Political Hacks in charge of our lives

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<p>Having worked in governmental circles, including time under both GWI and Bill (and, as you know, I am no fan of the latter), I have to tell it was NOT the same.</p>

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<p>I think there is a much wider range here of “hacks” in the present admin. Besides FEMA, start at the top. Bush is the ultimate hack and is just the creation of the evil genius Karl Rove. Without Rove, Bush would be destroying yet another business his daddy handed over to him (or, as he is best suited, perhaps dj’ing a frat party somewhere). The rest of the admin are just retreads left over and recast from the Daddy Bush admin. (Rumsfeld, Cheney etc.) It’s a sad state of affairs.</p>

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<p>Just your opinion. Many of us remember the days of 18% inflation that Carter left us.</p>

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<p>Frustrated: Fire crews to hand out fliers for FEMA
By Lisa Rosetta
The Salt Lake Tribune

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<p><a href=“http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3004197[/url]”>http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3004197&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Why do you guys always resort to the “well, he (or she) did it, too!” defense. I feel like I’m on a schoolyard, for gosh sakes.</p>

<p>And anyway, comparing the travel office to FEMA? Slightly different on the life-saving scale, I think…</p>

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<p>Comparing administrations is always just your opinion against mine or theirs. There is no emperical scale. Some are better at one aspect, others are better at another. Some strip the military and build the welfare roles, others do the opposite. Clinton had his share of screwups, Bush has his.</p>

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<p>So why keep changing the subject? If we’re talking about Bush, what do Clinton, Carter, et al have to do with it? Again, it’s the he did it too mentality.</p>

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<p>If it wasn’t so sad, it could almost be funny- FEMA send evacuees to wrong Charleston</p>

<p>sigh</p>

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<p>I seriously doubt that Bush bought the tickets :)</p>

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<p>Whatever happened to “The Buck Stops Here”?</p>

<p>Just wondering.</p>

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<p>It’s Clinton’s fault.</p>

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<p>Which one?</p>

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<p>Well, Katrina’s a woman’s name… <em>Insert really off-color joke about hurricane force winds and a “blow job” here</em></p>

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<p>It’s Lewinsky’s fault.</p>

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<p>Excerpt from New York Times:
Breakdowns Marked Path From Hurricane to Anarchy
By ERIC LIPTON, CHRISTOPHER DREW, SCOTT SHANE and DAVID ROHDE
Published: September 11, 2005</p>

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<p>Michael Brown may have fell onto the sword, however, the wound is nonlethal.
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<p>Um, not quite right on the Hillary thing, but its late so we will let that go</p>

<p>Its interesting that when it is shown that Bush hires idiots, because you can’t defend them, you decide that its okay</p>

<p>THese people have put citizens lives in danger over and over again due to incompetence, trying to change things that worked, and stupidity</p>

<p>Read the paper, less and less people have faith in this administration</p>

<p>and now we find Cheney approved leaking information!!! OMG, he did? Yep, and he did it to hide the truth…wowzer</p>

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<p>Even my Dad who has been a Republican since a young man (he did vote for FDR but thinks he sold us down the river at Yalta) who gave money and had pictures up of all the presidents…even he knows that things aren’t so great in the current White House. He is an old, old man and he has seen everything since before the depression, before the automobile. He was there at D-day and he is very conservative. Bush does not represent his ideas. And he knows it. He is an old guard, an environmentalist, state’s rights, small government. When I say environmentalist, he is totally against drilling for more oil in Alaska, he loves wild animals, conservation, and has no idea what the “shopping culture is.”</p>