CNN doing a preview of the shrub's speach. They have excerpts and it

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

starts with being prepared and then used terra, terra and terra.....

[DemsUnited]

1. Sounds like pressure on CITIES to be prepared for disaster

CITIES need to have evacuation plans, provisions, etc. etc. Sounds like he's punting responsibility for any kind of national disaster response down to cities and states.

Asshole.

Cities & states will be screaming bloody murder tomorrow. They barely have money to pay for everything else Feds pile on 'em -- Homeland security, no child left behind, etc.

[Cleita]

10. I think it's time the states started keeping the federal taxes

collected under FIT, to pay for all these additional burdens that the federal government doesn't pay for anymore.(Let FICA through though as it is needed for the Social Security and Medicare programs.) Why should we keep letting them line their pockets with taxpayer's money that needs to pay for the needs of the people?

Orrrr, since the richest 1% are getting all the tax breaks, start taxing them at the state or even the city level, on income, property and inheritance.

[Jawja]

13. Another

unfunded mandate?

:eyes:

[DemonFighterLives]

2. No, not more terra please

Anyone have the bingo cards ready.
:beer:

[faithnotgreed]

4. watch out for alcohol poisoning tonight

[DemonFighterLives]

17. If I abstain from the speech I can save brain cells in two ways

I won't have to drink as much and won't have to hear the language garbled.
I sure as heck don't want bush reforming FEMA and Homeland blah, blah anymore.
Ah that reminded me of a song by Queen -Radio Gaga . I think I'll go dig out Queens greatest hits for tonight.

[faithnotgreed]

22. im listening to doobie brothers right now

but yes it does sound wise to just skip the lies tonight altogether
they will trumpeted as a triumph in all likelihood anyway

enjoy queen - im a big fan

[DemonFighterLives]

26. And you enjoy your Doobies

Being the good dem that I am, I'll probably have to take a peek at the knuckster. I can usually get his drift in about 2 seconds and only can watch him grind his teeth so long as well.

[faithnotgreed]

31. you are a better dem than i am

of course im green party though

it may help if you dont sit too near the tv and that way you wont be as tempted to punch it

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. New Orleans had an evacuation plan

and it worked better then anyone expected.

We don't need no more stinkin BushCo plans. We just need them all to shut the fuck up and go on a permanent vacation. I'm sick and tired of Bush the Slacker telling everyone else what to do.

[DemonFighterLives]

19. I agree completely with your sentiments

:hi:

[leftchick]

5. dupe

:puke:

[leftchick]

6. how predictable

:puke:

[LSparkle]

7. Pass me the bottle

Drinking games anyone?

[spuddonna]

23. I'm in...

Everytime he sez 'terra', freedom, hard work, Iran, or Roberts, that's one shot...

We may need some ambulances by the time this is done... ;)

[LSparkle]

24. Not to mention "state and local authorities"

I'm sure he'll start playing the "blame game" himself tonight.

[spuddonna]

28. And that just goes to show what an absolutely disconnected fool he is n/t

[Halliburton]

8. karl's fingerprints

Fitzgerald and members of the grand jury, your country is calling on you to finish off Karl once and for all.

[tibbiit]

9. So once again the question is

What have they (bush) been doing for 4 years to make us safer?
This question should be on everyones lips.
What have they been doing? (we know not much)

tib

[Sydnie]

18. Sounds like a call for the DU Activists to begin writing LTTE's

Asking that very thing. Just what HAVE they been doing all this time and with all that money? Reminding them that NONE of us feel any safer and we are tired of the Boy Who Cries Wolf act. The Wolf came and ate us all. The End.

[colbushwhacker_2000]

11. How much more

must we endure before Bu$h is out of office ?

The time is close at hand when we must begin a serious and concentrated effort to reclaim our country !

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

12. I'd be willing to bet...

...this speech will be largely ignored. People won't sit and listen to a known liar---it's too self demeaning.

[qanda]

14. Don't let them do Katrina the same way they did 911

Katrina should be the Liberals rallying cry not the neocons. We should be screaming for a minimum wage increase and healthcare for all. And those should just be the beginning of our demands. Please don't the criminals have their way with the aftermath of Katrina.

[jackstraw45]

15. Will there be a song?

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. Bad, bad, bad move on his part. People in the Gulfcoast are still

without food and water and he wants to talk terra? NOT SMART. I think people want to hear how he's going to fix this major fuck up HE CREATED.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. So, he wants to see his approval ratings dip even lower?

Hasn't he sank in the polls each time he's made an official speech for the past year? Hasn't the theme of each of those speeches been TERRA!™ You'd think they'd try something new this time if they wanted to perk up his sagging numbers.

Proof that Karl isn't a genius. He doesn't get it that people don't jump anymore when he goes 'boo'. :eyes:

[NightOwwl]

21. Once again, he talks AT the American people...

instead of TO the American people. It will be his usual patronizing, talk to us like we are children speech.

WMD's and terror. Blah-blah-blah. Jeez, he is going to be in the 20's by the time he finishes.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

27. I heard that the speech won't be before a live audience

Can you imagine what the folks in the French Quarter would do if they were allowed within range of the Shrub?

He's speaking from the French Quarter-wonder if he's visited the bar that never closes to buck up his courage.....

[agates]

25. Abrams on MSNBC hit a few quotes, too

Some kind of weaselly language about taking responsibility. Then Abrams interviewed Joe Scarface to ask if was good enough. Joe said no, everyone -- Mayor, Governor, and President needs to say straight out that they screwed up and what they will do to correct it. He called the Mayor "overwhelmed" and the Governor "clueless." I can't remember the exact words he used about the federal response but he wasn't any more positive about that than he was the local and state response. Joe got in a crack about weak apologies sounding like Bill Clinton in the 90's. Abrams called Joe an equal opportunity insulter.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

29. He is going to talk about preparedness in case of a terror attack, nuclear

attack and then last, natural disaster.

They also mentioned how he will come up with plans for rebuilding. I think someone said in a DU post that Turd Blossom will handle that. That's once again having the wolf protect the hen house.....

[DemonFighterLives]

30. I saw Governor Blanco accepting Full responsibility earlier today

It now seems a race to see who can accept the most blame instead of avoiding it. I'm sure shrub will let her go ahead and take the most blame.