Bush promises help to tornado victims, asks for donations »
Posted by: coreyspring 1 year, 5 months ago189 Comments Report this Story
President Bush is visiting Enterprise, Alabama, where a tornado smashed a high school Thursday, killing eight teenagers. He pledged aid to victims of the storms. Earlier Bush, who's also going to storm-hit Georgia, said he knew "full well that I'll be seeing people whose lives were turned upside down by the tornadoes. I'll do my very best to comfort them."
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pattif1 year, 5 months ago
Hopefully, for the sake of those people, he will do a better job than he did with Katrina.
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contrast1 year, 5 months ago
The only problem with that assessment is that we KNEW katrina was coming and Nagin never ordered an evacuation prior to it coming. Thats dumb. Tornadoes dont give much if at all any warning. I dont like Bush but lets be fair Nagin orders no evacuation and some how W is responsible for NO? The national guard was called in by nagin a day or maybe even two days after katrina hit...dumb again.
what about the mid west getting hammered by blizzards and feet of snow? Dont they need some sort of emergency money too? Why is it that we always come back to NO? I thought since no state is better than another we should all be on the same level of importance no?
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DanmLiberals1 year, 5 months ago
As soon as I saw this article I knew the Libs would HAVE to bring up Katrina. I mean come on, get over it. Why don't you ever hold the governor accountable. He didn't do jack Shiat either. MAybe it's because he is a Democrat and it would be wrong to hold them accountable. Hypocrites.
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DanmLiberals1 year, 5 months ago
we dont know. do us a favor and go to Iraq to look for it.
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jay611 year, 5 months ago
Bush is a Republican,,, Hes figuring out how to make money of this. How many Repub friends can get contracts and split the money.
If this IDIOT can throw Billions to Iraq than he can throw 100 million to victims in our own country.
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slate1 year, 5 months ago
Albeit the standard sop of the Bush Bash from folks, I wish those any anyone that goes through a natural disaster well and a speedy recovery. My heart goes out to those that have lost loved ones as I'm sure is the same with Bush.
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BravoSierra1 year, 5 months ago
I pray everyone hurt by it, especially the families of children killed and injured find the love and strength to endure.
As for Bush bashing...it's simply holding the person we hired as our chief executive accountable.
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TOD3961 year, 5 months ago
Holding Pres. Bush accountable for a natural disaster? Wow, he sure has a tough job. How can he be held accountable for a tornado, or even a hurricane? Does he not get any benefit of a doubt? If he was so wrong with all of his decision making processes, then someone needs to bring proof of those mistakes out in real time. It is very easy to sit back and find fault after the game is played. but I don't remember anyone here having a more brilliant plan WHILE Katrina was raging. Who here can say they would have done anything differently DURING the hurricane? Bash Bush all you want, but be fair about it. He has made bad judgements and he has made good judgements. He is doing a job. Would anyone who crticizes Bush be willing to have thier own jobs scrutinized to the level Bush's job is monitered? let me know, and we will set up the video cameras and microphones and see just what geniuses we have.
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BravoSierra1 year, 5 months ago
I think you're confused about who the slow thinker is...lol. Hopefully, all the 'good-ole boy' pals he put into offices as political favors have all been about fired by now and hopefully someone competent now has those jobs. Either way Bush made the original mistake...either he assigned slow thinkers or he bought people off with government jobs. Take your pick...stupid or unethical. The commanding officer is responsible for everything his people do or fail to do. He's never off the hook until he's either done the job right, resigned or been fired.
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Amazing11 year, 5 months ago
I wish everyone well. And I hope the system works better for them than it has in the past.
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TOD3961 year, 5 months ago
KelLuv, it is amusing to see you compare Bush and Nagin to Dumb and Dumber and then proceed to slaughter the use of words to get your point across. Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black...
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Seeing Bush wanting to help these people is like seeing the movie DUMB AND DUMBER--staring Bush and Nagan...... (Shouldn't it be starring?)
The less GOVERNMENT is out of this the better.
(The less GOVERNMENT is out of this the better contradicts your original point.) Shouldn't it read: The less Government is involved, the better it will be for the victims.
If I am wrong, and you truly meant those statements, such as staring Bush and Nagin, or actually having less Governmentout of this, whatever this refers to, then I apologize.
Otherwise, retract your statements and go back to school and finish 5th grade.
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Taganan1 year, 5 months ago
engagedbrain - engaged in what? What brain?
The economy certainly improved when corporate taxes were cut. Dividends went up, prices stayed down, employment went up. It seems to work better than the Dems idea of sucking every bit of cash they can from everyone who has any, so they can't invest, can't build businesses and can;t hire employees.
The Dems have plenty of graft and corruption in their history too. Integrity? That varies by the politician. We all try to choose the one we think has the most, unfortunately they seldom get nominated. Forbes would have been good, he was already rich from his publishing business and had good ideas, but he looked odd, parted his hair in the middle and wore a bow tie.
Sometimes there are non-bid contracts because the company that was doing the work was good and reliable and you want them to do the job rather than take a chance on a lower bidder who'll screw it up.
Disengage your brain from left gear and go somewhere.
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BravoSierra1 year, 5 months ago
Bush is sooooooo good at acting...acting sincere and sad and asking people of faith to pray, etc.
I wish he were simply competent and delivered. Fortunately, this is a lot smaller problem that Katrina...closer to a Governor's job than a President's, maybe he can actually deliver...lol.
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david_nwpa1 year, 5 months ago
Maybe prayer will help, but I do not see how prayer puts a roof over someone's head. How does prayer help feed the hungry? Yammering to God is not always the answer. Sometimes it takes good old WORK. Sometimes we humans need to take action and accountability. Let God sort out the details.
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Taganan1 year, 5 months ago
jaem - if Bush goes to a disaster area you call it a photo op, if he doesn't go you would say he doesn't care. If you don't like someone they just can't do anything right.
Now if Hillary went to GA it would be for a photo op, because NY has had its own snow disaster and she should go there in NY as a Senator from NY.
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ONEMEMPHISDUDE1 year, 5 months ago
Sorry Bravo. Katrina was a Governors job, and a Mayors' job..first. They failed, miserably. When The President saw that FEMA wasn't doing its' job, The President did his job, and replaced the FEMA director.
This is not a dictatorship. The President, Dem or Repub does not have total authority over a state. This is not The U.S. Army. As you well know, The Army is not a Democracy, (or even a republic.)
Asking people to pray is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is a virtue. Perhaps, you'd suggest that those people without a roof..wait just a few more years longer while the blame game is played on. I can agree that President Bush is possibly the worst at communicating that I've seen in a long while. I don't however, think he is The Anti-Christ, or that he has no reedeming values.
Katrina. A tough, politically charged disaster. Iraq. A successful War, and a fledgling democracy.
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BravoSierra1 year, 5 months ago
Bush dismantled FEMA before the disaster happened.
Then he shouldn't make promises he can't keep.
He's responsible for management by walking around and for using Key Performance Indicators to ensure that the agencies he's responsible for are capable of responding BEFORE he has to fire anyone. He's not a Human Resources professional, he's the Chief Executive Officer...he should have had a handle on his government's executive functions before Katrina.
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BravoSierra1 year, 5 months ago
The better geopolitical chess player in the Middle East has been the architect of Iran's game play. They will agree to let Iraq settle down and let President Bush appear to have been successful in exchange for certain concessions and increased influence in the region. But the reality is, they've brought us to the negotiating table rather than us bringing them to the table, i.e. the Administration's about face on talks with Iran and Syria.
The idea that Bush did his job by replacing the FEMA director is funny. He got the man posted in the first place when he probably wasn't qualified for the job and he didn't keep his organizational functions on top of FEMA's competence in the first place. Imagine a General waiting until AFTER he's lost the war to fire his Colonels...lol. According to your reasoning firing the Colonels after losing the war would make the General a success...lol.
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BravoSierra1 year, 5 months ago
I see on CNN it says Bush is asking for donations...lol. The most powerful chief executive in the world...and he's asking for donations. P!$$ing away the national treasury on a failed foreign policy, sending the National Guardsmen to Iraq who would otherwise have been available to help with disaster recovery... Maybe he should ask the contractors who failed to complete their jobs in Iraq to use the extra profits they pocketed to come in and rebuild in the US...
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BravoSierra1 year, 5 months ago
No, better yet, he should ORDER the contractors who failed to fulfill their contracts in Iraq to rebuild in these areas and in NOLA...or nationalize their assets. It would get something done, it would hold the contractors accountable and it would solve the problem...but instead he's going to encourage prayer and ask for donations. How worthless.
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BravoSierra1 year, 5 months ago
I enjoy Patton's attitude toward prayer...he prayed everyday...but he also took his jeep miles in front of the Allies front lines, did his reconnaisance, gave appropriate authority, held his commanders accountable and lead by example from the front lines. Bush is willing to take away US citizen's rights...let him nationalize a few fat, dumb and happy contractors and put their asses to work with the millions they were paid for uncompleted reconstruction in Iraq.
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david_nwpa1 year, 5 months ago
Hmm, I am not sure President Bush has the authority to nationalize anyone's assets. Holding contractors liable for their inexcusably slow and inefficient work in Iraq is the right thing to do for that situation. However, it does not solve the immediate need in Alabama, Georgia, and other states hit by the severe weather.
I would rather see people working hard to rebuild rather than the President grandstanding and offering support. Wonder if the money he is promising will arrive as fast as the FEMA trailers did in Louisiana.
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walden31 year, 5 months ago
you remember him saying on national tv that no one could anticipate the levies being breached, and then the video came out of him sitting in some meeting b4 katrina even made landfall with someone saying, 'mr. president the levies may be breached?'
just like non one could anticipate them using planes as missiles while the government was practicing for that exact scenario.
we have a lying sociopath looting stealing pirate for a president, but at least pirates were democratic.
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