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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 01:45 AM
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Burt Bacharach: "Bush had adequate warning of Katrina...worst Prez ever."


Singer/songwriter BURT BACHARACH has attacked US President GEORGE W BUSH for his handling of the Hurricane Katrina rescue operation.

The WALK ON BY star insists America had adequate warning of the horrific disaster which rocked Louisiana and left New Orleans submerged, and yet Bush continued to fund the war against terror instead of protecting his people.

Bacharach, 77, recalls reading newspaper articles months before the hurricane, warning "that (New Orleans) would be engulfed, that people would drown, that bodies would be floating down the road.

"Instead of pushing the funding up, they took most of it away to fight this stupid war, and that's unforgivable.

"I think Bush is just about the poorest president we've ever had. You'd have to go back before I was born to find a worse one."

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/bacharach%20blasts%20bush
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 01:52 AM
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1. He's great :)
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 01:54 AM
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 01:56 AM
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3. "Whatever", what a glorious first post!
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yorgatron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 02:01 AM
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5. we had funding for levees when we had Clinton.
we also had jobs,and a budget surplus,and NOBODY WAS GETTING KILLED!!!
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 02:01 AM
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6. Yes I agree!
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magnolia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 03:28 PM
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20. FEMA worked during the Clinton years.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 02:00 AM
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 02:05 AM
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DELUSIONAL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 02:03 AM
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7. The more people who speak this truth -- it will stick to bushie
Good for Bacharach!

Using his name recognition to tell the truth -- what a concept!
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 02:10 AM
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9. I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya.
I've never heard Burt Bacharach be "political" before.

Good on him!

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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 04:22 AM
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10. Its not only Bush, But his entire Team....Nobody told the man??
what the hell kinda team is THAT??

Or, is that not a LAME EXCUSE......for not responding for 5 days....?

Damn.....
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 11:19 AM
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11. Good for him. Bacharach knows better than to believe in
"promises, promises."

(Sorry, somebody had to say it)
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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 12:06 PM
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12. Always thought his music was bland, bland, bland but now...
I'm going out to buy some o' that eeeeeaaaaasy list'nin!
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 12:10 PM
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13. his music is more jazz based than pop or rock.......takes a brain to
write his music. the lyrics were mostly by Hal David.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/clark2008.htm
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Roy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 01:01 PM
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14. Why Is EVERY observation about Bush an attack?
nt
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 02:13 PM
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15. Can you be more specific? nt
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Roy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 03:28 AM
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23. Sure...
Anytime anyone mentions anything about he or his policies, the media and his other friends immediately calls it an attack.

Burt Bacharach" Bush had adequate warning of Katrina, worst president ever"

That's an observation followed by an opinion. Yet, they call it an attack.

Even when some quote him verbatim, and offers a different view. It's still called an attack.

it seems The media wants to always portray him as an underdog even when he has a congress that denies no request for funding or anything else, federal law enforcement agencies and commissions that whitewash every deed, and an unprecendented court packing operation in progress.

But still they portray every word spoken of him as an attack.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 05:04 AM
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24. Gotcha and agree. nt
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Betty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 02:17 PM
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16. look at EVERY thing he does...
is there any thing to praise?
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 03:16 PM
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17. Not a durn thing far as I can see!
:hi:
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 03:35 PM
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21. I used to ask my RW friend whether Clinton ever did anything good.
He always said "no", which seemed ridiculous to me (and still does). And yet, I would answer exactly that way about the awful "president" we are saddled with now. He seems totally worthless to me.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 03:21 PM
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18. Correction, you'd have to go back before friggin George Washington
to find a poorer prezteldent.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 03:26 PM
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19. hey, you go, dude
good for him, i agree
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 03:38 PM
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22. Thank you Burt
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 05:56 AM
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25. a lot of conservatives
do like 'easy listenin'...and will hear about this

THANKS Burt! (He must still have a heart somewhere).
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