Has Bush made a speech about rebuilding New Orleans?

Maggie_May

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Wed Dec-07-05 12:35 PM
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Has Bush made a speech about rebuilding New Orleans?

Its been over 100 days since Katrina and not a word from this administration on rebuilding the Gulf. Yes the President made a speech on the rebuilding of Iraq. Mr. President what is our accomplishments in New Orleans?

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Dulcinea

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Wed Dec-07-05 12:38 PM
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1. There has been no speech.

Because there has been no progress.

IIRC, Karl Rove was supposed to be in charge of that, & he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

However, yesterday some hurricane survivors testified before Congress, & they had nothing good to say!

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Maggie_May

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Wed Dec-07-05 12:43 PM
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2. This is my point

We can dump all our resources into Iraq and not help our own. This is a disgrace.

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Pam-Moby

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Wed Dec-07-05 12:44 PM
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3. First of all he is not Mr. President to me.

He is George Fudwacker. The war is all that seems to matter to him. High gas prices, heat, food, medical coverage and shelter is of very little importance to him for his own people. His priority is protecting his oil fields overseas.

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schmuls

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Wed Dec-07-05 12:48 PM
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4. With a "president" like him, we don't need enemies! I like to

call him "the resident".

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BJW

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Wed Dec-07-05 12:50 PM
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5. thx for posting this--kicked & recc'd

:kick:

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drb

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Wed Dec-07-05 12:58 PM
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6. Well, the people in New Orleans better hope he did NOT make....

...a speech about rebuilding. My observation is that (as the phrase goes) every single word the fucker says is a lie, including "and" and "the."

So if he says they're going to rebuild, it means they won't.

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darkmaestro019

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Wed Dec-07-05 01:05 PM
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7. actually, if he said they'd rebuild, it'd mean Halliburton

was already in the process of destroying even MORE of NO on purpose. At twelve times the cost of what it would ACTUALLY cost to destroy it.

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Jane Austin

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Wed Dec-07-05 01:08 PM
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8. He DID make a speech - - in front of the cathedral, remember?

It sounded like the freaking New Deal all over again for NOLA.

Then, an hour after the speech, they turned off all the lights and they haven't said a word since.

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triguy46

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Wed Dec-07-05 01:11 PM
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9. Hey, he's doin a heckuva good job...

by staying away.

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ticapnews

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Wed Dec-07-05 01:19 PM
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10. Looking at the Whitehouse.gov "News Archives"

Edited on Wed Dec-07-05 01:20 PM by ticapnews

The last major event was when Shrub went to NOLA on October 10. He made a statement about the need for additional relief efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi on November 20.

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Maggie_May

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Wed Dec-07-05 01:22 PM
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11. Why in the hell are we rebuilding Iraq

with our tax dollars and not rebuilding our own states?

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ticapnews

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Wed Dec-07-05 01:53 PM
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12. Simple

The government can give a no-bid contract to Halliburton etc for $250,000,000 of our dollars. They can then contract the work out to another company at a cost of $1,000,000 of their shiny new dollars, leaving Halliburton with $249,000,000 of our money. It's a money-laundering scheme that would make even the Godfather blush.

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ladjf

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Wed Dec-07-05 02:05 PM
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13. No, he put Rove in charge of the project and Rove is busy

trying to stay out of jail. Meanwhile, thousands suffer needlessly.

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