1. September 11, 2001Seven Minutes of Shame
On the morning of September 11, 2001 , President George W. Bush sat in a classroom listening to a children's story and reading along. Andrew Card went up to him and whispered in his ear that the nation was under attack from terrorists.
For the next seven minutes, the President sat, mute and motionless.
http://www.omnithoughts.com/sevenminutes.htm 2. KatrinaPresident Bush had that My Pet Goat look last Friday, Sept. 2, as he was briefed in an airplane hangar in Mobile, Ala. The clenched jaw, the grimace, the thousand-mile stare. Was this the expression of a man who was about to finally take charge, or a man in over his head? He stood before the cameras while the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Michael Brown, who just four years ago was essentially fired from his post as the judges-and-stewards commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association, described to the commander in chief in alarmingly simple terms the disaster that covered the map spread before them. This was for show. The president already knew exactly how bad it was. Which made it an incredibly stupid photo op, an unintentional symbol of his weeklong failure. If you took this event at face value, the president of the United States ostensibly was just then getting up to speed on the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina, which had swept through five days earlier.
http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0536/050907_news_katrina.php3. Global WarmingScientific Leader Blames Bush for Inaction on Global Warming
The BBC has interviewed John Holdren, presideint of the American Association for the Advancemnt of Science, on global warming. Holden reports that the climate is already changing, and places the blame for inaction on George Bush.
He blamed President Bush not only for refusing to cut emissions, but also for failing to live up to his rhetoric on harnessing technology to tackle climate change.
http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=220 4. IraqGeorge Bush, a.k.a. the Decider, seems to be struggling with what to do with in Iraq. He can't decide. He was supposed to announce his decision on a "new way forward" last week. But, he put it off. Late last week the indications were that he was going to increase the troops in Iraq -- a surge of 20,000 to 30,000 additional troops -- in an effort to get control of Baghdad and then move on to other areas of Iraq. But then The Washington Post reported that the Joint Chief of Staff unanimously opposes additional troops.
What is the decider to do?
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec06/Zeese21.htm 5. North KoreaFormer Clinton Secretary of Defense William Perry
Wednesday, October 11, 2006; Page A19
North Korea's declared nuclear bomb test program will increase the incentives for other nations to go nuclear, will endanger security in the region and could ultimately result in nuclear terrorism. While this test is the culmination of North Korea's long-held aspiration to become a nuclear power, it also demonstrates the total failure of the Bush administration's policy toward that country. For almost six years this policy has been a strange combination of harsh rhetoric and inaction.
"Our government's inattention has allowed North Korea to establish a new and dangerous threat to the Asia-Pacific region. It is probably too late to reverse that damage, but serious attention to this problem can still limit the extent of the damage."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001285.html 6. Chemical SecurityChronology of Bush Inaction and Flip-Flops on Chemical Security
This timeline documents the failure of the Bush administration to take actions to protect the country from toxic chemicals.
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press/reports/chronology-of-bush-inaction-an___________________