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GQ report blames Rumsfeld for military delay after Katrina (Hit piece on Rummy)
NOLA.com ^
| May 18, 2009
| Times-Picayune
Posted on 05/20/2009 1:59:15 PM PDT by balch3
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Imagine that, a Defense secretary wanting to use the military for its purpose, killing people and breaking things, instead of babysitting people too stupid to come in out of the rain. And I'd like to know who thee anonymous "Bush Advisors" are. Probably the same ones spreading lies about VP Cheney.
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posted on
05/20/2009 1:59:16 PM PDT
by
balch3
To: balch3
Imagine that.
Rumsfeld was familiar with posse comitatus.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:01:28 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
To: balch3
I imagine that the obamaemptysuit administration will never be blamed for anything but being Hitler when it is too late.
To: balch3
I thought they couldn’t go in until invited anyway, and whats-her-name procrastinated.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:02:19 PM PDT
by
mrsmel
(Put the Gitmo terrorists near Capitol Hill.)
To: balch3
If you get your news from GQ you get what you pay for.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:03:00 PM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: balch3
What kept fed assistance from Louisianais something the Hussein worshipers always conveniently ignore, but hopefully will receive a buttload of lessons about soon:
Amendment 10.
The idiot governor of the state, whose party was subsequently CRUSHED in the next gubernatorial election, refused to allow/request federal assistance. Bush's administration, who would've been blamed for "overriding the governor's authority" if they had gone in otherwise, waited for the word.
Yes, because the Bush team abided by the Constitution they are being blamed for the problems exacerbated by the idiot Democrat local authorities.
Remember, in the world of Hussein: down is up and up is down.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:04:07 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm SO glad I no longer belong to the party of Dependence on Government!)
To: balch3
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:04:36 PM PDT
by
avacado
To: balch3
GQ, now there’s a hard news magazine...LOL
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:05:49 PM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Partial-birth abortions are state sanctioned torture/murder.)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Those FEMA employees (civil service) will soon be running GM and Chrysler just as efficiently as they were in helping after Katrina.
ALL civil service workers (OK, a little generalization) are simply welfare recipients with a desk and a title.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:06:45 PM PDT
by
Tahoe3002
(Politicians = Proof Positive that Crime does Pay.)
To: mrsmel
Whats her name is AKA miss piggy and you’re correct.
To: balch3
How can two million blacks get into Washington D.C. in sub zero temps in one day when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans at 85 degrees with four days notice.
A councilman in Jersey sent an e-mail with that joke after 0's inauguration. He got in trouble for it. I think it's funny...funny 'cause it's true.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:07:42 PM PDT
by
fleagle
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
To: balch3
Are these the same Bush administration officials who went on to work on John McCain’s campaign?
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:07:53 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
(In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
Still bashing W administration over Katrina? Amazing. I guess it is kinda like a comfort blankie for the lefties...
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:08:14 PM PDT
by
eureka!
(Elections have consequences, boy howdy. *sigh*)
To: balch3
Don’t these people realize that the military isn’t supposed to be used inside the USA?
To: balch3
"There's no doubt in my mind," says one of Bush's close advisers today, "that Rumsfeld didn't like the concept." Nor should he, that's what the national guard is for. The magnitude of the natural disaster wasn't clear to a lot of people in the administration, and a lot of people in the Louisiana government as well. I'd expect any defense secretary to be reluctant to commit active duty troops given the information he had.
To: balch3
Hopefully Rumsfeld will come out of retirement to join Dick Cheney.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:08:51 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: balch3
In a related article..Rumsfield is also being blamed for The Great Chicago Fire, the Hindenburg explosion,the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby and, of course, slavery.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:10:22 PM PDT
by
BerniesFriend
(no no..arrrrwwwhhh..as in surprise..)
To: balch3
Rumsfeld's aversion to using active-duty troops was evident: "There's no doubt in my mind," says one of Bush's close advisers today, "that Rumsfeld didn't like the concept." No kidding. Thats why we have National Guard, commanded by the state governor. They are still trying to hide the fact that three states were hit, and two of three state governors had their guard mobilized ahead of the storm and on the ground before the wind stopped blowing. The governor of Louisiana wouldn't deploy her Guard because "it wasn't safe".
It was only after Bush federalized it that things got under control. There have been hurricanes before and hurricanes since. Only the one on Governor Blanco's watch turned into a horrorshow nightmare.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:14:23 PM PDT
by
marron
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Ah it just came back to me-Kathleen Blanco. But I excuse myself for forgetting, she is eminently forgettable.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:18:08 PM PDT
by
mrsmel
(Put the Gitmo terrorists near Capitol Hill.)
To: eureka!
They had to give up bashing President Bush for Iraq, torture, etc since Hussein’s doing most of the same things.
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posted on
05/20/2009 2:20:17 PM PDT
by
mrsmel
(Put the Gitmo terrorists near Capitol Hill.)
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