MikeC
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This is what I call the find out how to use the ignore feature of the system. Here's where you can be political if you want or pretty much anything
Personal attacks against other users WILL get you graveyarded, probation, or banned. This forum may be temporary.
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weatherwatcher2
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Posts: 97
Loc: Parrish florida
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gee I guess its Bushes fault too that he didnt fund the dynomax or whatever that stuff is called (stuffing to a diaper) to dissapate hurricanes. Yeah and if Clinton wasnt so worried about his weenie the towers might still be standing. and on and on and on. Bush has dealt with more damn disaster natural, global, and terrorist than any President that ive heard of!
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SOCCERMARK
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I couldnt agree with that more Bush has done more for this country than Clinton ever did think off everything that has gone on since he has become president Clinton was a waste
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Anton Ross
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Loc: Downtown Beaufort Marina, SC
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Well, this is what is wrong with our efforts:
Congressman Can't Get Bush's Attention Because of Communications Problems
By David Pace Associated Press Writer
Published: Sep 2, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of people stranded in two swamped parishes south of New Orleans are just as desperate for supplies as those trapped in the city but can't get the attention of federal disaster relief officials, their congressman said Friday.
And to make matters worse, says Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., he was unable to deliver that message to President Bush during his visit to New Orleans because the president's security detail couldn't clear him to board Air Force One.
After waiting 90 minutes Friday while a U.S. marshal using a satellite phone repeatedly tried, and failed, to contact Bush's plane - located just 300 yards away at New Orleans' Armstrong airport - a disgusted Melancon left.
"After an hour and a half of that, and two hours to get down there, I am now back on my way, without seeing the president, not accomplishing anything in my mind today. I've wasted time while people are dying in South Louisiana," he said in a telephone interview. "It's not personal to the president. It's just that this whole thing has been handled terribly."
Melancon said the communications problems that kept him from meeting with Bush are symptomatic of the problems that have plagued the slow-moving federal response to the devastation left by Hurricane .
In St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes, just south of New Orleans, victims of the hurricane are still waiting for food and water and for buses to escape the floodwaters, Melancon said. And for the entire time Bush was in the state, the congressman said, a ban on helicopter flights further stalled the delivery of food and supplies.
"I thank the president for his visit today, but it was more show than substance," Melancon said. "Frankly, we needed action days ago."
AP-ES-09-02-05 1929EDT
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-Albert Einstein
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kapSt.Cloud
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Loc: Florida
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The mayor of NO met with Bush on Air Force One. I think the mayor takes precedent in the pecking order. Well...Duh! If he didn't go you would be damning him for that. He wasn't going just for the reason you are griping about....no aircraft overhead. But, like all presidents before him, the people of this country expect their leader to make an appearence. Frankly, I don't think they should because of the disruptions and the extra security. When we had our tornados, Clinton showed up. What a mess for traffic. All air traffic was suspended for him, also. Did you complain about that? I doubt it! Poor Bush..damned if he does...damned if he doesn't!
Clinton is going to the shelters...are you going to complain about all the extra security and "supplies" not getting in? I don't think so!
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