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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (66232)	9/2/2005 12:25:15 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Bushies ignore reality. That is a problem. Bush has turned out to be the head-in-the-sand can't do president. He was warned about 9-11, the quagmire in Iraq and FEMA warned him about New Orleans, but what did he do in each case, ignored reality. So it's no wonder Bushies on threads ignore the warnings of others. I, on the other hand, don't have anyone on ignore. I am fully willing anhd able to hear and consider any opinion, facts or criticism. Bushies should start doing this as well, and they are. Yesterday for instance, Joe Scarborough said the federal government has disgraced the people and let us down, so do not vote for anyone who did not see this coming. Bill O'Reilly said it's time for windfall profits taxes on monpolistic oil companies. Of couse CHuck Hagel has already said that Bush-Cheney are completely out of touch with reality. So now we know the problem - Bushies out of touch with reality and ignoring reality.

To: steve harris who wrote (66232)	9/2/2005 12:25:25 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Try this timeline on for size. In January of 2001, George W. Bush appointed Texas crony Joe Allbaugh to head FEMA, despite the fact that Allbaugh had exactly zero experience in disaster management. By April of 2001, the Bush administration announced that much of FEMA's work would be privatized and downsized. Allbaugh that month described FEMA as, "an oversized entitlement program." In December 2002, Allbaugh quit as head of FEMA to create a consulting firm whose purpose was to advise and assist companies looking to do business in occupied Iraq. He was replaced by Michael D. Brown, whose experience in disaster management was gathered while working as an estate planning lawyer in Colorado, and while serving as counsel for the International Arabian Horse Association legal department. In other words, Bush chose back-to-back FEMA heads whose collective ability to work that position could fit inside a thimble with room to spare. By March of 2003, FEMA was no longer a Cabinet-level position, and was folded into the Department of Homeland Security. Its primary mission was recast towards fighting acts of terrorism. In June of 2004, the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for levee construction in New Orleans was cut by a record $71.2 million. Jefferson Parish emergency management chief Walter Maestri said at the time, "It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay."