Already, talk of going after the VT Administration for failure to respond, but Bush skates 9/11

[berni_mccoy]

This article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/virginia_tech_shooting;_ylt=Aj3QO8dVrx_7vPsUFvxCpn.s0NUE) clearly discusses going after the V.T. Administration for failing to respond to the attacks this morning. Here are some excerpts:

Students bitterly complained that there were no public-address announcements on campus after the first shots. Many said the first word from the university was an e-mail more than two hours into the rampage — around the time the gunman struck again.

"I think the university has blood on their hands because of their lack of action after the first incident," said Billy Bason, 18, who lives on the seventh floor of the dorm.

"If you had apprehended a suspect, I could understand having classes even after two of your students have perished. But when you don't have a suspect in a college environment and to put the students in a situation where they're congregated in large numbers in open buildings, that's unacceptable to me."

and this:

Some students and Laura Wedin, a student programs manager at Virginia Tech, said the first notification they got of the shootings came in an e-mail at 9:26 a.m., more than two hours after the first shooting.

The e-mail had few details. It read: "A shooting incident occurred at West Amber Johnston earlier this morning. Police are on the scene and are investigating." The message warned students to be cautious and contact police about anything suspicious.

Everett Good, junior, said of the lack of warning: "Someone's head is definitely going to roll over that."

If this is indeed true, then someone in the school's administration should be punished, no doubt. But so too should Bush for his administrations complete and utter chaotic response to 9/11.

[MonkeyFunk]

1. I'm not ready to start

throwing accusations against anybody in this case. For heaven's sake, it's not like there's a single, proper, well-planned procedure for something like this. Decisions have to be made in the absence of a LOT of useful information.

This is a tragedy, but I think blaming the administration this soon is foolish.

[berni_mccoy]

2. Exactly my point.

Why is it that people are so quick to judge a school administration but will give the Bush Administration a pass on 9/11?

[EFerrari]

4. For not mounting a defense on 9/11, apart from any other consideration,

Bush should be impeached. Yesterday.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. oh, I know

sorry, I wasn't implying that YOU were going after the administrators.

But I've seen too many OTHER people here expressing that, and I think it's uncalled for.

[Atman]

3. It's not like the VT president was sitting there reading "My Pet Goat"

Right?

.

[jedr]

6. IMHO........

Can you accept the statements of traumatized young adults to be anything more than statements of anger and frustration? Also I feel it's a real stretch to compare this to Bushes response to 911. Just watched part of the news conference and it's really getting out of hand....had to turn it off. Just my opinion.......

[berni_mccoy]

8. Why is it a stretch? Failure of response is a completely valid complaint on the victim's part

Bush failed to respond on 9/11
Bush failed to respond to Katrina
Yet there he is, still in charge... what about the next disaster or attack?

And so, these students complaints are as valid as any victim of 9/11 or Katrina. They deserve answers to why the Adminstration failed to respond and if it's just as negligent, those in charge should resign, as many in the Bush administration should have.

[jedr]

9. My wife failed to make dinner tonight;

Is she in on it? I think that the university probably made mistakes, time will tell and ,yes we do not have the promised homeland security that we should which may have helped in this situation. But I still think that blaming Bush for this is a stretch. Not everything in the world is someones fault, life comes with risks. Believe me . Ole W has plenty of screw ups and should be impeached or imprisoned for many of them, but I feel this one is still a stretch.

[berni_mccoy]

10. I'm not blaming Bush for the VT Massacre, I'm blaming him for 9/11

And wondering why he is still not held accountable while we are looking at a nearly immediate accounting of the failure of the VT administration failure to respond.

And comparing this tragedy to your wife making dinner *IS* a stretch.

[jedr]

11. Yes , my wife is a stretch, sorry I misunderstood your statement

[earthlover]

7. Are our views of Bush setting the bar too low for others?

Have we reached a point where our President's ineptitude is going to give a free pass to others throughout our society in positions of responsibility, and let them off the hook by saying at least they aren't as bad as Bush? That is a sad thought.

[KamaAina]

12. ...but Bush** skates 9/11 *and Katrina*

lest we forget.