Don't shoot the messenger, just posting for the fun of it. Just curious if anyone else has seen this letter on the net???


"Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Dear Mr. Bush:

Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina
and
thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted.
Where on
earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need
help
finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that
a
drag.

Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could
really
use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like
helping
with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with?

Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of
Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only a Category 1 then
but it
was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still
homes without power. That night the weatherman said this storm was on
its
way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know you
didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to
get
bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to go to and mothers of dead
soldiers to
ignore and smear. You sure showed her!

I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying
to
Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps.
Don't
let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over
and
what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dike?

And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you
specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for New
Orleans
this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even
if you
hadn't cut the money to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any
Army
engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more important
construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ!

On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was
moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds
as you
flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster.
Hey,
I know you couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble
and
act like a commander in chief. Been there done that.

There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to
use
it against you. Just have your people keep pointing that out. Respond
to
nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen
because
the water in the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a
storm
like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global warming Chicken
Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it
would be like having one F-4 tornado that stretched from New York to
Cleveland.

No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30
percent
of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands had no
transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's
not
like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white
people on
their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing --
NOTHING
-- to do with this!

You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army
helicopters
and send them there. Pretend the people of New Orleans and the Gulf
Coast
are near Tikrit.

Yours,

America"

 

Hate to tell you this, but we shoot messengers around here......

 

man the truth sure does hurt,good post

 

i just don't have nothing to say anymore one the subject....just getting burnt out on it

 

I think you need to educate yourself on what the responsibilities are of the federal government in any kind of natural disaster and what each state is required to do before the federal government can even step in with FEMA, National Gaurd, etc...this letter is just proof of more ignorance of someone who doesn't know their *** from a hole in the ground!

Amazing what people might learn if they open their ears and shut their f'n mouth and do a little research on who's responsible for what and how long it takes for FEMA or other Federal agencies to respond to such major catastrophies...FEMA states it can take anywhere from 72-96 hours to be able to respond because of state policies, planning, logistics, etc. so everyone needs to be prepared to survive (on their own) until help can arrive. If any blame is to go around look a the local and state government of LA and what actions they took before the storm...2000 school buses left in the parking lot to drown instead of helping evacuate the NO people!! And thats Bush's fault right? WTF ever...

I'm done with all this political BULLSHIT from all these f'n bleeding heart Liberal ********...

 

 

where do you want them to land to load up?

 

Amen.

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=8693

 

Great link Chris...Everyone should read this...THANK YOU!!

Had to start a new thread with it...

 

What a great idea! Let's play the race card some more!

Of course it's Bush's fault for making African American's live in New Orleans and be poor. It's also his fault for making Katrina hit the area.

Curse Bush!

(I'm not a Bush fan by the way.)

 

Good post! Damn people that think they know everything Such a simplistic appraoch to everything.

While we are posting good links, here you go:

http://www.thoseshirts.com/tshirts.html

http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingstuff/256239

 

HELL YEAH GO BEN STIEN!!! WELL PUT!!!

 

Bush told the hurricane to hit New Orleans. I saw him do it. He also said it was cool that people could remain during a mandatory evacuation. Yep, his fault!

I didn't vote for Bush, but posts like this just show ignorance. People should have paid more attention in school or should learn how the government works before spouting off ignorance like this.

Hmmm, my truck is dirty. Damn Bush! He also needs to mow my lawn.

 

It is very true, that FEMA has been telling people forever that it will take them atleast 72 hours to get into a disaster area-possibly longer for major disasters. Not to mention that the STATE has to FORMALLY ask for federal help before they can act, and they did not ask right off the bat.

And Nagin had thousands of busses at his disposal, busses that could have been moved west, outside of the city BEFORE the hurricane hit. The were tracking it for days before it made land fall, and they all knew once it hit it was going to go northeast. Why not put these busses outside the city to the west (out of harms way)? What did Nagin do? Where was the planning on his part?? After all, he is the one responsible for that city.

 

this is just a way for the Dems to make the Reps look bad so they can get back the white house and the hill. Pretty sad when they take advantage of a situation like this for their own endevors for power. LA and NO are to blame for this mass F'Up

 

they had a plan to use them but he lost the phone number before the storm hit and lost the rest of the plan that he wrote on toilet paper. Great Job Mayor

 

damn that was great

 

LMAO at Tony....mow my lawn

 

Great pic...

Honestly they should ask for his resignation immediately...not much of a leader and lacks mangement skills having 4+ days to prepare for a catostrophic hurricane to hit "HIS" city. IMHO...