Re: Politicizing the Hurricane aftermath

Bryan S. Slick <onyx_hokie@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> [Ralph Kennedy kennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> :"Jon Enslin" <jenslin@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> :> Jeff Davis wrote:
> :> > btpage0630@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> :> > > Is really sick.
> :> > >
> :> > > RSFCK you people that feel the need to do so.
> :> >
> :> > Take it up with Washington. Bush politicized the disaster when he cut
> :> > the FEMA budget and put hacks in charge there. He bet that there
> :> > wouldn't be a disaster in New Orleans and that he could put that money
> :> > in his donors' pockets. Bush bet in August 2001 that Osama wouldn't do
> :> > any damage. In fact, he's done that his whole life: bet the house with
> :> > other people's houses.
> :> >
> :> > Politics is the art of getting things done. Bush decided to do things
> :> > that would make his donors rich. As it is, that decision hurt a lot of
> :> > people. I'm really sorry that you don't want to hear that.
> :>
> :> Jeff, seriously, shut the *** up.
> :
> : No, why don't you shut the *** up.
> :Or else start explaining why after three or
> :four days there's still people sitting in
> :New Orleans dying of dehydration because
> :between Bush's FEMA and Bush's having
> :so much of the damn National Guard in fucking
> :Iraq, we can't even manange to airlift in
> :fucking water to these people?
>
> Oh, I don't know.. could it have anything to do with the logistics of
> the thing, Ralph?

Or could it be that it's exactly as Jeff said
it was? The FEMA stuff is arguable, but it is
a fact that tons of the national guard is in Iraq
instead of home here where it should be, in place
to step in during catastrophes such as this.

> Could it possibly be that those responsible for
> making things happen know more about what's going on than you half-
> cocked partisan fuckwits who seize upon any and every opportunity to
> attack the President, no matter how pathetic said attack may be?

Well don't look now, but critism is starting
to come in from the right as well. The lack of
any meaningful response for days now really is
a national disgrace at this point. Pathetic. And
if you want to hide from the facts and call that
partisan bs, go ahead and just keep hiding your head
in the sand.

People are dying of dehydration, for Christ's
sake. And we can't even manage to drop in water
on parachutes?

Nobody's expecting Bush to magically rebuild New
Orleans. What the hell is going to be our response if
al-Qaeda terrorists do something far more dire than
a hurricane affecting only a small percentage of the
country, like smuggle in atomic bombs? We're completely
stymied by the "logistics" of a broken levee, and we're
not supposed to worry that our homeland security is
a joke? Oh yeah, that's right, "we're fitin' the
terrists over there so we don't have to fite em here,"
so no worries, mates.

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