http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:32:30 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/12/181835.php#comment-57737 I have to apologise to Ms Tek. I was of the opinion that nobody could have forseen the planes flying into buildings. Though, there was a caveat in my comments as I pondered what was in the Aug6th memo. Having seen what was in the memo, on the news, I have come to the same conclusion as she has. From that Report, it was definitely a forsseable event. The fact that Dubya, took a holiday a day after seeing that Report, just rubs salt into the wounds of the bereaved. 57737@blogcritics.org Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:32:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/12/181835.php#comment-57690 I watched the press conference and Bush was so inept I'd have fired him if he worked for me. When he's on his own, he can only fall back on scripts that his minders have managed to get him to learn. He pauses, tries to find a script that seems, in his mind, to fit the situation, then uses that (rambling, because he can't <em>quite</em> remember it). It gets really pathetic when he tries to be the tough guy, like he did with the reporter he lectured - squinty eyes, tight face, an "I'm insecure but I'm the boss so I have to prove it and I can do it with you because you're just a peon so you're not a threat" look, higher color. It would be funny if he weren't The Leader of the Western World and is on course to do far more damage than he has already. 57690@blogcritics.org Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:40:50 EDT