Four days after Hurricane Katrina hit, President Bush said, “I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees.” The statement did not hold up at the time, it being clear that many had anticipated the threat. And now, with the release of video footage from the day before Katrina struck, it is clear that Bush himself knew of the danger. The “We did not know” excuse that the administration employed in the days after the hurricane is disturbing. But what is more disturbing is that federal, state and local officials — even with the luxury of advance warning — still failed miserably in their response.
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Did you notice he simply sat passively and did not interact? Was he really there? Or was that a cardboard cutout?
“Was he really there? Or was that a cardboard cutout?”
Ben, you’re making a distinction where there really is no difference.
Good point DD … I apologize to the cardboard.
Can any Bush apololgist contend that this dissembling our president was caught in does NOT constitute a LIE? Just wondering.
You explain to me what the lie is and I’ll let you know my response.
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Any chance on a thread talking about that kid who tape recorded his teacher’s anti-Bush speech in the class?
Nathan, if anybody ever figures out how to draw you a picture on this blog, I’ll be happy to help you.
“No Nothing” Nathan is back to his time-tested strategy: raising the bar of proof so high that even Daniel Webster couldn’t meet it.
Warning: do not operate heavy machinery after reading Nathan. Your reasoning ability has been temporarily impaired.
Bush had no idea that Al Qaeda was going to attack either, especially after that Presidential Daily Briefing which read, “Al Qaeda determined to strike in the US.”
And no one could have ever imagined they would use airplanes as missiles–Bush thought a “kamikaze” was an alcoholic drink he used to chug at the frat house.
It is real simple.
You say Bush is a liar. I ask you to show me the lie.
You respond with everything but what the lie is.
You could save your self a bunch of time if when you accuse him of telling a lie you just go ahead and say what that lie is.
What is the point of asking me to defend the “lie” if I don’t know what the “lie” is?
Nope. Instead of posting the lie you find it much easier to throw your monkey poop at me.
“No Nothing” should be “Know Nothing.” Damn silent letters . . .
Nathan, Fer gosh sakes man, you make ridiculing you too effing easy.
Bush went to a briefing where they told him, “the levees are quite likely to fail.”
The next day after the levees fail, Bush says, “nobody could have foreseen that the levees would fail.”
How the hell could it be any clearer?
No need to throw Monkey Poop at you Nathan, if you are the Poop!
Check this link out and you will see how much the goverment knew about this matter and the lengths they went to cover-up.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030106Y.shtml
Nathan:I was gone for a while. I believe the bald-faced LIE was outlined for you. Care to call it a non-lie by some twisted set of pseudo-thought processes?
The monkey poop was your “dad’s” cuteness (I did think it was mildly amusing, for a while). Show some creativity and develop some of your own.
I gotta agree with Nathan:Bush didn’t lie. What he did was prove how insensitive and stupid he is. Lying would prove he had a conscience.
Hey Tellit,
Thanks for the link.
When GW Bush was GHW Bush’s unofficial campaign manager he told the minions, “if you see a grenade on the ground near the old man, your job is to jump on it.”
I am thinking that “Brownie” did his job by jumping on the grenade for Bush II. Is anybody else, after seeing these videos, thinking that Brown’s reputation is being rehabilitated somewhat?
Walker,Are you saying that GW is too stupid to understand what he was being advised on? And, that if he did understand, he did not care?
I have a pretty low opinion of our leader, but I think he lied.
Couldn’t resist your idea, mrcontroversy.Nathan, I drew you a picture:http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/ttchandra/DSC00718.jpg
That’s great, Tara!!!!Do you get it now, Nathan?!?
Tara:AWESOME!!!!If we could give karma points on this blog the way some boards do, you’d get one for this:)
President Bush, in a televised news conference about the video showing him telling others the Federal Government was fully prepared, had this to say, “Oh, you meant THAT New Orleans.”
You know, it’s sickening when someone is intentionally stupid. You pick whether I’m talking about Bush or Nathan.But is anybody really surprised? Bush is an incompetent.
Nathan, did Tara’s picture make the point so you could understand? Was it maybe a little difficult for you considering she didn’t use any crayons?
Bush supporters will be falling back on “It wasn’t under oath”, therefore Bush is free to lie as often as he wants. Clinton was impeached for one lie, Bush has told many but his supporters just don’t seem to care, maybe they’ve become accustomed to it.
It is uncanny how Tara’s drawing of Bush looks like the real thing.As far as getting Nathan to understand it, you must remember, he doesn’t like to be confused with the facts.
You Know, it would have been interesting to have recorded all the lies,untruths,misstatements,missinformation Bushytail has fed us in the past 5 plus years.This is all I can think of right now, you are invited to add to the list:1. PLs “nobody could have forseen that the levees would fail”2. Iraq has WMB3. Iraq tried to by material for an atomic bomb from Aferica
North Guy, how about how the new drug plan would be a good thing for seniors?
Or how about the one where we’re going to get Osama dead or alive? We’re going to smoke him out?
Well done Tara!
Hey Nathan? bush got a DVD! Yup, on day 5 after a category 5 hurricane hit a major US city bush needed a DVD of the press coverage of the death and suffering in a major American city to catch him up. Ya know……cause he was on vacation and all.
Now I KNOW playing golf in Arizona and speaking to troops to promote the ever questionable Iraq war is just a bit more important than when an American city drowns. And kudos to bush for flying over the damage on his way back to DC! And he visited like 7 or 8 times since!
Hey better late then never!
Anyone remotely familiar with the nature of the Bush regime and the corrupt, useless affrimative action kleptocracy that is the Nagin regime should not have been shocked at the outcome. I was disgusted but not surprised.
Viva la Raza Blanco!!
Tara, that illustration is just great. You do get the karma awards for that. And JR, dont forget the guitar playing he had to do. Ya know, a leader’s work is never done…before the next vacation starts!
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_VIDEO?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-03-02-21-00-56
Nathan – Mayfield warned Bush that the levees were likely to fail. Bush claims that no one foresaw that likelihood. Bush was lying.
Tara – WONDERFUL!
Now, how about that picture of you referred to elsewhere?
Here is a great essay about bushco’s lies, both small and large.
http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_26_firedoglake_archive.html#114128256365567361
I know some of you hate to read things that disagree with your world view, so only the brave should go to this link.
I think Tara is being humble. The following is the link in question. She was linking to a post she’d written about abortion. Her picture was at the blog. She is a pretty woman. Tara is very smart, as well. As XXX said, if only I was 30 years younger.
Ah, found ithttp://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.listAll&friendID=18621865&startID=32974122&StartPostedDate=2005-06-26%2010:05:00&next=1&page=7&Mytoken=68893981-138F-1398-7423779E2588022A43255136
Posted by: Tara | February 24, 2006 at 06:34 PM
YES! Thanks DD – and I’ll ditto the “If I were only 30 years younger … “
Thanks DD. It’s nice to see some of the people we’re blogging with.Now, if I weren’t already talking marriage with an equally beautiful woman Tara’s age…
Hey finally figured out how to see Tara’s photo (us webtv people are kinda techno impaired, maybe Tara can draw ME some pictures so I can figure out how to do links and stuff)
Very nice pic Tara.
I move we make Tara the official in charge of interpretingthingsforNAthan.Better yet, I think Tara needs to step up and serve her country and maybe do drawings for bush!Just remember Tara, keep the words simple. One syllable is better.
Know what I got outta those briefing tapes? Check out the Presidential seal behind bush. Obviously, it is too big for the wall it is on. It’s also off center and to the right of bush.
Truth in the details?
Tara,
Damn! Someone finally address Nathan in a language he can comprehend! Good job adjusting to the fact that some folks are visual learners. I believe you have done an end-run around his evasive, dishonest, sneaky questions. Well done.
From Nathan’s silence, I gather that he realized his ass had been handed to him, and that a strategic retreat was necessary.
As someone who suffers from Tinnitis, which is contant ringing in the ears, I imagine that the Wingnuts deal with their cognitive dissonance in the same way: by learning to ignore it. It’s only when someone points it out that it becomes noticeable. And it is then that they run away.
I dont think that Bush nessarliy lies, but that he his just that stupid. I challange anybody to name one Bush policy that has been a success. Because I can dozen complete failures. In fact if you google the phrase complete failure you get the whitehouse page on the first link
Where did we get this Pancho Villa troll? Is he a Mexican? If so, he should be grateful that he has a Mexican-loving patron in the White House. Go pick me some lettuce, Pancho.
truth regardless,what the hell is your problem?
If Ian and tr are the WE blog bigots, and we have approximately 16-18 other nonbigoted bloggers, is this an accurate representation of racism in Kansas? 10%?
That’s not too bad, I suppose.
Well Ian is certainly a racist and proud of it. The dif between Ian and “truth” is that Ian has…….uh standing here. Truth is an unknown element.
Tara the blog needs another drawing!