The Bridge

Here are the President’s comments regarding the Minneapolis bridge collapse:

“We in the federal government must respond and respond robustly to help the people there not only recover, but to make sure that lifeline of activity, that bridge, gets rebuilt as quickly as possible.”

Who has raised concerns about how soon the bridge can be rebuilt? In any report of this tragedy, has any witness or rescue worker or local official paused long enough from describing the horrible images they have seen to ask about rebuilding the bridge?

It is this fake bravado from Bush that also sent hundreds of rescue workers into the rubble of the WTC while the government lied about air safety. While the truth has still not come out after congressional hearings, we did hear from Christine Todd Whitman that the Bush administration thought it was important to restore activity as soon as possible in order to prove something to the terrorists. Ironically of course, the outcome of this policy was a higher and still rising death count from the attacks.

So here we go again. Nearly 100 victims are still in the depths of the Mississippi River and the safety of 77,000 other bridges across the country are suddenly called into question, but by all means let’s make sure we rebuild this bridge as quickly as possible and restore “activity.”

How crass to mention “restoring activity” during a rescue operation, when “activity” for the George Bush can only refer to burning gas on your way to the store to buy something on credit that you don’t need and can’t afford.

While Bush was trying to prove something to the terrorists with his post-9/11 bullhorn posturing (as if terrorists are going to receive and be persuaded by a message from us), I’m not sure to whom he is trying to prove something here. I think this is just business as usual. Strong words from a weak man who hasn’t been able to back up anything he has ever said with either ability or integrity. A man, who with everything he says, proves that he just doesn’t get it.

Maybe I am overly obsessing on one comment, but seriously, screw him. Screw George Bush. Nowhere is he seen or heard where I am not reminded of what he has done to this country. I sicken thinking of the toll this administration will continue take on us over the next seventeen months.