he's just a chump after all............you know it, i know it

Leisurely Bush, Bumbling Feds

Only the Coast Guard looks good after Hurricane Katrina
by James RidgewayAugust 31st, 2005 12:54 PM


WASHINGTON, D.C.—At his usual leisurely pace, George Bush has returned here to take a look at what’s been going on down South. With dire warnings all over the news a good day before Hurricane Katrina struck, this former Texas governor, who ought to know firsthand what the weather can do to the oil industry, let alone human beings, remained on vacation until a day after the storm struck. Only after the levees in New Orleans were breached, inundating the city with floodwaters and stranding desperate people atop their houses, did the president return from his Crawford ranch to take up the reins of government. Just as on 9-11 itself, the president preferred to wait until he achieved what his administration sometimes refers to as “situational awareness” before taking any rash action, like sending a lot of drinking water to the stricken Gulf Coast, for example. CNN showed him peering out of the window of Air Force One on Wednesday as the plane circled the flooded streets. Below, people bumped along on inner tubes or waved white sheets from their balconies. ..................