posted on September 13, 2005 02:05:04 PM new
Bush Takes Responsibility for Blunders
New FEMA Chief Cites Finding Homes as Priority
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, AP
WASHINGTON (Sept. 13) - President Bush said Tuesday that "I take responsibility" for failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and said the disaster raised broader questions about the government's ability to respond to natural disasters as well as terror attacks.
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government," Bush said at joint White House news conference with the president of Iraq.
"To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Bush said.
The president was asked whether people should be worried about the government's ability to handle another terrorist attack given failures in responding to Katrina.
"Are we capable of dealing with a severe attack? That's a very important question and it's in the national interest that we find out what went on so we can better respond," Bush replied.
He said he wanted to know both what went wrong and what went right.
As for blunders in the federal response, "I'm not going to defend the process going in," Bush said. "I am going to defend the people saving lives."
He praised relief workers at all levels. "I want people in America to understand how hard people worked to save lives down there," he said.
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posted on September 13, 2005 02:09:00 PM new
He did and I think that is a step in the right direction. Now I wonder if that governor and mayor will finally step up to the plate?
Ron
posted on September 13, 2005 02:21:52 PM new
Now beepa will have nothing left to complain about, but I'm sure he'll find something else to harp on about...
I really dont think it was "Bushs'" fault to begin with, but if makes people feel better to hear that kind of thing, so be it.
But youre right Ron. Let's see what kind of thought-provoking testimony the governor and mayor have to offer now that they've had time to reflect on it awhile.
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posted on September 13, 2005 02:27:49 PM new
I am glad he did this also. Now maybe everyone can get on with the work ahead, of all the evacuees and rebuilding. And yes, I also wonder if the Mayor and Gov will have anything to say
posted on September 13, 2005 03:17:53 PM new
Peepa, not that you know anything about doing the RIGHT thing, a true leader is one that DOES take responsibility for the actions or lack of action of those under him.
That same quality is present in the military where a commander takes responsibility for the troops under him.
That is a quality you never saw in the clinton administration.
In fact the last democrat to take ultimate responsibility was Harry Truman with his famous "The Buck Stops Here".
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
posted on September 13, 2005 03:24:36 PM new
Bear, used to be an old saying among the commanders. "When the troops do something good, all praise and credit goes to them. When they do something wrong; it's my head that is gonna roll."
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posted on September 13, 2005 06:04:42 PM newHow Bush Blew It
Bureaucratic timidity. Bad phone lines. And a failure of imagination. Why the government was so slow to respond to catastrophe.
"How this could be—how the president of the United States could have even less "situational awareness," as they say in the military, than the average American about the worst natural disaster in a century—is one of the more perplexing and troubling chapters in a story that, despite moments of heroism and acts of great generosity, ranks as a national disgrace."
posted on September 13, 2005 06:18:36 PM new
Yep, it takes a big man to take the blame for the actions/or lack thereof of others.
And I agree, you don't even see the liberal dems here admitting anything when they're proven wrong. Must be a trait necessary to be a liberal.
Imo, this does have a good side. At least now we know where our strengths are and where our weaknesses are. And we can hopefully be more prepared when the day arrives that we suffer another crisis on this scale....be it from Nature or by our enemies.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on September 13, 2005 07:13:31 PM new
you neocons really crack me up... so full of it. yesterday you were defending him tooth and nail, going on and on and on about how it wasn't his fault, blah blah blah. today, you are glad he is taking responsibility??? give me a break. you knew all along this president should have been taking responsibility for his actions, or lack thereof, but as long as he is steadfast, so are you. typical lemmings who can't think for themselves.
i'm glad the president has come out and said he is taking some responsibility, however, the real question is... what does that exactly mean? proof is in the actions, not the words and each and every single one of us knows this no matter what side of the fence you sit on (or if you choose to cradle the fence). this is the beginning of the right direction, and sure... i'll pat him on the back, but that doesn't mean we should sit back and believe him until we see exactly what he does. he has lost the faith of too many americans, and saying a few positive words simply won't be enough. i know you neocons are just waiting to jump in and defend him, as i should expect you to do (its the natural way of lemmings). once again, as i said it before, i supported this president after 9/11 as did most americans, yet we have been betrayed too many times by this administration and they simply cannot be trusted until we start seeing the outcomes.
posted on September 13, 2005 07:13:52 PM new
Yes, he blew it. And he admitted to it.
Now hopefully the all levels of gov't especially the top; federal gov't will get to work and do what needs to be done now.
There will be a LOT of political bs, but lives need to be saved, city rebuilt, people need homes, etc. right now.
posted on September 13, 2005 08:22:43 PM new
Hey, CON-servatives some of you are saying (peepa this and peepa that) about your Presidents statement? Sorry that don't take. Your President helped kill people not me.
Then Linda_K posts more of her "good news" by saying "this does have a good side. At least now we know where our strengths are and where our weaknesses are." LOL
Our weakness is the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years.
posted on September 13, 2005 08:44:49 PM new
Peepa, you view it as a weakness by the American voters that Bush was reelected to 4 more years. I see it as strength. It takes strength to admit your failures. Something that neither the Mayor or Governor possess.
The only weakness i see comes from the Democrats inability to come up with solutions to problems and their constant finger pointing and flipflopping on issues, among other things.
posted on September 13, 2005 08:47:38 PM new
Linda, you know exactly what he means. This president's poor choices have led to many more deaths that could have been prevented had he chosen to act sooner. He wouldn't have had to "take responsibility" if he hadn't made so many mistakes. #1 mistake, staying on vacation instead of making sure all his ducks were in a row for the relief effort before the hurricane hit. If he and his administration would have been "working hard" rather than playing around by appointing misfits to head FEMA, placing FEMA under Homeland Security, and so on we wouldn't be in this mess. His direct irresponsiblity led to the deaths of more lives that could have been avoided.
posted on September 13, 2005 08:51:17 PM new
"Something that neither the Mayor or Governor possess... The only weakness i see comes from the Democrats inability to come up with solutions to problems and their constant finger pointing..."
Such a well spoken oxymoronic statement from another neocon. Talk about a hypocrite.
"...and flipflopping on issues, among other things."
Did I not hear the president commend Michael Brown a few days prior to having his sorry butt yanked back to DC? Talk about a flipflop...
posted on September 13, 2005 08:56:21 PM new
LOL...I know what peepa means?????
Now just how would you know that rusty? You have a crystal ball too.
Half the time peepa doesn't know what HE means.
And while you whine about the President being on vacation....so was our Congress. He didn't have any way of knowing how incompetant N.O's mayor and governor were going to be. Don't blame him for not doing what they should have been taking care of.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on September 13, 2005 09:01:08 PM newThis president's poor choices have led to many more deaths that could have been prevented had he chosen to act sooner
Such a poorly spoken statement from a radical, left-wing, idiot, Mr. Gump type a guy.
If that's true then his head will roll when the investigation is complete and he will be impeached. However, i believe that it wont be his head that will roll but instead Mayor Nagin's and Governor Blanco's heads that will roll.
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Life is like a box of chocolates, you're going along just fine and then all of a sudden you come across one that has a rotten nut in it.
posted on September 13, 2005 09:03:10 PM new
"He didn't have any way of knowing how incompetant N.O's mayor and governor were going to be. Don't blame him for not doing what they should have been taking care of."
Just curious Linda, but is that finger pointing? Exactly what was the Mayor and Governor supposed to do that they didn't do? Or is this another classic example of you doing exactly what you say the Dems do? I mean, you are obviously finger pointing, yet not offering any solutions to the problem, aren't you?
posted on September 13, 2005 09:11:45 PM new
Darn right I'm pointing fingers....right the the two people who were immediately responsible for protecting the lives of those they represent.
Do you think cities waste all the taxpayers money writing up plans that are to be used in cases like this? NO!!
And they didn't follow even ONE of what their own policy says they should have done. There were emergency plans you know....they just didn't have the leadership ability to handle this crisis.
I have already posted at least two links showing how the idiot governor, in her fighting with the mayor, turned away not only HELP, but food and water that was waiting to be taking in to those who needed it.
They both were responsible for there not being any supplies at the dome as those who could made it there. THAT was THEIR responsibility. But no...they didn't want people going there....had no other options available to get them ANYWHERE...but there weren't going to 'stock' the domb because they didn't WANT them there.
There is absolutely NO excuse for all the buses to not have been taken to higher ground. It's not like either of them didn't know this storm was coming. It's not like either of them didn't FULLY know the weakness of their own levees.
THEY, imo are the MOST at fault.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on September 13, 2005 09:14:43 PM new
And I'm so sure, rusty, that YOU have an excuse for why the governor of N.O. WOULDN'T LET THE RED CROSS COME IN TO HELP HER OWN CITIZENS....when the head of the RC tells us they were there, waiting to be allowed in...but she wouldn't let them in.
...or how in your Bush bashing way you can figure out how to blame THAT stupid decision on this President.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on September 13, 2005 09:42:17 PM new
Run Forest run.
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Life is like a box of chocolates, you're going along just fine and then all of a sudden you come across one that has a rotten nut in it.
posted on September 13, 2005 10:04:27 PM new
Well...I'm off for the night...but just in case old rusty the 'blame Bush-basher' comes back to answer my other questions....here's couple more for him and any other Bush-basher here who wants to answer them.
How do you find fault with this President when it's the governors responsibility to call the Feds and ask for help....and she didn't until it was too late?
How do you find fault with a President that called HER and recommend she order a mandatory evacuation? And how do you excuse HER for not doing so?
How do you find fault with a President who offered to send in National Guard units and SHE REFUSED his offer. She didn't want to give up control to the Feds who would have been in charge of these same guards.
How do you find fault with this President that SHE didn't call in her OWN LA National Guard units to start helping? SHE had the power to do so.
I'd sure like to hear why no dem here is willing to admit how SHE screwed up BIG TIME but are more than willing to blame this President for breathing.
And to top it off....she as governor didn't even have ANY plans made in their emergency policy to get approx. 100,000 people OUT in the event of a floor, who they were WELL AWARE couldn't get out on their own.
What kind of leadership is that?
sleep well.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on September 13, 2005 10:16:20 PM new
as to where i am, that is my business. i don't live on the RT. i actually have a life, unlike some miserable neocon prune like Linda.
i believe we have gone that route a few times Linda about who is to blame. The governor of LA sent the necessary documents requesting National disaster relief days prior to the hurricane coming ashore. It was Bush who was busy playing guitar, Condi who was busy shoe shopping and seeing a Monte Python play, and it was Dick Cheney who continued his vacation as those people died. We see where Bush's appointment got those along the Gulf Coast, he packed his bags and headed back to DC, and he did exactly what he did with the Arabian Horse organization, he resigned because of his incompetence. the mayor and governor you point fingers at didn't have a single thing to do with the appointment, or the lack of attention the feds gave prior and immediately after the hurricane hit.
of course, we have linda, always willing to copy and paste her articles because she isn't capable of responding on her own, and of course she is there doing her frequent name calling that she never acknowledges, only points at everyone else for doing.
posted on September 14, 2005 12:19:55 AM new
UGH rusty....wrong again. The President DID order a state of emergency two days BEFORE the hurricane hit.
And I see you have NO ANSWERS for any of my questions. How funny.....the man who thinks he knows it all ....can't answer simple questions. tsk tsk
of course, we have linda, always willing to copy and paste her articles because she isn't capable of responding on her own,
well sweet one, who can't answer questions put to you???? ugh..that would be YOU, rusty. There's no copy and paste above. They're all MY words. And I've never seen you complain once about the left who copys and pastes all the time. Your huge bias is glowing brightly, rusty.
and of course she is there doing her frequent name calling that she never acknowledges, only points at everyone else for doing. Name calling? You have the NERVE to talk about me name calling? LOL
Let's see....show me once that I have ever called you a name.....[with the exception of me calling you FOUL MOUTHED after you've called me some un-necessary, un-deserved names. You've called me a maggot, a pig, a neoconpig, neocon swine, neocon-christian-nazi and the list goes on. I've never so much as mis-typed your name, and you know it. So look in your own mirror....and try not to brake it when you start laughing at the pot-calling the kettle black
Now, if you're speaking about me calling the dem governor of LA an idiot....that's not quite the same as insulting a poster here like you have a habit of doing, imo. And speaking of calling political leaders names....I KNOW the left here holds the record, including yourself, rusty, for calling this President the most OBSCENE names.
I know it must be embarassing for you to not be able to answer ANY of my above questions.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on September 14, 2005 06:55:52 AM new
Look up NEO-CONS don't worry there is enough failures at all levels of government from top to bottom about New Orleans. Unlike you I have said the government failed from top to bottom before. You CONS will soon have plenty of people to try to point your fingers at.
I realize some of you are bitter about your leaders failures in both the White House and Congress. But there is several bright spots for your side. After all this White House and Congress is making great progress in the CLASS WAR they are waging against working and middle class families in America.
If you want to say things about me and call me names "BRING IT ON" as George said. Your words won't change the fact that the majority of Americans no longer trust Bush and the republican controlled houses to run this country.
posted on September 14, 2005 07:12:37 AM newExactly what was the Mayor and Governor supposed to do that they didn't do?
My God, its almost unfathomable that someone could be so myopic as to compose the above sentence. The effort and will it must take to keep oneself so uninformed as to post that in a public forum is truly impressive.
Well, rustygumbo, we could answer your question but I, for one, do not want to take part in shattering that little filter around your brain which allows you to compose some truly hilarious sentences. Besides, this sounds like a job for Captain Obvious.
