Video Shows Bush Warned Before Katrina Hit

When are we going to realize that this administration just plain has a problem with telling the truth? I am waiting for someone to restore dignity to the whitehouse.

The administration also needs to take responsibility for their actions, it denies anything and everything that is its fault.

Issues like this are not simply about who is to blame, it is about identifying what went wrong and why so that the same mistakes are not made in the future.

fritxg & Judas:

Why do you hate America so much? ;)

Don't you know that this administration does no wrong?

sometimes you just have to wonder: how can people be so stupid? i mean, bush and all his underlings KNEW they were taping themselves in these conference calls. they KNEW that a record was being kept of what was discussed/said/decided/asserted. and when the sh*t hit the fan and they had to start covering their as*es, they fashion defenses that are going to be shot down like lawyers on a cheney quail hunt.

stupid stupid stupid

When did anyone claim they weren't told in advance that Katrina might breach the levees, etc?

Bush obviously was told. Which is one reason he was urging state and local officials to evacuate BEFORE the storm.

The reaction to this "revelation" tells more about those making the comments than it does about what was known before the storm.

arrest them all.

@dbett

When did anyone claim they weren't told in advance that Katrina might breach the levees, etc?

Uhm, four days after the storm?

Bush declared four days after the storm, "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees"

But Jesus is Bush's favorite philosopher, so all is forgiven.

This administration is a joke. This marks the second (publicly known, mind you, who knows what else goes on behind the blinders) tragedy that this administration was warned about and didn't act on. Inexcusable!

Every time something like this surfaces most people act shocked like they never expected Bush to be an idiot or they thought that the White House would actually care about something other than the rich elite. Sadly it aint gonna happen. Thankfully this is his last term.

This was a well-written piece with some really gutsy language.
I almost like Brown a little bit more, and I effing hate the President.

Let's hope this thing gets aired in every home.

Now here is an issue that blame can definitely be layed at the feet of this administration. In other threads, people get the impression that I always take up for Bush. I don't. I didn't vote for him, I just call it like I see it. Sometimes, I have to take up for the administration when stupidity reigns, but in this case the administration is flat out wrong. Their response to Katrina was inadequate, but isn't this what those of us who don't have faith in the government helping people have been saying for years? You can't rely on the government. I hope Katrina has brought that home to people.

No wonder, Brown is so mad at being scapegoated for Katrina. I would be mat too if I was him. It appears he wasn't nearly as inept as he was made out to be. He just wasn't listened to.

Finally, Brownie's doing a heck of a job!

Yeah, lets blame Bush administration for Katrina. Get real! They knew the potential danger for decades. Long before Bush was elected. And even the local government down played it when they should have pushed for more awareness of the issue and had the problem fixed long before tragedy hit.

There are going to be a lot of bored people when Bush is out of office. Who will they turn their fingers at then?

I agree Collin that way too much Bush bashing goes on. It's as if they forget he can't run again for President. I bet they will be blaming him for everything for years to come. But..... the Bush administration did drop the ball on this one. But there is plenty of blame to go around. The fault lies with all levels of government. As I said, why do people think that a huge beaurocracy can or will help you? Don't rely on the government and there will be no problems.

If can vote in a Democratic house and Senate and if the republicans don't rig the elections or create another terror action like the one they pulled off on 9/11, then there is a chance for the dignity of the government and of the USA. But, for now, under the current administration, you add more threat to your own safety by backing anything the US does.
After all is said and done the USA will never be as a good or as strong, unless we rebuild ties to other nations. Bush will never bring that about, nor will his cronies. We are hated in all most every country as being rash, childish and overbearing. We invaded Iraq with no proof of anything that was supposed to be happening. We let Bin Laden go, if we can catch Saddam in a hole in the ground then why haven't we got osama? We have demoralized our nation (not talking religion) by dropping out of the nuclear agreements, and by starting to create more nuclear weapons. If you don't want to see Iran with nukes, think about how many countries fear that Bush will have more and different types of nukes... and i don't mean just terrorists.

these last years of bush's presidency have literally made me ashamed to be an American. the world deserves a better neighbor, and we deserves a leader. But first and for most, we deserve a chance at a good life in our own nation. We deserve protection and security, through means which keep our freedoms intact and our privacy upheld.

Katrina is a pin point example of the worst government we have ever had.

The White House and Homeland Security Department urged the public Wednesday not to read too much into the video footage.

and you all were getting worried about things. See, we should always listen the the white house.
:•)

my personal fav is how the Republicans loved showing us the un-used school buses, but the aerial shots of the un-used mobile homes rarely makes it on the outrage-from-the-right radar.

I'm really, really sick of being sick of this country.

[evan]

randal2k, this government has done a lot of wrong but you have gone way overboard in your critisism of your own country, even throwing out the Bush perpetrated 9/11 lie once again.

George Bush doesn't care about Black people.

You can be ashamed of being an American if you so choose, there are still plenty of us damn proud to be an American. Critisizing the government does not have to make you unproud of your country. This is still the land of the free and the home of the brave and:

God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home.

If this doesn't mean anything to you anymore simply because of who happens to be the President at the present time, then I feel sorry for you. It is one thing to be ashamed of this administration,but quite another to be ashamed of who you are .

schwa. Hilarious. Thanks. Ha Ha.

I'll accept the fact that I may not remember my civics lessons well, but I wasn't aware that the Federal Government was the first line of protection for every natural disaster. I thought it was local and state governments and agencies. I live in the panhandle of Florida. We knew well in advance of the hurricane that it could hit anywhere and that it was powerful!!! There was no lack of warning or pleas to evacuate. And they had time.

We had our *stupid session* with Andrew. People in South Fla. just didn't believe that it was going to be bad, regardless of constant warnings to the contrary. My husband was with the National Guard that went there and helped out; it was awful. BUT our Govenor was excellent, FEMA was there to help AFTER the storm and all our citizens learned a good lesson. It will be another generation before we have another "stupid session" again.

It's 'human nature' to always look for something or someone to blame. With the current political climate, what a better target than the President. We heard numerous reports of caravans of "helpers" wanting to go in to help those who had failed to heed the warnings or been unable to get out at a late date.... but were prohibited by the conditions or red tape.

I hope that New Orleans has learn their lessons as Florida has tried to do. And throwing millions of dollars within hours of the disaster was no answer. Visions of those empty trailers, flooded school buses and bottom-feeders using their government-issued relief checks for diamond rings, lottery tickets, trips to Vegas. Well, there was more than one disaster going on there.

that's hilarious. I can't say that I'm surprised. "Let's not play the blame game" as they say. The only reason why I say that is because we already know who to blame. They live on 1600 Pennsylvania avenue.

I hate the Bush family just as much as the next Bush hater, But Bush already took responsibily for the screw ups

At least he had the balls to stand up and say "I take responsibility"