Cyan Bane's Hall Of Bouncing Souls: This Could Be the One Thing GW Gets Right.

Brainstorm it:

Im with you on this one, Bush has done terrible, the admin has been crooked and power hungry, and has taken away all good "state powers" and created a massive beuracracy. But if he can get this one passed, a may actually clap.

Still, Hurricane Katrina will always loom over him.

# posted by WillyT : 5/16/2006 12:45:00 PM

I may be the only one but I don't place full blame on Bush for Katrina. FEMA was the one who dropped the ball. That and the complete idiots who lived in New Orleans at the time shooting at the helocopters trying to get in there to get people out and supplies in didn't help. Let's not forget the wonderful local police department and mayor who fabricated the names of a hundred or so police officers to get more money. The list goes on. The only thing that makes me angry is that they're rebuilding it. Just stupid in my opinon.

# posted by Donny : 5/16/2006 04:01:00 PM

I'm not so sure. While immigration reform is defiantely necessary - I'm opposed to using the National guard in any role. Not only is the Guard not designed for this type of mission - it has been severely stretched (almost to the breaking point) over the last few years.
While the administration has claimed this is not a militarization of our borders - it sure seems that way to me. And that's the problem, once again we are taking a step down a path I'm not sure is in the long term best interests for the country.
You'd think that someone would have learned by now that in a democratic society, the end doesn't justify the means.

# posted by The Swashbuckler : 5/16/2006 04:11:00 PM

I'm personally astounded that we, as a society (influenced by the media rather than our own ideas), can fall prey to Bush's immigration crapola. We have an illegal war in Iraq, the cost of oil is through the roof, the environment is going to shit, there is genocide/starvation in Sudan, New Orleans is a mess, wages are in shambles, the poor keep getting poorer, and there's 45 million people without health insurance. Who gives a fuck about immigration?

Of course, all of this would be okay if we can ammend the constitution to ban homos from getting married. (sarcasm BTW)

Breath, just breath. You know, Faith Hill is teh hotness.

# posted by Keith : 5/18/2006 09:55:00 AM

TO Donny:

Yes, but you have to relize that the people left in the city were all Lower class citzens with no cars, no money, no where to go, no money for a place to stay, and surrounded by all there stuff that if they let they would never see again. If one was to think about the responciblities of our government (not meaning just federal), It is there job to assure us "protection". Under my perception, "protection" involves making sure lower end citzens are able to get out of a city about to be demolished. Nagin, Blaco, Chertoff, Brown and Bush were well aware that the levy was going to break. FEMA was petitioned for 900 buses, they sent 100. Bush put brown in control, knowing he was unexpeirenced. So yes, it is Nagin, Blanco, Brown Chernoff's problem, but Bush put someone in power who sucked. So Bush=mess up.

Oh, and thye are rebuilding because they want to turn the once Black-Democratic state/city into a white/republician strong hold, not to mention all the money that can be made as a vacation spot and Gambling arena. And, guess who is making those investments? Think about it, Hurrican Katrina was the largest splut up of Africian Amercians sent to civil war. The republicans are ready to strike.

# posted by Willy T : 5/23/2006 03:54:00 PM

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