Bush's 8/6 Mentality -- from terrorism to hurricanes

[Wafture]

Bush IGNORED Warning About Levees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060301/ap_on_go_pr_wh/katrina_video

March 1, 2006 - In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, risk lives in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage of the briefings.

Bush didn't ask a single question during the final government-wide briefing the day before Katrina struck on Aug. 29 but assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: "We are fully prepared."


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Bush IGNORED Warnings Of Iraqi Civil War

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/23/iraq-civil-war

February 23, 2006 — With yesterday’s bombing of one of Shiite Islam’s holiest shrines in Iraq, the common consensus appears to be that Iraq is now on the verge of a full-blown civil war. Such an outcome has been predicted for years, and the Bush administration has done little to shift its strategy to address the persisting threat.

In September 2004, intelligence officials at the CIA warned that Iraq could dissolve into civil war over the next 18 months (18 months have now elapsed since the report was revealed). “White House spokesman Scott McClellan, and other White House spokesmen, called the intelligence assessment the work of ‘pessimists and naysayers’ after its outlines were disclosed by the New York Times. President Bush called the assessment a guess, which drew the consternation of many intelligence officials.”

The CIA wasn’t the only one warning the administration of a possible civil war. In fact, lawmakers and experts from across the spectrum have repeatedly tried to call the administration’s attention to the issue.


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Bush Administration IGNORED 9/11 Warnings

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013106J.shtml

January 31, 2006 — The fact of the matter is that the Bush administration ignored hard evidence from its top intelligence officials between April and September of 2001 about an impending attack by al-Qaeda on US soil. There's no chance that the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping initiative would have saved the lives of 3,000 American citizens if an intelligence memo titled "Bin Laden determined to attack inside US" that President Bush received a month before 9/11 couldn't move Bush to take such threats seriously.


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Documents Show Katrina Warnings IGNORED

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1537584

January 24, 2006 — Documents released today by Congress show that two days before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the White House received detailed damage forecasts from Homeland Security officials predicting that the city's levees might be overtopped or breached.

Yet in the days after the storm struck on Aug. 29, federal officials, including President Bush, said the levee breaches could not have been foreseen.


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Bush IGNORED warnings in 2002 about mine safety

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/4/212915/2616

January 04, 2006 — But that isn't the point of this story in 2002 Bush was warned about mine safety and he choice to ignore the warnings just like 9/11.

House Democrats put out a fact sheet questioning why Bush made so many cuts to mine safety programs. Here is the fact sheet they put out.


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Saudi foreign minister says Bush IGNORED Iraq warning

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=18767

September 24, 2005 — Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says the Bush administration did not heed Saudi warnings about occupying Iraq, and he doesn't believe a new constitution and elections will solve the emerging nation's problems.

"It is frustrating to see something that is clearly going to happen, and you are not listened to by a friend, and soon harm comes out of it," Saud said. "It hurts."


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California Fires: Bush IGNORED Fire Plea; Officials Warned of 'Tinder Box'

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1031-07.htm

October 31, 2003 — California officials accused the Bush administration Thursday of ignoring urgent pleas months ago for emergency help to remove beetle-infested trees that experts warned could fuel a catastrophic Southern California fire.

[Wafture]

1. Disengaged!

[Wafture]

2. 9/11 & Katrina = Two Crises, Twice Dropped The Ball

[CJCRANE]

3. B*sh + Warning = Disaster Waiting To Happen..nt

[Wafture]

5. Who would have thunk of it!

[lyonn]

4. Hey, nice post, concise and to the point, amen

[Wafture]

6. Bush In Action! (inaction)

[Wafture]

7. We were warned about 9/11. Here are some of the warnings.

Very comprehensive:

http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/9_11_warnings.html