It’s good that Kansas sent 120 National Guard personnel and two Black Hawk helicopters Friday to assist with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But it again raises the question: Why didn’t federal officials ask for this help sooner? Why weren’t state National Guards and Army Reserve units on call — or already on their way — before the hurricane landed?
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I enjoyed the comments made by the mayor of New Orleans, “troops are locked and loaded” ready to shoot on sight any looters. And just who is he proclaiming this too? The millions without electricity? Does he have a bullhorn with a 50 mile radius capability? It’s almost comical, if it wasn’t so pathetic. Why isn’t he taking control of the situation? Isn’t that his job?
Bush sent the Lousiana Guard to Iraq for his Folly. The governor should sieze power over his own Guard and bring them back home. Send Bush’s daughters to Iraq.
I’m so sick of this revisionist, Monday morning QB, let’s blame somebody for it crapola. Here are press reports, before and shortly after the Hurricane hit. Checking out the truth with a 5 minute Google search isn’t difficult to do if you’re so inclined towards the truth. If you’re inclined towards blame and sensationalism…
NO ONE knew the severity of this storm. It’s impossible to plan for every eventuality. The lead story on the news right after the hurricane hit was that NOLA had been spared. Woops. Does the media blame themselves? Yeah, that was a little joke :-) Of course not.
It wasn’t until Tuesday during the day that the levee broke. It’s Friday, people! Life isn’t a video game, things don’t happen instantaneously. Relief is getting there now. This is going to work out. Sorry, finger pointers.
New Orleans to be evacuated as Katrina’s winds nearSunday, August 28, 2005 11:58:58 AM ET
By Michael Depp and Russell McCulley
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) – Authorities in New Orleans ordered hundreds of thousands of residents to flee on Sunday as Hurricane Katrina strengthened into a rare top-ranked storm and barreled toward the vulnerable U.S. Gulf Coast city.
Mayor Ray Nagin warned that the dangerous hurricane’s storm surge of up to 28 feet could topple the low-lying city’s levees and flood its historic French Quarter when it makes a second, and potentially more deadly, assault on U.S. shores. It killed seven people in Florida.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared,” Nagin told a news conference after reading a mandatory evacuation order. “This is a threat that we’ve never faced before.”
Its track could bring it through the heart of U.S. oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, much like Hurricane Ivan did last September, and Katrina seemed likely to affect already sky-high gasoline prices.
“This hurricane has the potential to cause extreme damage and large loss of lives if they don’t take action very soon,” Max Mayfield, director of the hurricane center, told WSVN television in Miami.
In the French quarter of New Orleans, shopkeepers sandbagged art galleries and stores, workers boarded up city hall and traffic jams formed on the main routes out of the city as residents heeded the advice to seek shelter inland.
Along the neighboring Mississippi coast, residents also prepared.
President George W. Bush declared an emergency in Louisiana and Mississippi, a measure that allows federal emergency assistance to be deployed.
ABC News 8/30/05A shift in the hurricane path may have spared New Orleans from the worst of Katrina’s wrath. 13 Action News has learned her parents spent the night in Mississippi and are on their way to Arkansas. Her parents have had a hard time getting through to anyone because the circuits are down.
Jimmy,
This thing had been predicted for decades, and the Bushes cut levee and FEMA funding in 2002.
If that makes me a Monday morning Quarterback, it also makes the administration late to the party.
The magnitude of this disaster and the ineptitude of the response is, indeed, Bush’s fault. When you’re President, and you’re actually a grown up, you accept responsibility.
Time to resign.
I don’t think President Bush should get all the blame. Katrina is a national disaster, after all, and it’s very likely any government would struggle mightily with its fallout.
Still, his response repeats a pattern of behavior from which I think it’s pretty safe to conclude that he’s proactive around only a very narrow range of issues. Likely issues that can keep his interest, and not necessarily issues that are best for the US (in my opinion).
For instance, he was reactive (not proactive) to the events of 9/11, to nation-building in Iraq, and to Katrina (to name just 3 big ones).
By way of example, I found it half funny (groaningly funny) and half sad that President Bush announced on television yesterday that [paraphrasing] “I don’t think anyone anticipated the levees breaking.”
I think I must have had 4 conversations about Katrina on Sunday, the day before it hit. The big topic of each one was, “what happens if the levees break?” and “are there enough NG troops on domestic soil to take care of NO if they do?”
I mean, I don’t know what they were talking about on Sunday in Crawford, but I was in a couple backyards in Wichita where the levees were discussed pretty thoroughly.
Hey Ed,He’s not gonna resign and give up all those neat perks! Our only choice is to elect a congress next year that’ll fire his sorry ass!
Ben -
The governor can’t bring his national guard troops back from Iraq. Once they were activated by the fed. they came under the president’s control. I agree they shouldn’t be there but recalling them by the gov. is not an option so we need to look for other possible ways to solve the problems.
“Bushes cut levee and FEMA funding in 2002.” The Almighty Government God could have saved us from this catastrophe. I kneel at the altar of the County Courthouse as it is my savior. God, Nature, you are no match for the power of Human Government Bureaucracy. A-FEMA.
I’m no fan of Bush. But I can’t put all the blame on him. Yes funding was cut for FEMA and the Army Corp. year after year. But let’s also put some blame on congress.
Let’s also put blame on those in power in New Orleans who ordered a city wide evacuation but didn’t provide busses or any other way out for those with no vechile of their own. Most of those left are the poor who had no trnasportation and no ability to pay for a way out. That should have been taken care of at the local level before Katrina hit.
There is going to be plenty of blame to go around. For now however, I say we withold blame until things stablize. Once we get everyone off roofs we will have time for finger pointing.
Is Cheney still on vacation in Wyoming right now?
I read the news:
‘Gingrich said the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina “puts into question all of the Homeland Security and Northern Command planning for the last four years, because if we can’t respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we’re prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?’
Oweeee! Someone got the back of Newt’s hand, and I think his name starts with “B” and ends with “ush”.
It’s hard work ruining a country!
This whole situation is a perfect expample of the lack of leadership going on in the Bush White House. I never thought I would ever say this in my life – but I think Newt makes a very valid point. Talk about perfect timing for another attack – we are maxed out now – we couldn’t possibly deal with another 911. Let’s hope the terrorist aren’t also thinking the same thing!
Dick Cheney has been sighted! Is he headed back to Washington? No. Headed to the Gulf to help the victims? Umm, no.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/2/17156/11572
Yeah….. that’s your guy. Thousands of Americans just died, are dying and starving and Cheney is off for an invitation-only dinner and a private oil trip to Canada.
I’ve said it before, this Republican government is made up of the worst human beings out there.
Man, it gets old real quick reading the samo-samo from CF, Hank and GetReal. Every post put up, the same garbage spews from the fingers of these three. You guys should really get your own website and blog each other to death, and then there might be some worthwhile posts to read.All three of you are acting like little kids…waaaa, Bush is in the White House….waaaa, Cheney’s in Wyoming….waaa, you Democrats are stupid.Well, here’s a little secret for you…you all are stupid. There’s a mountain of dead people in a ruined city, thousands of people hungry, thirsty, dying, homeless, et al, and all you three want to do is see who can out-slam the other. Brilliant, simply brilliant!And you womder why I wont belong to either party?
Louisiana has had 37 governors, 5 republican and 32 democrats. The last governor, a democrat, was elected in 2004 and she was preceded by a republican who held the office for eight years. The governor must request federal assistance. Generally, the state guard is activated. If the governor needs more troops, then the federal authority can assign and attach other state guard units to the requesting state.
As I have said before those 3 are just a bunch of butt sniffers.
For the record, this poster will now substitute bs for bush. Seems only applicable. This is just another failure, in a litany of failures, of the bs administration.
A Cat 4 (maybe cat 5 hurricane) approaches the gulf coast and bs goes to a fund raiser. Later…..bs flies over the damage. Still later….relief for Americans who are literally dying of hunger and thirst FINALLY ARRIVES just as coincidentally bs arrives for carefully scripted photo-ops and back patting sessions with fellow Republican politicians.
I call this person bs because he is not even worthy of a name. He is BS personified. This man seems to have absolutely no empathy or sympathy. That he contiues to have any support at all worries me about the compassion, humanity and even the sanity of those who still doggedly support him.
You want to know why aid was so slow getting in? It turns out that the Red Cross was ORDERED not to go into the NO by the Department of Home Land Security. Bush wants this suffering, apparently wants the death and carnage to be a back drop to his heroic presidency.
You want proof? Here is the link: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/2/2125/04978Still don’t believe me? Check out the Red Cross’s own home page. Look at the FAQ.
p.s. Add the names J R and Code Name D to the list.You want Proof? Read their posts.
I didn’t know that the president visited everey cities councel meetings just to make sure they all have a good emergency prepardness plan. Seems to me insted of the Mayor of N.O. acting like a fool and placing blame on others, maybe he should have done something to get those people out of there. Who knows, maybe he could have used public transportation or city busses to help move people. You dems. need to get the chips off your shoulders and quite bitching about the pres. This storm had been predicted for 10 yrs? Who was pres. 10 yrs. ago? If Bill hadn’t been too busy getting his grove on with someone other then his wife, maybe he should have acted. Lets face it, sh-t happens. This was a bad storm that hit an area that thought it was prepared but wasn’t. Maybe insted of complaining about the pres. not “doing anything” you guys should load up the ol’ truck and head down there.
Kevin,Are you kidding? They might get shot at! Whiners love to practice their art behind the safety of the net.
JM has panicked as his world-view crumbles:
“Well, here’s a little secret for you…you all are stupid. There’s a mountain of dead people in a ruined city, thousands of people hungry, thirsty, dying, homeless, et al, and all you three want to do is see who can out-slam the other.”
I know this hurts for you. It’s gonna sting. These people are not your leaders. They are inept.
And that’s going to cause some denial on your part, but we understand, as you come to realize what the rest of us have known for 5 years.
We want results. We want action. We want the full brunt of our government’s resources on this problem. For this group of numbskulls, you have to shame them into action. Only when Bush was greatly pressured by the media and the criticism he received, did he jump into action. Who knows how many more people would have died if that pressure didn’t come to bear.
The federal government, in the form of FEMA and the other vast resources of the Federal government, has the only real ability to help a disaster of this magnitude.
George Bush not returning from vacation to monitor the situation, and get things in place? Well, we saw the results. Unacceptable.
Condaleeza Rice attending broadway shows, and buying shoes in NY as all of this is going on? You better believe we’re gonna slap some heads. She should’ve been working on this 24/7 for days, coordinating international relief efforts and resources from the get-go. International aid was initially declined. Huh? That decision was reversed, thank God. I’m glad she finally came back to work on Thursday night. Finally.
Dick Cheney not coming back from vacation even now is simply inexcusable. He should be back in Washington using all of his connections and resources to and working this problem. Thousands are dead. If 9/11 happened, would it be OK for him to continue his vacation? He should be the busiest of all.
These people are not royalty. This is their JOB. All of those people trapped without food and water are U.S. taxpayers, U.S. citizens! They are not refugees.
The government works for us. If they don’t mobilize their asses when a national catastrophe happens, and was predicted to happen for days (aside from all the studies about what could happen), what the hell good are they? We’re all helping – America is helping, and their lame response to this situation is unacceptable.
Wichita hospitals will soon start receiving victims. Some of us will house the citizens who need places to stay. Some of us will travel down there. We will be doing what we can to help.
And as we put the pressure on them to get their asses in gear while tens of thousands of Americans are dying and desperate, the second-in-command didn’t come back until yesterday? We won’t forget.
But we all agree that this ridiculous performance of the Federal government will never happen again. And the time to pressure them into action is NOW.
Oh yeah, when exactly DID the governor request Federal help?
Sunday.
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Disaster%20Relief%20Request.pdf
This administration doesn’t give a rat’s ass because they are all going to be out of office in an other three years (it is going to be a very long and painful three years at that). If BS had another shot at the White House – we would be seeing a very different reaction to this fiasco.
Interesting how the angry Bush haters make all their comments out of pure anger. Once agan, they politicize death and destruction for their own gain.
Everything from head lice to the weather is the fault of the administration. Everything is “coulda, shoulda, woulda”; as if a president were omniscient and omnipotent and could magically move the entrenched federal bureaucracy to accomplish the impossible in the blink of an eye.
Not that they have ever done anything themselves, other than to complain and hate.
If they were in power — not that they ever will be with their fever swamp attitudes — and if something bad happened, it would be fun to watch them explode in anger because they can’t find anyone higher to blame.
GetReal,More whining, more garbage, no solutions. Go get your hands dirty: Help someone in need. But all you’ll do is whine. I’d give you some cheese to go along with it, but it’s needed by hungry people.
You are delusional Sam. Not to mention in denail.
oops *DENIAL
Gail is absoluely right. There are lots of questions to be asked; but in the end, people need to be better ready to take care of themselves, and local governments should have better disaster readiness. How ready are you?
If you don’t have a home tornado plan and a stash of food, water, clothes, & provisions for a few days, then you aren’t ready for a disaster. You’re expecting others to provide for you in the event of an emergency. You’re part of the problem.
Of course, there are people who can’t help themselves — the sick and infirm, etc. So we need local disaster plans. Does Wichits have a valid plan? Sedgwick County? the State of Kansas? Fortunately, we don’t have hurricanes or bad earthquakes, but there are lesser problems that we should be ready for as a community.
Most importantly, we should all know what these plans are so we can be ready to comply and help with carrying out the plans.
Finally, I wonder how much of the hurricane disaster is due to people ignoring weather reports because TV and radio weather men and women LOVE to be over-dramatic about approaching storms. People have become so jaundiced about overblown weather reports that the reports have no credibility.
That has to stop. We need sane weather reporting. Here in Kansas, we endure hype about approaching tornados that never come, just because a fence blows over or someone sees a type of radar echo that usually means nothing. I know that weather reporters are afraid of being sued into oblivion for failing to warn, but the end result is that people die because their endless warnings are too much “crying wolf.”
Sam B. can’t take the heat. Tears well up, and he wimpers:
“Interesting how the angry Bush haters make all their comments out of pure anger. Once agan, they politicize death and destruction for their own gain.”
Nope. We’re trying to get Bush and his staff to do their jobs. That isn’t politics. This is life and death.
I don’t see you defending the administration. And rightly so – it’s a disgrace. So we’ll keep the pressure on for them to perform, and you keep whining about how we’re complaining too much.
Wanna help these people? Get on the ball, and get on their asses. It’s the only thing Bush & Co. seem to understand – public pressure. They have FEMA, The Army, the billions of dollars, ad thousands of people needed. Get on their asses!
This administration has made us less safe. Homeland security is a joke. This is the best they can respond to after 9/11?
This isn’t politics. This is our safety.
JM doesn’t know jack, so he says:
“Go get your hands dirty: Help someone in need.”
By the way, my family works at a local hospital. We’ve been told that the injured are coming, and that we should be ready. So we’re going to be knee deep in this. We’ve also opened our home to hosting people who need a place to stay.
And you?
You should be keeping the pressure on the Bush Administration. And long after this is over, make sure that massive changes are made.
This disaster response after 9/11 is unacceptable, and we need to get things fixed. Write your senator, congressman, and the President and tell them to get their act together.
Quit whining, ad get your ass in gear!
Oh, gee, getreal, that hurt. I have had my hands dirty since befor Viet Nam. I’ve helped when earthquakes hit California, hail hit Wichita and tornados hit southwestern Missouri. So slights from yourself mean nada.But I will give you credit for saying something that finally makes sense: “This disaster response after 9/11 is unacceptable, and we need to get things fixed. Write your senator, congressman, and the President and tell them to get their act together.”Now, if you can put your bickering nonsense aside, something good might be accomplished. My “ass” has always been in gear.
Ever notice that when the Bushllits want a war, it’s “we’re all in this together, and you need to get behind the president, even if you don’t agree with it,” but if the people need something, like a timely response to a disaster, it’s “Hey man, you’re on your own! Quit whining!”The relationship between the Bushllits and the voters seems a bit one-sided. Let’s file for divorce next election!
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-caneboa…-home-headlines
“As a flooded New Orleans sinks further into despair, up to 500 Florida airboat pilots have volunteered to rescue Hurricane Katrina victims, transport relief workers and ferry supplies.
But they aren’t being allowed in. And they’re growing frustrated.
“We cannot get deployed to save our behinds,” said Robert Dummett, state coordinator of the Florida Airboat Association. He said the pilots, who range from commercial airboat operators to weekend pleasure boaters, “are physically sick, watching the New Orleans coverage and knowing that the resources to help these poor people is sitting right in our driveways.”
You acuse us of blaiming Bush for this? Hell yes, its his order that is causing people to die. Aprintly, the Good Samaritian has also been outlawd. The only person who is aloud to help, is Bush himself, and then only with the appropreat photo op.
Some one noted that he had four helicopters in the background of yesterday’s photo op. In Bush’s mind, its more inportant they be used for photo ops, than for rescue missions. And you acuse US of playing politics?
“Oh, gee, getreal, that hurt.”
Whatever. (rolls eyes)
Don’t complain about the heat Republicans and the Bush Administration is getting over this, then. It sounds like you’re going to join in to keep these people accountable. I’m glad you changed your mind about a citizen’s role in government. Welcome!
The original question this blog asked was “why is the aid so late in coming?”
The answer is three words long–George W. Bush.
Who remains btw, the WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER.
GetReal,Saw your comment about Condi Rice should have been on this 24/7 since it became apparent. She is a 24/7 public official just like her boss.That would be 24 hours a week, 7 months a year.
One thing we’ve definitely learned is that contrary to everything we were told, Bush CANNOT properly work from the Crawford Ranch during his vacation.
How many people might have been saved if he wasn’t in the middle a friggen 5-week vacation?! Many were up in arms about this “war-time president, who has war on his mind” taking an enormous vacation like that when things are going so badly for the U.S. He set the record for a President being on vacation!
How much quicker would’ve the response been?
A question to be looked into in great detail.
This is not intended as a call for a resignation.
But What are we paying for?
Isn’t it a sad commentary on bureaucracy which for lack of a better explanation seems to always be at odds with or at a loss of timely, effective common sense measures and procedures.
Why not Pre Crisis Management as opposed to Post Crisis Management?
Could it be that the nature of bureaucracy is doomed to failure if for no other sake than for an innate ability to become bogged down by an enamoring self preoccupation with procedures, theories and policies which by themselves serve nothing more than those whose jobs it is to formulate their charter responsibilities and the procedures and means to serve these ends.
In practice, the reality of Katrina has demonstrated the immense disparity between the two; bureaucracy’s resolve and its ability to respond in a timely manner to provide the badly needed effective fulfillment of its fundamental charter responsibilities.
Simply observed, more government procedure spells less decisive and less effective responses.
In view of the failure of 9-11 where in spite of knowing to a high level of probability that a terrorist attack was immanent, the system failed to move important information through to proper levels to process the available intel necessary for an appropriate response.
What is our Office of Homeland Security’s position in the aftermath of Katrina?
Wouldn’t a self assessment of their response make for interesting reading?
Recognition of Intel aside, we had the luxury and the opportunity and the advantage of time and advanced warning on our side regarding Katrina. We seemingly did not have this prior to 9-11. Yet we continue to demonstrate need for improvement. How much does common sense cost compared to the addition of more bureaucracy?
My only hope is that it will not be necessary to call for still more money and further bureaucracy than what I’ve been led to believe was supposed to be the answer and solution for the failures which led to 9-11.
All Security Charter’s responsibilities aside, don’t say to me “Show me the money.” Say to me instead, Show me the draft and I’ll show you the team. I am resolved. I will be prepared. I will be connected. Above all else, I am practiced, tested and able.” I will deliver or else you may fire and replace me!!!
Regards,Bill Landman
Bill, nice post.
I, however, disagree with your basic premise. My feeling is that the presence of bureaucracy is not the problem. The problem is a lack of political will. The administration simply isn’t interested in governing effectively and in living up to its responsibilites to the majority of Americans.
Bush, of course, will not resign, though he ought to. If the Congress turns over next year, as it might well in the wake of this thing, I’ll be among those calling for impeachment hearings.
Bush dropped the ball and 9/11 and on Katrina. How many chances are we going to give him?
Today on MSNBC, a reporter interviewed a professor at LSU, a Dr. Van Heerden. He said that he and his colleagues had been studying the possible effects of a hurricane and the possibility of the NO bowl flooding since 1998. They showed their findings a year ago in a large symposium that was attended by NO and Louisiana high government officials and FEMA personnel and a representative from the White House. He reported to them that 70% of the city and surrounding parishes would evacuate which would leave 300,000 people, mostly poor. They discussed evacuation procedures, which they thought would take 10 days and other problems with diseases. He said the Louisiana officials worked very well with him and implemented his suggestions into emergency plans. But FEMA and the White House walked away without lookin’ back.He showed his disgust with the fact that help should have come 2 days after the hurricane and he said the direct blame for any deaths that have occurred in the last few days. The deaths that will occur in the next weeks is on FEMA and the current administration
The Feds were slow on the uptake:
http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/3/194510/7049
Thanks GetReal! That was a good article.It makes me laugh thinking back to Fox News yesterday. Cavuto spent a whole hour trying to shame Democrats for turning the hurricane into a political discussion. It is all has a political foundation. It is the heart of the problem.
Political? How is asking questions of those in charge political?
You want “political”? Try BS bush meeting with two REPUBLICAN governors for a back patting session. Try Relief FINALLY rolling into New Orleans to folks who are DYING of thirst and hunger about an hour before bs bush is to visit that city.
More? Get Fox News Geraldo Rivera (over the top as usual) talking about skies filled with helicopters come to rescue the afficted today. Watch jet skis and boats FINALLY go into New Orleans 4 days after the flood. It’s too late for folks trapped in their attics, but hey bs had to ride in on the white horse before anything could get done. It’s his show!
Why was help so late in coming? We have a “man” who has never been accountable to anyone in his life save his mommy daddy and wife for a president. He has further enablers who will excuse him everything from incompetence to war crimes. And even now the responsibility for this failure they would shift to others.
The “right” is all about personal responsibiity and accountability. When, just when, will they hold bush accountable for anything?
The Bush-hater contribution to the world:
I hate BushI really doAnd if’n you likes himThen I hate you, too.
Such a legacy they leave behind!
Did anyone notice the timing of the arrival of Guard Troops and supplies fit right in with Bush’s arrival? Funny,that.
Quitz hatin the prez. Just be kwiet like me. He’s a good man. The more you say he’s a bad at his job, the morez you hate amerika.
Long live the Iraq war, which he started!
The crowning touch this week of sadness was when my niece ( a republican) got a call to donate to the republican party. Now how’s that for sensitivity? NOT asking to donate to relief but to a stinking republican fund raiser. To my niece’s credit she told them that she would be making a donation to the Red Cross.
Cleetus, you’re just making an ass out of yourself.
pawprints67, that story was the cherry on top of everything I have read today.
Ahmad–
Out of all the names in the world, why did you choose that one?
I think I know. It’s to make fun of Islam.
PBUH is an acronym that Muslims use for “peace be upon him,” an honorific phrase following references to the Prophet Mohammad, PBUH.
As an American, I resent ridiculing an entire group’s religious belief. If you want to honestly criticise a religious belief, that’s fine.
But just demeaning a religious group is un-American as the Constitution defines it.
Salaam Alaykum.
It’s my name. Black Muslims aren’t necessarily in step with the Arabs, you know.
Are you really Galahad?
Ahmad, you are a liar.
I noted also that help only arrived when bs bush did.
This “man” bs bush has publicly stated that God guides his decisions. I guess bs bush wanted to be the savior………3 days late.Maybe God told him, thou shalt wait for the suffering to mount. Then thou shalt endeavour to releive it that thou may be seen as the word and messenger of me.
At this point my gift for satire fails me.
Impeach bush
Umm, Gift? Where? We all must have missed it. So sorry.
I hate Bush.I really do.And if you like him,Then I hate you, too.
It just ain’t fairNo it just ain’t fairI hate BushAnd it just ain’t fair.
Get me a helicopterGet me a ropeFind me a Bush haterWho ain’t on dope.
It just ain’t fairNo it just ain’t fairI love to hateAnd it just ain’t fair.
Complaints ‘R Us,We love our cryers.We call the prez stupid.We call ‘em all liars.
Don’t got no fix.Got no solution.Just a bunch of bitchin’,From the loony institution.
It just ain’t fairNo it just ain’t fairI hate BushAnd it just ain’t fair.
Ahmad–
You are neither black nor Muslim.
I suspect you’re a thirty something white collar employee in a dead-end management job.
You’ve been hurt by Bush policies more than the average American, but you’re too stupid to see it because you don’t dig past the headlines.
You probably listen to Rush because he tells you exactly what you want to hear, “YOU, not minorities, are victimized by liberals and big gov’t programs. Bush and the Republicans are ‘winners’ and if you want to be a ‘winner,’ you need to stick with them.”
Since you’ve been a loser all your life, this appeals to you.
BTW, “Ahmad” means “one who gives praise,” which you would know if you knew anything about Islam, which you don’t.
Loser.
There goes sir galahad –
I hate Bush.I really do.And if you like him,Then I hate you, too.
Complaints ‘R Us,We love our cryers.We call Bushies losers.We call ‘em all liars.
Don’t got no fix.Got no solution.Just a bunch of bitchin’,From the loony institution.
It just ain’t fairNo it just ain’t fairI hate BushAnd it just ain’t fair.
Well said Galahad!
“Ahmed” has showed up in many threads under many names.
I conclude as you do. Ahmed or whatever he? is, is a mid management white collar toady.
I’ve a gift for rhyme myself. Maybe I need to write an “I love bush” rant to counter the many named Ahmeds posts.
But the subject was help and why it arrived late.
It cannot be beyond anyones witness that REAL help arrived only when bush was doing his photo ops. Now I know bush thinks that god talks to him and ordained his office. But I got a suspicion that bush is delusional and somehow sees himself as the instrument of god. As he does have the eartly power to shape perception in this way, I suspect he is shaping it not just for all of us but for himself as well.
This is called megalomania.
White collar toadiesThat’s what he be.Let’s shout and stompIn the fever swamp.
A gift for rhymeThat’s what I gotBut not this time.It ain’t so hot.
Can’t rhyme nothin’That’s what I sayWith great big wordsLike meg-a-lo-ma-ni-a.
I hate that BushOh yes I doAnd if you like himThen I hate you, too.
Imitation is the sincerist (look that one up many nics) form of flattery.
I’m JR Redux to that rapping oft many thread posted clown? That’s ok. I do pity bushies. It’s gotta be hard to justify continued belief in that other more empowered clown.
Huh?
Take a deep breath, JR. Easy now. Ease off the grip on the can and jist go get yerself another one.
It’ll be OK in the morning.
Aww shucks I’ve done nothing when I’ve bested a fool.