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The handling of the Hurricane Katrina damage is only the latest in a long series of ineptitude on the part of our administration. President Bush has promised to lead an investigation into what went wrong.
This is the same person who promised to bring Osama bin Laden to justice. He promised that we would find "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. He used false information to justify the invasion of another country. He promised that he personally would fire any member of the White House staff who was responsible for revealing the name of a covert CIA agent to the press. I suspect that the list of inept people includes the president himself, and question his ability to remain impartial.
I am calling for a full-scale investigation of the mishandling of the hurricane aid to be conducted by an independent group who have subpoena power and can recommend prosecution of the individuals if they see the need. This investigation must be conducted by a non-partisan group and not by the people who are at fault.
ART RIDGE
Charlotte
Bush is a failure and we all pay
After all that has happened and after all of the shame and suffering this president has either caused or neglected in these five long years since the bloodless coup, I've finally been able to de-code the 2000 campaign refrain "compassionate conservative." It means, among other things, "spendthrift warmonger."
Throughout his entire adult life, President Bush has been a miserable failure at the expense of others. And the beat goes on.
Here's a couple of predictions for your news staff to follow: Cindy Sheehan's taxes will be audited next year (maybe now mine will, too), and "the middle class" will continue to evaporate. How far can a person throw eggs in a southerly direction from Lafayette Park?
PAUL BOGOSIAN
Ascutney
Bush's decisions are short-sighted
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans foreshadows the consequences of extremely short-sighted policy decisions by the Bush administration. Tax cuts for the wealthy, disregard for the poor, abuse of the environment, exclusive reliance on fossil fuels, and the squandering of human and financial resources on an unjustified war that serves to fuel terrorism and anti-American sentiments around the world -- these policies will have devastating effects years after this administration leaves office. When we fail to invest in prevention, we ensure a crisis. New Orleans is a glimpse into that future.
LAURA SOLOMON
Burlington
Bush has made us far less safe
President Bush is one of the most incompetent, ineffectual presidents in the history of our country. He has bungled his unnecessary war in Iraq and has no idea what to do about it. He has squandered a great budget surplus and incurred an incredible debt. Osama bin Laden is still free and plotting against us.
Because of his actions, we are despised and looked down upon by most of the world. And now it is painfully clear in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, that after spending billions and billions of dollars to create a vast new bureaucracy, President Bush and the Republican Congress have left today's nation far less safe from terrorism and natural disasters.
BRUCE CONKLIN
Burlington
Let's stand up and take charge
Is a sexual dalliance more impeachable than a man who squanders the nation's projected surplus, mismanages our military resources on exaggerated lies and deceit so much to the point that he cannot provide for his own country in the face of natural disaster? The Federal Emergency Management Agency is a disgrace, the papers say. National Guards are all in Iraq. For a man who bankrupted two companies and the United States of America, when do we call for impeachment on the grounds of incompetence?
How do we pull Vice President Dick Cheney out of his undisclosed location long enough to explain his failed energy policy, and why we are on the way to $4 a gallon for gas? It is high time each one of us stood up and took charge of this country. Time to remove spineless congressmen who cannot stand up for their constituencies. It is time for answers. We cannot fix what we don't know is wrong. Why did Paul Wolfowitz get promoted away from Iraq when this was his brainstorm from the beginning?
We must burst open the wall of high secrecy surrounding this inept administration. We must break through this frozen barrier if we are going to survive as a free nation. It is then, and only then, that we will once again see the pride of freedom shining through.
DENNIS DEIMEL
West Addison
Look more closely at events of 9/11
Now that the fourth anniversary of 9/11 has passed, I think it's important to note that some of the family members of 9/11 victims are not only still mourning their loved ones, but also speaking out and calling for a new and more independent investigation.
These are many of the same family members who pushed hard in 2002 to get a very uncooperative Bush administration to finally agree to a full investigation by creating the 9/11 Commission. They are not satisfied with the official story that 19 Arab hijackers pulled off one of the biggest surprise attacks in history on the militarily strongest nation in history.
They held a press conference in August, questioning whether the Commission dug deep enough, especially after the news that a top-secret intelligence unit had fingered Mohammed Atta as a potential terrorist for more than a year before 9/11.
Joining them was noted theology professor David Ray Griffin, whose two recent books on 9/11 have identified over a hundred unanswered questions that make the official story very questionable. Like Griffin before he did his research, I don't come easily to believing in conspiracy theories.
But when you take a close look at the facts of what happened that fateful day, it's hard not to draw the conclusion that some high-level Bush administration officials knew this attack was coming, and allowed it to happen to rally public support behind their agenda of military and economic control over the remaining oil and gas reserves in Central Asia.
Griffin will speak on Oct. 12 in Montpelier and Burlington.
JOHN BERKOWITZ
Putney
For locations and other information about David Ray Griffins' speech, contact Vermonters for a Fair Economy and Environmental Protection at 387-5127 or svfeep@sover.net.
The handling of the Hurricane Katrina damage is only the latest in a long series of ineptitude on the part of our administration. President Bush has promised to lead an investigation into what went wrong.
This is the same person who promised to bring Osama bin Laden to justice. He promised that we would find "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. He used false information to justify the invasion of another country. He promised that he personally would fire any member of the White House staff who was responsible for revealing the name of a covert CIA agent to the press. I suspect that the list of inept people includes the president himself, and question his ability to remain impartial.
I am calling for a full-scale investigation of the mishandling of the hurricane aid to be conducted by an independent group who have subpoena power and can recommend prosecution of the individuals if they see the need. This investigation must be conducted by a non-partisan group and not by the people who are at fault.
ART RIDGE
Charlotte
Bush is a failure and we all pay
After all that has happened and after all of the shame and suffering this president has either caused or neglected in these five long years since the bloodless coup, I've finally been able to de-code the 2000 campaign refrain "compassionate conservative." It means, among other things, "spendthrift warmonger."
Throughout his entire adult life, President Bush has been a miserable failure at the expense of others. And the beat goes on.
Here's a couple of predictions for your news staff to follow: Cindy Sheehan's taxes will be audited next year (maybe now mine will, too), and "the middle class" will continue to evaporate. How far can a person throw eggs in a southerly direction from Lafayette Park?
PAUL BOGOSIAN
Ascutney
Bush's decisions are short-sighted
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans foreshadows the consequences of extremely short-sighted policy decisions by the Bush administration. Tax cuts for the wealthy, disregard for the poor, abuse of the environment, exclusive reliance on fossil fuels, and the squandering of human and financial resources on an unjustified war that serves to fuel terrorism and anti-American sentiments around the world -- these policies will have devastating effects years after this administration leaves office. When we fail to invest in prevention, we ensure a crisis. New Orleans is a glimpse into that future.
LAURA SOLOMON
Burlington
Bush has made us far less safe
President Bush is one of the most incompetent, ineffectual presidents in the history of our country. He has bungled his unnecessary war in Iraq and has no idea what to do about it. He has squandered a great budget surplus and incurred an incredible debt. Osama bin Laden is still free and plotting against us.
Because of his actions, we are despised and looked down upon by most of the world. And now it is painfully clear in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, that after spending billions and billions of dollars to create a vast new bureaucracy, President Bush and the Republican Congress have left today's nation far less safe from terrorism and natural disasters.
BRUCE CONKLIN
Burlington
Let's stand up and take charge
Is a sexual dalliance more impeachable than a man who squanders the nation's projected surplus, mismanages our military resources on exaggerated lies and deceit so much to the point that he cannot provide for his own country in the face of natural disaster? The Federal Emergency Management Agency is a disgrace, the papers say. National Guards are all in Iraq. For a man who bankrupted two companies and the United States of America, when do we call for impeachment on the grounds of incompetence?
How do we pull Vice President Dick Cheney out of his undisclosed location long enough to explain his failed energy policy, and why we are on the way to $4 a gallon for gas? It is high time each one of us stood up and took charge of this country. Time to remove spineless congressmen who cannot stand up for their constituencies. It is time for answers. We cannot fix what we don't know is wrong. Why did Paul Wolfowitz get promoted away from Iraq when this was his brainstorm from the beginning?
We must burst open the wall of high secrecy surrounding this inept administration. We must break through this frozen barrier if we are going to survive as a free nation. It is then, and only then, that we will once again see the pride of freedom shining through.
DENNIS DEIMEL
West Addison
Look more closely at events of 9/11
Now that the fourth anniversary of 9/11 has passed, I think it's important to note that some of the family members of 9/11 victims are not only still mourning their loved ones, but also speaking out and calling for a new and more independent investigation.
These are many of the same family members who pushed hard in 2002 to get a very uncooperative Bush administration to finally agree to a full investigation by creating the 9/11 Commission. They are not satisfied with the official story that 19 Arab hijackers pulled off one of the biggest surprise attacks in history on the militarily strongest nation in history.
They held a press conference in August, questioning whether the Commission dug deep enough, especially after the news that a top-secret intelligence unit had fingered Mohammed Atta as a potential terrorist for more than a year before 9/11.
Joining them was noted theology professor David Ray Griffin, whose two recent books on 9/11 have identified over a hundred unanswered questions that make the official story very questionable. Like Griffin before he did his research, I don't come easily to believing in conspiracy theories.
But when you take a close look at the facts of what happened that fateful day, it's hard not to draw the conclusion that some high-level Bush administration officials knew this attack was coming, and allowed it to happen to rally public support behind their agenda of military and economic control over the remaining oil and gas reserves in Central Asia.
Griffin will speak on Oct. 12 in Montpelier and Burlington.
JOHN BERKOWITZ
Putney
For locations and other information about David Ray Griffins' speech, contact Vermonters for a Fair Economy and Environmental Protection at 387-5127 or svfeep@sover.net.
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