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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 07:27 PM
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Government is working to help Katrina victims, but not everyone...
sorry, mods, the whole title wouldn't fit into the subject line. :)

Government is working to help Katrina victims, but not everyone is impressed with the results

WASHINGTON - President Bush assured hurricane victims that help is on the way Wednesday as the federal government rushed troops, medical teams and temporary shelter to the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast.

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Some disaster-relief experts criticized the federal response.

"These things need to be planned and prepared for. It just doesn't look like it was," said James Lee Witt, a former head of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Bush and other top federal officials said they were on top of the situation. With his approval ratings in the lowest range of his presidency, Bush lopped two days off his Texas visit to deal with a catastrophe that's affected the entire country in the form of higher gasoline prices.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/krwashbureau/20050831/ts_krwashbureau/_wea_katrina_response
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 07:33 PM
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1. If "not everyone" is the same as "no one"
Then the headline is true.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 07:35 PM
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2. "These things need to be planned and prepared for. It just doesn't look
like it was," said James Lee Witt, a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Competence - I remember that. It was nice while we had it.



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GOPNotForMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 07:39 PM
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3. TWO DAYS off his damn vacation?
Hate that man.
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Kelvin Mace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 08:13 PM
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4. Can we get Chavez
to expain to the Dem leadershpi that this is how it is done?
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 09:49 PM
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5. Screw that, can we get Chavez to actually lead the efforts?
Something would actually be done then.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:03 PM
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6. Better to ask Bush about all the funding cuts that caused the problems NT
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