"I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president,"

[Xipe Totec]

QUINCY, Illinois (Reuters) - Hundreds of volunteers on the surging Mississippi River piled sandbags atop strained levees on Tuesday as the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years delivered a blow to the U.S. economy and world food prices.

A levee broke in Gulfport, Illinois, sending muddy waters from the most important U.S. waterway cascading into nearby farmland and a few homes. No one was injured but authorities closed the bridge across the river to Burlington, Iowa.

U.S. President George W. Bush promised aid to the stricken region, where billions of dollars in farm and business losses in the heart of the U.S. grain belt looked set to increase inflation pressures on prices for food, fuel and other goods.

"I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president," Bush said after a briefing on the flooding.

But Sen. Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, said little had been done to prevent flooding and Bush had learned nothing from Hurricane Katrina and other disasters.

"President Bush has asserted that investing in America's needs is somehow 'wasteful' and his budget, which does not add one thin dime for a boost in levee funding, reflects this sentiment" Byrd said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080617/ts_nm/usa_flooding_dc_20

[rateyes]

1. He has been the biggest disaster of them all.

[lonestarnot]

8. Biggest disaster in history! Recorded or otherwise!

[The Liberal Thinker]

59. I don't know.

I could think of some bigger disasters, like the Holocaust. Or the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs.

[Lerkfish]

2. for once, he speaks the truth

[kenny blankenship]

3. it's like they follow you around or something...

[Xipe Totec]

13. The typhoid George of unnatural disasters nt

[pnorman]

31. "Typhoid George, the Disaster President!" I LIKE that!

n/t

pnorman

[Brigid]

32. A DUzy candidate for next week!

:rofl:

[DCKit]

17. Karma.

Unfortunately, no matter how bad it gets for U.S., *'s corporate pals always seem to be in a position to profit.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Is he bragging or complaining? Either way, he always makes sure it's always about him.

[yardwork]

22. Seriously. Poor George, innocent victim of circumstances.

Barf.

[Mabus]

37. He's complaining

These friggin' disasters are interfering with his vacation schedule.

[bdamomma]

49. or illegal invasions interferring with his golf game.

[Mabus]

53. Not that he still plays golf

Riiiiiight. :eyes:

[bdamomma]

5. you are one big disaster.

if our National Guard was in the country to guard against situations like this those people would not be in this horrific mess.

he needs to be arrested, enough with his ignorant and arrogant remarks.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. Senator Byrd nailed him

Wouldn't it be nice if we had a National Guard to help the people in Iowa? After all, that's why it's called our NATIONAL Guard. But, we don't, and Fuckface was too busy doing his "farewell tour" in Europe to notice that his own country needed help.

It's astonishing how he continues to be disgusting at even higher and higher levels.

[MrCoffee]

7. Disaster # 1 - January 20, 2001

Disaster # 2 - January 21, 2001

I could go on all day

[baldguy]

9. If it never ends, does it count as one disaster?

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Yes!

[MrCoffee]

11. Good point...he's a train wreck even in his sleep.

[calimary]

34. It's a frickin' endless loop.

I feel like we've all fallen down a rabbit hole for the past seven-and-some years. This is not the America I grew up loving and believing in.

And by the way, you'd think the schmuck-in-chief would know better than to feed us a straight line like that.

[bdamomma]

51. He has made the whole world fall through a rabbit hole.

[islandmkl]

12. kinda like ol' joe...

[spinbaby]

14. When did it become all about him?

Poor dear, having to visit disasters.

[Solly Mack]

15. His parents obviously praised a shit-load of mediocrity

[HEyHEY]

16. Yeah, an eight year disaster called "The bush administration"

[gatorboy]

18. "And I, unfortunately, have been witness to too many disasters by the president,"

[lunatica]

19. Actually he's a catastrophic success

We keep forgetting that his agenda and goal have been to do exactly what he's done. He is a raging success. Just try to undo what he's done and you'll see that he was a SUCCESS!

[Rosie1223]

20. Yup, that pretty much sums up the last 8 years.

He has such a way with words.

[BonnieJW]

21. You ARE a disaster as president.

[AndyTiedye]

23. Bush Speaks the Truth For Once!

[Xipe Totec]

24. I bet he doesn't even notice the irony. nt

[orleans]

33. that is a wonderful picture. LOL n/t

[malaise]

40. That photo is the metaphor for

the worst president in history.

[elehhhhna]

25. Poor him. It's always all about him.

[SoCalDem]

26. Been to... as in:

[Mountainman]

27. Meanwhile speculators are making millions from commodity futures.

[Two Americas]

28. why keep giving him a pass?

I don't understand why people here keep giving president Bush a pass. Seeing him as incompetent, and mocking and ridiculing him is doing just that. This administration has been one of the most successful ever. The problem is with their agenda, not with whether or not they are competent. Who here actually believes that this administration *intended* to look out for the people? That seems to me to be the height of denial and naivete, yet why else would people continue to amuse themselves with this "worst president in history" bullshit? He is the best president in history for the wealthy and powerful few.

For one thing, I do not think that the president is calling the shots in this administration nor is he making decisions. He is a glad-handing front man, a carnival barker, a figurehead.

[Xipe Totec]

29. Who's giving him a pass?

:shrug:

[Two Americas]

30. I said who

People who mock and ridcule him and who call him incompetent. He is a criminal and a traitor, not a buffoon.

[trusty elf]

36. Sorry...

but he's a criminal, a traitor AND a buffoon.

Obviously, shrub is not the architect of his policies. He's just going along for the ride.

[Two Americas]

44. right

So what? What does "buffoon" have to do with anything?

[trusty elf]

54. Actually,

so what indeed! I agree it's pretty irrelevant!

One of my dumber posts!

:dunce:

[Two Americas]

57. here is the problem

We play into the hands of the right wingers again and again. We are such pathetically weak opponents to the tyrants. Our very serious and vital message about the crimes of the administration, the deadly destructiveness of the libertarian doctrine, the growing tyranny and the ever-expanding control over our lives by the wealthy and powerful few, is lost in the noise of Bush hatred. It feels good - it is self indulgent - to mock and ridicule the individual, but it comes at a very steep political price, and when people are suffering and dying, bombed and tortured, persecuted and detained in cages, we cannot afford these self-indulgent and adolescent behaviors.

Hating Bush is a poor substitute for saving the people and the country, and the two quite clearly work against each other and are mutually exclusive.

[bdamomma]

52. yea, and that ride is killing and destroying peoples lives.

sorry but when is somebody or alot of somebodies going to challenge his a$$.

[Xipe Totec]

38. And what are YOU doing about it? nt

[Two Americas]

45. begging your pardon?

What I am doing about it is talking to people in a sober and serious way about the emergency the country faces, which has little if anything to do with the skills or personality of the figurehead in the oval office. I would not want to trivialize the crisis, nor have people tune out my message, because I was amusing myself mocking and ridiculing the person holding the office of the presidency.

[Bluenorthwest]

42. Let me recommend a film

Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator"...criminal, traitor, buffoon. One of the most powerful of the anti-Hitler films, also one of the earliest. Hilarious. Rent it today!

[Two Americas]

46. I don't find that in the least amusing

Chaplin's work was a warning, not intended as light entertainment - "rent it today!!" He tried to use comedy to convey a very serious message, at the risk of having people see it as merely entertaining and funny and missing the serious message. He may well have failed.

In light of what did happen after that film was made, I do not find it funny or amusing in the least, and it is very disturbing to me that you would recommend that film in response to my post.

People were lulled into complacency by the ideas that Hitler and Mussolini were buffoons, and that they were incompetent, and failed to respond strongly enough to the threat. "Ha ha ha look at those goofy guys. They are so incommpetent and ridiculous that they are not worth taking seriously. Oh for the days when we can get some stylish, fashionable and intelligent people into power so we don't have to be embarrassed by these clowns."

Not funny

[ColbertWatcher]

35. QUICK TEST: Did Laura or Condi get mad about his statement? n/t

[colinmom71]

39. "I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president," Bush said...

"I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president," Bush said after a briefing on the flooding.

There... Fixed it! ;)

[davidpdx]

41. Yeah

and have botched the recover effort on so many of them that you put Satan himself to shame.

[old mark]

43. So have we, George

more than you realize, evidently.

mark

[underseasurveyor]

47. WORST pRESIDENT ... E V E R!

IMPEACH THE BASTARDS!

edited to add: Not only do they deserve it, they've earned it!

[bdamomma]

48. It is always about him isn't it?

he needs to take a flying leap where his Kennebunkport House is located.

[eppur_se_muova]

50. Kick ... for Byrd's response! nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

55. Poor George

"I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president," Bush said after a briefing on the flooding.

All these disasters making him sad. :-( :-( :-(

We wait a week for the Prez-nit to even comment publicly
on this massive flood and all he can say is

Me me me me me

it's all about him.

[Eurobabe]

56. "I, unfortunately, have been too many disasters as President."

About sums it up in my book.

Later peeps. :hi:

[hyphenate]

58. Are we talking about

the natural disasters for which Bush failed to do anything, or are we also talking about the gazillion disasters that he directly caused?

:eyes: