("john smith" wrote)
Listening to CNN, they are commenting on how Bush-1 was criticized for not
going to Florida following Andrew.
It seems like W's handlers are working hard to not let their boy be
acquised of making the same mistake.


(ramblings...)

Remember the (1990's) Clinton flap over FEMA aid not going to Republican
stronghold disaster areas?

Democratic areas would have a small hailstorm roll through their area, and
suddenly, Federal Disaster Relief money would start raining down from the
heavens. Republican districts would need an F-5 tornado parking itself over
their town, for a week, before they were allowed to apply for help from
Washington. :-)

I'm wondering why the levees broke?? Grand Forks, ND (1997) sure, they got
nailed by floodwaters, then fire. Tough break. N.O. (2005) ...your city is
below sea level people!! Those levees should have been ...oh, never mind.
:-(

Salt Lake City (1999) medium size tornado makes a direct hit on Downtown -
No Looting.

People across the city stopped what they were doing and cleaned up the
mess - until the job was done - then resumed what they were doing. No
comparing the two natural disasters, but no comparing the preparedness of
the two local governments, and reaction of the citizens either.

CBS news (Tuesday) said people were looting out of a need to survive. It had
only been 18 hours folks!! CBS news is banned from this house for the rest
of the year.

GTW, Margene knows I mean business with my TV news station bans - I've been
"double secret probation" banning different outlets for over a decade. ABC
(A for arrogant) news was banned from our home for 6 months, after their
9-11 carping about W 'hiding' and not being back in Washington that first
afternoon. I didn't care if it was Clinton, Carter, Reagan, Ford, Nixon or W
....I wanted my President's butt up in Air Force One that day!!

Our local FOX outlet gets turned off, mid story, at least twice a week.

W needs to make a Marine One fly-over - that's it. Back in Washington he
needs to "go" up to The Hill and meet in the offices of the Senators and
Congresspeople of that region - photo ops all around are ok. Then he needs
to have them all over for a morning prayer breakfast and more photo ops in
the White House.

Send First Lady Laura Bush to the Gulf Coast...and Cheney, if anyone knows
where he is. He can tour the damaged oil rigs.

'43' should hold off making his entrance for 3 more days.


Montblack