BUSH TOURS GULF STATES

[mburbank]

From an AP story, interspersed with questions I have



"The storm didn't discriminate and neither will the recovery effort," Bush said. "The rescue efforts were comprehensive. The recovery will be comprehensive."

So in the future, all citizens of the United States, regardless of race
can look forward to going days without food, water or shelter in the
event of a disaster?




Bush said Congress should consider whether the federal government should have more authority to step into disaster areas without a request from the states. "All of us want to learn lessons," he said.

Here's a lesson he can learn: The Governor of Lousianna DID
ask for the federal government to step in, as has been widely
reported by the press. It's shameful he keeps implying they did
not.


Bush rejected suggestions that the nation's military was stretched too thinly with the war in Iraq to deal with the Gulf Coast devastation. "We've got plenty of troops to do both," the president said. "It is preposterous to claim that the engagement in Iraq meant there weren't enough troops."

Why then have we hired Blackwater, a private security firm, to
patrol the streets of New Orleans?

"We're moving on, we're going to solve these problems," he said.

Bush also clarified his now-criticized remark that no one had anticipated the levees being breached. He said he was referring to that "sense of relaxation in a critical moment" when many people initially thought the storm had not inflicted heavy damage on the city.

Leaving aside that fact that's not at all what he said, AND even
if it were, still wrong; this is a Rove scripted fantasy. Over a two
day period I heard and read multiple Govt. flaks insist that 'all
the newspapers were saying New Orleans dodged a bullit'. I
challenge anyone to find a paper that said that. I challenge
anyone to find a paper or news source that even slightly implied
it. The closest anyone comes in saying that the Hurricane was
not as bad as it would have been had it remained a category five.
This is the same strategy the used to make people believe Sadaam
and Bin laden worked together. Repeat, repeat, repeat, and
eventually people will believe you. It's despicable.