CNN reports:
Bush: 'I take responsibility' for U.S. failures
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Posted: 1643 GMT (0043 HKT)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- President Bush on Tuesday said he takes responsibility for the federal government's failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina.
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government and to the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Bush said during a joint news conference with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
Katrina
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I second that.selfmademug wrote:Well frankly I think that's pretty shocking. I mean, it's precisely right and that's why it shocks me, coming from this arrogant bastard. Although I suppose his handlers know that nothing less than that would begin to appease the anger of even those who've been Bush supporters on other topics.
Preacher was a talkin' there's a sermon he gave,
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved,
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved,
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
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Yuummmm, I love Poboy sandwiches. Fried oyster ones in particular. We have a New Orleans style place here in town, a little hole in the wall kind of place, that sells them. We love to go there.
Hopefully NO can get back to where they used to be. And I hope this damn Rita doesn't give them a setback.
Anyhow, nice fundraiser.
Hopefully NO can get back to where they used to be. And I hope this damn Rita doesn't give them a setback.
Anyhow, nice fundraiser.
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Re: Vote for your favorite Po'boy
Mmmm. Makes me think of Frank Black's wonderfully bizarre "Song Of The Shrimp" from his new album, Honeycomb. Betcha the little feller he sings about ended up in one of these po'boys!shatterproof wrote:My sister sent me the link to this interesting fundraiser. All pledges go to Katrina victims. $5 per vote.
http://www.amateurgourmet.com/
I haven't decided on one yet, but voting doesn't end until tonight, so there's time to consider this carefully.
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Sounds like an episode from The Simpsons:
The Guardian
Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina
Mark Townsend in Houston
Sunday September 25, 2005
The Observer
It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to
shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing
in the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean training
exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart'
guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species
considered to be among the planet's smartest. The US navy
admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but
has refused to confirm that any are missing.
Dolphins have been trained in attack-and-kill missions since the
Cold War. The US Atlantic bottlenose dolphins have apparently
been taught to shoot terrorists attacking military vessels. Their
coastal compound was breached during the storm, sweeping
them out to sea. But those who have studied the controversial
use of dolphins in the US defence programme claim it is vital
they are caught quickly.
Leo Sheridan, 72, a respected accident investigator who has
worked for government and industry, said he had received
intelligence from sources close to the US government's marine
fisheries service confirming dolphins had escaped.
'My concern is that they have learnt to shoot at divers in
wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises. If divers or
windsurfers are mistaken for a spy or suicide bomber and if
equipped with special harnesses carrying toxic darts, they could
fire,' he said. 'The darts are designed to put the target to sleep
so they can be interrogated later, but what happens if the victim
is not found for hours?'
Usually dolphins were controlled via signals transmitted through
a neck harness. 'The question is, were these dolphins made
secure before Katrina struck?' said Sheridan.
The mystery surfaced when a separate group of dolphins was
washed from a commercial oceanarium on the Mississippi coast
during Katrina. Eight were found with the navy's help, but the
dolphins were not returned until US navy scientists had examined them.
Sheridan is convinced the scientists were keen to ensure the
dolphins were not the navy's, understood to be kept in training
ponds in a sound in Louisiana, close to Lake Pontchartrain,
whose waters devastated New Orleans.
The navy launched the classified Cetacean Intelligence Mission
in San Diego in 1989, where dolphins, fitted with harnesses and
small electrodes planted under their skin, were taught to patrol
and protect Trident submarines in harbour and stationary
warships at sea.
Criticism from animal rights groups ensured the use of dolphins
became more secretive. But the project gained impetus after the
Yemen terror attack on the USS Cole in 2000. Dolphins have
also been used to detect mines near an Iraqi port.
The Guardian
Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina
Mark Townsend in Houston
Sunday September 25, 2005
The Observer
It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to
shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing
in the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean training
exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart'
guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species
considered to be among the planet's smartest. The US navy
admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but
has refused to confirm that any are missing.
Dolphins have been trained in attack-and-kill missions since the
Cold War. The US Atlantic bottlenose dolphins have apparently
been taught to shoot terrorists attacking military vessels. Their
coastal compound was breached during the storm, sweeping
them out to sea. But those who have studied the controversial
use of dolphins in the US defence programme claim it is vital
they are caught quickly.
Leo Sheridan, 72, a respected accident investigator who has
worked for government and industry, said he had received
intelligence from sources close to the US government's marine
fisheries service confirming dolphins had escaped.
'My concern is that they have learnt to shoot at divers in
wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises. If divers or
windsurfers are mistaken for a spy or suicide bomber and if
equipped with special harnesses carrying toxic darts, they could
fire,' he said. 'The darts are designed to put the target to sleep
so they can be interrogated later, but what happens if the victim
is not found for hours?'
Usually dolphins were controlled via signals transmitted through
a neck harness. 'The question is, were these dolphins made
secure before Katrina struck?' said Sheridan.
The mystery surfaced when a separate group of dolphins was
washed from a commercial oceanarium on the Mississippi coast
during Katrina. Eight were found with the navy's help, but the
dolphins were not returned until US navy scientists had examined them.
Sheridan is convinced the scientists were keen to ensure the
dolphins were not the navy's, understood to be kept in training
ponds in a sound in Louisiana, close to Lake Pontchartrain,
whose waters devastated New Orleans.
The navy launched the classified Cetacean Intelligence Mission
in San Diego in 1989, where dolphins, fitted with harnesses and
small electrodes planted under their skin, were taught to patrol
and protect Trident submarines in harbour and stationary
warships at sea.
Criticism from animal rights groups ensured the use of dolphins
became more secretive. But the project gained impetus after the
Yemen terror attack on the USS Cole in 2000. Dolphins have
also been used to detect mines near an Iraqi port.
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