LA Blackout.. Bush did it...

**Vashner** · 09-12-2005

I blame Bush... he's the fault and the republican party for not fixing LA's power situation...

**mookie2001** · 09-12-2005

schwarzeneggers fault

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

They need to pay their Enron bill.

**Vashner** · 09-12-2005

Wait a second... more incoming breaking news..

A fisherman off the coast of Alaska... his fish fell off the hook.. but Bush was seen in Scuba gear removing the fish... more to follow...

**mookie2001** · 09-12-2005

still waiting for that quote/link where anyone ever blames the hurricane on Bush...

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by mookie2001

still waiting for that quote/link where anyone ever blames the hurricane on Bush...

Katrina Should be A Lesson To US on Global Warming

There you go.

**mookie2001** · 09-12-2005

a poster...
not a story about a story
that doesnt blame katrina on Bush at all

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by mookie2001

a poster...
not a story about a story
that doesnt blame katrina on Bush at all

Read the article...Katrina happened because of global warming which is caused by Bush not signing the Kyoto accords.

Learn to google...there are several stories just like this one. Oh, and if a poster put it in a thread, it was probably from one of these sources since Nbadan, boutons, and the like haven't had an original thought since Paul Krugman and Maureen Dowd started writing.

**Dos** · 09-12-2005

dam a few lights go out in LA and all the cable news networks are acting like it's some terrorist attack... sheesh slow news day...

**Nbadan** · 09-12-2005

If your in CA, W feels your pain...

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by Dos

dam a few lights go out in LA and all the cable news networks are acting like it's some terrorist attack... sheesh slow news day...

They're hoping...

**mookie2001** · 09-12-2005

I did read it!
its a story about stories, with one sentence quotes from german newspapers that dont blame BUSH for katrina at all

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by mookie2001

I did read it!
its a story about stories, with one sentence quotes from german newspapers that dont blame BUSH for katrina at all

Here, try this one... I'll even pull out the relevant quote:

"Katrina's Real Name is Global Warming"

Originally Posted by Democracy Now

In Germany, Environmental Minister Jurgen Tritten sparked a political firestorm this week when he penned an article in a German newspaper saying "Greenhouse gases have to be radically reduced worldwide. The US has, up until this point, had its eyes closed to this emergency." He linked Hurricane Katrina to global warming and America's refusal to reduce emission.

In 2001, the Bush administration announced it would not ratify the Kyoto Protocol that has been signed by 120 countries. The global treaty went into effect earlier this year without the support of the United States.

In an article in the Boston Globe Tuesday, journalist and author Ross Gelbspan writes, "The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming." Gelbspan goes on to write, QUOTE "Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue."

**mookie2001** · 09-12-2005

exactly!

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

Okay, whatever you say...but, "global warming caused Katrina" and "US environmental policies cause global warming" and "Bush responsible for US environmental policies," adds up to Bush caused Katrina, for a lot of people.

Go ahead, ask Nbadan and bouton who's responsible for Katrina.

**mookie2001** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by The Ressurrected One

"Bush responsible for US environmental policies," adds up to Bush caused Katrina, for a lot of people.

if by that you mean

"The Bush government rejects international climate protection goals by insisting that imposing them would negatively impact the American economy. The American president is closing his eyes to the economic and human costs his land and the world economy are suffering under natural catastrophes like Katrina and because of neglected environmental policies."
then youre correct in that last "quote"

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

“For They That Sow the Wind Shall Reap the Whirlwind”
I think Bobby Kennedy, Jr. all but blames Haley Barbour and George W. Bush for Katrina in his last HuffingtonPost.

**SpursWoman** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by The Ressurrected One

“For They That Sow the Wind Shall Reap the Whirlwind”
I think Bobby Kennedy, Jr. all but blames Haley Barbour and George W. Bush for Katrina in his last HuffingtonPost.

Yeah, that's the one I was trying to remember who said it.

**hussker** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by SpursWoman

Yeah, that's the one I was trying to remember who said it.

I posted this link last night on another thread when the same question was being asked. I agree. Kennedy thumbs Barbour and Bush by association. I know it is called the Huffington post.

What are they huffing a ton of? Oh, probably exhaust from fossil fuels.

**Aggie Hoopsfan** · 09-12-2005

To play devil's advocate, it wouldn't be that hard to bring down the grid for a group like AQ. My last semester at A&M I took a counter-terrorism class and did my thesis on bringing down power grids.

The majority of corporations run their power grids via boxes running MS Winblows, which to a fault means they are easily succeptible to network attacks. When one of the Slammer worm hit in '03 it took out a digital monitoring station at a nuke power plant in Ohio that could have in theory resulted in a meltdown (thankfully the plant was off-line for repairs).

Last year when one of the other big internet worms hit a bunch of oil rigs in the Gulf got knocked off line.

Lots of folks think the next attack will be WMD but I suspect we're more likely to see something along the lines of the power grid get knocked out.

**Vashner** · 09-12-2005

You should of seen our backup at Randolph HQ AFPC .. a whole floor of lead acid batteries. Multiple generators. Giant fuel tanks buried underground and some above ground.

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by Vashner

You should of seen our backup at Randolph HQ AFPC .. a whole floor of lead acid batteries. Multiple generators. Giant fuel tanks buried underground and some above ground.

You're lucky the environmentalists didn't hear about that...

**The Ressurrected One** · 09-12-2005

Utility Error Blamed for L.A. Blackout
What'cha wanna bet they're union workers. I know, I know, there wasn't a fed from the Department of Energy standing over their shoulder saying, "I don't think you want to do that fellas."

**hussker** · 09-12-2005

Originally Posted by The Ressurrected One

Utility Error Blamed for L.A. Blackout
What'cha wanna bet they're union workers. I know, I know, there wasn't a fed from the Department of Energy standing over their shoulder saying, "I don't think you want to do that fellas."

I am sure that some here probably think W was there telling the electrician, "Hey, if ya cut that red wire, I'll give ya some fresh fish from PAN-CHA-TRAIN." (Pontchartrain said in that smug, I can say this hard word right, Bush emote.) SARCASM SARCASM SARCASM

**Oscar DeLa** · 09-13-2005

I don't know what it is but my community in East Los Angeles had to deal with this first hand.

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