it makes you wonder
A few days ago some moron flew a small plane into the restricted airspace around Washington, D.C. The White House, Capitol and several other government buildings were evacuated. Vice President Cheney was loaded into the black suburban and whisked away. The First Lady and her guest Nancy Reagan were hustled into the bunker deep beneath the White House. Congressional leaders were also spirited away. The Homeland Security folks called the alert a great success. The only thing they missed was the occupants of all those buildings lining up at predetermined locations and having their names called to make sure they were all there. One big (and probably extremely expensive) fire drill.
I’m not questioning the process. You have to assume the worst and hope for the best. If it had been a suicide terrorist attempt the occupants of those buildings were better off outside where they couldn’t be trapped beneath tons of building rubble. Even a small plane packed with high explosives can do a great deal of damage.
The most interesting thing to come from the alert was the fact that President Bush didn’t know anything was happening. No one took the time to tell him. He was bicycling with a friend and the obligatory entourage of secret service personnel somewhere in Maryland. Here we are in the midst on another 9/11 type scare and the President is totally unaware. The didn’t move him into Air Force 1 and skidaddle like they did when the Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked. The Vice President was tucked securely away, but his boss was in some park on a bike oblivious to the events. What does this tell us?
The spin was this was a planned response, that the President’s active participation in time of imminent crisis was not called for due to all the local authorities preparation. Their reasoning behind no Air Force 1 skidaddle was that the small plane was a localized risk focused in an area that offered no risk to POTUS.
Why tell him anything that could result in him fouling up the works. Don’t send an idiot to check why the gas hot water heater’s not working and hand him a lighter so he can see. Why hustle him away if we’re not terribly concerned with his safety? The VP was, after all, perfectly safe; he had been evacuated.
It makes you wonder who makes these decisions. I’ll bet Carl Rove was perfectly safe.
I’m not questioning the process. You have to assume the worst and hope for the best. If it had been a suicide terrorist attempt the occupants of those buildings were better off outside where they couldn’t be trapped beneath tons of building rubble. Even a small plane packed with high explosives can do a great deal of damage.
The most interesting thing to come from the alert was the fact that President Bush didn’t know anything was happening. No one took the time to tell him. He was bicycling with a friend and the obligatory entourage of secret service personnel somewhere in Maryland. Here we are in the midst on another 9/11 type scare and the President is totally unaware. The didn’t move him into Air Force 1 and skidaddle like they did when the Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked. The Vice President was tucked securely away, but his boss was in some park on a bike oblivious to the events. What does this tell us?
The spin was this was a planned response, that the President’s active participation in time of imminent crisis was not called for due to all the local authorities preparation. Their reasoning behind no Air Force 1 skidaddle was that the small plane was a localized risk focused in an area that offered no risk to POTUS.
Why tell him anything that could result in him fouling up the works. Don’t send an idiot to check why the gas hot water heater’s not working and hand him a lighter so he can see. Why hustle him away if we’re not terribly concerned with his safety? The VP was, after all, perfectly safe; he had been evacuated.
It makes you wonder who makes these decisions. I’ll bet Carl Rove was perfectly safe.
posted by steve | 9:41 AM
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If you want to see real camouflage go to maps.google.com and zoom in on the satellite view of 1 Observatory Circle in Washington. That's where Dick Cheney lives.
Lana
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