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I read this story and it tickles the heck out of me. Amazing.
Written by GussCRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush, who was criticized for a slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina, took a pre-emptive strike Saturday against Hurricane Dean blowing through the Caribbean and threatening the Texas coast.
Bush, who received two hurricane briefings at his ranch, signed a pre-landfall disaster declaration, allowing the federal government to move in people, equipment and supplies immediately in case Hurricane Dean hits the state.
White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said that after Katrina, the federal government began reaching out to states facing a disaster and suggesting they request the declaration sooner rather than later. Texas Gov. Rick Perry asked FEMA for the declaration late Saturday morning and Bush approved it hours later.
“We are working closely with the state of Texas to address the special-needs populations along the south Texas border, which is the current, projected path of the storm,” Johndroe said.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison have been in radio contact with Perry and Texas state officials to make sure the federal government is supplying needed support, he said.
Dean, which forecasters said could threaten the United States by Wednesday, moved through the Caribbean with wind speeds up to 150 mph. It was expected to steer next week into the Gulf of Mexico, with its 4,000 oil and gas platforms. Perry has initiated full-scale preparations. Fuel trucks were dispatched to coastal communities, storm-response task forces were put on alert and supply trucks and other resources were pre-positioned along evacuation routes.
Big Mo Says:
August 19th, 2007 at 9:44 amVisit Big Mo
No, what’s amazing is that people could blame a flipping hurricane and its results on the president of the United States, and still hold him responsible for the disaster.
What’s amazing is that the Democratic mayor and Democratic governor are not and never were held responsible. What’s amazing is that the people who were told to get out before Katrina hit are not held responsible. What’s amazing is that the Corps of Engineers some months ago admitted responsibility for poor levies, but Bush is held responsible. What’s amazing is that **everyone** breathed a sigh of relief that the levies withstood the hurricane itself–they only broke afterword–but Bush alone is held responsible.
What’s amazing is that the hyperventilating media, which treated Katrina like porn, are not held responsible for any of their misleading and idiotic reporting.
What’s also amazing is that Bush is doing now exactly what he did for Katrina: offering federal assistance before the hurricane hits. But don’t let facts get in the way of your tickle. No one else has.
Guss Says:
August 19th, 2007 at 10:27 amVisit Guss
~J~ Says:
August 19th, 2007 at 10:52 amVisit ~J~
Mo, In Maine speak tickled means thrilled.
Big Mo Says:
August 19th, 2007 at 12:06 pmVisit Big Mo
AH! Thanks for the clarification. Needed coffee earlier.
(I regularly see a bumper sticker that says “If we impeached Clinton over a blow***, why can’t we impeach Buch for Katrina?” which displays incredibly appalling ignorance on so many levels.)
Guss Says:
August 19th, 2007 at 12:20 pmVisit Guss
Thank you J. I couldn’t figure out why he flipped out on me.
Big Mo Says:
August 19th, 2007 at 7:59 pmVisit Big Mo
My local Hardees didn’t have a supply of ground-up coffee beans soaked in water. I was cranky. The sun was in my eyes. My Wheaties were soggy. My dog growled at me. (That should be enough excuses