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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (30774)	10/20/2004 11:58:23 AM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bush allowed Saudi terrorists to murder 3,000 innocent Americans. Why did he do that?

To: longnshort who wrote (30774)	10/20/2004 11:58:26 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bush failed to protect us from the hideous outcome of 9/11. Yet he stood on ground zero, reduced to ashes by his contributory negligence and championed himself for this catastrophe.

To: longnshort who wrote (30774)	10/20/2004 12:19:22 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The terrorists back Bush 100%. Meanwhile, back in the states, Bush is failing to protect this country: Despite a 2002 warning to Congress by 27 state attorneys general about the potentially catastrophic consequences of an attack on a nuclear plant, the group said, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and industry interests have scuttled legislation designed to increase nuclear-plant security, and the administration has done little to rectify nuclear plant-security gaps identified last year by the General Accounting Office, now known as the Government Accountability Office. “This president and Congress are not getting the job done,” Claybrook said at the press conference. The Bush administration, she said, relies too heavily on voluntary industry measures. She called for more regulations to ensure that all companies with sensitive sites take steps to secure facilities and protect people living nearby. “There ought to be regulations so all the companies involved are on an equal footing and they all have to take these steps,” she said. Homeland Security sets priorities as a function both of security vulnerabilities and of information about terrorist threats, and Public Citizen focused mainly on the former. Greenpeace spokesman Rick Hind, also present at the press conference, questioned the administration’s ability to set priorities based on threats. “After 9/11, are we going to rely on intelligence to harden these facilities in some way?” he asked of the sensitive sites mentioned in the report. As one example of relevant threat information, Claybrook added, “The CIA has identified trucks and trains as a potential for terrorists — not to have to bring chemicals into the country, but actually to just take them.” nti.org