In which college did Abraham Lincoln matriculate?

BRILLIANT !!!!

Ok smarty pants, so what is he suppose to do?
NOT TAKE RESPONSABILITY??????????????????????????????
You would prefer that? You think that is the honorable and honest thing to do?

I saw the clip tonight on the Daily Show. Austin85’s description is spot-on. If I was on a jury, I’d convict the guy. It was an abysmal performance. He gave the appearance of someone imagining they were being drug to it with a chain. He was pouty and dismissive -- this was clearly an unnecessary lowering of his accustomed majesty as far as the Dubbers was concerned. I don’t how we got to this state, but it’s not good.

People take you seriously? Well, on diesel mechanics, I suppose. :sun_smile

Based on a clip from a comedy show you would convict somebody.

Good grief.

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Just saying, there are different sides to every coin. You're looking at just one of them... not terribly accepting, are you?

Are you sure your lab's not yellow?

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Let me help you out: I think he means, what can you contribute to make things better? Or are you happy to just *****?

Just because it's on a comedy show doesn't make the video less reliable, but I don't think the video is all that significant. It's not like it gives a window to W's soul or anything.

If for no reason other than political expediency, I wish people would back off of W's work on Katrina, at least until he screws up again. Give the guy his due, he came about as close as presidents ever come to accepting responsibility. He had the political smarts to take his medicine. So I say democrats should back off and be as constructive as possible.

He didn't screw up a first time yet.......


#1 the Mayor screwed up bigtime....

#2 the Governor screwed up bigtime....

#3 Bush gets Fema going which is the order of progression that is legal and normal...

I see only dems that screwed up....and not one thing Bush did wrong.

Firstly, there is no argument that the mayor and governor screwed up.

However, although I'm not at all surprised, you have to have your head buried in the sand to give Bush a complete pass on this.

He was at least 36 hours behind the curve and was far more interested in his jaunt to California then to handle the crisis. From what I have been able to garner, he wasn't even aware of the crisis until very late on Tuesday. No TV for him, so, how would he know?

It's entirely possible that the average person in the street knew more about the severity of the situation than GWB did.

The fact that he admitted the Feds screwed up is a major indication of how badly they mismanaged the job. GWB is known to never make a mistake, by his own admittance. This response was so compromised that even the almighty Bush has had to eat crow.

"Damned if you do, damned if you don't."

BTW -- I am not giving Bush a pass on this. As is always the case, there were things that could have been handled better, in hindsight.

Boy are you ever so wrong..

If you ever saw the communications systems they use you would be amazed...I have seen them...first hand.

He knew before anyone else did...what could he have done to stop the hurricane...

Federal law, precident, and SOP dictates the City if first responder...followed by the state.....the feds come in last....

Fema was the only ones to do anything...so how was that a screwup...its amazing how everyone is experts after an event..with the benifit of hindsight...

Bush does not run FEMA...Bush does not control the workings of FEMA...Bush does not Micromanage FEMA not does he have the right to.

Explain how anything Bush could have legally done would have changed anything...

The Feds can not act until requested by the Governor of the state...otherwise Federal law is broken.

My father and I were discussing this earlier this week... "Civics" as he and I (to a lesser degree) were taught is no longer really part of the curriculum in public education. People don't understand the simple legalities, and obviously don't care about them. The press' bumbling of this whole affair is evidence of this... it's very difficult to find press that accurately explains what legally must happen for the feds to step in in cases like this.... which is disappointing.

Sure, I suppose that you can say that Bush has no responsibility, becasue he has an agency to do a job. He bears no responsibility because they could not do the job in a timely manner.

And, he bears no responsibility for waiting for the Governor to call and request help.

Yep, since he is the President, he is responsible for nothing........it's either Federal employees who are resoponsible or the Governor........but not GWB.

Interesting take Bonehead........and head in the sand.......as usual.

BTW, the Feds can act at any time, without the need for waiting for the Governor. The Federal law supports this. It has already been discussed in other threads.

If you think the Feds can hide behind the fact that the governor didn't call, you are really behind the curve on this one.

Brian -- on a serious note, do you have links (not just to threads here, unless they in turn provide links to reputable sources) to info that explains when and how the Feds can step in w/o state approval? I would like to learn more about this.