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Stumpage Reports
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 :::
This hurricane business down on the Gulf is horrible and I think things are much worse there than we know. This has me more upset than the attacks on Sept. 11. Probably because it is easier for me to imagine myself in a situation like the people in New Orleans. I've got a flashlight and couple bottles of water. I get peckish and cranky if one of my meals is a couple hours late. I'd just be fucked in a situation like that.
Having said that, it's nice to know some things don't change. Our Prez is still an asshat:
As nice as it was to have the president visit the state we live in, I believe it would have been OK with us if Mr. Bush had canceled or at least postponed his plans in order to monitor the progress of Hurricane Katrina and to review federal relief plans.
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We are a big, strong country - and New Orleans will, somehow, survive - but you do get the sense, as President Bush finally arrived here after a month-long vacation, that a political hurricane is gathering force, and it's going to hit the capital any day.
Oh yeah, the New York Times too...
George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom. In what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the president appeared a day later than he was needed. He then read an address of a quality more appropriate for an Arbor Day celebration: a long laundry list of pounds of ice, generators and blankets delivered to the stricken Gulf Coast. He advised the public that anybody who wanted to help should send cash, grinned, and promised that everything would work out in the end.
::: posted by tom at 9:32 PM
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