Is DUMBO pathologically incapable of EVER telling a TRUTH???
"DUMBO declared four days after the storm, "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees" that gushed deadly flood waters into New Orleans. But the transcripts and video show there was plenty of talk about that possibility _ and Bush was worried too.
White House deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Brown discussed fears of a levee breach the day the storm hit.
"I talked to the president twice today, once in Crawford and then again on Air Force One," Brown said. "He's obviously watching the television a lot, and he had some questions about the Dome, he's asking questions about reports of breaches."
DUMBO'S CRIMINAL NEGLIGANCE THAT LEAD TO THE DEATHS OF INNOCENT AMERICANS & RISES WAY BEYOND: High Crimes & Misdomeanors!
GOPiggies spent MILLIONS upon MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of DOLLARS (that could have been spent on EDUCATION or HEALTH-CARE) to get Clinton, and all they got for their SHAMFUL WASTE of MILLIONS upon MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of DOLLARS was a CIGAR.
You have to go back to TIPPICANOE (1 month in office) to find a more CRIMINALLY INCOMPETANT COKEHEADED FOOL than DUMBO W. COWARD!
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
—After visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006
posted on March 1, 2006 09:05:50 PM new
And if Blanco had requested Federal aid when it was first offered and had Nagen used the school buses things would have worked out different. Just like if Louisiana dems had not side tracked federal funds intended lor levee maintaince,m the levee (never intended to stop a class 5 hurricane) might have lasted a little longer.
"“More Iraqis think things are going well in Iraq than Americans do. I guess they don’t get the New York Times over there.”—Jay Leno".
posted on March 1, 2006 09:17:15 PM new
AP Confuses "Breached" with "Overtopped"
Posted by Lyford Beverage on March 2, 2006 - 00:44.
The Associated Press is running a piece of video on which they're claiming exclusivity, of some of the FEMA preparation meetings prior to the landfall of Hurrican Katrina. They've also got video of the President speaking to FEMA, and then, later, speaking to ABC in the aftermath. They've chosen to portray the President as oblivious to what happened in New Orleans.
President Bush (speaking to ABC news): I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.
Voiceover: A seemingly direct contradiction to what is said at the briefing.
Max Mayfield (director, National Hurricane Center): I don't think anyone can tell you with any confidence right now whether the levees will be topped.
Someone at the AP clearly needs to be taking some listening comprehension lessons. There's not only no "seemingly direct contradiction" between what the President said and what was said at the briefing, there's no contradiction whatsoever. Unless there was something said at the briefing that they didn't include in the report. The President said that no one anticipated the "breach" of the levees. The Director of the National Hurricane Center said that they couldn't say whether the levees would be "topped." Well, that's the difference between your bathtub overflowing, which makes a mess, and collapsing, which is a disaster. People feared that the storm might top the levees, which would cause some flooding in some parts of the city. To the best of my knowledge, there was no public speculation or warning that the levees would actually collapse.
Army Corps personnel, in charge of maintaining the levees in New Orleans, started to secure the locks, floodgates and other equipment so it could better weather the impact, said Greg Breerwood, deputy district engineer for project management at the Army Corps of Engineers.
"We knew if it was going to be a Category 5, some levees and some flood walls would be overtopped," he said. "We never did think they would actually be breached. I don't think anyone raised the question that the city would be flooded to the magnitude it was now."
"“More Iraqis think things are going well in Iraq than Americans do. I guess they don’t get the New York Times over there.”—Jay Leno".
Haven't you got it yet? I point out to who ever cares the failures of the guy and form of government you voted for.
I also point out the lies from LIARS in this CON-servative government along with people like you and LIAR_K that still support it after all its failures.
Today I am sure I got 2 people to vote against TRICKY RICKY SANTORUM here in Pa. come next November. Its turning out that TRICKY RICKEY is just another PHONY CHRISTIAN lawmaker who might as well be saying PRAISE THE LORD LOUDLY AND pass the money quietly!!!!
Right now I am only worried about getting rid of Santorum in November 2006 elections.
Right now the CON-servative movement is very fragmented and doing a good job at defeating themselves in the 2008 elections. I just help them along their way by pointing out their LIES AND FAILURES.
[ edited by bigpeepa on Mar 2, 2006 10:38 AM ]
[ edited by bigpeepa on Mar 2, 2006 10:51 AM ]
posted on March 2, 2006 02:17:29 PM new
Bear sorry, I don't believe I am a legend in my own mind. I know exactly what I am working for and fighting against.
I expose the lies from people like you LIAR_K and the conservative bunch of crooked politicians you support.
On my own am I making a big change no but I am taking a few votes away from the CON-servative LIARS.
What you need to realize is that people like me went from a small minority to a large majority in the last 5 years. That's right Bear there are now MILLIONS OF US and more are joining everyday to defeat and strip of power this failed conservative form of government. The same failed government that somehow people like you still vainly try to support.
The topic of this post is how there is now proof that shows how DUMBO BUSH LIED to the American people about Katrina.
Now about your reply to this post. Its often said that men like you who think about gays often are either a closet gay or are struggling with your gay tendencies.
I think Tom was able to pick up on that point some time ago. I remember seeing a photo depicting you and a friend.
posted on March 4, 2006 11:33:09 AM new
Here is proof that Bush did not lie to the American Public. In Fact it was the incompetent Demomoron Kathleen Blanco that called off the relief effert.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Hurricane Katrina loomed over the Gulf Coast, federal and state officials agonized over the threat to levees and lives. Hours after the catastrophic storm hit, Louisiana's governor believed New Orleans' crucial floodwalls were still intact.
"We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said shortly after noon on Aug. 29 - the day the storm hit the Gulf coast.
"We heard a report unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee," she said on a video of the day's disaster briefing that was obtained Thursday night by The Associated Press. "I think we have not breached the levee at this time."
It's time for the real blame to be placed where it belongs. Squarely on Democrat Blanco and her inability to asses situations around her. Calling of the recover efferts clearly was the wrong move.
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Many misleading tricks in 2006. The new Demomoron slogan.
posted on March 4, 2006 04:49:59 PM new Bear sorry, I don't believe I am a legend in my own mind. I know exactly what I am working for and fighting against.
The first sign of the phenomenon known as denial of self legendary status or DOSLS for short is denial, as is readily evident from YOUR denial sheepa.
"“More Iraqis think things are going well in Iraq than Americans do. I guess they don’t get the New York Times over there.”—Jay Leno".
posted on March 4, 2006 08:44:11 PM new
Looks like the real liars have finally had a sock put in it.
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Many misleading tricks in 2006. The new Demomoron slogan.
posted on March 4, 2006 11:22:26 PM new
DUMBO is incapable of TRUTH:
The Anatomy of a political smear campaign during a National crisis...
KATRINA TIMELINE
Friday, August 26
Rightwing sez: Governor never declared emergency
GOV. KATHLEEN BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA: [Office of the Governor]
http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=973
Rightwing sez: Governor never requested troops - they just had to wait
GULF COAST STATES REQUEST TROOP ASSISTANCE FROM PENTAGON: At a 9/1 press conference, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, commander, Joint Task Force Katrina, said that the Gulf States began the process of requesting additional forces on Friday, 8/26. [DOD]
http://www.dod.gov/transcripts/2005/tr20050901-3843.html
Saturday, August 27
5AM — KATRINA UPGRADED TO CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/i.../content.6.html
Rightwing refuses to acknowledge that Governor envoked NRP...
GOV. BLANCO ASKS BUSH TO DECLARE FEDERAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA: “I have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the State and affected local governments, and that supplementary Federal assistance is necessary to save lives, protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster.” [Office of the Governor]
http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=976
Rightwing refuses to acknowledge that Feds were incharge from the beginning
FEDERAL EMERGENCY DECLARED, DHS AND FEMA GIVEN FULL AUTHORITY TO RESPOND TO KATRINA: “Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.” [White House]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...20050827-1.html
Sunday, August 28
2AM – KATRINA UPGRADED TO CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/i.../content.7.html
7AM – KATRINA UPGRADED TO CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/i.../content.7.html
Bush sez: No one could have forseen levee failure
MORNING — LOUISIANA NEWSPAPER SIGNALS LEVEES MAY GIVE: “Forecasters Fear Levees Won’t Hold Katrina”: “Forecasters feared Sunday afternoon that storm driven waters will lap over the New Orleans levees when monster Hurricane Katrina pushes past the Crescent City tomorrow.” [Lafayette Daily Advertiser]
http://www.acadiananow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...NEWS05/50828026
Skip sez mayor didn't follow his plan (which requires evacuation order be given 12 hours before hurricane landfall)
9:30 AM — MAYOR NAGIN ISSUES FIRST EVER MANDATORY EVACUATION OF NEW ORLEANS: “We’re facing the storm most of us have feared,” said Nagin. “This is going to be an unprecedented event.” [Times-Picayune]
http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/in..._08.html#074564
Chertoff and Myers say: The papers never gave us warning
4PM – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES SPECIAL HURRICANE WARNING: In the event of a category 4 or 5 hit, “Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps longer. … At least one-half of well-constructed homes will have roof and wall failure. All gabled roofs will fail, leaving those homes severely damaged or destroyed. … Power outages will last for weeks. … Water shortages will make human suffering incredible by modern standards.” [National Weather Service]
http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:laz062#t2
Bush sez: No one could have forseen levee failure
AFTERNOON — BUSH, BROWN, CHERTOFF WARNED OF LEVEE FAILURE BY NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER DIRECTOR: Dr. Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center: “‘We were briefing them way before landfall. … It’s not like this was a surprise. We had in the advisories that the levee could be topped.’” [Times-Picayune; St. Petersburg Times]
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/ne...t_id=1001054595
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/30/State/Fo...ing_chief.shtml
LATE PM – REPORTS OF WATER TOPPLING OVER LEVEE: “Waves crashed atop the exercise path on the Lake Pontchartrain levee in Kenner early Monday as Katrina churned closer.” [Times-Picayune]
http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/in..._08.html#074667
APPROXIMATELY 30,000 EVACUEES GATHER AT SUPERDOME WITH ROUGHLY 36 HOURS WORTH OF FOOD [Times-Picayune]
http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/in..._08.html#074657
Monday, August 29
7AM – KATRINA MAKES LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/i.../content.8.html
Bush sez: No one could have forseen levee failure
8AM – MAYOR NAGIN REPORTS THAT WATER IS FLOWING OVER LEVEE: “I’ve gotten reports this morning that there is already water coming over some of the levee systems. In the lower ninth ward, we’ve had one of our pumping stations to stop operating, so we will have significant flooding, it is just a matter of how much.” [NBC’s “Today Show”]
MORNING — BUSH CALLS SECRETARY CHERTOFF TO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION??? Chertoff has time to chat about immigration issues?: “I spoke to Mike Chertoff today — he’s the head of the Department of Homeland Security. I knew people would want me to discuss this issue [immigration], so we got us an airplane on — a telephone on Air Force One, so I called him. I said, are you working with the governor? He said, you bet we are.” [White House]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...20050829-5.html
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, he goes to a birthday party!
MORNING – BUSH SHARES BIRTHDAY CAKE PHOTO-OP WITH SEN. JOHN MCCAIN [White House]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...-0125-515h.html
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, he delivers political stump speaches!
11AM — BUSH VISITS ARIZONA RESORT TO PROMOTE MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT: “This new bill I signed says, if you’re a senior and you like the way things are today, you’re in good shape, don’t change. But, by the way, there’s a lot of different options for you. And we’re here to talk about what that means to our seniors.” [White House]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...20050829-5.html
Chertoff won't find this out until tomorrow. Bush sez: No one could have forseen this
LATE MORNING – LEVEE BREACHED: “A large section of the vital 17th Street Canal levee, where it connects to the brand new ‘hurricane proof’ Old Hammond Highway bridge, gave way late Monday morning in Bucktown after Katrina’s fiercest winds were well north.” [Times-Picayune]
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/t-p/katrina....tastrophic.html
Three days after FEMA was put in charge, it's director starts to round up volunteers, but tells them to take a couple of days to get down there.
11:30AM — MICHAEL BROWN FINALLY REQUESTS THAT DHS DISPATCH 1,000 EMPLOYEES TO REGION, GIVES THEM TWO DAYS TO ARRIVE: “Brown’s memo to Chertoff described Katrina as ‘this near catastrophic event’ but otherwise lacked any urgent language. The memo politely ended, ‘Thank you for your consideration in helping us to meet our responsibilities.’” [AP]
http://tinyurl.com/8vnza
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, he gives more political stump speaches! (And then takes in a round of golf!)
MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT: “We’ve got some folks up here who are concerned about their Social Security or Medicare. Joan Geist is with us. … I could tell — she was looking at me when I first walked in the room to meet her, she was wondering whether or not old George W. is going to take away her Social Security check.” [White House]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...0050829-11.html
Under the NRP, the Secretary of Defense is specifically responsible for troops, vessels and equipment for Katrina response, so naturally, he goes to a ballgame!
9PM — RUMSFELD ATTENDS SAN DIEGO PADRES BASEBALL GAME: Rumsfeld “joined Padres President John Moores in the owner’s box…at Petco Park.” [Editor & Publisher]
http://tinyurl.com/b54c6
Tuesday, August 30
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, he gives political stumps speaches!
9AM – BUSH SPEAKS ON IRAQ AT NAVAL BASE CORONADO [White House]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...20050830-1.html
This is the fourth day Chertoff has been in control -- and the levee failed the previous day?
MIDDAY – CHERTOFF FINALLY BECOMES AWARE THAT LEVEE HAS FAILED: “It was on Tuesday that the levee–may have been overnight Monday to Tuesday–that the levee started to break. And it was midday Tuesday that I became aware of the fact that there was no possibility of plugging the gap and that essentially the lake was going to start to drain into the city.” [Meet the Press, 9/4/05]
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9179790/
PENTAGON CLAIMS THERE ARE ENOUGH NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN REGION: “Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita said the states have adequate National Guard units to handle the hurricane needs.” [WWL-TV]
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html
MASS LOOTING REPORTED, SECURITY SHORTAGE CITED: “The looting is out of control. The French Quarter has been attacked,” Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson said. “We’re using exhausted, scarce police to control looting when they should be used for search and rescue while we still have people on rooftops.” [AP]
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...ina_new_orleans
Valuable Naval asset is ready to help, but Rumsfeld is too busy getting Dave Winfield's autograph to do his job
U.S.S. BATAAN SITS OFF SHORE, VIRTUALLY UNUSED: “The USS Bataan, a 844-foot ship designed to dispatch Marines in amphibious assaults, has helicopters, doctors, hospital beds, food and water. It also can make its own water, up to 100,000 gallons a day. And it just happened to be in the Gulf of Mexico when Katrina came roaring ashore. The Bataan rode out the storm and then followed it toward shore, awaiting relief orders. Helicopter pilots flying from its deck were some of the first to begin plucking stranded New Orleans residents. But now the Bataan’s hospital facilities, including six operating rooms and beds for 600 patients, are empty.” [Chicago Tribune]
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...ll=chi-news-hed
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, he plays guitar!
3PM – PRESIDENT BUSH PLAYS GUITAR WITH COUNTRY SINGER MARK WILLIS [AP]
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/0...capm10208301856
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, he stays on vacation another night (unlike that important thingy with Terri Schiavo - God knows she was in a hurry)
BUSH RETURNS TO CRAWFORD FOR FINAL NIGHT OF VACATION [AP]
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee...on/12514844.htm
Wednesday, August 31
TENS OF THOUSANDS TRAPPED IN SUPERDOME; CONDITIONS DETERIORATE: “A 2-year-old girl slept in a pool of urine. Crack vials littered a restroom. Blood stained the walls next to vending machines smashed by teenagers. ‘We pee on the floor. We are like animals,’ said Taffany Smith, 25, as she cradled her 3-week-old son, Terry. … By Wednesday, it had degenerated into horror. … At least two people, including a child, have been raped. At least three people have died, including one man who jumped 50 feet to his death, saying he had nothing left to live for. There is no sanitation. The stench is overwhelming.”" [Los Angeles Times, 9/1/05]
http://tinyurl.com/cqxum
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, he shows up for work, five days later!
PRESIDENT BUSH FINALLY ORGANIZES TASK FORCE TO COORDINATE FEDERAL RESPONSE: Bush says on Tuesday he will “fly to Washington to begin work…with a task force that will coordinate the work of 14 federal agencies involved in the relief effort.” [New York Times, 8/31/05]
http://tinyurl.com/9h3ho
JEFFERSON PARISH EMERGENCY DIRECTOR SAYS FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY GONE: “Director Walter Maestri: FEMA and national agencies not delivering the help nearly as fast as it is needed.” [WWL-TV]
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/ne...t_id=1001051366
80,000 BELIEVED STRANDED IN NEW ORLEANS: Former Mayor Sidney Barthelemy “estimated 80,000 were trapped in the flooded city and urged President Bush to send more troops.” [Reuters]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050831/ts_nm/weather_katrina_dc
3,000 STRANDED AT CONVENTION CENTER WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER: “With 3,000 or more evacuees stranded at the convention center — and with no apparent contingency plan or authority to deal with them — collecting a body was no one’s priority. … Some had been at the convention center since Tuesday morning but had received no food, water or instructions.” [Times-Picayune]
http://tinyurl.com/amdaf
5PM — BUSH GIVES FIRST MAJOR ADDRESS ON KATRINA: “Nothing about the president’s demeanor… — which seemed casual to the point of carelessness — suggested that he understood the depth of the current crisis.” [New York Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/opinion/01thu1.html
Under the NRP, the Secretary of State coordinates all foreign aid and volunteers, so naturally Condi goes to a show!
8:00PM – CONDOLEEZZA RICE TAKES IN A BROADWAY SHOW: “On Wednesday night, Secretary Rice was booed by some audience members at ‘Spamalot!, the Monty Python musical at the Shubert, when the lights went up after the performance.” [New York Post, 9/2/05]
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/sto...7p-292600c.html
Mike "Clueless Joe" Brown (aka "The Horse lawyer" sez: Go-olly! What a big mess!
9PM — FEMA DIRECTOR BROWN CLAIMS SURPRISE OVER SIZE OF STORM: “I must say, this storm is much much bigger than anyone expected.” [CNN]
Thursday, September 1
Well...you know...
8AM — BUSH CLAIMS NO ONE EXPECTED LEVEES TO BREAK: “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.” [Washington Post]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...5090100915.html
Under the NRP, the Secretary of State coordinates all foreign aid and volunteers, so naturally Condi goes to a tennis match!
CONDOLEEZZA RICE VISITS U.S. OPEN: “Rice, [in New York] on three days’ vacation to shop and see the U.S. Open, hitting some balls with retired champ Monica Seles at the Indoor Tennis Club at Grand Central.” [New York Post]
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/52748.htm
ONE FULL WEEK AFTER THE NRP PUT BUSH IN CHARGE, THERE IS STILL NO COMMAND AND CONTROL ESTABLISHED: Terry Ebbert, New Orleans Homeland Security Director: “This is a national emergency. This is a national disgrace. FEMA has been here three days, yet there is no command and control. We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims, but we can’t bail out the city of New Orleans.” [Fox News]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168112,00.html
2PM — MAYOR NAGIN ISSUES “DESPERATE SOS” TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: “This is a desperate SOS. Right now we are out of resources at the convention centre and don’t anticipate enough buses. We need buses. Currently the convention centre is unsanitary and unsafe and we’re running out of supplies.” [Guardian, 9/2/05]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,...1561314,00.html
"The Horse lawyer" sez: There's a problem? Where?
2PM — MICHAEL BROWN CLAIMS NOT TO HAVE HEARD OF REPORTS OF VIOLENCE: “I’ve had no reports of unrest, if the connotation of the word unrest means that people are beginning to riot, or you know, they’re banging on walls and screaming and hollering or burning tires or whatever. I’ve had no reports of that.” [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.response/index.html
NEW ORLEANS “DESCEND[S] INTO ANARCHY”: “Storm victims were raped and beaten, fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open, and rescue helicopters and law enforcement officers were shot at as flooded-out New Orleans descended into anarchy Thursday. ‘This is a desperate SOS,’ the mayor said.” [AP]
http://tinyurl.com/7mxgp
Under the NRP, the Secretary of State coordinates all foreign aid and volunteers, so naturally Condi goes shopping for $1,000 shoes!
CONDOLEEZZA RICE GOES SHOE SHOPPING: “Just moments ago at the Ferragamo on 5th Avenue, Condoleeza Rice was seen spending several thousands of dollars on some nice, new shoes (we’ve confirmed this, so her new heels will surely get coverage from the WaPo’s Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice’s timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, ‘How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless!’” [Gawker]
http://tinyurl.com/8tbzo
"The Horse lawyer" sez: You mean there's people in that HUGE evacuation point that isn't under water? Who'd a thunk?
MICHAEL BROWN FINALLY LEARNS OF EVACUEES IN CONVENTION CENTER (FROM CNN's PAULA ZAHN): “We learned about that (Thursday), so I have directed that we have all available resources to get that convention center to make sure that they have the food and water and medical care that they need.” [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.response/index.html
Friday, September 2
Because Press Secretary McClellan begs people not to politicize this, King Karl starts on cue to politicize this!
ROVE-LED CAMPAIGN TO BLAME LOCAL OFFICIALS BEGINS: “Under the command of President Bush’s two senior political advisers, the White House rolled out a plan…to contain the political damage from the administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina.” President Bush’s comments from the Rose Garden Friday morning formed “the start of this campaign.” [New York Times, 9/5/05]
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national...ial/05bush.html
Bush praises the fine effort of Clueless Joe, the Horse lawyer -- the medal of freedom is next.
9:35AM — BUSH PRAISES MICHAEL BROWN: “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.” [White House, 9/2/05]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...20050902-2.html
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, does political photo ops flanked by hardware taken away from relief efforts!
10 AM — PRESIDENT BUSH STAGES PHOTO-OP “BRIEFING”: Coast Guard helicopters and crew diverted from relief efforts to act as backdrop for President Bush’s photo-op.
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, does political photo ops and prevents aid and rescue flights!
BUSH VISIT GROUNDS FOOD AID: “Three tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent City Connection bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was halted because of President Bush’s visit to New Orleans, officials said.” [Times-Picayune]
http://www.nola.com/weblogs/print.ssf?/mtl...rint076556.html
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, does political photo ops by faking repair work for the cameras!
"POTEMKIN LEVEE" REPAIR WORK FAKED FOR PRESIDENT’S VISIT: Sen. Mary Landrieu, 9/3: “Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment.” [Sen. Mary Landrieu]
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=8040
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina, so naturally, does political photo ops flanked by firefighters taken away from relief efforts!
BUSH USES 50 FIREFIGHTERS AS PROPS IN DISASTER AREA PHOTO-OP: A group of 1,000 firefighters convened in Atlanta to volunteer with the Katrina relief efforts. Of those, “a team of 50 Monday morning quickly was ushered onto a flight headed for Louisiana. The crew’s first assignment: to stand beside President Bush as he tours devastated areas.” [Salt Lake Tribune; Reuters]
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3004197
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/0...a2838142191.jpg
Of course Bush is happy, happy! Things are going "swimmingly"
3PM — BUSH “SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE”: “I am satisfied with the response. I am not satisfied with all the results.” [AP]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050902/ap_on_...wh/bush_katrina
Saturday, September 3
Because Press Secretary McClellan begs people not to politicize this, King Karl starts on cue to politicize this by lying to the press under double-super-secret background!
"SENIOR BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL" (ROVE) LIES TO WASHINGTON POST, CLAIMS GOV. BLANCO NEVER DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY: The Post reported in their Sunday edition “As of Saturday, Blanco still had not declared a state of emergency, the senior Bush official said.” They were forced to issue a correction hours later. [Washington Post, 9/4/05]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...5090301680.html
Bush is now the fiduciary responsible for Katrina -- and he begged people not to politicize this, so naturally he starts blaming others!
9AM — DESPITE THE NRP PLACING THE ADMINISTRATION IN CHARGE EIGHT DAYS EARLIER -- BUSH BLAMES STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS: “[T]he magnitude of responding to a crisis over a disaster area that is larger than the size of Great Britain has created tremendous problems that have strained state and local capabilities. The result is that many of our citizens simply are not getting the help they need.” [White House, 9/3/05]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...9/20050903.html
FEMA chief had to be `asked to resign'
BostonHerald.com - Business News: Brown pushed from last job: Horse group: FEMA chief had to be `asked to resign': "The federal official in charge of the bungled New Orleans rescue was fired from his last private-sector job overseeing horse shows"
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
—After visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
sez: Go-olly! What a big mess!