WAKE UP, AMERICAN PEOPLE...!!!

i heard just this morning on cnni that poll results show that only 13% of the american people place any blame on bush for the katrina disaster...

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE, PEOPLE...!!!

while there isn't a damn thing the bush administration could have done to prevent the hurricane, THERE IS ONE HELL OF A LOT THEY COULD HAVE DONE TO LESSEN ITS IMPACT before, during and immediately after it hit...

BEFORE, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION COULD HAVE:

• built up and strengthened the levees precisely as every report on new orleans had recommended for years

• insured that an effective evacuation plan was in place that included ALL residents of ALL possible affected areas and that the plan was effectively executed

• developed a serious wetlands restoration and insured that it was effectively implemented to reduce the possibility of catastrophic devastation

• that emergency personnel, supplies and other resources were staged, positioned and ready to go

• that all federal, state and local officials were on call and ready to go where needed at a moment's notice

• that a command post and a disaster operations chief had been identified and was ready to go

• that a back-up plan was in place to deal with unanticipated contingencies

DURING, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION COULD HAVE:

• insured the evacuation plan had been followed

• brought relevant officials from all levels of government together in a centralized command post under a single commander

• authorized and identified credible spokespeople and put them in place in strategic locations to provide current and accurate information to the media

• had key government leaders strategically and visibly placed and well-informed to boost public confidence in disaster operations
  

AFTER, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION COULD HAVE:

• once it was obvious that pre-planning had been deficient, activated the back-up plan and begun dealing IMMEDIATELY with unanticipated contingencies like levee breaches and the Super Dome and Convention Center "shelters of last resort"

• IMMEDIATELY created a centralized command post and identified a command post chief

• stationed key public leaders VISIBLY as close as possible to the most critical areas to lend support and encouragement and to remove bureaucratic obstacles
  

this is far from an expert or even a comprehensive list but IT'S ALSO NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, FOLKS...!!!

had katrina been a serious terrorist attack, half the gulf coast would now be TOAST... instead, we had a catastrophic hurricane and half the gulf coast is now TOAST...

bush and his crew have had SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TO PREPARE THE UNITED STATES FOR DEALING WITH A DOMESTIC CATASTROPHE... BUSH HAS SAID REPEATEDLY THAT WE MUST BE ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES FROM DISASTER AND THAT, AS PRESIDENT, HE WAS INSURING THE NATION'S ABILITY TO DO JUST THAT... HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE FACE OF CRISIS WAS THE KEY FACTOR HE CITED IN WHY WE SHOULD RE-ELECT HIM AND WAS A KEY FACTOR IN WHY HE WON THE ELECTION...

BUSH AND HIS TEAM HAVE FAILED MISERABLY...!! BUSH HOLDS AT LEAST PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LIVES LOST... HIS REFUSAL TO ACCEPT EITHER IS CRAVEN, COWARDLY AND DESPICABLE...

if we, as american citizens, let the bush administration get away with this CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT BEHAVIOR AND, WORSE YET, TO BLAME IT ON OTHERS, i don't think there's much hope left for the united states...

BUSH, CHENEY AND THE ENTIRE CABINET MUST SUBMIT THEIR RESIGNATIONS...!!!

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