9/11 Panel Member Tim Roemer in Democratic Weekly Radio Address: U.S. Could Be Safer

[DeepModem Mom]

9 / 11 Panel Member: U.S Could Be Safer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 7, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al-Qaida is gaining strength and the United States is still not as safe as it should be, former Indiana congressman Tim Roemer said Saturday.

Speaking about a week after failed bombing attacks in Britain, the 9/11 commission member chided Congress and the White House for not taking enough action to secure the country from another attack. Roemer urged lawmakers to move forward on adopting safety measures the commission suggested and asked President Bush not to threaten to veto the proposed legislation.

''Only half of these bipartisan recommendations have been passed,'' Roemer said during the weekly Democratic radio address. ''The White House's execution and funding of them have received failing grades.''...

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Roemer emphasized his belief that al-Qaida is training more people to participate in terrorist activities and that the war in Iraq is ''creating a new generation of jihadists.''

He listed information sharing, infrastructure protection and first responder communication among other domestic priorities to combat these threats. Internationally, he stressed the importance of securing ''loose nuclear material'' and increasing educational opportunities for people in the Middle East.

''We need to fix the logjam in Washington,'' Roemer said. ''We cannot afford to wait any longer.''

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Democrats-Terrorism.html

[flyarm]

1. be quiet roemer..you had your chance..and you did a white wash..

so now stfu!!!!!

you complicit blackmailed pig!

fly

[Doctor_J]

2. A pretty weak-bellied reply to Stupid's attacks

not exactly something that will rally the masses.

[madfloridian]

3. Most of the party leaders don't want to "rally" us.

They would rather we sit contentedly and not question.

I wonder whether it was Reid or Pelosi who picked Roemer? The 3 groups take turns choosing the speaker.

[Doctor_J]

4. The weekly response may be the ONE opportuniy

to regularly rip Stupid to shreds, using particulars and refuting his lies one by one. These abstractions and big views the Dems come up with are useless. HOw about this:

Once again, Mr. Bush is using what a psychiatrist would call projection. He and the so-called conservatives in Congress spent six years looting the treasury to the tune of 6 trillion dollars. Now, just as with the Iraq fiasco, the corruption in his office, his universally distrusted vice-president, and our fractured relations with other countries, he tries to pass the blame away from himself and onto a Dem majority that has been in office only six months. Well, Mr. Bush, as of today your outrageous spending and diplomatic catastrophies are over. The people don't want your extremist agenda enacted, and it's our job to serve their will. Next week you will get a budget that matches the priorities of the American people. If you don't want to signit, you and the reactionarues in the GOP can answer to the voters next year.

Simple, short, and ruthless.