The Black Forest

781. Submitted on 2005/9/5, 20.19 h by Arduenn:

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"This is not mere incompetence, but dereliction of duty." - Editor & Publisher

" "We've provided food to the people at the Convention Center so that they've gotten at least one, if not two meals, every single day." Lies don't get more bald-faced than that, Mr. President." - Editor & Publisher

"statements by some federal officials in contradiction with grittier, more desperate views from the streets" - CNN

"The only difference between the chaos of New Orleans and a Third World disaster operation was that a foreign dictator would have responded better." - BBC News

"For days, Bush's top advisers argued over legal niceties about who was in charge, according to three White House officials who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the negotiations." - MSNBC

"Bush, who has been criticized, even by supporters, for the delayed response to the disaster, used his weekly radio address to put responsibility for the failure on lower levels of government." - Washington Post

"And for the entire time Bush was in the state a ban on helicopter flights further stalled the delivery of food and supplies." - Macon.com

"National Guard troops to the rescue in New Orleans didn't get the go-ahead until days after the storm struck [...] offered [...] help from [...] National Guard last Sunday, the day before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana [...] but paperwork needed to get the troops en route didn't come from Washington until late Thursday." - Yahoo News

"Woman 1: "I came here looking for clothes..." Bush: "They'll get you some clothes, at the Salvation Army center..." Guy: "No that's wiped out... [...] they've got a truck there, for food." Bush: "That's what I'm saying, for food and water." Bush turns to the [woman] who's been saying how she needs clothes. "You need food and water." " - CNN (video)

"How did your wartime President react? Like Chiang Kai-Shek when the Yellow River flooded in 1944, with corrupt indifference." - The News Blog

"The State Department said offers so far had come from [24 landen] The United Nations has offered to coordinate the effort. Bush rejected all such help yesterday morning, though apparently the State Department has decided to bypass Bush's "America takes care of its own!" macho talk and actually accept the aid." - AlertNet

"Bush: "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." " - BBC News (Behalve dan de schrijver van dit National Geographic-artikel uit 2004?)

"Get off his back. [...] George Bush did not cause the hurricane. Hurricanes have been happening for eons. George Bush did not create them or unleash this one." - The American Spectator

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