7) While all this was going on the worst hurricane in decades just about wiped out the city of New Orleans. But the bully boys were busy enjoying a well-earned rest at the time and the people of New Orleans were left to fend for themselves. Instead of marshaling the enormous resources at their disposal, instead they sent FEMA, headed by a former show-horse association official, Michael Brown, and the rest is history -- along with most the 9th Ward.
Their Excuse: We had no idea those levies would break. Besides, hurricanes are "an act of God." Even insurance companies are let off the hook for acts of God, so get off our back about that whole Katrina business. Besides, as my Mom said, those black folk who were relocated to Houston "never had it so good," -- though she is annoyed that many of them haven't returned to New Orleans.
And so, my friends (as Sen. John McSame likes to say) you can see, none of what's vexing the world and the nation today is the fault of the people who have been in charge for the last seven and half years.
None of it is the fault of the people who've been in charge of nearly everything for the past seven and a half years. Just ask them.
Which is why we MUST pursue them once they leave office and can no longer destroy evidence, stonewall inquiries or manipulated the levers of justice.
That was supposed be the job of Congress. But they failed us as well. Shame. Shame.
So, it's up to us from here. Do they get away with these high-crimes and misdeamenors, or not?
Their Excuse: We had no idea those levies would break. Besides, hurricanes are "an act of God." Even insurance companies are let off the hook for acts of God, so get off our back about that whole Katrina business. Besides, as my Mom said, those black folk who were relocated to Houston "never had it so good," -- though she is annoyed that many of them haven't returned to New Orleans.
Barbara Bush: "What I’m hearing is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
And so, my friends (as Sen. John McSame likes to say) you can see, none of what's vexing the world and the nation today is the fault of the people who have been in charge for the last seven and half years.
- After six years of war, the future of Iraq remains up for grabs among it's three waring tribes and neighboring Iran.- Afghanistan has descended back into chaos and the Taliban now control more than half the country again.
- While the Taliban try to reinstate themselves in Afghanistan, al Qaida (et al) are busily destablizing Pakistan, which now has dozens of training camps, ala pre-invastion Afghanistan and is rapidly heading in the same fundamentalist direction - only with nuclear weapons.
- America's fiscal condition has never in its history been worse, deficits never larger, the national debt has exploded from $4.5 trillion to nearly $10 trillion on their watch.
- The knock-on effect of America's financial meltdown is precipitating an international financial crisis of proportions not seen since the dawn of the industrial revolution.
- America will now be listed in history as a nation that once employed and sanctioned torture, violated human rights, eschewed the rule of law in favor of the rule of expediency and remained, to it's final days in office, unrepentant.
None of it is the fault of the people who've been in charge of nearly everything for the past seven and a half years. Just ask them.
Which is why we MUST pursue them once they leave office and can no longer destroy evidence, stonewall inquiries or manipulated the levers of justice.
That was supposed be the job of Congress. But they failed us as well. Shame. Shame.
So, it's up to us from here. Do they get away with these high-crimes and misdeamenors, or not?
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