Showing posts with label 9/11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 9/11. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Jeb Bush: 'History Will Be Kind to My Brother'

Jeb Bush: 'History Will Be Kind to My Brother'
"As for comparing W.'s record to "what's going on now," the Obama administration has produced more jobs in 4 years than Bush/Cheney did in 8 -- not to mention the fact that they haven't suffered the worst mass-casualty terrorist attack in US history, let a US city drown, and presided over the worst financial crash since the Great Depression.
Good luck with that "W. was a great president" stuff, Jeb! It's a winner for 2016."

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Getting 9/11 history right to fact check our threat response

Kurt Eichenwald, author of "500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars," talks with Rachel Maddow about what he learned about the previously unrealized degree of specificity and frequency of warnings the Bush administration received about a terror attack by Osama bin Laden leading up to the attacks on 9/11.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

PERRspectives: Failed Bush Team Marks 9/11 by Slandering Obama

PERRspectives: Failed Bush Team Marks 9/11 by Slandering Obama
"After all, on the same day Thiessen made his claim that the Obama White House laughed off as "hilarious," new revelations about the Bush administration's fatal lack of concern over the Al Qaeda threat to the U.S. homeland in 2001 came to light. Which is why Team Bush, the one which protested that "nobody could have predicted" the 9/11 tragedy, the chaos in Iraq, the Katrina disaster, the 2008 economic collapse and so much more, will forever be remembered by the words of Condoleezza Rice and President Bush himself:
"I believe the title was 'Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S.'""All right. You've covered your ass, now."
Writing in the New York Times, 500 Days author Kurt Eichenwald documented the Bush administration's near-total deafness to the rapidly growing threat from Osama Bin Laden in the summer of 2001. While Americans learned three years later of the famous August 6, 2001 PDB ("Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S"), Eichenwald's findings show the Bush White House pre-occupied with Saddam Hussein at best and, at worst, asleep at the wheel"

When Paul Ryan voted against the 9/11 heroes

When Paul Ryan voted against the 9/11 heroes
"The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, the law that created the World Trade Center Health Program to provide compensation for illnesses for the first responders and residents of the surrounding neighborhoods, has been expanded to include coverage for a variety of cancers.

The law was passed in 2010, named for police detective James Zadroga, who died at age 34 after working at Ground Zero. You might remember that Republicans opposed the bill in committee and then blocked passage of the bill under suspension before it was finally passed in the House under a regular rule and sent to the Senate.
You also might remember that Paul Ryan was among those Republicans voting against providing coverage to the 9/11 heroes."

9/11 First Responders Gain Coverage For Cancers Resulting From Ground Zero Hazards

9/11 First Responders Gain Coverage For Cancers Resulting From Ground Zero Hazards: First responders to World Trade Center have suffered major medical problems, both physical – caused by exposure to toxic dust – and mental. Some 1,000 deaths have been linked to illnesses caused by the environmental hazards at Ground Zero. Now, following an advisory committee’s recommendation, the National Institute for Occupational Safety has announced that more [...]/p

Neocons Convinced Bush to Ignore Al Qaeda Attack Warnings Leading Up to 9/11 | Alternet

Neocons Convinced Bush to Ignore Al Qaeda Attack Warnings Leading Up to 9/11 | Alternet
"When people adopt a highly rationalized worldview designed to justify whatever it is that they want to do, there's no diverting them from their plan -- even in the face of evidence that suggests their plan will lead to disaster. Such was the case with President George W. Bush  in the days leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.