# George Bush "doesn't care about" black people **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 2, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014 "2005-09-02T19:17:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Ninja](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ninja)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/21 "2005-09-05T21:03:46Z")
> [@JEG](#): > > i think its funny how he flies over, and doesnt stop and eveybody thinks he hates the bl;ack man…did you people not see the videos of people oooting gun stores and walking around killing eachother? its total anarchy down there, how can you expet the president to safly land on an air strip mobes by gun wielding wakos. dont get me wrong im against gun controll…but people like that shouldnt have em. Instead of banding together to help eachother in their time of need they are acting like total fucking children and being retarded. Looting, raping, killing. Too bad more of them didint drown, maby their wouldnt be as much of a problem now. Not to sound like an asshole but seriously, if your not going to help…then dont become part of the problem. its not the fact he didnt land and walk around and hold hands with black people for photo opts… Its the fact we knew about this storm for days before it hit… he shouldve had national gaurd mobolized and ready to storm into that city the minute the hurricane passed… but he didnt… What does he say later in a press statement… We are rushing our gaurd down there now, it takes time to mobolize them all… Um, hello!? we knew about this for days… four days after the fact the national gaurd is just getting there?? If he started mobolizing in the three days PRIOR the gaurd coulda been there the next day or day of the hurricane… Bush is just an idiot… plain and simple. ---
**Author:** ![STEALTTH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stealtth/32/7582_2.png) [@STEALTTH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/STEALTTH)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/22 "2005-09-05T21:43:50Z")
The thing is with setting up a relief effort, you simply just can’t throw people into the disaster area and expect them to be able to fix the problem. You also have to take into consideration that this area is in fact very dangerous and you will be sacrificing more lives by not having a set plan before dropping in and trying to help. It’s not like the Tsunami where we drop off the food and don’t have to worry about how the people get it. We have to be the ones to organize and keep control of the area. We just can’t drop off supplies and say “ok every man for themselves” cause that’s just going to cause more problems when people fight over supplies. Everybody seems to think that the situation is easy to solve when in fact there is a lot more to it. If it’s not organized, you can’t expect it to go smoothly especially with minimal authority present. A military man standing with a gun doesn’t exactly seem like a good thing to people who need help and I guarantee that the same people who were shooting at the help already, would see these people as a clear target. The New Orleans Police aren’t doing anything, but you can’t really bring in US troops and declare martial law either or we are going to have another civil war…It’s a shitty situation any way you look at it. I think we might have been able to be more prepared, but really how much more prepared could we have been? It’s not like weather prediction is a perfect science…sometimes these storms move in unpredicted directions and sometimes they die out before hitting land. It’s a crap shoot. There was no gaurentee that it was going to hit New Orleans. I don’t even think it hit them head on. If Katrina hit some place else, cleanup would have been way easier instead of dealing with a city that is 80% underwater. Why anybody would want to live in a city that is below sea level, surrounded by a river and ocean and is known to be sinking even deeper each year is beyond me. This disaster was bound to happen someday and its a terrible thing, but I honestly dont’ think there was much that we could have done about it unless we kicked people out of that area forever. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/23 "2005-09-06T01:24:08Z")
I’d have to agree on the mobilization part, terrible planning there. But what more could you expect now a days, especially when you have someone “running” things with his thumb so far up his ass. :-/ And the :bloated: look on Myer’s face was like wow! [http://bushniggas.ytmnd.com/](http://bushniggas.ytmnd.com/) - Damn you zybwart now you’ve got me doing this too. ---
**Author:** ![catalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/catalyst/32/7279_2.png) [@catalyst](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/catalyst)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/24 "2005-09-06T08:12:23Z")
“Last year a category five hurricane hit the impoverished nation of Cuba with 160 M.P.H. winds. Yet the Cubans, for all of their faults, were able to evacuate 1.5 million people to high ground. Despite losing over 20,000 homes to winds and floodwaters, the casualty rate in Cuba was negligible. In New Orleans, by contrast, we left the poor, elderly, infirmed and otherwise vulnerable behind to die.” If Cuba could do it why couldn’t we? “The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) used to have a plan for responding to a hurricane hitting New Orleans. It involved activating a hospital ship at the first sign of a storm and following the storm up into the gulf – knowing it would make landfall somewhere. And the hospital would be on the scene 24 hours later. The National Guard, mobilized at the first hint of a storm, was supposed to be on the scene within hours, and so on. But the Bush administration folded FEMA into the Department of Homeland Security, replacing the director of FEMA with a political appointee with no emergency response experience. He was fired from his previous position managing horse shows as head of the International Arabian Horse Association.” Yay for good leadership and smart decision making. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/25 "2005-09-06T08:23:17Z")
ummm… wow I feel retarded after reading alot of this thread ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/26 "2005-09-06T09:02:00Z")
[http://bushniggas.ytmnd.com/](http://bushniggas.ytmnd.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Deuce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deuce/32/7614_2.png) [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/27 "2005-09-06T09:10:35Z")
> [@Ninja](#): > > Its the fact we knew about this storm for days before it hit… he shouldve had national gaurd mobolized and ready to storm into that city the minute the hurricane passed… but he didnt… > If he started mobolizing in the three days PRIOR the gaurd coulda been there the next day or day of the hurricane… Bush is just an idiot… plain and simple. you realize the state governor is in command of mobilizing the national guard right? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/28 "2005-09-06T09:16:29Z")
> [@PitLord](#): > > hmmm sounds to me like Kanye has a little problem reading que cards… Mike looked like he would rather be anywhere besides next to kanye… What a brilliant way to hide the fact that he can’t read.:biglaugh: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/29 "2005-09-06T09:41:41Z")
Lol @ AWD :lol: > [@Deuce](#): > > you realize the state governor is in command of mobilizing the national guard right? lol owned I dont know man, people just seem to grasp at anything they can to put blame on people (especially ppl they dont like). If people would of evacuated the city like they were told in the first place, instead of “hunkering down”, alot of this crap would of been avoided all together ---
**Author:** ![catalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/catalyst/32/7279_2.png) [@catalyst](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/catalyst)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/30 "2005-09-06T09:57:51Z")
How were the poor and elderly supposed to leave if they had no means of transportation? They were told to go to the Superdome if they had no way of getting out. Katrina wasn’t even that bad causing only superficial damage. The old underfunded levees were the problem. You are just using the Republican talking point of blaming the poor, elderly and infirmed. "Over one quarter of New Orleans’ population struggled to live below the federal poverty line in some of the most substandard housing in the country. Over 100,000 of them lacked access to automobiles – giving New Orleans the lowest auto ownership rate in the U.S. – even lower than mass transit endowed New York City. When the evacuation order came, public busses were running on a Sunday schedule. The few that were running ceased operating by late afternoon as the system was shut down – no doubt with the bus drivers themselves heading to dry ground. School buses that could have been employed in the evacuation effort were left locked up in mostly low-lying parking lots – eventually submerging in the flood." ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/31 "2005-09-06T10:37:29Z")
RIGHT NOW… Rush is reading the official New Orleans emergency plan. It sounds like the mayor of N.O. did not do anything he was supposed to do. He could have save thousands of people. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/32 "2005-09-06T11:01:43Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > RIGHT NOW… > > Rush is reading the official New Orleans emergency plan. > It sounds like the mayor of N.O. did not do anything he was supposed to do. > He could have save thousands of people. thats ok, its not his fault bush didnt do it for him ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/33 "2005-09-06T11:10:08Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > thats ok, its not his fault bush didnt do it for him lol ---
**Author:** ![STEALTTH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stealtth/32/7582_2.png) [@STEALTTH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/STEALTTH)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/34 "2005-09-06T11:32:24Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > thats ok, its not his fault bush didnt do it for him :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Ninja](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ninja)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/35 "2005-09-06T13:25:00Z")
> [@Deuce](#): > > you realize the state governor is in command of mobilizing the national guard right? I would think the president has more command over a state governor. As a leader maybe he should’ve at least suggested making better decisions to the governor… I would relate this situation to throwing a 3 year old into the pool without floaties on… “Oops yur drowning?? Shoulda asked for the floaties.” > [@STEALTTH](#): > > A military man standing with a gun doesn’t exactly seem like a good thing to people who need help hmm… that doesn’t seem to be bush’s policy in Iraq ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/36 "2005-09-06T13:31:34Z")
> [@Ninja](#): > > I would think the president has more command over a state governor. As a leader maybe he should’ve at least suggested making better decisions to the governor… I would relate this situation to throwing a 3 year old into the pool without floaties on… “Oops yur drowning?? Shoulda asked for the floaties.” Actually the state has the power. Bush made many strong suggestions since Sunday and the local officials sat around with their thumbs up their asses. The Pres does not declare emergencies, the locals have to do that. City and state officials fucked up period ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/37 "2005-09-06T13:45:11Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > Actually the state has the power. > Bush made many strong suggestions since Sunday and the local officials sat around with their thumbs up their asses. > The Pres does not declare emergencies, the locals have to do that. > City and state officials fucked up period Uh, I thought I always here “the president has just declared xxxx is in a state of emergency” ---
**Author:** ![STEALTTH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stealtth/32/7582_2.png) [@STEALTTH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/STEALTTH)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014/38 "2005-09-06T14:18:13Z")
> [@Ninja](#): > > I would think the president has more command over a state governor. As a leader maybe he should’ve at least suggested making better decisions to the governor… I would relate this situation to throwing a 3 year old into the pool without floaties on… “Oops yur drowning?? Shoulda asked for the floaties.” > > hmm… that doesn’t seem to be bush’s policy in Iraq Well, we’re not talking about Iraq are we? That’s a different situation and you don’t treat all situations the same. Enter domestic and foriegn policy… I think it’s very sad that a lot of people are making this horrible event into a political debate. I think you ignored a lot of key points that i brought up. A lot of people hate president Bush and i’m fine with that, but I’m not about to blame a natural disaster on him. If more people actually put more effort into helping then finger pointing we would be a lot better off. and i think that other example that you used was a terrible comparison. By using your “situation” it’s almost like you are blaming bush for making people live in that Water hole.(throwing the child into the pool). and he didn’t create the hurricane (pool). He’s not Don Paul, who can’t even predict where the storms are going to go and the people in charge in New Orleans are useless. I think there are a lot of other people you should be bitching about instead of the president. I know you hate him, but damn man think things through a little. We’re all upset over what happend, but the only way to fix things are to work on the problem. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people/2014.md?page=1)