "hold the peace" is just an obsurd fuckin idea. we would be sitting on 10000 dead guard now. its not bushes duty to make sure levies in new orleans are safe. his job is very specific as the head of military. i think he does more shit than he is supposed to now. the local government should take care of that shit. its like saying traffic in atlanta is because of bush. its retarded. AND GOD DAMN IT DONNY HOW MANY FUCKIN TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TELL YOU? DEATH TO ALL ISNT IN LEVEL, YOU GOD DAMN PRICK. HAHA seriously only me and levelscream are.

[donny]

do you even know what level is?

[donny]

bush couldnt do shit. thats the breaks. if he didnt cut funding, the fuckin levies still wouldnt be fixed in time. you think that shit happens in a couple of years? do you realize how fuckin long it would take to get that shit in order, the reality is that these stupid fuckin cajuns new that shit was comming and thought they would like to hang around in case any looting was to take place. puttin 10000 guard there to "hold the peace" is just an obsurd fuckin idea. we would be sitting on 10000 dead guard now. its not bushes duty to make sure levies in new orleans are safe. his job is very specific as the head of military. i think he does more shit than he is supposed to now. the local government should take care of that shit. its like saying traffic in atlanta is because of bush. its retarded. AND GOD DAMN IT DONNY HOW MANY FUCKIN TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TELL YOU? DEATH TO ALL ISNT IN LEVEL, YOU GOD DAMN PRICK. HAHA seriously only me and levelscream are.

The levees are the feds responsibility, sure the mayor could have sucked Bush's dick to get some cash but I hear Bush's dick fits in a change purse.

The corps of engineers and other federal and private agencies are responsible for the destruction of wetlands to serve the good of commerce. That's where it started.

Govt. puts 800 pound gorilla on your property, the govt. stops feeding it and you die by the pissy gorillas hand. I don't blame your dad for not picking up the banana tab.

[andyb]

what the fuck are you talkin about?? are you just cuttin and pasting from michael moores website or something? bush's dick fits in a change purse? mine does. doesnt everybody's? wouldnt that make it easier to suck anyway?

[Death2all]

First off all I was only joking about the whole god cleaning out the under brush thing. Second why do we feel the need to blame Bush for every bad thing that?s happens in the world? It?s a goddamn shame we don't live in a perfect world where things never go wrong. Unfortunately shit happens not only that but where the fuck is the rest of the world to come to our aid like we did with the Tsunami effort I don't see help from any foreign countries.

Are you fucking serious?
Do you even GLANCE at the news?

Fucking Qatar donated $100 million yesterday, and that's just the tip of the iceburg.

no I haven't but what took so damn long what where they using western union to wire the money. Oh I also agree with Andy the local government could have responed a bit more timely

[holly]

I retire from this argument.
This shit is like teaching astro-physics to a fucking 5 year old.

[Greg]

I retire from this argument.
This shit is like teaching astro-physics to a fucking 5 year old.

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