Bush found clueless as regards 9/11

[Carolyn Garner Siscoe]

Frances, I don't know he He continued his meeting with school kids but I =
think when overwhelming disaster happens people cling to their routine as=
 first to make things seem as normal as they can.
 Carolyn

Frances Morey wrote:

> I recall hearing a report about a possible terrorist attack on NPR a fe=
w weeks before 9-11. The word was out there, the administration chose not=
 to know about it. I 'm still alarmed that Bush would continue his elemen=
tary school visit for thirty minutes after he heard about the crash. What=
 was he thinking?
> Frances
>
>  --- On Wed 03/24, Wayne Johnson < cadaobh@shentel.net > wrote:
> From: Wayne Johnson [mailto: cadaobh@shentel.net]
> To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:25:18 -0500
> Subject: Re: Bush found blameless as regards 9/11
>
> Phaw.  Apparently Condy Rice was told there was terrorist trouble afoot=
 by<br>Clarke and others.  Personally, I believe Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld tri=
umvirate<br>would have happily sat on their collective ass while innocent=
 Americans died<br>horribly just so they could then declare a "mandate" f=
or increased<br>Federal/Executive powers.  Let us not be naive about how =
these people<br>operate.  Nothing, but nothing is too immoral or unethica=
l to be beneath<br>these guys and their corporate backers.  What is the c=
ost?  A few thousand<br>lives?  Who gives a shit when there are billions =
to be made?<br><br>Take a look back at good ole Herman Kahn and Thinking =
about the Unthinkable<br>for a good insight into how the US military woul=
d view "acceptable<br>casualties".  Something on the order of the entire =
population of New York<br>City or the state of Missouri would be ok, that=
 is "survivable".  Definitely<br>worth the risk.<br><br>All the projected=
 horrors of Reaganism are beginning to coalesce and
> come<br>true, witness the latest Executive grab for complete "evesdropp=
ing"<br>capability on the InterNet.  Or the gradual "decisions" to, get t=
his, remove<br>or de-emphasize "reading" from many public schools curricu=
la.  What does<br>this say for Democracy and the American Way.  Sieg Heil=
, mein Glorious<br>Leader of the Fatherland!<br><br>Trivia question:  Whe=
re does the phrase "Ford knows" come from?<br><br>wj<br>----- Original Me=
ssage ----- <br>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com><br>To=
: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>; <byronmarshall2001@yahoo.com><br>Sen=
t: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:56 AM<br>Subject: Bush found blameless as =
regards 9/11<br><br><br>> I read in the autobiography of a Russian litera=
ture professor from Harvard<br>> who worked in the Reagan White House tha=
t everyone continually plays<br>> turf wars there and no new policy is ea=
sily implemented. Usually<br>initiatives<br>> just bog down and disappear=
 into a black hole.<br>><br>> Listening to the
> testimony of Albright, Cohen, Rumsfeld, Powell,<br>> I found the contin=
uity of nothing much getting done from administration<br>> to administrat=
ion about Osama not surprising, not surprising at all.<br>><br>> So that =
blame of Bush for dereliction of duty before 9/11 is misplaced.<br>><br>>=
 It was peace time. The military was asleep and the CIA & FBI were<br>> f=
euding as usual. How is that Bush's fault? Nothing he could have done<br>=
> about it.<br>><br>> Now as for Iraq, that's a different story. As we ha=
ve learnt from various<br>> insiders now on the outside, the Bushies were=
 bent on invading Iraq<br>> as soon as excuse could be invented.<br>><br>=
><br>><br><br><br><br>