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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:32 PM
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Bush Rejects Help from Nations -- How Stupid Is This? VERY
Words escape me:

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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9161198/
Updated: 4:17 p.m. ET Sept. 1, 2005

WASHINGTON - In a dramatic turnabout, the United States is now on the receiving end of help from around the world as some two dozen countries offer post-hurricane assistance.

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However, in Moscow, a Russian official said the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency had rejected a Russian offer to dispatch rescue teams and other aid.

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Offers have been received from Russia, Japan, Canada, France, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, Jamaica, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, China, South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, NATO and the Organization of American States, the spokesman said.

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Still, Bush told ABC-TV: “I’m not expecting much from foreign nations because we hadn’t asked for it. I do expect a lot of sympathy and perhaps some will send cash dollars. But this country’s going to rise up and take care of it.”

“You know,” he said, “we would love help, but we’re going to take care of our own business as well, and there’s no doubt in my mind we’ll succeed. And there’s no doubt in my mind, as I sit here talking to you, that New Orleans is going to rise up again as a great city.”

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9161198/
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metisnation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:33 PM
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1. unreal
it is just totally unreal.
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:39 PM
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5. Look at all those countries..
They want to help now. This is insane.

I'm watching Scarborough and David Shuster and they're trashing the Feds and both states and local governments. Just had a local on saing, "it's a catastrophe, not a disaster. We're being treated like a third world country."

IMPEACHMENT!
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:33 PM
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2. Stupid is, as stupid does....
Our Forrest Gump Resident.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:36 PM
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4. Forest Gump was much more compassionate than
this dick from Texas. And Forest Gump has more common sense!
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:40 PM
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6. Gump would have fed the people, simple solutions. Hungy=food.
Wow, Bush has made some DUers pine for Nixon, Ford, and even Reagan. Now he's made Forest Gump look like a good leader. What an accomplishment.
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:56 PM
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8. I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Bush is
Forrest Gump's Evil Twin....

TC
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:35 PM
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3. Incredibly stupid, but not unpredictable
unfortunately.
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:53 PM
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7. Well...you don't want any Commies balling up the works around here...
When Bush is doing such an outstanding job.


Jesus,get Bush the HELL out of the way and let Russia give it a try.
This is pathetic......
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GainesT1958 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:58 PM
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9. After all..
He's doing such a GREAT job taking care of all of it!:grr:

B-)
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