At least, that’s what this “get the Bush monkey off my back” individual appears to believe:
The original post sequences are bold. My responses are italicized.
1. The levees around New Orleans were overdue for repair, and Bush failed to provide the Army Corps of Engineers with the resources necessary to fix them.
Um, it wasn’t levees that failed. Do your research before you try as hard as possible to make an ass of yourself. “Conditions exceeded the design,” according to the Corps of Engineers. The system was only designed for a Category 3 hurricane. Katrina was a category 4. The City of New Orleans should be responsible for its own protection either way. Even if the FedGov should have done something to protect the city, how is it you draw the conclusion that Bush is personally responsible? The FedGov has millions of employees and none of them is responsible for managing the municipal and state affairs of either Louisiana or Alabama. Nor should they be. This disaster should have been better planned for by those entities.
2. There has been rampant looting in New Orleans–apparently the local police are even taking part. Where is the National Guard? Thousands of them are over in Iraq, looking for weapons of mass destruction, or getting attacked by terrorists so we don’t have to, or rounding up those people on that deck of cards, or sending a message to rogue states, or building democracy, or whatever it is we’re doing over there this month.
So Bush is responsible for the looters too? The National Guard is responding as quickly as possible. The problem isn’t the National Guard, it’s the looters and the poor planning in advance of this event. Blame the state of Louisiana and the cities involved, it was their job to prepare, not Bush’s, you retard.
3. Global warming appears to increase the risk of damage from hurricanes in three ways: First, it heats the ocean to higher temperatures, giving the hurricane more power. Second, it raises sea levels, putting low-lying coastal areas like New Orleans at higher risk. Third, it kills coral reefs, leaving the coast more vulnerable to storm surges. Now, the science on much of this is still in the works, but we’ve known for some time that global CO2 emissions are likely to put the world at increased risk of extreme weather events such as hurricanes. What has Bush done to protect us from this risk? Absolutely nothing! He blew off the Kyoto Protocol, and has taken absolutely no steps to curb CO2 emissions.
This is utter garbage. You have a major chip on your shoulder and can draw no scientific correlation between this hurricane and George W. Bush, but you’re trying because you have nothing constructive to offer society yourself.
Put a goddamn Donate Here! link on your site, or go down and help out in person. Otherwise STFU, because you’re not helping in any way, shape or form. The city was built in a flood zone, below sea level well over a hundred years ago, and people are dead and dying because of a natural disaster. Bush is as responsible for the hurricane damage in New Orleans as you are for the stampede in Bagdhad that killed 800+. Only an a**hole would sit around trying to point the finger at a time like this. Human tragedy is everywhere. Get your finger out of Bush’s face and use it to help out. Stop acting like a sh**head.
I’m not sure how this country is going to survive long when it’s so polarized that people will blame its leader for the damage caused by hurricanes. The more information we have, the less we know and the more we whine can’t work for very long. Let’s build a giant wall around the Gulf Coast and use whiners as the filler material.