IS THERE ANYTHING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION CAN DO?

OMG, i just realized my back door is unlocked. How DARE the Bush administration not see to the security of my back door!!!

I find it funny that the party that was the first to blame the Bush administration for stoking fears for political effect are the ones ranting about how 'in danger' we are now that it is an election year.

They are batting 1.000 in pissing you off.

The issue is we have is a President who has appointed his underlings and is shown incapable of doing ANYTHING well. WE are not talking about locking the back door of our home. That is our responsibility. We are talking about the security of our Airports and ports. The way the rest of the world gets into our country. After four years and many Billions of dollars to have such a failure shows that Bush and the people he has selected to run our government are incompetent.

Please document what this administration has done PROPERLY!

For a Republican, you are the perfect Democrat, Gene.

No I am a Republican that is not afraid to call a spade a spade. We have a President that is incompetent regardless of his party affiliation! The problem with too many so called Republicans is that their blind loyalty to the person does not allow them to see the way our government is being run. My loyalty is to what is BEST for America not George W. Bush or the current GOP leadership!

here is a nickle and an answer to your question.  Yes, it makes you go coronary on us!  maybe if we revoke 26, and re-elect him, or even elect Jeb, you will explode?

if you ever do get a real life, maybe some of us will take you seriously.  But here is your nickle, and buh-bye!  Sorry, I dont talk to cartoon characters.

No I am a Republican

LIKE HE** YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN! You sound "more" like a democrat every day.

Drmiler
As usual you do not know what you are talking about. When I look at what the current GOP leadership has done I can see it has NOT been good for the majority of Americans nor the long term health of this country. Only a small portion of Americans are better off while the vast majority is not. About 2/3 of Americans do not agree with the policies we are following but Bush and the GOP leadership push on with the same old approach. Bush and the GOP leadership do not get it-- Their policies ARE NOT WORKING and the vast majority DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE POLICIES!

I have asked which of the major issues has improved during the past five years under the Bush/GOP leadership. NOT ONE MAJOR ISSUE HAS IMPROVED. They have ALL gotten MUCH worse. I have posted samples of actual data from Jan 2001 and Dec 2005 that prove what I have been saying.

This is not a failing of Bush. You see he is not in charge of hiring the moron that let the bomb making material pass through. The screeners are the ones at fault. They were hired to do a job and they fail consistently.

I have a scarier thought for you. Thursday, I hopped on a chartered flight. I carried my bag aboard the plane without it going through any type of screening. I could have been caring drugs or any deadly substance. The folks in the little terminal barely even got off of their asses to see that we had walked in.

Blame Bush, Blame Bush, Blame Bush ... go ahead for that is all you know. The real problem lies in the people who are paid to protect our airports and don't.

Col, did it ever occure to you to blame the imcompetent people working at our airports? Did it ever occure to you to blame the companies that do the checking and security? That is your problem, you skip the real reason to get to Bush. If you only make an article that pointed out how bad these security companies are and that we should be changing them then maybe you wouldn't be bashed on your articles. Instead you chopse to blame Bush because he gave the money to better the security.

If we go by your analogy, then we can put you in jail for the crimes of you children, regardless of age, because it was your responsability.

When ever people are depended on to do a job there is always the lazy factor, the trusting factor. The lazy factor is that the job is not that hard working and so they get acostume to sitting around more often than they check luggage, and so they do a quick check just to get it out of the way. Thats when the trusting factor comes in, most of these people probably think that terrorist will not be stupid enough to try to brin bombs or bomb making materials because they are checking the luggage and so they don't think there will be any in the so they do not do proper checks. n top of that they probably do not get paid to well and they have to interact with hundreds and maybe thousands of people a day, most with attitud problems because they had to get to the airport hours early, their afraid they gonna be late, they don't like strangers looking inside their luggage and do not like the idea of being treated like terrorist specially when they are American citizens.

You see Col, you lack information. You do not know the kinds of things these people go thru everydays. You don't know hwat the job is like, otherwise you would not be writting this article. You always jump the gun before doing your research.

If you gonna blame someone, blame the employees who did not catch the bamb making materials and blame the security companies for having incompetent employees and managers and blame the airports for not making sure the security comapnies were doing their jobs. Then you ask the Gov't to make sure thinsg are done write.

#9 by just john Monday, March 20, 2006

Ironic that you wrote almost exactly what I wrote yet I can't say it in few words. I envy you. LOL.

Yes Bush has done everything right. That is why 8 million come into the country illegally. We had the lack of response to Katrina even though Bush was told what would happen BEFORE the storm. We have doubled the trade deficit and most of it is China which Bush approved. We have a $600 Billion annual deficit due to the tax and spend policies of Bush and the GOP. We are more dependent of foreign oil and it only took Bush 5 years to realize we are addicted to oil. We are no closer to a solution to solving the funding problems of Social Security and have made Medicare worse with the Drug plan that Bush and the GOP FAILED to fund. The No Child left Behind, the Bush plan has done NOTHING to improve education and which he under funded by over $20 Billion so far. The Iraq War which is a disaster and is 100 % Bush. Tell us just how great an idiot we have in the White House. Add Cheney and you have Mutt and Jeff.

Gene ... it appears you have diarrhea. You seem to have crapped all over your own blog.

*Gene stomps around the room beating his tired old drum*

I just don't get you. I have already debated with you when it comes to Karina yet you still fail to see that if the local government had done their job, there would have been no one to rescue because they would have all been evacuated.

Americans are dependant on oil just like fat people are dependant on french fries. We like to jump in the car and run to the store everytime we need something. Maybe in your world we would all need to get government approval to take such a trip. That way the government could dictate how much oil we use. Hell, let's just use ration stamps!

BTW, you know we were depentdant on foriegn oil long before Bush. The errors of the past are not so easily corrected.

One more thing, I don't know if I agree with you on the idiot in the White House, but I sure do know what kind of idiot we have right here at Joe User. Have a nice day !

This Blog asks the question, is there anything the Bush Administration can do? I have just listed a series of issues that indicated they can not do ANYTHING right? Which item on my list demonstrates they are competent?The oil issue is a great place to look at how well Bush has done. If he had continued the Cafe standards we would have cars and SUV’s that would be getting much better mileage and would be using far less oil. If he has supported bio fuels and used some of the money he gave to his rich supporters to fund the development of alternate energy sources we would be much better off. What he did was to have big oil create a Christmas tree of tax cuts so they could increase their profits even more then they are today. He stands up and defends the oil company profits while giving them another $12 Billion in tax cuts last year. The CNN special last night on the energy issue was a great example of how big a failure Bush is as President.

Which item on my list demonstrates they are competent?

Depends on which Bush hating drum you are beating today Gene. I find it very hard to take you seriously when you won’t even concede to excellent logic.

i.e. There would not have been tens of thousands of people to rescue from New Orleans if the local government had done its job and evacuated them before the storm.

That is a statement with excellent logic behind it. Yet, you still blame it all on Bush.

If Bush had started to rebuild the levies in January 2001 rather then divert the money away from New Orleans, there may not have been ANY people to rescue. How about that for some SOUND reasoning! Failing to do that, if Bush had used the Active Military on Tuesday after the storm, there would have been a lot less suffering. As of TODAY there is still no commitment to rebuild the levies to withstand a cat 5 storm. How is that solving the problem? I guess Bush has not learned that the same thing can happen again if we have another Katrina. SOME LEADERSHIP!

If Bush had started to rebuild the levies in January 2001 rather then divert the money away from New Orleans, there may not have been ANY people to rescue.

If the crooked Louisiana politicians had forced a single levee board years ago the New Orleans levee board would not have been able to squander all of the federal money given to them throughout the years. Louisiana politicians actually thought levee improvement would be to add fiber optic cabling to them.

So we have gone back beyond 2001. Really much further than that, but let's stick to Bush and the levees. So exactly how was he supposed to force this state to stop lining it's pockets with federal money while not doing improvements?

I have a keen idea. Stop giving them money.


BTW - please clarify if we are talking about blue jeans or earthen dams meant to hold back water

The studies for the Corps of Engineers clearly showed the need to deal with the levies and surrounding low areas. There were cost estimates to develop a system to protect that area. The state could NOT have completed that project. The lead and funding could ONLY have come from the federal Government. Bush reduced the already inadequate funding to strengthen the levies. Again LEADERSHIP by Bush could have prevented the flooding but he went the opposite direction be taking resources needed to strengthen the levies away from the area.

Cat got your tongue. The truth hurts.

Again LEADERSHIP by Bush could have prevented the flooding but he went the opposite direction be taking resources needed to strengthen the levies away from the area.

Do you really have a clue about the greater picture here? Let me give you a history lesson.

The corp. of engineers has engineered and reengineered the Mississippi River so many times that Louisiana is sliding into the gulf. Our protection, the coastal wetlands, are going away. This is our natural protection from the storm. With no barrier to protect it, the city of New Orleans could never protect itself from anything above a cat 3 storm.

That all started long before GW was ever a twinkle in his daddy's eye.

Cat got your tongue. The truth hurts.

Actually, I stop reading your crap when I go home. Did I call you blathering crap? Ouch! That is a truth that hurts.

Again you refuse to accept the facts. There were studies on HOW to protect New Orleans and the entire region and the cost estimate was between $20-30 Billion. The problem did exist PRIOR to GWB. However, as little as Clinton and Bush 41 did to protect the Gulf. GWB did even less and transferred the little funding that did exist to Iraq. You can BS all you want, BUSH IS A TOTAL FAILURE. Those that support him and his policies are also failures!

just john

You're wasting your time with him. He doesn't care what you have to say cause nothing will make him believe that it's not Bush's fault. As you can see he actually believes that we can build something, short of it being underground, that can withstand a category 5 Hurricane. He thinks that every penny that the Federal Govt gives to Governors and Mayors is used 100% for what it was sent for. He actually believes that the only corrupt people are in the White House and that everyone else is innocent, just caught up in Bush's wrath.

Here's some history on Cols way of thinking.

He blames Bush for the war in Iraq when Congress approved and Britain was with us.

He blames Bush for faulty intelligence over WMD that everyone believed in.

He blames Bush for Katrina and ignores the Mayor and Govenor.

He blames Bush for airport security and ignores the securoty companies and their employees.

He blames Bush for the mining accidents and ignores the employees who did not properly secure the area.

He blames Bush for the "bad economy" when things were starting to get bad just before he took over.

He blames Bush for illegal mexicans when they have been entering the US for decades and ignores the employers who give them jobs.

There are more but I think you get the point. If you follow his logic, you can have the parent arrested for the crimes of the child. He would let everyone else involved get away with a crime so long as Bush gets in trouble. He's a waste of time and everytime we post on his article he gets points.

Cat got your tongue. The truth hurts.

Problem is oh clueless one is that you have not spoken the truth except maybe your own perverted one. Lets start with this one.

The studies for the Corps of Engineers clearly showed the need to deal with the levies and surrounding low areas. There were cost estimates to develop a system to protect that area. The state could NOT have completed that project. The lead and funding could ONLY have come from the federal Government. Bush reduced the already inadequate funding to strengthen the levies. Again LEADERSHIP by Bush could have prevented the flooding but he went the opposite direction be taking resources needed to strengthen the levies away from the area.

When were the studies done? Before 2000 I'll bet. They have known for a LOOOONG time that the levees needed to be worked on. Money was allocated for that many times. And that "is" before Bush took office. So why weren't they upgraded "before" the storm? Because the LA fatcats were too damn busy lining their own pockets.

Those that support him and his policies are also failures!

So I am a failure for believing in GW? Gene, when is your birthday? I want to get you a present. I'll tell you what it is though. I'm going to buy you a clue.

just john
Bush is the one that asked Congress to invade Iraq. He told us we were in danger from Saddam which was not true. Even if Saddam had the WMD he would never have attacked the U S for to do so would have ended his dictatorship.

Bush ignored ANY intelligence that did not support his intent to invade Iraq. There was plenty of Intel that said his conclusions were NOT correct. That is especially true about the Iraq Nuclear program.

The Flood damage could have been avoided if the plans to protect the Gulf area were not ignored. Some of those plans were completed prior to Bush and at least one after he took office. The bottom line is he DID NOTHING. In face he CUT the funding to strengthen the New Orleans Levies. After the storm hit he sat on his A*s for 6 days before sending the help that ONLY the Active Military could provide.

The economic and tax policies are NOT helping the poor or most of the middle income Americans. The only group who net worth increased since Jan 2001 is people in the TOP 10% of the income Americans. The debt he has created with what his father called Voodoo economics will add hundreds of Billions EACH year to the federal budget. When he took office the annual interest on the National Debt was $230 Billion. By 2010 it will be about $500 billion EVERY YEAR!

Bush is directly responsible for Homeland Security. It is his appointees and his responsibility. They failed to deal with Katrina and the most recent test at our Air Ports showed 21 out of 21 failed to STOP explosives from going through the Air Ports.

Bush has NOT protected our borders. He said it will take another 10,000 border guards and then asked Congress for the money to add only 200. Where are the other 9,800 coming from?

Bush is responsible for all these things and he has FAILED on every one. There is not a single MAJOR issue facing us that he and his policies have made better. EVERY ONE has gotten worse during the past 5 years.