US can handle Iraq, Katrina: Bush

[sabra]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16477198%255E1702,00.html

US can handle Iraq, Katrina: Bush

US President George W. Bush has rejected calls to pull resources from the war in Iraq to handle Hurricane Katrina, saying: "We've got plenty of resources to do both."

"The people (have) just got to know, we've got what it takes to do more than one thing. And we'll secure our country from the terrorists and we'll help rebuild this part of the world," he said after touring this devastated town.

Some US lawmakers have asked that Washington call home members of the National Guard whose homes were devastated by the storm, others worry about the multi-billion-dollar pricetag of funding both ventures.

"I just completely disagree," said the president.

[corkhead]

1. we couldn't "handle" Iraq BEFORE Katrina!! what a MORAN! eom

[KittyWampus]

2. bush can't even eat a damn pretzel and BREATH at the same time

[JoFerret]

3. But we can't and won't tolerate/ handle YOU.

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[sarcasmo]

4. Could you Imagine being the poor Guard who is from Norleans.

What a nightmare that must be, serving in Iraq and not knowing if your loved ones are alive.

[short bus president]

5. yup - we can half-ass both jobs at the same time

:eyes:

[BlueJac]

6. I couldn't handle Iraq or Bush before Katrina!

[Gregorian]

7. Bush, you need psychotherapy. Step down now!

The world cannot take any more of you.

[TechBear_Seattle]

8. What about hurricane Lee? Maria? Nate? Ophelia?

The hurricane season won't peak for another two weeks, according to history. And it will continue for more than a month after that. It is almost guaranteed that two or three more hurricanes will slam in to the United States this year. What if one of those hits the Gulf again? What about the even greater devastation that will result because so many people now are homeless?

Is anyone in the Bush administration even thinking about this, much less planning for it?

(Note: Names in the subject line are from the list of 2005 hurricane names, so don't be shocked when these names actually do hit.

[CoffeeCat]

10. Thanks for your post...

...well written and a good reminder of the facts that this administration is ignoring.

Scary stuff.

[Lisa]

16. TechBear!

You blew it! You should have kept quiet about the list, and that way we'd think you were psychic!

But seriously -- you raise an important point. I woke up from a bad dream last night, where another hurricane hit the Gulf Coast this month, destroying what was left of New Orleans and also the planes/ships/rescuers who'd come to help. I had to go check the news channel to make sure it was only a nightmare.


Re: the peak in hurricane activity -- I'm a climate change researcher, and some of the people I work with are worried that the cycle will not follow earlier patterns and drop off in a few years, but continue to be this way, later in the century. It's not out of the question that the current storm season may lengthen, starting earlier and finishing later (we're already seeing this for forest fires in some areas). I really hope we are wrong about this!

[Warren Stupidity]

9. Hey george: handle this:

:nuke:

[Triana]

11. HE can't handle EITHER ONE...

...we've seen his abject FAILURE to handle Iraq AND Katrina.

ENOUGH. IMPEACH THE ASSHOLE

WE are his employers. He is "incapable of performing duties as assigned" and he needs to be FIRED.

[killbotfactory]

12. Facts on the ground say otherwise.

Go back to the private sector, asshole.

[neuvocat]

13. You know its bad when...

you try to inspire people and it backfires.

[gratuitous]

14. Sure we can handle them both

Bush will just have to take two months' vacation, though.

[young_at_heart]

15. Isn't it obvious........we DON'T have plenty of resources

If we had, this nightmare wouldn't be happening.

[damntexdem]

17. I have no doubt that the U.S. COULD -- but the Bushistas can't.

And the U.S. shouldn't: it should leave Iraq and attend to Katrina.

[despairing optimist]

18. "Which will you trust, me or your own eyes?"

And the sheeple shouted to their emperor, "Why, you, of course! You ended our vision benefits during the last disaster!"

[daleo]

19. I knew he would say it, but I don't believe it.

This is just one more big lie. He will have to give up the war, or give up on New Orleans.

[Dr Fate]

20. Liar.

n/t

[opihimoimoi]

21. That Pig is DELUSIONAL....he can't fly and he can't handle both

much less one....

[txaslftist]

22. ...and Iran, and Syria, and a quake in San Francisko, Armageddon....

What, me worry?

[VegasWolf]

23. I'm "W" and I can do ANYTHING !!!! Except ride a bicycle. nt

[Coventina]

25. Or a Segway. Or eat a pretzel.... eom

[truthisfreedom]

32. or speak English.

[Diane R]

24. By pulling ROTC students out of college?

Didn't a woman just say on Air America that her daughters' roommate...ROTC....was being pulled out of school in Michigan to go to Mississippi?

[leesa]

26. We've got the Boy Scouts, remember? Just don't ask them to put up a tent

in a storm.

Republicans are delusional.

[KamaAina]

27. So he's still keeping the tax breaks for millionaires?

Sheeeeeeeesh.

[MasonJar]

28. Tell that to the dead babies at the Convention Center, you per-

verse Mongolian twerp. Apologies to all Mongolians and all twerps.

[Javaman]

29. I'm sorry but, bwahahahahahaha!!! You can't handle anything yet

you stupid fuck*!

Like the old saying goes, if you give him enough rope, he'll hang himself. Let's just keep feeding it out. We have a short year before the midterms, unless he walks on water between then and now, he will be swinging from the rafters come December of next year.

colossal failure*.

[cliss]

30. I think we were better off

in the Stone Age.

At least back then, I could count on my buddy in the Cave Next Door to help me out. He'd help me because he knows I'd help him in the next disaster, like a Mastodon attacking us, or a saber tooth tiger raiding our camp.

Life was just better then.

[[e-mail]]

31. earth to Bush

your a chicken
plain and simple
you can't even meet with a mother who lost her son in YOUR war
give us all a break and retire
get lost
we do not NEED YOU
all you do is suck the life out of innocent people
enough
have you no shame ????
take your party and find an island somewhere any where but here in the USA
YOU Mr. Bush do not belong
You are what makes America look bad to other nations
You and your party
leave us alone
we've had enough
we will live in Peace and Harmony with out you and the likes of you
amen

[pinniped]

33. * will do like the Germans post-war and print more money.

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[arikara]

34. I read this as "US can handle Iraq, Katrina AND Bush"

I'm too tired and heartsick and off to bed.

Goodnight

[daleo]

35. Bush to Atlantic Ocean: "Bring it on!"

"I can handle you and Iraq with one hand tied behind my back. You don't scare me - I got lots more cities!"