all the levee fixing equip. went away after smirk's photo-op

[donsu]

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/bush-faked-levee-repair-for-photo-op.html


Bush faked levee repair for photo op yesterday
by John in DC - 9/03/2005 06:29:00 PM

From a press release LA Senator Mary Landrieu sent out today:
But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast - black and white, rich and poor, young annd old - deserve far better from their national governmeent.
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[rodeodance]

1. oh my gawd!! did this really happen?

[donsu]

2. yes

nt

[rodeodance]

3. there are no words for crap like this.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. Is there a link to her press release aside from the blog?

[lutefisk]

5. here is the press release

http://landrieu.senate.gov/releases/05/2005903E12.html

[donco6]

6. More snips . . .

"I understand that the U.S. Forest Service had water-tanker aircraft available to help douse the fires raging on our riverfront, but FEMA has yet to accept the aid. When Amtrak offered trains to evacuate significant numbers of victims -- far more efficiently than buses -- FEMA again dragged its feet. Offers of medicine, communications equipment and other desperately needed items continue to flow in, only to be ignored by the agency."

That buy in Jefferson Parish accused the officials of murder, and I believe he is right.

[cloud75]

7. unbelieveable...this has to get out to the msm.

[fishwax]

8. outrageous. this should be on cnn and

every other network and every other news source.

None of us should be surprised, but every american should have the chance to be outraged by this :grr: