12 February 2006
Two sides of the same bad penny
In an article about the US House of Representatives' forthcoming report into the Katrina disaster, the Washington Post tells us that the Select Committee
"...lays primary fault with the passive reaction and misjudgments of top Bush aides, singling out Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Operations Center and the White House Homeland Security Council..."
The Committee itself was comprised only of Republicans (the Democrats refused to participate claiming the investigation would be a partisan whitewash), who still saw fit to judge the Bush regime's response as a total failure of leadership. However, it seems the Committee failed to compel the White House to hand over documents and also won't hold any White House official accountable. What a surprise this will be, if it turns out to be correct.
Of Bush, the report said that
"...'earlier presidential involvement could have speeded the response' because he alone could have cut through all bureaucratic resistance."
Makes you sort of wonder about this Emperor, doesn't it? After all, he was able to invade a country halfway around the world and smash it into rubble, in an attempt to root out mythical NBC weapons but back at El Rancho Busho, he couldn't seem to bring himself to evacuate helpless US citizens despite ample warning (as noted by the report) of impending disaster.
It seems like two sides of the same bad penny, doesn't it?
I wonder if history will remember him kindly?
"...lays primary fault with the passive reaction and misjudgments of top Bush aides, singling out Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Operations Center and the White House Homeland Security Council..."
The Committee itself was comprised only of Republicans (the Democrats refused to participate claiming the investigation would be a partisan whitewash), who still saw fit to judge the Bush regime's response as a total failure of leadership. However, it seems the Committee failed to compel the White House to hand over documents and also won't hold any White House official accountable. What a surprise this will be, if it turns out to be correct.
Of Bush, the report said that
"...'earlier presidential involvement could have speeded the response' because he alone could have cut through all bureaucratic resistance."
Makes you sort of wonder about this Emperor, doesn't it? After all, he was able to invade a country halfway around the world and smash it into rubble, in an attempt to root out mythical NBC weapons but back at El Rancho Busho, he couldn't seem to bring himself to evacuate helpless US citizens despite ample warning (as noted by the report) of impending disaster.
It seems like two sides of the same bad penny, doesn't it?
I wonder if history will remember him kindly?
