washingtonpost.com - 1/11/2009
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In the 48 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, the White House received detailed warnings about the storm's likely impact, including eerily prescient predictions of breached levees, massive flooding, and major losses of life and property, documents show. A 41-page assessment by the Department of ...
thinkprogress.org - 1/12/2009
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Cheney Defends the "Nobody Could've Predicted" President
Crooks and Liars —
... And yet, George W. Bush insisted in the days after the catastrophe, no one could have foreseen the death of New Orleans. As the Washington Post put it: ...
Bush’s Final Presser: Redefining Success, One Rooftop Rescue at a Time
Firedoglake —
... Amazing, right? It doesn’t even occur to Bush that having to pull people off of roofs is wholly emblematic of the slow response. Last time I checked, the standard advice when faced with a big hurricane is not “First, get on your roof.”
As for the levees breaking, the floods, well, “no one could have anticipated. . .” except, well, um: ...
Caught Napping?
Daily Kos —
... in Iraq, levees failing) caught napping? Did the leadership think that the GOP and their minions were talking just to hear the sound of their own voices? ...
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