Sorry, Donald. I'm not seeing any verbs, here.

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Sorry, Donald. I'm not seeing any verbs, here.

Tom Brosz — 9/10/2005 3:48:22 PM (archived)

From various:

...The failure can be stated simply...too little too late. Its not any more complex than that.

...Mr. Bush failed to make certain there were adequate resources in place in advance of its arrival. The failure is no more complicated than that.

...what lengths do you go to to deny that appointed members of the Bush administration have been completely incompetent?

Still not seeing any details, here.

Your approach will work out there, Donald. But I like to think the people here have a bit more capacity to cut through the crap.

What, exactly, did Bush, Brown, or anyone else at the Federal level do, or fail to do, at a given moment, that would have made a significant difference in how the disaster was handled?

I can see one: Bush failing to play politics correctly, as Mary Anne pointed out (in a post I can't locate right now). It would have saved no lives, but kept his poll ratings a bit higher.

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Katrina: Advance Men in Charge - Donald - 9/10/2005 4:41:19 AM
- Sorry, Donald. I'm not seeing any verbs, here. - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2005 3:48:22 PM
  - Lets see people are homeless and dying are you're worried about grammar?!? - Donald - 9/10/2005 4:28:38 PM
    - Save it for the rubes. - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2005 4:41:09 PM
- Did he really play golf? - Alan G. Archer - 9/10/2005 9:59:55 AM
  - Yes - Donald - 9/10/2005 2:29:18 PM
    - re: Yes - Alan G. Archer - 9/11/2005 1:16:46 AM
      - Careful - Sam F. - 9/11/2005 5:56:28 AM
        
        re: Careful - Alan G. Archer - 9/11/2005 8:57:54 AM
        
        Yes - Sam F. - 9/11/2005 12:29:55 PM
        
        Do you believe in magic? - Alan G. Archer - 9/11/2005 5:05:49 PM
        
        I do now - Sam F. - 9/12/2005 5:35:26 AM
        
        Cut Donald a bit of slack... - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2005 6:41:14 AM
        
        No, Bush didn't "play golf." - Tom Brosz - 9/11/2005 8:14:15 PM
        
        What about San Diego? - Alan G. Archer - 9/12/2005 1:44:31 AM
        
        You don't play golf when it's 108 degrees outside. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/11/2005 10:09:06 PM
        
        Yes, but San Diego's weather was mild - Alan G. Archer - 9/12/2005 1:45:04 AM
        
        I don't care if he played golf. - Mary Anne - 9/12/2005 2:52:14 AM
        
        "Fake, but accurate" has been done before. - Sam F. - 9/12/2005 6:03:49 AM
        
        I don't think he was playing golf, but I don't think it matters. - Mary Anne - 9/12/2005 1:22:43 PM
        
        We're not children, Mary Anne. - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2005 4:30:58 AM
        
        Also: Check out "This American Life" this week. - Mary Anne - 9/12/2005 1:43:24 PM
        
        Maybe the link will work this time. - Mary Anne - 9/13/2005 12:54:12 AM
        
        In that case, he can phone in his inspections. - Mary Anne - 9/12/2005 1:20:18 PM
        
        Playing the game - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2005 6:52:34 PM
        
        Lack of leadership is not sopposed to be praiseworthy in a President. - Mary Anne - 9/12/2005 7:16:54 PM
        
        re: Leadership - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2005 7:38:36 PM
        
        That is not what I said. - Mary Anne - 9/12/2005 9:18:27 PM
        
        That's childlike though. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/12/2005 10:48:02 PM
        
        Then so was appearing at Ground Zero. - Mary Anne - 9/13/2005 12:26:39 AM
        
        supposed. jeeeez (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/12/2005 7:21:00 PM
        
        Do some legwork on your own. - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2005 2:48:15 AM
        
        Bush not speaking with reporters in San Diego on Aug. 29 - Alan G. Archer - 9/12/2005 4:07:45 AM
        
        If it was media-free, who the hell would know he played golf? - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2005 4:12:01 AM
        
        Bloggers? - Alan G. Archer - 9/12/2005 6:32:59 AM
        
        Background: Bush and golf story from the Washington Post in 2002 - Alan G. Archer - 9/12/2005 3:01:17 PM
- Arabian Horses - Lindy - 9/10/2005 5:24:07 AM
- Again, noise. - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2005 4:49:10 AM
  - Seriously Tom......... - Lindy - 9/10/2005 5:08:53 AM
  - Huh?!? - Donald - 9/10/2005 5:03:59 AM
    - Oh C'mon Don - Todd - 9/10/2005 12:58:50 PM
      - The way it works - Donald - 9/10/2005 2:10:02 PM
    - noise signifying nothing - FrankC - 9/10/2005 7:47:19 AM
      - re: noise signifying nothing - Donald - 9/10/2005 2:48:28 PM
        
        And there you have it. The first accurate post. - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2005 3:39:19 PM
        
        You miss the point as usual - Donald - 9/10/2005 3:45:09 PM
        
        To drive the point home - Donald - 9/10/2005 2:54:37 PM
        
        That's the point, all right. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2005 3:40:32 PM

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