Bush on Katrina: Move Along, Nothing to Learn Here
You may recall just a short time after Bush congratulated Brownie on doing a heck of a job as the head of FEMA handling the Katrina response, he mentioned that we were going to learn from the mistakes that he took responsibility for.
Remeber? He said:
I nearly fell out of my chair.
Well, I’m happy to say there will be no more metaphorical chair-falling, because apparently the Bush administration is no longer interested in learning from the tragedy.
In other words – and I know it might be hard for some of you to believe this – but the pledge Bush made to learn from this awful mess was really just a PR stunt. Coming from the president who was reprimanded by Office of Government Accountability for illegal propaganda, I’m guessing most reading this are not picking themselves off the floor either.
That’s because it has been revealed by Joe “Closet Republican” Lieberman (D-CT) and Susan “Closet Lesbian” Collins (R-ME) that the Bush administration is significantly stifling the federal investigation into what the hell happened.
As you may recall, the Bush administration is not real big on investigating failures or national security issues. Just ask Scooter Libby. Just ask the 9/11 commission. Ask those who wanted to extend the deadline of the probe. Ask those trying to obtain information about Abramoff and Bush. Now add the red-voting Gulf Coast to the list.
The White House is hampering a Senate inquiry into the government's response to Hurricane Katrina by barring administration officials from answering questions and by not handing over documents, senators leading the probe said yesterday.
''We are entitled to know if someone from the Department of Homeland Security calls someone at the White House during this whole crisis period," Collins said. ''So I think the White House has gone too far in restricting basic information about who called whom on what day."
She also said that it ''is completely inappropriate" for the White House to bar agency officials from talking to the Senate committee.
Read more here.
Remeber? He said:
This government will learn the lessons of Hurricane Katrina. We're going to review every action and make necessary changes, so that we are better prepared for any challenge of nature, or act of evil men, that could threaten our people.
I nearly fell out of my chair.
Well, I’m happy to say there will be no more metaphorical chair-falling, because apparently the Bush administration is no longer interested in learning from the tragedy.
In other words – and I know it might be hard for some of you to believe this – but the pledge Bush made to learn from this awful mess was really just a PR stunt. Coming from the president who was reprimanded by Office of Government Accountability for illegal propaganda, I’m guessing most reading this are not picking themselves off the floor either.
That’s because it has been revealed by Joe “Closet Republican” Lieberman (D-CT) and Susan “Closet Lesbian” Collins (R-ME) that the Bush administration is significantly stifling the federal investigation into what the hell happened.
As you may recall, the Bush administration is not real big on investigating failures or national security issues. Just ask Scooter Libby. Just ask the 9/11 commission. Ask those who wanted to extend the deadline of the probe. Ask those trying to obtain information about Abramoff and Bush. Now add the red-voting Gulf Coast to the list.
The White House is hampering a Senate inquiry into the government's response to Hurricane Katrina by barring administration officials from answering questions and by not handing over documents, senators leading the probe said yesterday.
''We are entitled to know if someone from the Department of Homeland Security calls someone at the White House during this whole crisis period," Collins said. ''So I think the White House has gone too far in restricting basic information about who called whom on what day."
She also said that it ''is completely inappropriate" for the White House to bar agency officials from talking to the Senate committee.
Read more here.
posted by Jeremy at 11:47 AM
2 Comments:
Hi, jeremy,
I like your blog and will have to listen to some of the audio you have posted. I have been obssessed with Katrina so I went to yue story about hampering the investigation. Sickening. And one thing that galls me is that American should equate Bush's Big Bungle in Katrina with the way he is bungling "terorism." FEMA is under the same damned umbrella that is supposed to protet the sheeple from an attack. If Bush has another big "oopsie doopsie" and we are attacked, FEMA has proven they cannot do shit to save us. So exactly what is it that makes him the tough guy?
Hi Karena -
Thanks for visiting.
You're absolutely correct and you hit on a pretty significant point. The Democrats really have to show that the whole Katrina thing - as incredibly racists and classist as it was - really affects people nationwide because it's really all about disaster preparedness.
That's why, when you view recent polls, most of our collective jaws hit the floor when we see that Bush get's his highest grade in the fight against terror.
I suppose if a terrorist attack happened in a wealthy area, we'd be all set - but if something happened in the deep South - you know, to the states that keep voting for him - we'd be in trouble.
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