CNN: Bush: "Results are not acceptable"

[BloodyWilliam]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.impact/index.html

President Bush told reporters on Friday that millions of tons of food and water are on the way to the people stranded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina -- but he said the results of the relief effort "are not acceptable."

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NO FUCKING SHIT! And part of it's your fault for not immediately getting your ass in gear and coordinating relief efforts, you bastard!

I hope he burns for this. Bush makes Louis XVI look like FDR.

EDIT: Typo in headline.

EDIT AGAIN: Added URL. *sigh*

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Should be "Bush Response Not Acceptable" - grammar error!

[KansDem]

30. Just abbreviate it to : "Bush not acceptable." (eom)

[indepat]

69. Who and how many are fired will be telling

[JuniperLea]

2. But... but... but...

There was cake to eat and guitars to play and money to be made!

[rodeodance]

3. but he praised the FEDS--

[Roland99]

4. But no one could have predicted jets slamming into levees....or something.

[Botany]

5. No shit

bush you are not acceptable!

[KeepItReal]

6. He was chillin in San Diego and Crawford WHILE PEOPLE WERE DYING

Never forget that.

[rodeodance]

7. I will not. and wish the media would say that.

[KeepItReal]

9. Watch the right media: WWLtv.com and WDSU.com they are local N.O. stations

<eom>

[kestrel91316]

105. Either Today show this AM or NBC news this evening (I forget which

in the blur of things) showed the photo of Bush with the guitar and talked about how people are angry about his behavior on Tuesday.

[eauclaireliberal]

8. "millions of tons"

What the hell is "millions of tons?"

[KeepItReal]

10. They are just throwing out numbers. Just like the tons and tons of WMD

See the resemblance??

[wanpete]

11. I'm sorry, but doesn't the buck stop with the LEADER!

how can he say that the results are unacceptable. It's his country for God's sake. While this tragedy was happening, a CAT 5 hurricane hitting the gulf coast, he vacationed, played golf, visited a resort, strummed a guitar, went to a fundraiser, and ate birthday cake.

I would say that BUSH IS UNACCEPTABLE!

[xxqqqzme]

79. normally the buck does stop w/ the leader

but we currently don't have one of those.

[cliss]

108. He was waiting for some serious casualties.

I have NO doubt Bush was waiting for a lot of people in Louisiana to die. What else can you conclude?

He knew what was happening, I'm sure they kept him updated constantly. And yet he fiddled while N. Orleans sank.

Why should he care? These people are a)not wealthy so he sees no need to help them b) a vast majority of them are probably Dems, so now they're radioactive.

[Ruby Romaine]

12. Bush says relief results 'not acceptable'

WASHINGTON - President Bush, facing blistering criticism for his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, said Friday "the results are not acceptable" and pledged to bolster relief efforts with a personal trip to the Gulf Coast.

"We'll get on top of this situation," Bush said, "and we're going to help the people that need help."

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/12541444.htm

he completely fucks things up & then says it's not acceptable!
he's not acceptable- President Gore (or Kerry) should be in charge.

[graywarrior]

13. Correction: YOU are not acceptable, Mr. Bush

Step down and let Clinton take over.

[demnan]

15. My thoughts exactly.

n/t

[tuvor]

14. We're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna

They should've been gonna-ing a goddamn week ago when they knew this was a TRUE imminent threat.

[RPM_BU]

17. A week ago

This thing was just hitting in the Miami area and forecasted to go into the panhandle of Florida.

[tuvor]

18. Okay. Five days ago.

Surely you're not letting bush off the hook, are you?

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA...
...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-290300-
ASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-
TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE AREA. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE COASTAL MARSHES AND WILL
PERSIST FOR THE NEXT 26 TO 28 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL
ONSET AROUND MIDNIGHT NEAR THE COAST AND BY 3 AM CLOSER TO THE NEW
ORLEANS METRO AREA AND PERSIST FOR 9 TO 15 HOURS. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS
AROUND 175 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA BY DAYBREAK MONDAY.

DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS ONCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ONSET!

$$

LAZ034>037-039-046>049-MSZ068>071-077-290300-
AMITE-ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-
PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST. HELENA-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-
WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE AREA. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE COASTAL MARSHES AND WILL
SREAD NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA AND
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ONSET AROUND 9 PM TONIGHT AND PERSIST
FOR 22 TO 26 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL ONSET AROUND
DAYBREAK AND PERSIST FOR ABOUT 5 TO 10 HOURS. MAXIMUM WIND
GUSTS OF 80 TO 90 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS ONCE TROPICAL STORM

[RPM_BU]

20. So that's when you would want all the relief to enter the city

Just as a hurricane was coming inot the city that would most likely destroy everything you just brought in. Not to mention the people, I guess the relief people should have been in place and just told to ride it out.

[tuvor]

22. The point is bush KNEW. Or should have known. But he was scared

and did NOTHING but continue to hide from Cindy Sheehan at his "ranch".

Why are you giving bush a free pass? You don't seem concerned at all by his inaction. Why?

[RPM_BU]

25. My concern is the inaction of the local officials on the scene

There was complete and utter chaos and confusion. Why didn't they have a plan in place for evacuating the city ? Why didn't they have a plan in place for getting into the city ofter such a disaster. They know the city better than anyone else. But mostly, why in the fuck did they somehow forget to tell FEMA that they had opened up the convention center as a refugee area ?

[mistertrickster]

33. Enjoy your short stay with us, RPM . . .

Then pull up the covers and say "nighty-night."

[tuvor]

46. You shift rationales like bush on Iraq.

"he didn't have a whole week to prepare!"
"You can't send supplies while the hurricane is about to happen"
"It's not bush's fault, it's the local officials!"

I guess you're fine with bush doing exactly what he did in the last week. Sorry, I mean five days.

[Merlot]

66. Look! it's Bob Roberts!

OMG - does that guitar really have apresidential seal????

[lockdown]

74. Looks like it

Stupefyingly unreal if it is. An annihilation of irony.

[cliss]

109. And look at the expression on his face, for God's sake.

He has the look of a Schmoozer, or a Used Car Salesman. Notice, how he's playing the part of a Musician. He gets into it. Loves the feeling of adulation.

Now, notice the adoring woman on the right. See her admiring expression, the LOVE. Bush could turn around and moon her with his butt, and the look would be the same.

[Lasher]

77. Check out the picture, he's not really playing!

That can be none other than a G chord he's trying to hit, but it should be one fret lower!

[Coastie for Truth]

47. Local Government Has to Be Proactive early on

I am not saying that we are anywhere near 100% in the SF Bay Area but after Loma Prieta and the Oakland Hills fires -- we did get our act together.

We have - across the entire Bay Area - a very well organized Program. Including Civil Air Patrol, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Urban Search and Rescuce Corps, Mountain/Wilderness Search and Rescue Corps - as well as good relationships within the Red Vross and Salvation Army colunteers.

We have serious, full time Directors of Emergency Services across the Bay Area who tie things together - and in many communities we have a "Chief Officer" in the Fire and/or Police Department to work full time with the community (NGO volunteers).

In the land of the San Andreas Fault and the Calaveras-Hayward Fault we know a "Big One" is coming.

We live with it -- we plan for it -- we train for it.

And out training is across organixations -- and with the California - and here's a .

[Lochloosa]

23. No....but I expected my* president to be on National TV

telling everyone to take all necessary precautions and to stay in front of that camera all day Monday...telling us it's going to be ok...were on the way. NOT EATING CAKE AND TRYING TO SELL HIS SS PLAN TO A BUNCH OF REPUGS...

9 post..hummm

[RPM_BU]

27. But on Monday

everyone was saying that N.O. was going to be spared the brunt of the storm, and even on Monday afternoon it looked like N.O. was going to be in good shape. It wasn't until late Monday night that the canal started dumping into the city.

[lancdem]

34. Excuses, excuses, excuses, excuses

Just like your "fearless" leader. :eyes:

[Prodemsouth]

37. NO! they said it didn't hit New Orleans as hard as they thought

But the flood waters resulting from the Hurricane were enough to cause the leeves to fail. This is a fact. What is also a fact is your man Bush deverted money from this situation despite pleas from the Army Corp of Engineers and others. Article after pre Katrina article states this even people who worked for Bush claim this is true.

[Prodemsouth]

40. The storm already hit on Monday! Jesus, you people just make

shit up to believe.

[nyhuskyfan]

42. You have to prepare for the worst

The storm slammed Mississippi directly, where probably at least a 1,000 people will end up dead. New Orleans was always in danger -- everyone knew that the levees would be endangered by a massive storm, and the back side of a Category 4.

On Sunday night, everyone feared that new Orleans was about to be hit by a Category 5. We should have had national guard and massive federal relief aid ready to pour in directly behind the Hurricane. If we didn't need them, fine, but they should have been prepared. Not eating cake and strumming guitars in San Diego.

[NRaleighLiberal]

55. You are showing nothing but stupidity and ignorance. remember...

the tsunami...there was NO WARNING for that,yet aid was there much quicker. About not telling FEMA - isn't FEMA watching news?

Empty excuses - there is plenty of blame to go around, but we have a COMMANDER IN CHIEF - somewhere, the buck needs to stop with that morally bankrupt, lost misleader.

Now go away and think about what people are telling you. Engage your atrophied brain, open your eyes.

[SlowDownFast]

62. Wow. Your first coupla posts I just though you were being sarcastic

because I thought "nobody could possibly be that naive".

Now I realize.

If I were you, I'd stop chewing on that shoe in your mouth at least while in public. It's not polite to talk with your mouth full.

edit: oh, by the way, welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.

[uppityperson]

70. On Monday the main storm had passed over and they were worried about levee

They were worried about the water being pushed up against the levee and the levee breaching. They were worried and warning that the worst could still come. Perhaps you watch/read the good-news stations and not the real-news stations. Many people knew and the warnings were still out. Hell, I knew and I'm a middle aged mom on the other side of the country.

[VegasWolf]

85. Guess Bush's God deserted him. nt

[Lochloosa]

118. Bush Played GOLF on Tuesday....get a grip everyone...and I mean

everyone was warning this would happen....why wasn't he in the situation room on SATURDAY...

[lancdem]

24. Maybe Bush should've had second thoughts

about putting a political hack in charge of FEMA. :eyes:

[geckosfeet]

41. No. Supply chain gets set up out of theater. Ready to open up

and respond as storm passes.

Short range (Near immediate response 0-2 days). Food, water, fuel, emergency shelter, communications, medical supplies. That's common sense emergency planning. Most of this would be local with massive federal support.

Mid-range (3-4 days) planning would include things such as building materials, medical facilities, relocation equipment, communication equipment, emergency organization coordination, front line emergency administration (FEMA), equipment specialized for geographic considerations.

Longer range (5-8 days). Build temporary relocation facilities, additional medical facilities, clothing, food and water centers. Refugee camps/centers as required for longer term housing and support.

In this case, pre-disaster planning would have involved adequate maintenance and expansion of all critical levees. Adequate emergency evacuation planning- routes, equipment and manpower for the 100,000 people who have no way of leaving the city.

These are common sense emergency responses. I am sure Cuba, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India could also provide some practical tips for surviving this type of catastrophe given that they are often lashed by hurricanes and hurricane-like monsoons.

[expatriot]

65. It could have been "pre-positioned" just like in other disasters.

Thousands of trucks full of water and medical supplies and food in Arkansas and Texas just waiting to drive in. Every military transport chopper in the states (US military, state ANG) full of supplies ready to fly in immediately.

[uppityperson]

67. How about having it in the area, or even gathered at another place

or how about even contracting with someone in preparation, getting ready to quickly get supplies and personnel if needed? How about not waiting for days to do anything?

[Star]

103. NO, that's when I would want the relief teams

to start being organized. Get the trucks, supplies, and rescue teams ready to move into the city as soon as the hurricane passes. Put them into Texas, into Ok, into Ga. As news comes in of the movement of the eye, move the teams closer and closer to the area where the hurricane will hit, but keep them out of danger.

Is that so hard? Isn't that what SHOULD have been done, so the teams could immediately go into the city once the hurricane had passed?

Of course, how could anyone have predicted a hurricane would hit NO in August? <extreme sarcasm>

[NYC]

110. They should have been waiting in the wings.

No excuse for the hospital ship to be leaving Baltimore on Friday. They could have prepared much sooner.

[jmowreader]

113. There is a way to have relief waiting and not get it killed

Get a map and draw the widest plausible storm track you can. Then you draw another pair of lines 100 miles to either side of the storm track.

Stage half of your collected relief force on either side of the storm. You don't put it all in the same place because sure as shit, the storm would shift 180 miles toward your guys and wipe them off the planet. If you split it, even the worst-case scenario (total devastation of wherever your guys are) will only eliminate half of your relief crews.

After the storm dies down, you're looking at getting aid there within a day, not within a week like George let happen.

[FVZA_Colonel]

116. Instead of that,

planes could have been standing by in Tennesse, Georgia and Texas ready to airdrop food, water, and medicine in, and relief convoys could have already been assembled and waiting in the northern parts of Lousiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

[Olney Blue]

107. Good point.

Guess "Category 4 Hurricane" is fairly vague, a little bit like "Osama Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S."

[supernova]

16. He needs to accept all the overseas offers of help

fuckwad.

[Hobarticus]

19. That implies failure...

..and we all know how hard a time he has coming to grips with his own shortcomings. Someone else usually suffers because he can't call 'no joy' and accept reality, but when has he ever had to deal with reality? Daddy's friends always fixed everything.

The man's completely mentally incapable of handling this.

[habitual]

36. i have a vision in my head

of someone running up to bush and asking what to do for some particular situation and bush standing there looking dumb, looking all around for one of his advisors to tell him what to do.

In my mind this man is completely unable to do anything or make any decision about anything important.

[Atman]

21. "Sit in the corner! A time out for you!"

What a fucking child.

[madokie]

26. I hope nobodys holding their breath down there.

We'll get on top of this situation, Yea, sure mr asshole breath

[Coastie for Truth]

28. Where is Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" desk plate?

Who appointed Chertoff, Mike Brown, and and Pat Rhode.

Chertoff is a trial lawyer. Now while trial lawyers can try cases - can they manage an Emergency Response and Public Safety Department?

Brown and Rhode - GOP political hacks.

I have had enough of "Idiot Son's" shirking responsibility.

[krkaufman]

29. I was bubbling over on the way to work this morning...

... listening to just 10 minutes of a call-in program on Wisconsin Public Radio (on business in Northwest Milwaukee 'burbs). There was a laissez-faire moderator and two guests; it sounded like each guest represented the Right and Left.

I was stunned at the quantity of propaganda, misinformation and emotional labelling the Bushcovite was able to spew within the 10-minute commute from my hotel to the office.

- Repealing the tax cuts to pay for the 10.5B relief package was unnecessary. The money could easily be found within some other program(s). And neither the moderator or supposedly-Left guest pointed out that it was just that method of government that had led to what we're seeing in New Orleans, LA, MS & AL: Bush robbed FEMA of funds, and demoted and deconstructed it. FEMA, itself, has been hit by a disaster -- Bush -- and is apparently ineffectual.

- It's "class warfare" to suggest repealing the tax cuts "for the rich" or to return the estate tax to its previous level. Ummm... Take a look at New Orleans and tell me that's not a result of the wealthy's warfare against the poor.

Aaaagh. I could go on, but need to get to work. So that I can help fund the slaughter of Iraqis, and second and third homes for my masters.

[cascadiance]

31. Words, words... Meaningless words! Someone needs to be fired!

Either he needs to announce Chertoff's bering fired as being inept in his command of FEMA or fire himself and resign NOW!

If he does neither, then these words mean NOTHING! Someone needs to be held accountable for this criminal negligence! This is a pattern that has continued from day one of his administration. He continually gives us excuses and never holds anyone accountable for his messes!

[silvermachine]

63. What I'm afraid of is....

...that they put this hack in charge of FEMA and allowed him to "prove" that this long despised (by the GOP, that is) agency needs to be eliminated because it is incompetent. Have to give Bushco credit you know; the GOP always has railed about the evils and ineffectiveness of "big government" and they are certainly proving their point...

[cascadiance]

102. Then why can't we do the same with Health Insurance, huh?

They've certainly PROVED that they've been incompetent too, haven't they? We've got one of the most inefficient health care systems in the world! OHH WE CAN'T DO THAT! The government would be worse wouldn't they! Pardon while we go back to worshipping private industry!

[kestrel91316]

106. Well, along those lines, wasn't it Grover Norquist who said

"we intend to shrink government down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub"? Looks like they have just about succeeded. Including the drowning part.

[tinrobot]

35. Not acceptable is exactly right

The buck stops on his desk.

He needs to apologize personally to the country, then resign.

[Javaman]

39. so who's pointing fingers now, scotty????

mr. I don't take responcibility for anything* appears to be doing just that, pointing fingers at everyone else except himself*. he was the one that cut aid, he was the one that cut FEMA, he was the one that sent 60% of LA's NG to Iraq, he was the one that cut funds to the Army corp of engineers, he was the one that cut homeland security funds, and he is now trying to get to the bottom of this colossal fuck up? He hired his cronie buddy to head HLS!!! Didn't this asshole* say once something to the effect about trying to debate himself*???? well here we are, he's* talking into a mirror!!!

I hate him*, wait a colossal fuck up he* has revealed himself to be.

[atreides1]

78. Not just Bush

The President can only ask for budget cuts, it's the Congress that passes the bills.

And the Republicans control both houses, so they with the open eyed assistance of some DINO's cut the funding, Bush just signed what they
approved.

So, once again the blame for the cuts in funding are as much the fault of Congress as they are Bush's.

[Javaman]

112. Very true, but he also didn't have to sign them, either.

[FighttheFuture]

57. Bush is smart, in an evil way, he senses that the next crowd will be...

at his front door, ready to give him the Mussolini treatment!

Fuck You, George!

[triguy46]

72. Aw, bite me... n/t

[Betsy Ross]

73. PLEASE MR. BUSH

Don't come. Don't waste any resources, human or otherwise to go siteseeing. All security personnel could be better employed helping survivors. Use AF1 to fly people from the area to other states where they can be cared for by local communities. Remember how scarce and valuable the fuel for AF1 is; use it to rescue the helpless.

Well, that is what I would tell *!

[stevietheman]

81. So he actually thinks his photo-op "personal trip" will magically...

make things better? Folks, this mother f**ker should be fired.

[jackbourassa]

83. File this under "Duh!"

Bush is a moron.

[SunDrop23]

84. WHEN BUSH? WHEN WILL YOU GET ON TOP OF IT?

Next week?
Next month?

How many more people have to die?

Why don't you just admit that you'll never be on top of anything?!?!?

You are not different from the terrorists that you are supposedly fighting in your war on terror.

[ucmike]

96. isn't he the guy who ran on "personal accountability"

in 2000.

he's got that "deer in the headlights" look that i remember from the morning of 9/11. that look that says, "why is everyone looking at me, ask Karl."

[goforit]

32. Watching those Nat'l gard stand around and do nothing is pathetic!!

People need help, but no one is taking initiative to quaranteen
the sick and soliciting the strong to care for those in need.

Yah...waiting to take "ORDERS".

Watching this "Martial Law" is a joke!!!
All they do is stand around and wait till they can shoot at
something or much less at some one.

Oh and then.....you have actors playing like they are real
journalist in the media and pretend they really care about these people.
They just wanna play the part and look pretty at the same time!!
They're vultures!!

Yep.....I am convinced that man has not even achieved passed the neandreathal age!!!

(Blowing off steam again):argh:

[rocktivity]

38. They need million of tons of SHELTER and HOUSING

millions of cars, planes, trains, and buses to transport them to the shelter and housing, and millions of dollars to help get back on their feet.

GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THERE!!!!!

:mad:
rocknation

[killbotfactory]

43. "Let them eat the dead"

Worst. President. Ever.

[Javaman]

44. Lead, follow, or get the fuck out of the way!!!

He we go again folks, the blame game time!!! This whiny* mofo will do anything within his* power not to take responcibility for his* actions. I have never in my life, seen anyone* pass the buck so damn quickly. It's like he's* playing a global game of hot potato. He* does everything he can to get the stink off of him* as quickly as possible, perhaps if he did his* fucking job, there wouldn't be any stink, but then again, I'm asking for a miricle.

colossal failure*

[Javaman]

45. dup

[MrBenchley]

48. The Buck Stops....Somewhere WAY-Y-Y Over There....

What a disgrace this incompetent turd is.

[Ganja Ninja]

49. Just this.

:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

[warrens]

50. As a guy from the Kennedy School at Harvard said last night...

We're seeing everything they've done since 9/11 live on TV. And it's a miserable failure. If this had been a terrorist attack, it would have been a huge success.

[Child_Of_Isis]

51. Bush doesn't "do" anything.

He expects others around him to do it for him. As they say...there is no leadership.

[lebkuchen]

52. master of the understatement

It took him five days to figure it out.

[Teaser]

53. They are YOUR RESULTS, clown.

Get this guy a rubber nose and some floppy shoes.

[anotherdrew]

54. "no one could have anticipated that the buck would stop anywhere near me"

well, it's not like he's in charge or anything.

where is the hell is dick chaney?

[Massachusetts]

56. "are not acceptable."

Remeber the Maine, Remember The Alamo, Remember 911,

Remember Katrina and OUR Governments RESPONSE. DON'T FORGET TO VOTE.

[nini]

58. WHO THE FUCK IS IN CHARGE HERE???

GET HIM THE FUCK OUT IF HE CAN'T CUT THE JOB.


Jesus Christ..... unbelievable.....

[FighttheFuture]

59. . Bush is smart, in an evil way, he senses that the next crowd will be..

at his front door, ready to give him the Mussolini treatment!

Fuck You, George!

[librechik]

60. He really swallowed & buried that little remark

reminds me of the time he said "We have no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in the 9/11"

[budkin]

61. Bush, you are not acceptable.

Oh, you think? Well you are the leader of this country and it is because of your policies that this situation has been handled so poorly. In fact this disaster has shown once again what an incompetent joke of a leader you are. What were you doing the day after this happened? Playing guitar and going golfing that's what. Remember 9/11, sitting in that classroom with the dumbfounded look on your face? People are dying down there. Children are dying. They have no water and no medical care and you are spewing PR and talking points and having press conferences. Do something for Christ's sake!

[SlowDownFast]

64. That statement is tantamount to admission of guilt.

What a fucking idiot.

[MalibuChloe]

68. he doesn't realize that it's HIS responsibility!

god i hate him.

[subutane]

71. Damien...this is for you damien.....

So which of Bush's lap dogs will be falling on the guillotine to try and distract people from the fact that Mr. Bush screwed over America again?

Isn't it time for impeachment?!

[Tight_rope]

115. Way past time for impeachment....Prison or Death are more

"acceptable" choices.

[ismnotwasm]

75. Not acceptable?

These are the words he uses when a great city and it's people are dying? And I see the poster above who seemed to feel that this wasn't anticipated. Well it was. Just like the Earthquake that will happen in Seattle at some point, except we knew this beautiful American city was directly in a hurricanes path. We knew the levee's wouldn't hold. We knew. And we have this--thing in office who is so incompetent he shouldn't be trusted to run a small grain and feed store much less a country. My only solace is that he will go down as the worst president in history. Oh, New Orleans. I can only cry.

[nini]

76. WOW... I finally agree with him on something

.

[Eurobabe]

80. Rinse, lather, repeat

[Geo55]

82. Not acceptable

YES, MAKE YOUR FAILURES PLAIN....WILL IT PLAY.....JESUS....I DON'T MAKE MISTAKES....TRENT LOTT'S HOUSE WILL BE REBUILT...WHAT THE FUCK TO YOU PEOPLE EXPECT......the good people will try to make it right.
If people don't realize that the "government" is not looking after their best interests....I dunno....oh yea, most of them are black folks.........but shit...what about the OIL INFRASTRUCTURE?

[0rganism]

86. "...so we'll just be dismantling FEMA and contracting with Halliburton."

"After all, we gotta have some accountability here."
:crazy:

[Maggie_May]

87. Please vote

http://www.cnn.com/
Has President Bush done enough to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina?
Call email write your Representatives and let them know what you think they need a ear full. We must make this administration accountable for there incompetence.

[bertha katzenengel]

89. 80% say NO. First somewhat good thing I've seen all day.

:banghead:

[Tennessee T]

88. Acceptable?

The little Texas 'piss ant' president is not acceptable. He shouldn't be allowed to breath the same air as these poor people. One thing that needs to stop. These human beings are not refugees. Reporters need to stop calling them that. They are Americans from Alabama, Missippi and Lousiana. They are our brothers, sisters, fathers and mothers.
Bush and his gang are despicable!

[Dr Fate]

90. Mr. Bush- YOUR results are not acceptable.

Bush is a lying traitor- that is all there is to it.

[Historic NY]

91. Mr. Bush could I have your resignation now........

and the heads of Brown & Chertnoff on sticks. You and your entire ilk are not acceptable. * a miserable failure for a leader.

[holeinthedonut]

92. You guys obviously don't understand that the oil companies have

had their hands full and haven't had time to tell Bush what to do.
This emergency has dispruted their attention but they're getting the rigs back on line and can how get control of the puppet president so we can restore democracy or whatever the fuck they decide to tell us they're restoring.

[NYC]

111. Welcome to DU, holeinthedonut.

As you ramble on through life,
Whatever be your goal,
Keep your eye upon the doughnut,
And not upon the hole.

:hi:

[WoodyD]

93. On CNN . . .

I went to add my vote to the CNN "has Bush done enough" poll and was so disappointed that all I could do was vote no and not "JEBUS HOLY FUCKING SHIT NO!"

And there, at the top of the page, was Dubya kissing a woman who'd been through the Biloxi storm in the most repugnant photo op since "Mission Accomplished."

It's not surprising that the "No" votes were leading the poll with 80%, but I despair that 20% could actually vote yes. Thousands of people left with no food, water, medicine or shelters, bodies in the streets being gnawed on by rats, children and elderly dying for lack of something as simple as drinking water . . . well, he had guitars to play, birthday cake to eat, and the helicopters and guardsmen are busy with that Iraq thing.

Hell needs another, deeper circle added to it for this bastard.

[Up2Late]

94. Here's the Reuters Report

Katrina response unacceptable-Bush
Fri Sep 2, 2005 12:31 PM ET

By Steve Holland

MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - President Bush, facing scathing criticism of the government response to Hurricane Katrina, conceded on Friday it had been unacceptable as he visited the ravaged Gulf Coast and flooded New Orleans. "Where it's not working right, we're going to make it right," Bush said. "We are going to restore order in the city of New Orleans."

En route to the area, White House spokesman Scott McClellan pointed specifically to the security situation at the New Orleans Convention Center where thousands of hungry, thirsty and homeless people have gathered in search of help. "We're all disturbed by the images," McClellan said. "It's terrible to see human suffering like this and that's why we need to make sure we get help to those people." Bush said the destruction looked "as if the entire Gulf Coast were obliterated by the worst kind of weapon you can imagine."

He spoke as criticism mounted of his administration's response to likely the nation's worst natural disaster, including the adequacy of its funding for New Orleans' levees and its readiness for the disaster. Concerns were also growing over the U.S. economy as gasoline prices surge above $3 a gallon....

(clip)

...Back in Washington, congressional black leaders said the black and poor population of New Orleans was suffering disproportionately. "In the last 140 or so hours we have witnessed something shockingly awful, and that is the lack of response, a quick response, from our government to those Americans who are suffering or dying," said Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., son of the civil rights leader....

<http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=9548233&src=rss/topNews>
(more at links above)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

95. Now you're starting to get it Georgie...

Quit now before it gets more unacceptable.

[Megahurtz]

97. So he's going to put the blame on someone else?

Nice Try, Dude.

[Noxmtbnk]

98. "fiddling while Rome burns"

n/t

[neuvocat]

99. That's a creative way to shift the blame.

Of course he still ends up blaming himself in the process and thinks that people won't catch it. He's a dumb shit.

[Lisa]

100. that's just about the only area where he shows a spark of creativity ...

Putting the blame on others, and getting them to cover for him. He is pretty advanced at those kinds of things (no wonder, since he's been putting much of his effort into them for more than 5 decades). What a leader!

[truthisfreedom]

101. that quote "are not acceptable" does not appear in the news link you poste

d.

perhaps the story has been changed, but it is not there now.

[MellowOne]

104. His behavior was not acceptable

He played golf today???

[Tight_rope]

114. Just when I couldn't push him lower into the ground...he digs 2ft. more!

[Paradise]

117. *SH*T!!!

The BUCK stops with him OR, more appropriately, The F*CK starts with him!!!