Grammatical errors and typos are the democrats' fault as well I suppose? How does one call Democrats corrupt while our President and Vice President profit from the war in Iraq and give big business and big money to Haliburton.

I'm sorry, Maurice, you are an idiot.

the irony of a guy starting his own professional image consulting business and can't proofread his own writing is mind-blogging.

Dear Maurice,

A) Spell check, Honey.

B) Following the attacks on September 11, 2001, the President of the United States stated clearly and often, "My first priority is to protect the American people." He reorganized several departments of the government, he created others. He picked up bullhorns, he traveled, he raised money and he repeated over and over again... the world is a dangerous place, but we will not drop the ball. "Not on my watch," I believe were his exact words. So with all due respect, Mr. Bush has FAILED TO DELIVER ON THIS INCESSANT CLARION CALL. In addition, when Federal funds to state and local governments are cut because of massive federal tax cuts and a sagging economy (trickle up?), it becomes increasingly difficult for state and local governments to maintain infrastructure. So, while it may be true that Nagin, et al did not effectively execute a plan that was in place, they did not have the enormous resources required to administer during the WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY.

And C) I'm holding on to my theory that Gay Republicans are merely closeted Democrats harboring potty training traumas from childhood.

The top news stories say "I take responsibility" straight outta the Dubbya's mouth.

Holy shit, he must die to preserve life as we know it.

Seriously though, that guy is so stupid, it hurts my feelings.

In my opinion, such as it is, you should wipe your ass with his letter and send it right back.

Rooster...

wait, you know what, fuck that shit...
YCKTR

In 2001, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ranked a major hurricane strike on New Orleans as "among the three likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing this country," directly behind a terrorist strike on New York
City.

So what was done after that assessment? The Bush administration made drastic funding cuts in New Orleans hurricane-protection projects to make room for tax cuts for millionaires and the war in Iraq.

The same President who didn't pay attention to a 2001 report that said Osama bin Laden was determined to strike inside the United States and the same incompetent Washington gang that has badly bungled the war in Iraq have now
bungled hurricane recovery. What a surprise.

President Bush says he is going to be in charge of the investigation into the government's response to the Katrina disaster. Next, the fox will investigate the raid on the chicken coop.

Former FEMA director Michael Brown's had no experience in disaster management - his previous job was running horse shows.

I know one of the fruits of political victory is that you get to reward your cronies with well-paid, do-little jobs, and that everyone does this. But you're supposed to do it with the ambassadorship to Luxembourg, not with running a department of emergency reparedness. It's especially appalling that President Bush didn't bring in someone with expertise after 9/11 when everyone in America, as one, agreed we needed to beef up that area.

Worst. President. Ever.

Maurice, you're an idiot and an embarrassment. Please stop being gay and go join the nutty born again Christians or something.

To (Mr. B and) All My Fellow Americans Who Voted for George W. Bush:
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On this, the fourth anniversary of 9/11, I'm just curious, how does it feel?
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How does it feel to know that the man you elected to lead us after we were attacked went ahead and put a guy in charge of FEMA whose main qualification was that he ran horse shows?
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That's right. Horse shows.
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I really want to know -- and I ask you this in all sincerity and with all due respect -- how do you feel about the utter contempt Mr. Bush has shown for your safety? C'mon, give me just a moment of honesty. Don't start ranting on about how this disaster in New Orleans was the fault of one of the poorest cities in America. Put aside your hatred of Democrats and liberals and anyone with the last name of Clinton. Just look me in the eye and tell me our President did the right thing after 9/11 by naming a horse show runner as the top man to protect us in case of an emergency or catastrophe.
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I want you to put aside your self-affixed label of Republican/conservative/born-again/capitalist/ditto-head/right-winger and just talk to me as an American, on the common ground we both call America.
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Are we safer now than before 9/11? When you learn that behind the horse show runner, the #2 and #3 men in charge of emergency preparedness have zero experience in emergency preparedness, do you think we are safer?

When you look at Michael Chertoff, the head of Homeland Security, a man with little experience in national security, do you feel secure?

When men who never served in the military and have never seen young men die in battle send our young people off to war, do you think they know how to conduct a war? Do they know what it means to have your legs blown off for a threat that was never there?

Do you really believe that turning over important government services to private corporations has resulted in better services for the people?

Why do you hate our federal government so much? You have voted for politicians for the past 25 years whose main goal has been to de-fund the federal government. Do you think that cutting federal programs like FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers has been good or bad for America? GOOD OR BAD?

With the nation's debt at an all-time high, do you think tax cuts for the rich are still a good idea? Will you give yours back so hundreds of thousands of homeless in New Orleans can have a home?

Do you believe in Jesus? Really? Didn't he say that we would be judged by how we treat the least among us? Hurricane Katrina came in and blew off the facade that we were a nation with liberty and justice for all. The wind howled and the water rose and what was revealed was that the poor in America shall be left to suffer and die while the President of the United States fiddles and tells them to eat cake.

That's not a joke. The day the hurricane hit and the levees broke, Mr. Bush, John McCain and their rich pals were stuffing themselves with cake. A full day after the levees broke (the same levees whose repair funding he had cut), Mr. Bush was playing a guitar some country singer gave him. All this while New Orleans sank under water.

It would take ANOTHER day before the President would do a flyover in his jumbo jet, peeking out the widow at the misery 2500 feet below him as he flew back to his second home in DC. It would then be TWO MORE DAYS before a trickle of ederal aid and troops would arrive. This was no seven minutes in a sitting trance while children read "My Pet Goat" to him. This was FOUR DAYS of doing nothing other than saying "Brownie (FEMA director Michael Brown), you're doing a heck of a job!"

My Republican friends, does it bother you that we are the laughing stock of the world?

And on this sacred day of remembrance, do you think we honor or shame those who died on 9/11/01? If we learned nothing and find ourselves today every bit as vulnerable and unprepared as we were on that bright sunny morning, then did the 3,000 die in vain?

Our vulnerability is not just about dealing with terrorists or natural disasters. We are vulnerable and unsafe because we allow one in eight Americans to live in horrible poverty. We accept an education system where one in six children never graduate and most of those who do can't string a coherent sentence together. The middle class can't pay the mortgage or the hospital bills and 45 million have no health coverage whatsoever.

Are we safe? Do you really feel safe? You can only move so far out and build so many gated communities before the fruit of what you've sown will be crashing through your walls and demanding retribution. Do you really want to wait until that happens? Or is it your hope that if they are left alone long enough to soil themselves and shoot themselves and drown in the filth that fills the street that maybe the problem will somehow go away?

I know you know better. You gave the country and the world a man who wasn't up for the job and all he does is hire people who aren't up for the job. You did this to us, to the world, to the people of New Orleans. Please fix it. Bush is yours. And you know, for our peace and safety and security, this has to be fixed. What do you propose?

I have an idea, and it isn't a horse show.

Maurice
George Bush will go down as the worst president in our history. Your blind devotion to him is comical. Maybe it is those form letters you receive from the republican party that make you feel important? Maybe the "war on terror" makes your feel safe and protected in palm springs - I live in nyc and we wish that he was using 1/5th of the resources in iraq to protect our great city/country from another attack. keep sucking up to george and laura and they will continue hating gay people like you and taking your money and sending form letters to you and laughing at you and praying for your sins.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE--So happy to see a glimmer of the former Rooster--if even for a lil bit!! Hope youre doing OK darling!! KISSES!!

Why is there still no mention of the nuclear weapons trained - RIGHT THIS MOMENT on the west coast. The CIA has confirmed that North Korea has nuclear weapons aimed at Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. The shrub wants nothing to do with 'protecting' the nation or keeping us safe and secure - look no further than this one issue. He won't even send a delegate to talk to PNK reps about disarmament. Apologists and idealogues on both sides of US Politics are so stuck on flippant, meaningless crap that further divides. I suppose it's far too idealistic to ask gay people to rise above such endeavours if straight people find it so difficult, but why does it take a tradegy to bring us all together?
on sept 10th gays were invisible marginalized
on sept 11th gays were dead like the rest of em
on sept 12th gays were responsible for the lifting of God's shield of protection.

I used to be a Republican but they've done absolutely nothing to represent my interests. I'm still not a Democrat because they stand for nothing on issues I care most deeply about. Perhaps this whole Bush fiasco means there will be a lot more people like me - left without any representation in the American political system.