Bush has a fake photo op

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Levee repairs were faked in a Bush photo op. Words fail me that the President would interfere with the actual relief effort to get himself a photo op.

http://landrieu.senate.gov/~landrieu/releases/05/2005903E12.html

[John Dibble]

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[ATFFL]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
09/03/2005

Landrieu Implores President to "Relieve Unmitigated Suffering;" End FEMA's "Abject Failures"

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., issued the following statement this afternoon regarding her call yesterday for President Bush to appoint a cabinet-level official to oversee Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts within 24 hours.

Sen. Landrieu said:

"Yesterday, I was hoping President Bush would come away from his tour of the regional devastation triggered by Hurricane Katrina with a new understanding for the magnitude of the suffering and for the abject failures of the current Federal Emergency Management Agency. 24 hours later, the President has yet to answer my call for a cabinet-level official to lead our efforts. Meanwhile, FEMA, now a shell of what it once was, continues to be overwhelmed by the task at hand.

"I understand that the U.S. Forest Service had water-tanker aircraft available to help douse the fires raging on our riverfront, but FEMA has yet to accept the aid. When Amtrak offered trains to evacuate significant numbers of victims -- far more efficiently than buses -- FEMA again dragged its feet. Offers of medicine, communications equipment and other desperately needed items continue to flow in, only to be ignored by the agency.

"But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast -- black and white, rich and poor, young and old -- deserve far better from their national government.

"Mr. President, I'm imploring you once again to get a cabinet-level official stood up as soon as possible to get this entire operation moving forward regionwide with all the resources -- military and otherwise -- necessary to relieve the unmitigated suffering and economic damage that is unfolding."

Today's aerial tour of the 17th Street levee will be featured tomorrow on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Later, Sen. Landrieu will also appear on CBS's 60 Minutes.

[Gabu]

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No, it's there; it's just buried among other things that Landrieu is saying.

[John Dibble]

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No, it's there; it's just buried among other things that Landrieu is saying.

He fixed it - it was broken.

[A18]

Why all the new Louisiana avatars?

[J. J.]

Well, they were attempting to fix it, prior to the visit.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-09-01-leveerepairs_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

The brake is 500 feet long, so it going to take some time.  Plus, nobody's ever tried this before.

[Blue Rectangle]

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Huh?  Hasn't Chertoff led the federal efforts from day one?

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Sure, dump water on oil fires.  Smart.

Even if the planes could do something, the fires are a lower priority than rescue, evacuation and aid delivery--and there's only so much airspace.

[Alcon]

Why all the new Louisiana avatars?

To show solidarity.  It's also I-LA for all of us to show this is not partisan solidarity.  Of course, jfern fittingly retained his red colour when switching avatars.  Everything in his world is partisan.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

There's more. The Bush visit also grounded all the helicopters. Clearly Lousiana would have been a lot better off if Bush hadn't gotten in the way of the relief operations to have his stupid photo op.

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http://www.nola.com/weblogs/print.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/print076556.html

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Why all the new Louisiana avatars?

To show solidarity.  It's also I-LA for all of us to show this is not partisan solidarity.  Of course, jfern fittingly retained his red colour when switching avatars.  Everything in his world is partisan.

I show solidarity for the little man, and people like Huey Long, who stand up for them. This requires me to attack people like Bush who ed up the hurricane response. Compare it to the Florida 2004 hurricane response.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/3/22934/38396

[KEmperor]

There's more. The Bush visit also grounded all the helicopters. Clearly Lousiana would have been a lot better off if Bush hadn't gotten in the way of the relief operations to have his stupid photo op.

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http://www.nola.com/weblogs/print.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/print076556.html

So you complain when he doesnt go to Nawlins, and then you complain when he does?  Good job.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

There's more. The Bush visit also grounded all the helicopters. Clearly Lousiana would have been a lot better off if Bush hadn't gotten in the way of the relief operations to have his stupid photo op.

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http://www.nola.com/weblogs/print.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/print076556.html

So you complain when he doesnt go to Nawlins, and then you complain when he does?  Good job.

I complain when he interfers with the relief efforts. What part of that is too complicated for you to understand?

[Blue Rectangle]

Just yesterday Democrats ripped Bush for only flying over NO instead of going on foot as he did in MS.  Today he went on foot in NO and they rip him for that.  He can't win.

[dazzleman]

I complain when he interfers with the relief efforts. What part of that is too complicated for you to understand?

You'd complain no matter what he did, so why should anybody listen?

If you want people to listen to your criticisms, you have to offer something other than criticism occasionally.  This you fail miserably to do.

[J. J.]

I complain when he interferes with the relief efforts. What part of that is too complicated for you to understand?

JFRAUD, you moron, that is one of the reasons that presidents should not immediately run to a disaster scene.  They disrupt things.  I don't fault Clinton, for example, for showing up a few days after the Oklahoma City bombing, or Carter at TMI.  They go as a symbolic gesture to show solidarity with the victims.

You have shown, once again, your utter hypocrisy and total idiocy.

[they don't love you like i love you]

If you want people to listen to your criticisms, you have to offer something other than criticism occasionally.  This you fail miserably to do.

so in other words no one should listen to your idiotic ubllshi! t whining about feminists and liberals.

[© tweed]

Levee repairs were faked in a Bush photo op. Words fail me that the President would interfere with the actual relief effort to get himself a photo op.

http://landrieu.senate.gov/~landrieu/releases/05/2005903E12.html

The link isn't working for me.

[dazzleman]

If you want people to listen to your criticisms, you have to offer something other than criticism occasionally.  This you fail miserably to do.

so in other words no one should listen to your idiotic ubllshi! t whining about feminists and liberals.

Apparently, retard, you haven't read everything I have written about them.  I have praised certain parts of the overall liberal and feminist agenda.  I am actually part of a minority on this board that supports the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts.  But I wouldn't expect a nitwit like you to have any depth in your understanding of the issues, or the nuances of other people's positions.

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Wow, some no-bid Halliburton contracts. This government is not my government.  the scumbags.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/politics/04halliburton.html

[J. J.]

Wow, some no-bid Halliburton contracts. This government is not my government.  the scumbags.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/politics/04halliburton.html

Wow, according to the article. 

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I had no idea Bill Clinton was involved with KBR.  He was president during most of that period.

As to this not being your government, the only thing I can say is THANK GOD.  We don't need a glacial wasteland where the USA use to be.

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Wow, some no-bid Halliburton contracts. This government is not my government.  the scumbags.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/politics/04halliburton.html

Wow, according to the article. 

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I had no idea Bill Clinton was involved with KBR.  He was president during most of that period.

As to this not being your government, the only thing I can say is THANK GOD.  We don't need a glacial wasteland where the USA use to be.

The Halliburton scandals happened under this adminstration.

[jimrtex]

Levee repairs were faked in a Bush photo op. Words fail me that the President would interfere with the actual relief effort to get himself a photo op.

This doesn't match what Mayor Nagin or Senator Vitter said (both on New Orleans television).

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Levee repairs were faked in a Bush photo op. Words fail me that the President would interfere with the actual relief effort to get himself a photo op.

This doesn't match what Mayor Nagin or Senator Vitter said (both on New Orleans television).

Link?

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BTW, in case people would like to read more about this, there's more information here.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/3/201754/2484