Bush Insists Help Is On The Way

[cyberpj]

Bush insists help is on the way

George Bush said now was not the time to touch down in New Orleans
US President George Bush has admitted there is "frustration" at the speed of the relief effort following Hurricane Katrina's hit on the Gulf Coast.

"I fully understand people wanting things to have happened yesterday. I mean I understand the anxiety of people on the ground... So there is frustration but I want people to know there's a lot of help coming," he said in an interview with ABC television.

He said the operation being mounted was one of the biggest in US history, and inevitably took time to get under way.

"I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. They did appreciate a serious storm but these levees got breached and as a result much of New Orleans is flooded and now we're having to deal with it and will," he said.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4204754.stm

[Bob3]

1. Everybody anticipated the breach of the levees

it was why New Orleans wanted more money this year to shore them up so they would hold in case of a major hurricane.

God what a fuck wit.

[cyberpj]

4. And it's very well documented here in umpteen articles. Will media ask

about that comment?

Hah.

[Streetdoc270]

33. well to be fair

no one expected planes to be used a missiles either :sarcasm:

[cyberpj]

39. It's obvious to me that their handling of this emergency is PROOF

that they knew about 9/11.

Seems they were quite ready for that.

[VegasWolf]

41. God personally told Bush that no levee would break. That is why Bush

stayed on vacation making senseless speeches about "progress" in Iraq.

[Racenut20]

2. Neva Fear...Shrub is Near..

Shrub and Jebbie B Thar soon wit a baggie of ice, just like in Florida.

[Bozita]

3. That's what he told the military in the runup to Election 2000

"Help is on the way!"

[calimary]

12. Yeah, thanks george.

Keep it. That kind of help we don't need.

[0007]

27. ....gottta have that ice. My God, this is amazing and beyond belief

[phantom power]

5. Yeah, it sure is "frustrating" to die from exposure, lack of water,

disease, unavailable medical care...

[cyberpj]

18. They dropped MREs and water to tsunami victims faster didn't they?

Jesus!

[phantom power]

22. Yeah, although this is probably logistically harder.

The tsunami waters receded quickly. By the time they were dropping supplies, people could easily get to them. N.O. is a big toxic lake, and it will be hard for the survivors to locate and acquire dropped supplies.

This is a real mess. There is probably no substitute for brute-force search/rescue via boat and helicopter.

[cyberpj]

26. many thousands had collected at the non-flooded convention center

no one met them, no one told them what was happening, no MREs and NO WATER!

[JustSayNO 2 Sheeples]

29. BS

The people who are being interviewed at the convention center are on dry land. How the hell hard can it be to load a chopper with supplies and drop them outside the convention center???????

I am truly convinced we are seeing an ethnic cleansing right here on our shores.

How dare these homos have sex on Bourbon Street and sinners show their tits in the french quarter! :sarcasm:

edited typo

[phantom power]

30. I agree with that. It's unforgiveable.

[Lochloosa]

34. So what!....Just drop them. I'm sure they will figure a way to reach them

And my anger is not directed at you.

[indepat]

6. Everyone knew those levees could be breached, yet funding was cut

from hurricane-protection projects. Yet few if any supporters will hold this Administration accountable as the idolatrous throngs will continue to chant: four more years, four more years.

[gratuitous]

7. Wasn't that John Kerry's campaign slogan?

"Help is on the way"?

What a brain-dead poor excuse for a human being. No one could have "anticipated the breach of the levees." What nonsense! Every time these incompetents get caught with their pants down, they retreat to the "no one could have predicted this" excuse, which I might find acceptable from a three-year-old, but which I find totally unacceptable from an allegedly grown man.

Not only was a levee breach predictable, it was a dead certainty according to the engineers and other experts who work on these things. They've been crying for funding for years, but Bush's tax cuts and elective wars drained the Treasury.

[calimary]

14. Damn I like the way you write! WELL PUT, yet again.

"As an American taxpayer, I paid for this. I want to see what I got for my money."

[gratuitous]

16. Thank you - you are too kind

A few years at DU can sharpen up anyone. That is, if it can sharpen up the likes of me.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. The only damn help will be in 2006 or 2008. Until then, we're &*)^%$

As long as this administration is in power, we are screwed.

[JimmyJazz]

9. Help should have already been there.

:(

[rodeodance]

11. I see this interview as hiding --staying safe.

[wanpete]

17. AMEN!

[Rose Siding]

10. And if they DID anticipate the breach, I fired 'em. heh heh

:grr:

[calimary]

13. "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees"?????

He didn't see the research? He didn't see the appeals for funding? He didn't hear the repeated calls for shoring up the levees? Too busy riding his bike or falling off his Segway?

Just reminded me of Contradicta's pathetic mewling "NO one could have IMAGINED planes flying into tall buildings..." with her eyelashes batting furiously.

No, it was YOU who didn't anticipate the breach of the levees, ASSHOLE. EVERYBODY ELSE DID!!!! Your cheap-ass, penny-wise/pound-foolish lordship would rather squander our treasury in your black hole in Iraq. Same leadership and far-sightedness and shrewd management that led your three oil companies into bankruptcy.

OUT, george. OUT NOW!!!!!!!!

Visualize IMPEACHMENT!!!!!
Pass it on...

[Rose Siding]

15. Just as no one anticipated that planes could be used as weapons

He's aiming for some of that IM-plausible deniability.

[Orion The Hunter]

19. Help is on the way...

Just too bad its way late. But hey, all of you survivors just hang on a bit longer and pray that it gets to you.

[Triana]

20. He was on VACATION and didn't want to deal with it in a timely

manner! The responsibility for the lack of planning and resources and resource management in a situation like this belongs DIRECTLY at the feet of the US President.

ANY OTHER LEADER would have been back at work ON FRIDAY giving ORDERS for preparations, planning, and rescue and would have been in or over NO on MONDAY to survey the damage - NOT WEDNESDAY!

They KNEW this thing was a CAT 5 and they KNEW WHERE IT WAS HEADED on Friday!

Aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggghhh! Is this man BRAIN DEAD?

[MO_Dem]

21. Bush is LYING!

I don't believe help is on the way!

[damntexdem]

23. No one anticipated getting caught underfunding flood control.

And now we promise that help is on the way, too little and too late.

[arwalden]

24. He Said The SAME THING To The Military When He Was A Candidate

He lied then... he's lying now.

[VegasWolf]

25. "i UNDERSTAND people want things yesterday.." duh, you mean like

during the PLANNING stage while you were on vacation you
retarded asshole.

[JustSayNO 2 Sheeples]

28. "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."

BECAUSE YOU FUCKING IGNORED the experts, you fucking chimpanzee! You need to go share a fucking tent at Gitmo, you rat bastard.

[underpants]

31. IT'S YOUR *JOB* TO ANTICIPATE THE BREACH OF THE LEVEES

It is someone's job. Were you not aware of this storm? Did you forget about it once it passed Florida?

[katty]

32. once again bush proves over and over he's a spoiled,lying

BASTARD.

[deadparrot]

35. Just like freedom's on the march? nt

[Ezlivin]

36. When oh when will we get a fucking LEADER?

Have Americans' standards slipped so low that they can continue to accept this ass-clown as a genuine leader?

If he doesn't have someone bail him out or tell him what to say and do, the "man" is completely without a clue.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. "Bush Insists Hell Is On The Way"

[AspenRose]

38. Is he resigning?

Because that's the best kind of help we can get!

[Maggie_May]

40. Help should already been there Mr. Bush!

supplies should been being dropped Tues morning they new those levees broke. What in the hell kind people we have running this country?