Bush saddened by killer bus blaze

[sabra]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050923/pl_afp/usweatherstormbush_050923153704

Bush saddened by killer bus blaze 18 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush was saddened to hear reports that a bus carrying elderly evacuees fleeing Hurricane Rita exploded into flames, killing at least 20 people, the White House said.

"He was briefed on that this morning in his hurricane briefing. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. We were all saddened to learn of the news," spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.

Local television reported earlier that the bus, carrying passengers from a Houston, Texas, nursing home, burst into flames near Dallas.

Reporter Erin Allen of NBC television affiliate KXAS in Houston said she spoke to a Houston nurse who was one of first responders at scene and managed to help driver pull several people from the bus before three explosions rocked the bus as the oxygen tanks of several passengers caught on fire.

[Supersedeas]

1. Scotty said he was briefed...we are all saddened

[Fla Dem]

13. We're all saddend this idiot is president.

That and a dollar will get you absolutely nothing. It's words, just words.

[Inland]

2. "Now watch this drive." nt

[kostya]

3. He's trying to show that he really, really is paying attention

this time. I wonder if he's also saddened by the traffic jams out of Houston. Hope he doesn't get so saddened that he feels the need to grab for the bottle. - K

[hardrainfallin]

6. we are all drowning in his sorrow. n.t

[Inland]

8. If he could have memorized 24 names, he would have read them off

just to show his chasing after details.

[cliss]

15. He is saddened because this

indirectly hurts his ratings.

He's sad because the public realizes he is completely inept at his job. He doesn't qualify for sorting clothes at a Goodwill Donation center (sorry, GW workers, you're awesome).

He feels bad because all this negative news makes his poll numbers sink like the Titanic, which ultimately spells bad news for Halliburton, KB&R, and others.

NOW we're talking upset.

[iamjoy]

4. How Awful

:cry: :cry: :cry:

And the horrible irony is, Rita is weakening and turning north, so a lot of these Houston evacuations may prove unneeded. That is not a judgement on the evacuation order, because better safe than sorry. Tragically in this case, these people may have been safer riding it out.

Well-constructed buildings should hold up to a category 3 with no or minimal structural damage.

[KyndCulture]

5. how nice, he's sad....

:mad:

[stopbush]

7. "Ya see, the terra-ists see this and think, why can't we git our

car bombs to do that kinda damage? We look at it and think, because you don't control a media that can scare the crap outta people and git 'em into situations like this fer it ta happen in thuh first place! Heh-heh. Heh-heh." - the lying sociopath

[swag]

9. Sounds like a nice excuse to have a Cutty and water wake-me-up.

[AuntieM1957]

11. that sounds pretty good to me, too right now

sitting and waiting for Rita to hit my hometown, Houston.

make mine a Tanqueray and tonic/wake me when it's over.

I think I picked the wrong week to stop drinking.

[melody]

10. I wonder what poor sap had to break the news to His Travesty

[central scrutinizer]

12. somehow he will link it to 9/11 or blame it on Clinton

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[jsamuel]

14. minute by minute updates of the Bush's emotions, here on Yahoo News

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