More Katrina

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...


Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the president
would not disrupt response efforts."

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...

Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the president
would not disrupt response efforts."

This is a question of the lesser of two evils and the most good.

Does the President stop and take a "land" tour of the area, drawing
precious resources from the recovery efforts?

or,

Does the President do a flyover in AF1 enroute to DC and let the boots
on the ground do their job?

In this case, politics will probably interfer with the job at hand.
It doesn't matter if there is a D or an R after the title.
The President's physically being there doesn't contribute anything to
clearing the debris and getting the infrastructure back in working order.

"Sammy" wrote in message
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This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com
says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the
president
would not disrupt response efforts."

Sorry, I heard on NBC news that Bush was heading to the area and posted my
response. I later checked some news websites that say he headed to DC and
won't be going to the area, yet...

Well he is in the political Catch 22. If the Pres does go people will bitch,
and if he doesn't people will bitch and say he doesn't care. Sometimes you
just can't win can you. Sad when we have to let our politics effect such a
awful situation. R or D, put it aside and help those in need. People with no
clean water to drink don't give an iota about our agreeing with the
Presidents policies, or agreeing with Ted Kennedy nor anyone else. They
would however like to give there children clean water and food.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"N93332" wrote in message
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"Sammy" wrote in message
.. .
This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our
President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com
says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details
on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the
president
would not disrupt response efforts."

Sorry, I heard on NBC news that Bush was heading to the area and posted my
response. I later checked some news websites that say he headed to DC and
won't be going to the area, yet...

On 2005-08-31, W P Dixon wrote:
Well he is in the political Catch 22. If the Pres does go people will bitch,
and if he doesn't people will bitch and say he doesn't care.

If the President is indeed strong, he will Do The Right Thing - not the
political thing. The Right Thing at this moment in time, I wager, is to
not get in the way. If necessary, he can explain why he is keeping away
- then the people criticising him will look rather pathetic that they
essentially want rescue work to be intefered with.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
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"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Dylan Smith wrote:

On 2005-08-31, W P Dixon wrote:

Well he is in the political Catch 22. If the Pres does go people will bitch,
and if he doesn't people will bitch and say he doesn't care.


If the President is indeed strong, he will Do The Right Thing - not the
political thing. The Right Thing at this moment in time, I wager, is to
not get in the way. If necessary, he can explain why he is keeping away
- then the people criticising him will look rather pathetic that they
essentially want rescue work to be intefered with.


The right thing, IMO, would be to visit quietly and not have a TFR.
Does anyone really believe that a credible terrorist threat could be
mounted in such a disaster zone? Let's use some basic sense here.


Matt

The right thing, IMO, would be to visit quietly and not have a TFR. Does
anyone really believe that a credible terrorist threat could be mounted
in such a disaster zone? Let's use some basic sense here.

The current TFR has nothing to do with the Pres.
TFR's have historically been used in times of emergency to keep the
Lookie Loo's out of the area.

"Sammy" wrote in message .. .
This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...


Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the president
would not disrupt response efforts."