Hurricane Katrina: What does it mean for Dubya?

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by Revolt, Aug 31, 2005.

  1. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    I don't know Jack Cafferty's (CNN) outlaook/bias, but he's ripping the gvt. a new one. He actually used the word "hell" which I know is no big deal, but when's the last time you saw a newsman use it? He's saying it's the worst response to a disaster he's ever seen, he's quoting a Manchester Union-Leader editorial ripping Bush, he's asking "why aren't they dropping sandwiches and water to the Superdome?" I mean, he's really emotional.

    So I think Bush probably has a problem. Because over the next few days and weeks, the story of the levee funding cuts, the re-politicization of FEMA, all that stuff, is gonna get raised, and the Bushies aren't going to be able to brush them off.

    Oh...and a sniper is shooting at people getting evacuated from a hospital. WTF???
     
  2. purojogo

    purojogo Member

    Sep 23, 2001
    US/Peru home
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    or lying one's ass off.....
     
  3. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

    Nov 5, 2002
    Northern Virginia
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    We have Cafferty figured... Jack practices being constipated for three hours just before each show... then he and Wolf get together for a mutual tight-butt grimace, then the show starts: The Situation Room! That way, jack cafferty always appears a tight wad! He is! After the show Jack lets loose of course...
     
  4. csc7

    csc7 New Member

    Jul 3, 2002
    DC
    Has been happening since yesterday. I'm shocked it took the media so long to find out about it.
     
  5. csc7

    csc7 New Member

    Jul 3, 2002
    DC
    The real question is what is the man in charge of the richest government in the world and the strongest military in the history of the world doing to save people dying 5 days later in New Orleans.

    A: not nearly enough.
     
  6. purojogo

    purojogo Member

    Sep 23, 2001
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    Yikes... if it's the people from over there who are pissed, i wouldn't want to argue with them....

    btw the audio of the W interview can be found here...
    Click on audio link under Bush's picture
     
  7. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    I can't believe that this crap is going on in the United States of America.

    WTF?
     
  8. BenReilly

    BenReilly New Member

    Apr 8, 2002
    This isn't directed at anyone specifically:

    I think we should come together at times like this instead of engaging in partisan bickering. There will be plenty of time to point fingers later on. Right now we've got to focus on saving people.
     
  9. Hard Karl

    Hard Karl New Member

    Sep 3, 2002
    WB05 Compound
    You took the words right out of my mouth.

    I don't care what this means politically for anyone right now. There's people dying right now. I'm thinking about that a whole lot more right now than W's career.
     
  10. VFish

    VFish Member+

    Jan 7, 2001
    Atlanta, GA
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    Atlanta
    Count me in this camp.
     
  11. verybdog

    verybdog New Member

    Jun 29, 2001
    Houyhnhnms
    You sound like a new immigrant.
     
  12. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    Here's a thought. How about the people who don't want to talk about what a colossal fvck up Bush has made of this disaster stay out of this thread?
     
  13. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    With all due repect, Ben, you can blow me. We tried that ******** after 9/11, and nobody was held accountable for THAT. Hell, people got medals for f'ing up.
     
  14. Calexico77

    Calexico77 Member

    Sep 19, 2003
    Mid-City LA
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    Actually, I'm pretty pissed at those jack-asses in Alaska.
     
  15. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
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    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Dave,

    please donate your crystal ball and then share your hindsight expertise to everyone else on the boards, and then to the politicians.

    Thanking you in advance.
     
  16. Calexico77

    Calexico77 Member

    Sep 19, 2003
    Mid-City LA
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
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    United States
    I agree with you partly, but c'mon. There are right things to do, and wrong thigns to do. 200 Million for a bridge to nowhere in Alaska is the wrong thing to do.
     
  17. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
    1301 miles de Texas
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    Bolivia
    I was in Central America when Hurricane Mitch hit in 1998. It killed 30,000 people. Flooded the capital of Honduras like New Orleans. I volunteered in relief efforts there for two weeks. We're talking about a poor, uneducated populace. There was no social breakdown. Americans are showing just how helplessly dependent on law and order we are.
     
  18. verybdog

    verybdog New Member

    Jun 29, 2001
    Houyhnhnms
    Well, you know that Ian and ITN wouldn't want to talk about anything colossal about Bush on fvck up. So are you trying to suppress different opinion here?
     
  19. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    I don't know about Dave, but I didn't need a crystal ball when I posted this.
     
  20. VFish

    VFish Member+

    Jan 7, 2001
    Atlanta, GA
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    Atlanta
    Just curious, where is the utopian society that doesn’t rely law and order?
     
  21. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
    1301 miles de Texas
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    Bolivia
    What does this have to do with anything I just posted?
     
  22. supersport

    supersport New Member

    Oct 17, 2001
    San Francisco
    Over 100 hours after it hit and the City of New Orleans in a state of chaos and anarchy, people dying in the streets, women getting raped, fights, shootings, WTF is this Iraq? Where the Fvck is the Federal Gov't.? The FEMA Director, just stated he didn't know there are thousands of victims at the Convention Center with no food or water. If the news media can get in less then 24 hours after this thing started, we can certainly get more military people in. Fvck you Bush! So much of our money and resources being wasted in Iraq, while Americans at home suffer and die, its really a shame.

    What's next, telling the Hurricane victims to "Stay the coarse."
     
  23. BenReilly

    BenReilly New Member

    Apr 8, 2002
    I think it's a shame that everything has become so politicized. The last thing I'm thinking about is "what does it mean for Dubya." Superdave raises a legitimate point, but it's still a shame to feel the need to point fingers at the same time others are literally dying! Furthermore, Mike, you've become increasingly bitter over the past few years. Republicans aren't going to stay in power forever.
     
  24. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
    1301 miles de Texas
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    Chertoff just said we were caught off guard because this was actually a "double disaster": a hurricane AND a flood.


    *head explodes*
     

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