Recent content by xavion

Okay, you state that Bush has sent 'hundreds of thousands' of National Guard troops to Iraq.  Hundreds of thousands could be anywhere from 200,000 to 900,000.  There are approximately 170,000 US military personnel in or close to Iraq.  If Bush sent 'hundreds of thousands'... lets say, 300,000...

I don't doubt that there are people on the right who have the knee-jerk response that you describe.  I also have read Eagle's other post and found it outstanding as well. What I found interesting is that Eagle's post references Lousiana officials, Mayor Ray Nagin, an Amtrak train, the Army...

Way to tap-dance around all the points brought up by Eagle43... Seems to me that the knee-jerk response of some on the left is to bring out the Bush-bashing talking points when someone dares question the state and local response to the crisis.  After all, the local politicans were predominately...

Well said!  Government spending cuts should be fairly easily to implement... too bad almost all politicians are afraid to stand up to special interest groups because they care more for their own re-election than the well being of the nation.  Cutting pork projects and the thousands upon...

Sad indeed.  In addition to the 200 or so school buses pictured, there were also at least 350 transit buses that should have been used to evacuate the poor and elderly.  The buses would not have been able to evacuate everybody, but 550 buses is about twenty thousand people that could have been...