AP: Bush links hurricane, Sept. 11 attacks

[truthpusher]

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Sep/20050909News014.asp

Bush links hurricane, Sept. 11 attacks
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Published Friday, September 9, 2005
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush, linking hurricane recovery and the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks four years ago, declared today that the nation was ready to "overcome any challenge."

"America is a strong and resilient nation," Bush said.

(snip)

Today, he spoke about the hurricane at the swearing-in for Karen Hughes, the Department of State’s new undersecretary for public diplomacy - a post designed to lift America’s image abroad to help win the war on terror.

Bush said that more than 100 nations had offered help after the hurricane, and he compared that to "a similar outpouring of support when another tragedy struck our nation" - the 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.

His speech marked the first of several steps in which the White House is seeking to intertwine the challenge of the anti-terror battle with the effort to recover from the hurricane.

(snip)

complete story: http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Sep/20050909News014.asp

[Shakespeare]

1. The only link between those two is Bush's sorry-ass response. n/t

[glitch]

15. That's what I was going to say, for once an accurate headline from AP

"Bush links hurricane, Sept. 11 attacks"

edit for accuracy and to add that the bush main quality is the ability to take a disaster and make it exponentially worse.

[Born Free]

58. Jon Stewert had it first...

He said they were going to build a new levee/dam in Arkansas, because it was better to fight/stop the water over there then here at the coast...the bush team must have liked the idea and now are going to go with the "terrorist" routine.

[Lindacooks]

18. Yep, and his total incompetence.

and his 'deer in the headlights' look.

and inappropriate jokes.

and rambling, incoherent statements.

And stupidity in general.

[electropop]

22. Sorry-ass ignored advance warnings AND screwed up response.

He must be cracking if he thought it was a good idea to remind people that his willful incompetence is a pattern.

And who is he kidding? An Office of Public Diplomacy (BS Propaganda) will not make people stop hating us for killing their families. It would probably be more effective to stop killing their families.

[applegrove]

57. But sorry assed responses add $$$ to the fear bank account. And

that is all that matters to them.

The fear that comes from Hurricane Katrina will be doled out in various doses to separate people from one another..oh wait - it didn't happen the way it was supposed to... and after they waited for days for a good long cycle of lawlessness...:sarcasm:

[liveoaktx]

64. Vid Clip of relevant parts of this

Nothing Bushco Won't Do To Stoke That Fear



Political Videos

[fooj]

2. I swear to...

This rat bastard has absolutely NO SHAME!

peace.

[Skittles]

3. sad and pathetic

:puke:

[underpants]

19. This is so ridiculous I am actually laughing

This is the first 9/11 joke I have heard. It has to be a joke some sort of sick joke only W thinks he has been told that it is okay.

[Coventina]

4. George, do us all a favor and STFU

That is all.

[elehhhhna]

5. check this rnc letter, especially the p.s.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4712545&mesg_id=4712545

[politick]

6. Ungh

No alarms and no surprises, I guess

[txaslftist]

7. Yeah. Katrina was our generation's Pearl Harbor or Lusitania..

..or sumpin'.

Karl, what was I supposed to say there?

I need help "catapultin' the propaganda!"

Heh.

[ima_sinnic]

8. does he ever say anything of substance, just speak in cliches?

"strong and resilient nation," "overcome any challenge"??
--well why the FUCK can't we overcome the CHALLENGE of YOUR SORRY ASS BEING ILLEGITIMATELY IN THE WHITE HOUSE???

[MisterP]

9. hell, his Orleans speech was a crib of his Iraq speech!

[Melodybe]

60. Yeah, it was a crib, I noticed that.

I was like, Katrina doesn't even merit new material :shrug:

Sad.

[Barkley]

36. I hate to say it but ...

There's a lot (perhaps to many) Americans that want to hear cliches; short brief clauses without any substance at all.

Bush is not talking to you or I but to his 'base' of supporters.

[Canuckistanian]

10. Al-Qaeda and the hurricane met in Prague

But the CIA won't admit it.

[Tesla]

12. Karen Hughes to lift image? Her face would break if she smiled!

"the Department of State’s new undersecretary for public diplomacy - a post designed to lift America’s image abroad to help win the war on terror."


I find this totally hilarious!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Does that make God a terrorist?

[EndElectoral]

31. Saddam Hussein caused Katrina..or maybe Al Queda

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. I thought it was all the hot air

coming from this misadministration.

[fishwax]

46. Good thing el nino has passed, or he'd probably pin it on chavez

:eyes:

[correlator]

56. Yet again, the Onion answers that one for us

"God Outdoes Terrorists Yet Again"

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40305

[GoddessOfGuinness]

70. LOL! Welcome to DU!

:beer:

[Why Syzygy]

13. George?

Are you talking about the poor flying abilities of 'someone' who flew into a building? Read his personal account of the story. He thought, hm bad pilot.

I'm glad to see he just keeps digging himself in deeper.
Dig asshole. Dig.

[Beetwasher]

14. BREAKING NEWS: Bush Links EVERYTHING To Sept. 11 Attacks!

Umm, like, duh.

Bush links ID/Evolution debate to 9/11.

Bush links abortion to 9/11.

Bush links space shuttle to 9/11.

Bush links hangnail to 9/11.

Bush links hole in sock to 9/11.

Etc.

[itaintoveryet]

16. i thought that b**tch

was going home to spend more time with her family ? i guess *'s charm won her over.

[Olney Blue]

72. Maybe family begged her to leave?

:7

[booksenkatz]

29. I'm waiting for him to link 9/11 to Kevin Bacon, though. nt

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. Stop! You're killing me!

:rofl:

[Mountainman]

17. Man they are desparate. Next they will tell us that Bush will walk on the

water in NOLA.

[underpants]

21. This is actually the first (and hopefully only) 9/11 joke I have heard

Somethings are out of bounds and until today I thought that that was in forever the case with 9/11. This has to be a joke. Really it has to be...only W would think that he had been told that he could get away with it.

Hopefully (wishful thinking on my part) people will connect the two and see how dangerously incompetent and negligent this junta is.

[Emillereid]

20. There certainly is a connection between the decimation of NO

and 9/11. Bush and the neo-cons presided over both -- both were a utter failure of intelligent leadership and foresight. As my young daughter lamented a few days ago: "Everything seems to have gone wrong since Bush became President."

[RLE]

42. Such sad justification this is.

one of my neighbors told me after 9/11 that Bush never had a chance to prove himself before disaster struck and that's why we shouldn't fault him. to my way of thinking, 9/11 and now Katrina were perfect chances for Bush to not just PROVE himself but to be a good president. What lame reasoning.

[The Sleeper]

23. The only thing I wat to see Bush link 9/11 to is...

Impeachment and prison for the whole lot of them.....

[samsingh]

24. they're linked as his two failures that resulted in US deaths

he might as go with the trifecta and link Iraq in too.

[Olney Blue]

74. Katrina has been added to "axis of evil"

He's gonna smoke her out.

[Redstone]

25. I'm ONLY surprised that it took him so long. I expected to hear

it the first time he opened his stupid mouth afterward.

Redstone

[nookiemonster]

40. Ditto. No surprise here. Expected it.

It's pretty pathetic when 9/11 is someone's claim to fame.

:wtf:

[silvermachine]

26. Terra, terra, terra....

...it's all he's got left in his lame arse-enal. I'm not surprised in the least. Sickened? Yes. Surprised? No.

<<<Bush said that more than 100 nations had offered help after the hurricane, and he compared that to "a similar outpouring of support when another tragedy struck our nation" - the 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.>>>

I notice he didn't mention how he managed to squander all this goodwill and support in a remarkably short time.

[Javaman]

27. Not surprised, but I think moron* will be because...

It appears now that the public is tired of moron* comparing 9/11 to everything. It's lost it's intended effect. People now know after Katrina, how everything about him* is a staged event.

Ultimate lame duck*.

colossal failure*.

[enki23]

28. george, you're a one trick pony. and it's a lame goddamned trick.

[Enraged_Ape]

32. The linkage can be described in one word: INCOMPETENCE

Georgie, you were useless when this nation was attacked by terrorists on 9/11/2001 (though I, like you, enjoyed the story about the pet goat), and you were totally, shamefully useless when the hurricane hit and killed many tens of thousands of Americans. You are, quite simply, USELESS.

[Jackpine Radical]

34. Yah. I think everyone's calling it right.

To link this clusterfuck to 9-11 is to poison what little positive association he might otherwise be able to wring out of his bullhorn scene. Pretty soon the press is gonna start re-examining his performance back then, and begin noticing things that they passed over the first time around. Things like how he was flying around the country from one hdey-hole to the next, and how it took him 3 days to show up in NY. Those tricks only work when your teflon is intact, and his no longer is. He has become damaged goods.

[ktowntennesseedem]

35. Breaking news: Bush links a recent paper cut to 9/11.

Breaking news: Bush links soggy breakfast cereal to 9/11.

Breaking news: Bush links hemorrhoids to 9/11.

Breaking news: Bush links (Fill in your favorite!) to 9/11.

[correlator]

55. lol. nice one.

[ktowntennesseedem]

79. Welcome to DU!!!

:hi:

[Borgnine]

37. I'm wondering something...

...does Laura have to moan "9/11" during lovemaking to get * to mantain his erection? Because I swear to God, he seems to get such a turn-on when he thinks of that day.

[Olney Blue]

73. That is way-harsh and inappropriate.

Good job!!!!!


:applause:

[redwitch]

75. thanks for that image

ick

[ticapnews]

38. We were attacked by Mother Nature.

We must prepare bombing raids.

The latest intelligence indicates Mother Nature is being harbored in Iran.

Let's roll!

[nookiemonster]

41. So far the names of groups that have surfaced are:

"Al Yawveh", "Al Divine Creator", "Al Almighty". Possibly even the notorious "Al Messiah"?

We have also received an intercept from "Al Jehovah".

:crazy:

[cyr330]

39. If Bush could, he would

If Bush could make a link between 911 and the shits he dumps in the toilet everyday, he would. . . .

[all.of.me]

43. he's just trying to remind people of how 'wonderful' he was after 9/11

go away. just go away. the sooner you step down, the faster this country will heal!

[fishwax]

47. seems to me it will just highlight the contrast

I mean, I think bush was a miserable failure on 9/11, but most of the country supported him, which makes his inaction last week all the more striking in contrast. :shrug:

[all.of.me]

66. that's because you're a logical person!

he is not, so i'm guessing that is how he is thinking.

all the news reports have been saying how 9/11 showed his strength, while i scratch my head, going 'what the fuck!?' but if he believes that he did a great job, my guess is that he would bring that up as a reminder. us logical and cynical ones don't buy it, though.

maybe part of it, too, is that 9/11 is coming up, and all 'celebrations' of it are being clouded. this is all speculation on my part.

[fishwax]

67. I think you hit it on the head

I think that's exactly what he's thinking, and the clouding of the "celebrations" is a great point. I mean, 9/11 is their annual showcase, and now its been marred by all those selfish hurricane victims. (:sarcasm:)

Yeah, I think that's what he's thinking. But I also think (and hope to hell) that it will backfire :)

[all.of.me]

71. marred by scumbags, you mean ;)

i think it will backfire. people are too ired right now. they are barely listening to what he says. i don't think there is anything he can say right now to change how people feel about him, to undo the damage he inflicted upon himself. this is snowballing into his demise. there is no going backwards at this point.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

44. Breaking News: Georgie-Porgie links Kitrana to OBL/Al-Qaeda.

[Francine Frensky]

63. For revenge, he'll bomb the Pacific Ocean!!!

Even though the storm came from the Atlantic.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

45. September 11th was the greatest day in Bush's miserable life

That disaster is Bush's shining moment, his triumph in getting people to look away from his pitiful excuse for intelligent leadership and focus on a tragedy that brought us all together for a brief moment in time. He's been coming back fondly to 9/11 through every trouble spot in his Presidency and milking it ever since.

[sakabatou]

48. AUGH!

:banghead:

[antonialee839]

49. Folks, they don't come anymore depraved than Bush Inc.

[Dem2theMax]

50. It's time for a picture!

I'll bet he just hates it when the news tells the truth. :evilgrin:

[Corgigal]

51. Adminstration must be believing his poll numbers

BOO! 911 911

[nadinbrzezinski]

52. what took them so long

soon we will read Katrina was an Al Qaida cell member... working with the Iranians

[cliss]

53. Isn't he going to have a 9/11 party on Sunday?

I know the Old Crony Don FumsRailed is going to spearhead the "Freedom March" which is highly restricted.

Plus, I think there are going to be parties, solemn remembrances just to make sure EVERYONE feels scared.

Don't expect him to give up that easily.

[maddezmom]

54. BBC reporting he'll be back in LA on Sunday

guess he's planing on having it there

[strizi64]

59. *'s "last throats" n/t

[symbolman]

61. Here's Takebackthemedia.com's

Bush Magic 8 Ball which he used to use only to divine what to do in Iraq, now it appears to have more uses..

Grab it with your cursor, give it a shake to get Bush's answer.

http://web.takebackthemedia.com/geeklog/public_html/staticpages/index.php?page=2005063003503746

[Zynx]

62. Just like the "War on Terra" and WWII?

[NNN0LHI]

65. Hurricanes hate us for our freedoms n/t

[Jamastiene]

68. Does he want us to believe Saddam or Iran or North Korea

caused the hurricane now? I know that sounds crazy, but so do all his other cockamany theories.

[devinsgram]

69. I wasn't aware Saddam was responsible for

the Katrina too!

[sattahipdeep]

76. Allbaugh to Louisiana

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/10/national/nationalspecial/10contracts.html?pagewanted=1

Bechtel
CH2MHill
Kellogg Brown & Root

[Name removed]

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[sattahipdeep]

78. Mindy Kleinberg, 43 Lorie Van Auken, 50 ("How sad that for four years)

"Nine/11 should have been the wake-up call that we needed in order
to shift our focus, and it wasn't," said Mindy Kleinberg, 43, of
East Brunswick, whose husband, Alan, died in the attacks four years ago today.
"How sad that for four years we've had homeland security on the table, and we
don't have a definite plan in any state for what to do in the event of a catastrophe?

"It doesn't really matter whether the disaster is natural or terror-driven, it's
the same kind of plan that you need, and the command structure needs to be set up
so that there's a go-to person," added Kleinberg.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050911/NEWS01/509110339/1006

"The right fix is to fire the person who led to 3,000 people dying by making
bad calls," Van Auken said. "That is the right fix. We have the wrong fixes
in place."

"We fought for the commission so we could have a full accounting of how
the attacks could have happened and why they weren't prevented,"
Breitweiser said. "This goes to show that all of our efforts and energies
trying to make the nation safer by having the independent commission give
a full accounting to the American people were futile."

"There are no words to describe our disappointment in our personal
sacrifice getting that commission up and running and in the promises that
were made to us that we would have the real 9/11 story told," Van Auken
said. "None of that has come to pass and that is very sad."

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/NEWS/508110430

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/072905_mckinney_911_briefing.shtml