Posted on 09/02/2005 5:40:24 AM PDT by Dog
President to speak at 9am ...
There is a reason why the talking heads keep saying "This is a time for action, not assigning blame." They know where the problem is.
We can get relief supplies half way around the world in two days because on the other end there is a responsible party telling us where it it needed.
Get the hint?
Agreed.
Many of the stations here are running out of regular.
Bingo!
Well that needs to be said, as well as even poor people can fill up empty bottles with water for an emergency! I know I do.
I hope Bush ditches the goofy grin.
(Sorry, I love Bush but I'm just frustrated and heartbroken by what I'm seeing.)
I can't tell you how many people I've heard already who are furious with Bush (unfairly, I might add) over the lack of preparedness.
The administration has really dropped the ball on this, pr-wise. I'm afraid this could be a death blow to Bush's popularity.
The problem is an ingrained bureaucracy; you've just described everyone in Washngton. John Fund on CSPAN just got finished wondering if perhaps a government bureaucracy is not the best way to handle some situations.
Gee, John, DO YA THINK?
Honestly, he doesn't need to say anything right now. He needs to act. He can start by taking control of the state of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans out of the hands of the incompetent boobs who are supposedly running the show down there.
For the affected areas, there is nothing more to lose but fear itself, and lose it they must if civilization is to be restored.
Thanks for the thread, I'm reading along no TV.
I see we already have a couple of cuckoo-clocks on the thread..
Bingo. It doesn't really matter who dropped the ball, because the PERCEPTION out there is that the Feds aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing.
He's going to declare the end of NASCAR season due to gas concerns and that Jeff Gordon is the winner of the Nextel cup.
This just goes to show you how dependent on government much of the American populace has become.
I love our president, but what in the heck, exactly, is he going to say that hasn't been said?
If I hear the phrase, "stay the course", I'm turning it off.
Kinda hard to make the point in light of the COE New Orleans District budget cuts, and in light of the fact that the plans to strengthen the levee system lost much of its funding.
Yes. And frankly, someone in the political arm of the administration should have anticipated that this would be the case.
Here's my opinion as to what President Bush needs to do. Ask for network broadcast time and speak to the American people.
After explaining all the horrors of this tragedy, and reciting some stories of heroism, we should speak directly first to the oil companies. Tell them they need to suck it up and hold the line on fuel prices for now.
Then speak directly to the nations of the world. Explain that many times in the past, when other nations have been swamped in a tragedy, the U. S. has been right there to help. We need their help now. We need them to hold the line on oil prices.
Then speak directly to Americans who are oil futures speculators, tell them that they need to stop trading on tragedy and refuse to engage in trading that earns windfall profits. To temporarily fall on their financial sword for the benefit of the American people.
The phrase of the night needs to be "don't trade on tragedy". The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.
I'm undecided as to whether President Bush needs to explain what steps he is willing to take, if these three groups, the oil companies, other nations, and U. S. oil futures speculators, refuse to stop the mad spiral of oil price increases.
But he has to take the lead in calling for a stop to profit taking and "trading on tragedy". If he doesn't, as a nation we could be facing financial ruin. It's as serious as a heart attack.
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