Well, you would think that Bush would have learned from Iraq that looters and lawlessness will pop up without some authority in the area. I'm really surprised that we don't have more National Guard in the area already, unless they're not available....
What shames me most is that Iraq took about a week to start looting. Our 'civilized' city took less that a day or two. On 9/1/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this is the exact reason that we should have been wary of > Chavez's offers the other day. He's just playing the good guy so he can > lambaste the US and Bush. He doesn't even really make sense..... > > Ray > > Cowboy' Bush failed in Katrina evacuation - Chavez > > CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a vocal > critic of the U.S. government, on Wednesday called > President Bush a "cowboy" who had failed to manage the Hurricane Katrina > disaster and evacuate victims. > ADVERTISEMENT > > "That government had no evacuation plan, it is incredible, the first > power in the world that is so involved in > Iraq ... and left its own population adrift," Chavez said in a cabinet > meeting broadcast live on television. > > His remarks came as U.S. authorities evacuated thousands of people from > New Orleans and after Bush said it would take years to recover from > flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. > > The death toll on Wednesday reached at least 200 in what Bush called the > nation's worst natural disaster. > > "That man, the king of vacations ... the king of vacations in his ranch > said nothing but, you have to flee, and didn't say how ... that cowboy, > the cowboy mentality," said Chavez, chuckling in a reference to Bush > without naming him directly. > > Chavez, an outspoken populist who calls Cuba's > Fidel Castro an ally, often lambastes what he calls Washington's failed > imperialist policies. He says the Bush administration is trying to > assassinate him and calls the U.S. president "Mr. Danger." > > The two governments frequently clash though the United States is the top > oil client of Venezuela, the world's No. 5 crude exporter. Washington > portrays Chavez as a menace who uses his nation's oil wealth to fund > anti-democratic groups. > > The Venezuelan president, applauded by supporters for his > self-proclaimed socialist revolution to fight poverty, has offered to > send cheap fuel, humanitarian aid and relief workers to the disaster area. > > Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA has offered $1 million from its > U.S.-based refinery unit Citgo for relief efforts. > -- > ================================================================= > Ray Champagne - Senior Application Developer > CrystalVision Web Site Design and Internet Services > 603.433.9559 > www.crystalvision.org > ================================================================= > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171888 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
