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To: Sully- who wrote (62417)9/1/2005 5:22:34 PM
From: abstract  Respond to of 65232
 
"Complacency will no longer suffice, especially if experts are right in warning that global warming may increase the intensity of future hurricanes. But since this administration won't acknowledge that global warming exists, the chances of leadership seem minimal," it said.

Even a conservative paper, New Hampshire's Manchester Union-Leader, took the president to task.

"The cool, confident, intuitive leadership Bush exhibited in his first term, particularly in the months immediately following 11 September 2001, has vanished," it says.

"In its place is a diffident detachment unsuitable for the leader of a nation facing war, natural disaster and economic uncertainty."

news.bbc.co.uk



To: Sully- who wrote (62417)9/1/2005 7:20:41 PM
From: abstract  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 65232
 
Hastert: Rebuilding isn’t sensible
September 1, 2005

WASHINGTON -- It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's seven feet under sea level, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said of federal assistance for hurricane-devastated New Orleans.

"It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed," the Illinois Republican said in an interview Wednesday with The Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill.

suntimes.com



To: Sully- who wrote (62417)9/2/2005 12:29:18 PM
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New Orleans Mayor, in Tears, Blasts Washington's Response

nytimes.com



To: Sully- who wrote (62417)9/2/2005 12:46:42 PM
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LONDON (Reuters) - The world has watched amazed as the planet's only superpower struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with some saying the chaos has exposed flaws and deep divisions in American society.

breitbart.com