Sean Gilbow
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« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2007, 05:20:15 PM » |
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Bear, I'll address each of your points.
Point to point ... If Gore is such a societal Messiah, why have we heard nothing from him since he won the Nobel prize. Remember, they nominated Limbaugh for a Peace Prize as well.
And Cindy Sheehan was also nominated. Your point?
As far as there being blood on my hands, I'm interested to find the source of your 'tens of thousands' of Iraqi civilians I allegedly killed as opposed to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's Saddam killed under the auspices of the United Nations and their hollow resolutions of 'condemnation'.
As bad as Saddam was, even Bush's father believed going after Saddam was a bad idea. In the first Iraq conflict, less than 200 soldiers gave their lives, and the conflict lasted slightly more than a month. Further, when Bill Clinton bombed Iraqi sites believed to be weapons manufacturing and storage facilities, your side called it a ploy to get everyone's mind off Lewinsky.
In regard to the Katrina tragedy, is it the government's job to evacuate people that make no overture to head to safety despite several days advance warning of a killer storm?
As one who works for the Ohio Department of Pubic Safety, I can say absolutely yes, and with the confidence my co-workers including those in Emergency Management would soundly agree.
Why is there no such outrage at the Bush Administration following the wildfires in California that claimed no fewer than 1,500 homes but none of their occupants? These people had scarce few minutes to escape with their lives ... not 72 hours to at least gather belongings and loved ones for the exodus.
Unlike a large percentage of people in New Orleans, the residents in California had the means to evacuate quickly. Many of the residents in New Orleans did not have reliable transportation.
If anyone has blood on their hands after Katrina, it's the incompetant Mayor Nagin and Governor Landreax who, in their constituents time of greatest need, sat and did nothing.
And as Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned, Bush played guitar while New Orleans was under water.
I am not defending anything the Bush Administration has done or not done over the past few years, but remember the passage that contains the admonition 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'
To which I counter: "Beware of false prophets." I would put you in that category.
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