GOP leaders press Bush to name hurricane czar

[sabra]

http://www.wistv.com/global/story.asp?s=3823298&ClientType=Printable

GOP leaders press Bush to name hurricane czar

(White House-AP) September 8, 2005 - GOP leaders say they're urging President Bush to name a disaster czar to take over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina.

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Emerging from a meeting with Bush at the White House, Hutchison and Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum said there was a good deal of discussion about a Katrina czar.

Hutchison says the idea would be to put someone "on the ground" in the Gulf for six to nine months who could make decisions and cut through red tape.

She denies the idea was motivated by the bitter criticism of FEMA director Mike Brown over slow-arriving federal aid. She says in any disaster, there comes a point when it's time to start focusing on the longer term.

[acmejack]

1. Just what we need, another crony appointment.

[Tight_rope]

70. Ditto!

[niceypoo]

76. Laura Bushes hairdresser will get the job........

Third world level competence

[Jack from Charlotte]

75. And an additional layer of bureaucracy..... FEMA is now under....

Homeland Security and now Repus want to place it under a Czar. Question....


Aren't Repugs AGAINST more gov't bureaucracy?

[htuttle]

2. I've come to realize that when Washington DC uses the term 'czar'...

...when what they really mean is 'PR Flack'.

And why would they appoint someone to handle Katrina relief when there is already somebody getting paid to do so? Either Brown is doing the job, or not. If not, I don't want to pay him anymore.

[Dulcinea]

31. How about a FEMA director who actually knows his/her job?

There's not a czar on earth who can stop a cat 5 hurricane!

Hello? Bueller? Bueller?

[lancdem]

3. They probably want Rudy

But Rove might not want to give Rudy a chance to outshine Bush again.

[superconnected]

4. I'm getting sick of Bush naming "Czars"

Were they called czars before the Bush Admin?

I thought they were called directors.

[TahitiNut]

23. "C-czar Will Name Blowjob Czar" is more like it.

:eyes:

[Megahurtz]

36. Yeah, what's with the "Czar" name?

That's totally inappropriate in this day and age.

[short bus president]

40. There's been a 'Drug Czar' since at least the Clinton years.

Maybe since the Poppy years? For some reason, I think the Drug Czar was the first 'Czar.' And for the life of me I can't remember who it was.

[LynneSin]

5. Oh great - another Bush Crony brought in to help funnel $ to other cronies

:eyes:

[Tight_rope]

71. Ding! Ding! Ding!....We have a win! n/t

[NYC Liberal]

6. I honestly was gonna say this should be moved to GD

because when I saw the title, I really thought it was gonna be satire.

Bush declaring war on hurricanes........it's not satire anymore! What world do we live in?

[NYC Liberal]

7. I honestly was gonna say this should be moved to GD

because when I saw the title, I really thought it was gonna be satire.

Bush declaring war on hurricanes........it's not satire anymore! What world do we live in?

[0007]

8. May favorite appointee is John Negroponte "The Death Squad Master"

An Iran/Contra convict and is now czar and called Intelligence Chief of the United States of America. Go figure!

[Javaman]

9. Yay!!! more gov't !!! more useless appointments!!!

unreal. just plain, unreal. here is a concept, how about these cronie assholes appointed by moron* just do THEIR FUCKING JOBS!!!! How about that for a concept? So does these mean anytime we have a fucking disaster in this country there is going to be yet another "czar" appointed? Will there be a tornado czar? or how about a snowstorm czar? or even better a cold weather czar!!! yeah that's the ticket, appoint some asshole to take care of all the seasons and all the various different disasters!!! Or since you are so high on death and destruction, how about a bloated body czar or a burned beyond recognition czar? You fucking murder whores!!!

here is a czar that should be fucking appointed, how about a accountability czar????? huh? How the fuck about that, you fucking halfwit, useless bastards???

God damn it! I seethe with deep emotional hatred for these no account war mongering racist death dealers.

[Lisa]

24. don't sugar-coat it, Javaman!

You've nailed it -- this is yet another Bush tactic for avoiding accountability. Throw the whole mess into someone else's lap!

George W. is his own "incompetence czar" -- just as bad as Nicholas was, too ... and we know what happened in that case.

[tanyev]

10. Oh, that'll solve everything.

How about Jenna? I don't think she's doing anything right now.

[Gregorian]

15. Hahaha.

One last bonghit, and she'll be right there.

(I'm just pissed off that I can't smoke anymore.)

[KansDem]

22. Here's a photo of her demonstrating hurricane-avoidance techniques

"...then you fall to the ground so the winds won't blow you over!" said newly appointed Hurricane Czar Jenna Bush.

[leftchick]

11. how about a viceroy like Bremer

then they will be sure to make BILLIONs on the reconstruction.

[Gregorian]

12. Czar-in-a-box

I know, it's neither a czar, nor related to the hurricane. But this thread reminded me of the way republicans think, if I may be so general. Everything is neat and tidy, and can be placed in a box. That goes for God, human beings, the environment. I think it's called selfish and shallow. It's really a shame that two plus two equals anything. Because in society it doesn't work that way. It's always shades. No black and white. That's for later. That's for the day God weeds out the rotten apples. And even then, I think there will be shades. Bush and Hitler get the condo together with Vlad, in the part of hell that has no ventilation.

[Historic NY]

13. Just what we need another GOP position to grow ...

government. Were they not the party that was suppose to shink government. We have the National Hurricane Center but all their warnings went on deaf ears.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/30/State/For_forecasting_chief.shtml

[matt819]

14. Declare war on hurricanes

Bomb those suckers out of existence. Sure, the enemy is fluid (so to speak) and mobile, but that hasn't stopped us in Iraq (at least that's what they claim). And if that doesn't work, we'll just blame (hold on, no blame game here) - we'll just hold the message responsible (whoops, we don't hold anyone responsible for anything) -- well, we'll just attack the friggin' messenger and attack the damn National Hurricane Center. That has the word hurricane in it, so it must have something to do with those little bastards. That'll teach that hurricanes not to mess with 'murica. Your either killing hurricanes or your with hurricanes.

[tanyev]

21. Yesterday my local weather guy was talking

about the new hurricanes that are out there and he said,"Fortunately, neither one of them is expected to attack the United States.

:wtf:

[matt819]

43. Of course they're not going to attack

Otherwise they'd have to deal with the terrorism president. Guess that pass-the-buck leadership style is working.

[skygazer]

16. Oh, goodie, yet another layer of beaurocracy

How will creating still more organizations help streamline anything? We need less levels of incompetence, not more.

[Solly Mack]

17. haven't they fucked it up enough without adding one more fuck up?

so now they need an official fuck up?

these "small government" republicans slay me...gut needed social and science programs/studies - but glut the government with "czars" for everything.

[UpInArms]

18. How about Ollie North?

Casper Weinberger?

Maybe Karen Hughes needs an bigger title and paycheck?

:puke:

These idiots are beyond reprehensible.

[imperialismispasse]

19. Yeah they are great at picking the most qualified appointees

That should fix everything. :sarcasm:

On the other hand I have to say that "Hurricane Czar" is a pretty damn cool title.

[davidinalameda]

20. isn't the FEMA director supposed to be doing exactly this

fire his ass and get someone in there with experience

[superconnected]

25. They're going to suck billions for this hurricane war.

It we speak up about it, we'll be even more unamerican. yahoo.

[brooklynite]

26. But wouldn't that imply that Chertoff/Brown aren't doing a heck of a job?

Somehow I can't see Bush doing this.

[Divernan]

27. NO! Just put professionals back in charge of FEMA!

nt

[phantom power]

29. Exactly. We already had a "hurricane czar", and it was called FEMA.

[boise1]

28. -- Bush Flunky Name Here -- "Yer doin' a heckuva job!! n/t

[redtapeblues]

30. Just what we need...

Another bureaucrat

[lateo]

32. Yeah, more government...just what we need.

Got a problem where communication between individuals is broken? Well, just add more people to the chain. That will fix it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. I thought Dumbyass WAS the Czar

[footinmouth]

34. How about Linda Tripp?

I bet she's available.

[Megahurtz]

35. That could be another fucking disaster.

And tell Santorum to go stuff a sock in it.

[redqueen]

37. Oh for cryin out loud!

:eyes:

Pathetic!

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

38. Further subdivisions coming

Weather-related czars

Hurricane Czar
Tornado Czar
Microburst Czar
Straight-line wind Czar
Flood Czar

Transportation-related Czars
Car wreck Czar
Train wreck Czar
Plane crash Czar
Bus crash Czar
Toddlers on Bigwheels Pileup Czar

Health Crisis Czars
Aids Czar
Avian Flu Czar
Mad Cow Czar
Sars Czar

Any others? Surely there is some person responsible for making coffee for some Republican Dogcatcher campaign in East Bumblefuck who needs a position.

DBDB

[anotherdrew]

39. enough with this CZAR shit! this is not 19th century russia!

[Zenlitened]

46. Hmmm... you're gonna hate it when they appoint a Czars Czar.

Or the War on Czars Czar. Or the Czars Operations Czar. Or the Czars/Tsars Bipartisan Commission. Or the...

:D

[anotherdrew]

48. ya ya LOL. look how much good the drug Czar has done

a confederacy of Czars

Czars get in your eyes

catch a falling Czar and put him in your pocket

the Czar spangled banner!

I wonder how they pay Czars?

[Zenlitened]

50. "the Czar spangled banner" LOL!

:rofl:

[Tight_rope]

72. LMBAO!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Zenlitened]

41. Uh, um, I... thought we already had one. "Director of FEMA."

:shrug:

[applegrove]

42. UM - that would be the head of FEMA!

[ourbluenation]

44. FEMA DIrector - hellooooo! Oh - maybe they dont have any confidence in him

ys think???

[420inTN]

45. The WoH -- War on Hurricanes

>> "Hutchison says the idea would be to put someone "on the ground" in the Gulf for six to nine months" <<

Hell, I'll take the job.. Nothing like 9 month, paid vacation.

Let's see... time to "inspect" South Beach.. then I'll do an instensive of each of the Key... Hmm... Spring Break, time to check out South Padre Island.

I'm volunteering my services to be the Hurricane Czar.

[struggle4progress]

47. Oh, how exciting! how ingenious! It certainly addresses all the major ..

.. problems!

Why, I was just thinking to myself, how could we possibly avoid another catastrophe like this, the next time the President is on vacation, and the Secretary of State is shoe-shopping, and the Secretary of Defense is busy at the ballgames, and the Vice-President is occupied by all those tiresome details that require attention when one is buying a mansion? Yes, I was wondering, how can we prevent this from happening the next time Congress will give money to build bridges to nowhere in Alaska, the next time the Army Corps of Engineers is occupied in Iraq, and the next time the state militia is off for some reason in the Middle East? What in the world can we do, the next time the puppet heading FEMA and his Homeland Security boss are incompetent political hacks?

An hurricane czar! Well, I slapped myself on the forehead, and I thought -- that's it! Yes indeed! What could possibly be more American than a czar?

[anotherdrew]

49. fucking santorum up to bullshit as usual, what a worthless meatbag

[Bridget Burke]

51. "Senators press Bush on hurricane relief czar"

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Two Republican senators pressed U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday to appoint a top official to lead the long-term recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.....

Bush earlier met with Republican congressional leaders at the White House, where Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania urged him to pick someone to lead the administration's much-criticized recovery effort in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama....

Various names have been mentioned in Washington for the job, such as former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and retired Gen. Tommy Franks, former head of the U.S. Central Command.

www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08268281.htm

Great, another highly paid bureaucrat. When we really need to thin them out--starting at the top.

(Please delete if this is a duplicate. I looked!)

[shoelace414]

52. perhaps he could hire Clinton's FEMA director.

or maybe he could put him in charge of FEMA

[skooooo]

53. What about Colin Powell??

He's really sorry he lied in front of the UN.

[Spazito]

62. If Colin Powell were brought in, it would be to try and whitewash

the federal government's responsibility in this, it's as simple as that. He lost any credibility when he deliberately lied to the world and showed his only loyalty was to bush not to the American people.

I don't see bush bringing anyone in over top of HS head or FEMA head because that would be an admission of errors at the top and bush doesn't do admissions.

[skooooo]

67. i was kidding

i agree with you

[Child_Of_Isis]

54. Who would want the job,

knowing when you need help for the people, the government will not be there. They'll then be left holding the bag.

[jo35042]

55. Great, another Czar who will know more about tax shelters than

caring for people in shelters.

I need to ask a question and perhaps this will do as a place to do it.

If Haliburton and KBR are doing rebuilding on military bases, who is getting civilian contracts?

Anybody out there know?

[hedda_foil]

56. It will be Bernie Kerrick.

I'm not a betting woman, but I'd bet real money on this one.

[PassingFair]

63. Please tell me they can't, hedda!

He's been pretty much shot thru with holes from the last "czar" appointment, hasn't he?

[bunny planet]

57. When in coubt, appoint a new Czar. Does anybody find the term CZAR

just a touch ironic at this point. We don't need a new Czar, we need a new administration.

[rodeodance]

59. this mess is going from bad to worse!

[jo35042]

60. Or Perhaps a Czarina!!!!

just for a change

[classysassy]

77. The Czarina

how about Ann Coulter?.

[rodeodance]

61. I have never liked the term Czar!!

[jo35042]

64. sorry for double post

got excited

[jo35042]

65. It is a bit "cute" for my taste and really

looks silly when they turn out to be useless tits.

[Catfight]

58. NO....no more crapping positions, fix whats there first. We need some

common sense people in politics.

[Enraged_Ape]

66. No, thanks

Just what we need: to expand the government even more by adding another overpaid, underqualified, useless Bush crony piece of shit.

I'll pass.

[Sabriel]

68. In keeping with all those other appointments,

It would have to be the worst possible person for the job he can find. We're living in a mirror universe, after all. Let's see, who would that be....

[mrbill]

69. i place general honore up for nomination...............

this guy is the real john wayne.

[gauguin57]

73. How about a KATRINA CZARINA?

That has a nice little ring to it, eh, Bushie?

No more goddamn task force heads or political appointees! No more czars or czarinas! No more levels of bureaucracy to f*ck this up even more than it already has been f*cked up (is that possible?).

Eff this sh*t ...

And if they HAVE to do it ... appoint Jimmy Carter. He'll get this thing done. And if he's not afraid to go into a nuke plant in the middle of a nuclear accident, he's not afraid to go to chemically altered New Orleans!

[gauguin57]

74. Karen Hughes for Katrina Czarina. Why? She's an Amazon, and can

move felled trees with her bare hands.

[leesa]

78. Why are they doing this? What nefarious plan do they have now?