Bush Goes fishing during trip to NO

[ToP]

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George W. Bush Returns to New Orleans and Goes Fishing

Unconfirmed sources report that after a long morning of touring disaster areas the President took a little personal time and went fishing with his dad. The President has kept up a grueling schedule this week trying to appear like he is actually doing something about the hurricane disaster and he became over whelmed by the work load. The President called his dad and just the two of them and a photographer took a National Guard rescue boat and went fishing in down town New Orleans.
"The fishing is really great down here." Said the President after his long afternoon angling in New Orleans. "The fish really seem to like this urban environment. I got a couple of real nice ones. I think that I'll have the cook on Air Force One fry'em up for me tonight. Yeah, that will be real nice."

The President spoke glowingly about the 'Venice' like quality that the city has taken on since the disaster, but he did comment on the smell.

"I think it was about a 13 inch trout." Said the former President about his big catch of the day. "We caught him at the corner of 3rd and Filmore, across the street from city hall. I think he was hiding under a pile of debris and it took some doing to get him out of there. This is real good fishing, It's a shame this is all going to be gone soon. Maybe we should designate some of this as a protected wildlife area."

The Presidents lazy afternoon was briefly interrupted when news of the resignation of Michael Brown, Head of FEMA, was announced by a reporter. The President who had been busy fishing hadn't heard the news and 'was sure sad to see Browie quit. For he was going an excellent job.'

The President then returned to his fishing because in the Presidents own words 'It's important for the President to go on with his life, to keep a balanced life.'



Damn good Photo Shop work there
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[HOMEDAWG]

:ohman: where did that come from? national enquirer...:cool:



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[ToP]

A buddy of mine is a large Rublican supporter, as in $$$$$, and he
emailed it to me. Thought it was pretty funny.

[ToP]

If I remember correctly, that photo was taken at Lake Texoma shortly after he took office.

[HOMEDAWG]

I just think there is way to much bashing on GW... We are all alive thanks to his response on terror, Yeh he might have dropped the ball on the KATRINA issue, but there are many others around him that just aren't doing there job... All I have to say, to all the GW bashers, run for president and lets see how you do... :beer2:


WASHINGTON (Sept. 13) - President Bush said Tuesday that "I take responsibility" for failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and said the disaster raised broader questions about the government's ability to respond to natural disasters as well as terror attacks.

"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government," Bush said at joint White House news conference with the president of Iraq.

"To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Bush said.

The president was asked whether people should be worried about the government's ability to handle another terrorist attack given failures in responding to Katrina.

"Are we capable of dealing with a severe attack? That's a very important question and it's in the national interest that we find out what went on so we can better respond," Bush replied.

He said he wanted to know both what went wrong and what went right.

As for blunders in the federal response, "I'm not going to defend the process going in," Bush said. "I am going to defend the people saving lives."

He praised relief workers at all levels. "I want people in America to understand how hard people worked to save lives down there," he said.

Bush spoke after R. David Paulison, the new acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, pledged to intensify efforts to find more permanent housing for the tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors now in shelters.

It was the closest Bush has come to publicly finding fault with any federal officials involved in the hurricane response, which has been widely criticized as disjointed and slow. Some federal officials have sought to fault state and local officials for being unprepared to cope with the disaster.

Bush planned to address the nation Thursday evening from Louisiana, where he will be monitoring recovery efforts, the White House announced earlier Tuesday.

Paulison, in his first public comments since taking the job on Monday, told reporters: "We're going to get those people out of the shelters, and we're going to move and get them the help they need."

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff introduced Paulison as the Bush administration tried to deflect criticism for the sluggish initial federal response to the hurricane and its disastrous aftermath.

Chertoff said that while cleanup, relief and reconstruction from Katrina is now the government's top priority, the administration would not let down its guard on other potential dangers.

"The world is not going to stop moving because we are very focused on Katrina," Chertoff said.

Paulison, named to the post on Monday, said he was busy "getting brought up to speed."

He replaced Michael Brown, who resigned on Monday, three days after being removed from being the top onsite federal official in charge of the government's response.

Paulison said Bush called him Monday night and "thanked me for coming on board."

Bush promised that he would have "the full support of the federal government," Paulison said.

Chertoff said the relief operation had entered a new phase.

Initially, he said, the most important priority was evacuating people, getting them to safety, providing food, water and medical care.

" And then ultimately at the end of the day, we have to reconstitute the communities that have been devastated," Chertoff added.

He said the federal government would look increasingly to state and local officials for guidance on rebuilding the devastated communities along the Gulf Coast.

"The federal government can't drive permanent solutions down the throats of state and local officials," Chertoff said. "I don't think anyone should envision a situation in which they're going to take a back seat. They're going to take a front seat," he said.

Chertoff said that teams of federal auditors were being dispatched to the stricken areas to make sure that billions of dollars worth of government contracts were being properly spent. "We want to get aid to people who need it quickly, but we also don't want to lose sight of the importance of preserving the integrity of the process and our responsibility as stewards of the public money," Chertoff said.

"We're going to cut through red tape," he said, "but we're not going to cut through laws and rules that govern ethics."

Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said that some military aircraft and other equipment may be able to move out of the Gulf Coast soon.

"We've got to the point where most if not all of the search and rescue is completed," said Rumsfeld, who is attending a NATO meeting in Berlin. "Some helicopters can undoubtedly be moved out over the period ahead."

He also said there is a very large surplus of hospital beds in the region, so those could also be decreased. The USS Comfort hospital ship arrived near the Mississippi coast late last week. Rumsfeld added that nothing will be moved out of the area without the authorization of the two states' governors, the military leaders there and the president.

Elsewhere, workers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aren't finding many sick people, even though the specter of diseases has alarmed relief and rescue figures. Instead, between 40 and 50 percent of patients seeking emergency care have injuries. The CDC has counted 148 injuries in just the last two days, Carol Rubin, an agency hurricane relief specialist, said by telephone from the government's new public health headquarters in New Orleans' Kindred Hospital.

While she couldn't provide a breakdown, Rubin said chain saw injuries and carbon monoxide exposure from generators are among them. Those are particularly worrisome because they're likely to become more common as additional hurricane survivors re-enter the city in coming days, she said.

The message: Those injuries are preventable, if people take proper precautions, Rubin stressed.

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[Rothko1000]

Originally posted by HOMEDAWG
I just think there is way to much bashing on GW... We are all alive thanks to his response on terror, Yeh he might have dropped the ball on the KATRINA issue, but there are many others around him that just aren't doing there job... All I have to say, to all the GW bashers, run for president and lets see how you do..
We are alive thanks to his response is a crock of shit! Don't take this as an attack on you HD, just venting an opinion here! I'm amazed how everything that happens in this world is associated with terror and "the evil doers!" Gas prices - terror......Abortion - terror.....Katrina - terror......it's a joke and most people in America feed off it like grazing cattle! Not most people, but the uneducated, uninformed and the ones who refuse to listen pass their TV screen! Feed the monkey and watch him shit! Tell us we are living in a doomed generation and BY GOD we believe it, why, because our president said so!?!? Don't believe half of what you see and all of what you hear, folks! If the man doesn't go down as the worst president this country has ever seen, then history itself should be rewritten to accomodate the lies! OPEN YOUR EYES and see the truth for yourself! Believe in yourself to make your own rational decisions! What do YOU think as an individual!?

Just my opinion...everybody has the right to one...and not because Georgie boy "completed our mission" against the evil doers! LOL! We had this right long before that sorry sack took office! Men far better than him are deserving of that honor and respect!

[ToP]

Settle down fellars, was not meant to cause a political war. Just thought the email was amusing.

Dawg, I vote Republican, and really have no dislike for Bush. I think as long as you have 2 political parties you are always going to have bashing of the one in office by the one who's not. Just a fact of life.

[HOMEDAWG]

rothko for president!!!:yeah:


Come on, the terror attacks are still very active around the world, but as ya know, not hittin' this country!:thumbs:

yup, all issues going on today, will have a reference to terror in it. ya' gonna have to live with that.. 1 way or another it stems back to the terrorists.. Even with the poor response to the KATRINA issue, we gotta stay focused on those terrorists, and not leave the door open for another attack!



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[bigbag12]

GW was not to blame here. i dont think any organization/country in the world could have been prepared for the magnitude of this.

i still believe the ones at fault for most of the despair are the people who stayed behind in the mandatory evacuation and the local governemnt for not loading the ones who couldnt leave in buses and making em leaveb4 the storm hit.

1 million people, mandatory evacuation and 130,000 stay behind.fucking moronic. mather nature is the bitch of all bitches and if there is anything i have learned in 37 yr is that you cant fuck with her. period.it was mandatory for a reason.

i feel for every single person who was stranded for days, but over 100,000 people, if they left like they were told 3 days b4 it hit , it didnt have to be like this. i saw the pictures of literally 100 upon 100 of school buses flodded and sitting there in the school parking lots.

this is not an event for which any single person is at fault. NO had been ok in past hurricanes so every1, not just GW, really played it off. so shit hit the fan, they try to get suppliesin in 2 or 3 days and they get shot at by idiots below. like i said the ones who stayed who shouldnt have were shooting and raping and looting and killing. bunch of BS.

[HOMEDAWG]

Originally posted by Tired of Paying
Settle down fellars, was not meant to cause a political war. Just thought the email was amusing.

Dawg, I vote Republican, and really have no dislike for Bush. I think as long as you have 2 political parties you are always going to have bashing of the one in office by the one who's not. Just a fact of life.



:thumbs:

[HOMEDAWG]

BB12, damn good point, I have been wondering for years, why there are always people sticking around for BIG ONE, as I am thinking: them southerners are bad ass mofos. I would not for any reason stick around, just grab me a case and hitch a ride or start walkin'... Hope, the next time mother nature sends up another hurricane, everyone gets the f'out, it's not worth it! :beer2:

[bigbag12]

Originally posted by HOMEDAWG
BB12, just grab me a case and hitch a ride or start walkin'... :beer2:

HELL YA dawg im with you, walking if i gotta. if not im hitching a ride and sharing beer with my driver LOL

[JohnnyMapleLeaf]

Rothko :clap:

[Rothko1000]

Originally posted by Tired of Paying
Settle down fellars, was not meant to cause a political war. Just thought the email was amusing.

Dawg, I vote Republican, and really have no dislike for Bush. I think as long as you have 2 political parties you are always going to have bashing of the one in office by the one who's not. Just a fact of life.
You fence post ridin' sonsabeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeotch! LOL!

No harsh feelings here.....just me and my silly rants, that's all!

I have ran my mouth off like a mother in this place today! LMAO!! :thumbs:

[HOMEDAWG]

Originally posted by Rothko1000
You fence post ridin' sonsabeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeotch! LOL!

No harsh feelings here.....just me and my silly rants, that's all!

I have ran my mouth off like a mother in this place today! LMAO!! :thumbs:



LOL, it's all in fun!:yeah:


ROTHKO ON UC CAM:






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[Rothko1000]

Man, I look gooooooooooooooood! :thumbs:

[Bobo66]

LMAO...........That picture has me crying. No disrespect to the Gulf Region but that is fkn funny ToP.

[BoKnows]

Originally posted by Rothko1000
We are alive thanks to his response is a crock of shit! Don't take this as an attack on you HD, just venting an opinion here! I'm amazed how everything that happens in this world is associated with terror and "the evil doers!" Gas prices - terror......Abortion - terror.....Katrina - terror......it's a joke and most people in America feed off it like grazing cattle! Not most people, but the uneducated, uninformed and the ones who refuse to listen pass their TV screen!

I agee totally go figure that the uneducated are those that tune in daily to ABC, CBS, NBC and the Hollywierd i.e Liberals

Feed the monkey and watch him shit! Tell us we are living in a doomed generation and BY GOD we believe it, why, because our president said so!?!? Don't believe half of what you see and all of what you hear, folks! If the man doesn't go down as the worst president this country has ever seen, then history itself should be rewritten to accomodate the lies! OPEN YOUR EYES and see the truth for yourself! Believe in yourself to make your own rational decisions! What do YOU think as an individual!?

Please tell me the truth, my eyes have been shut for way to long.



Just my opinion...everybody has the right to one...and not because Georgie boy "completed our mission" against the evil doers! LOL! We had this right long before that sorry sack took office! Men far better than him are deserving of that honor and respect!

Yeah like John Kerry or maybe the guy who invented the internet LMFAO:prtytme:

I appreciate your sentiments though LOL!

[Bobo66]

Originally posted by BoKnows
Yeah like John Kerry or maybe the guy who invented the internet LMFAO:prtytme:

I appreciate your sentiments though LOL!

No shit!!!!!

[Rothko1000]

Originally posted by BoKnows
Yeah like John Kerry or maybe the guy who invented the internet
I was speaking about other presidents and men who have served our country! :thumbs: