Not There To Help

Just wait until hurricane season hits.  Imagine the reports from the Gulf Coast...

Kansas National Guard Hampered In Rescue Efforts Because Of Iraq

The tragedy from Friday’s tornadoes in Kansas and nearby states is evident for all to see. Adding insult to injury are the rhetorical responses from the White House, and the administration's role in complicating the rescue and recovery efforts due to Bush's occupation of Iraq. So much debris is piled up that FEMA can’t get into the town to set up temporary housing and water systems. And why can't FEMA still figure out how to do its job, and why can't the Kansas National Guard do theirs? Because [...]

Let's get this straight.  They can't round up enough National Guard troops to help a little town that's been wiped off the face of the earth, but they can plan to hundreds (maybe thousands) of them on standby for the GOP Convention in Minneapolis?

Massive Security For '08 Conventions

Details are now coming out about planning for security at the 2008 Republican National Convention. "Thousands of police officers from across the state and hundreds of Secret Service and FBI agents will be deployed to provide security for the convention, and National Guard troops will be on standby...There will be special teams from Homeland Security, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hostage negotiators and [...]

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