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Re: Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory

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From: Obwon
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:29
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:24:27 GMT, "Kurtz" <the
horror@HG.com> wrote:

>
>"Obwon" <obllOob@att.net> wrote in message
>news:n2h0i1hbea4fu0kvdlbs78i9j4njtfdhcb@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:44:46 GMT, slim
>> <pickin's@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Phil wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:58:28 GMT, slim <pickin's@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Phil wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 5 Sep 2005 23:03:13 -0700, "moorehead"
>> >> >> <moorehead_johnson@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >> He was on vacation.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >No such thing.  Sorry!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Mike is just upset that Bush wasn't down there from day one,
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE FROM DAY ONE!
>> >>
>> >> Doing what?  Throwing sandbags on the levee?  Risking drowning?  What
>> >> should the president have done during a hurricane?
>> >
>> >I answered your question, you drunkard. Read below.
>> >
>> >> >HE SHOULD HAVE SHOWN COMPASSION AND LEADERSHIP.
>> >> >
>> >> >Instead, he took two more days on his FIVE WEEK VACATION!
>> >>
>> >> What should he have done while the hurricane was in New Orleans?
>> >
>> >Mobilize the national Guard, wake Chertoff up and get Homeland
>> >Security up and ready to respond to an iniment disaster.
>> >
>> >Here,'s what the FEMA director said to Paula Zahn September 1, 2005 on
>CNN:
>> >
>> >Michael Brown, director of FEMA: People who were unable or chose not to
>> >evacuate are suddenly appearing. And so this catastrophic disaster
>> >continues to grow. I will tell you this, though,  every person in that
>> >convention center, we just learned about that today and so I have
>> >directed that we have all the available resources to get to that
>> >convention center to make sure that they have the food and water, the
>> >medical care that they need.
>> >
>> >Zahn: you're not telling me that you just learned that the folks at the
>> >convention center didn't have food and water until today, are you? You
>> >had no idea that they were completely cut off?
>> >
>> >Brown: Paula, the federal government did not even know about the
>> >convention center people until today.
>> >
>> >The BU$H administration, "On Vacation" or "Asleep at the Wheel" pick one.
>>
>>   So,  while the stories are being told to the public,
>> on the radio, on t.v., on the internet.  While people
>> are talking to each other about what they're hearing.
>> While the news has been following the hurricane for
>> days before it struck and giving us details of it's
>> strength and where it was likely to hit.
>>
>>   While Condoleeza was shopping and going to plays,
>> people were watching t.v.  listening to reports of
>> deaths at the overcrowded SuperDome,  reports that
>> there was no air conditioning and no food or water,
>> and that there were elderly, sick, infirm and mothers
>> with children in there at over 100 degrees.  None of
>> these important people, whom we all heard vow to spare
>> nothing to "Protect American Lives",  didn't have a
>> clue,  spoke to no one about what was going on, and had
>> nobody speak to them,  even as their offices were being
>> inundated with calls offering aid.
>>
>>   And I heard yesterday how Bush answered Pelosi when
>> she asked him if he would fire Brown.  He said "why
>> would I do that?"  She said, "because of what went
>> wrong!"  To which he replied, "nothing went wrong!"
>>
>>   How calloused can he get?   If nothing went wrong,
>> then we can only conclude that he meant for those
>> things to happen!  His remarks mean that he found what
>> happened, not just acceptable to him,  but that it's
>> what he and his administration intended to happen in an
>> emergency.  If so, then this man is a monster!  That's
>> all there is to it.
>
>Thank You: You are another voice of the Reality-Based, speaking up to stem
>the rising tide of stupidity. It's up to my knees, but it seems to be
>falling about a inch a day.....
>>
>>   Obwon
>> 0[ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ]0
>>   Liars share with those they deceive
>>   the desire not to be deceived.
>>                         --Sissela Bok
>> 0[ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ]0
>
 That's because guys like Slim and others are hanging
in here, taking the abuse and keeping the pumps of
sanity up,  manned and running.   It's nice to see when
new guys show up to help.  I'm sure we give the lurkers
something to read,  and quite a bit of information they
can either take,  leave or go verify.

  Obwon


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  the desire not to be deceived.
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From: Obwon <obllOob@att.net>
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Subject: Re: Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory
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