Breaking news, Bush comments on London Blast

[Freedomfried]

President Bush, reacting to London blasts, cautions Americans to be extra vigilant as they go to work today.

Log on to www.cbsnews.com for details.

[brentspeak]

1. F-E-A-R n/t

[leesa]

2. Go shopping! Go shopping! Wonder why they aren't raising their bogus

terror level? Is this the second BushCo 9-11? It will be interesting to see how they spin it.

[Wetzelbill]

3. yeah I heard that

he mentioned how all the G8 countries are working to stop poverty in Africa, clean up the environment and these terra-rists are off killing innocent people.

The problem is that yeah, some bad people are killing innocents, but Bush isn't going to pony up more money on Africa and he's systematically destroying the earth with his environmental policies.

Way to cast yourself in the best light possible. Jeez.

[bullimiami]

10. the world knows bush is a liar.

stop poverty? we can see where he sees fit to spend hundreds of billions and where not.

clean up the environment? its so disingenuous its painful.

killing innocent people? well he should know. hows the napalm and depleted uranium working out....

[magnolia]

23. He clearly tried to turn it into a black and white...

...situation. The G-8 as if they are the servants of God bringing goodness to the world...and the evil killers of freedom. This is a sign of his mental illness...according to "Bush on the Couch".
Any rational person would see that those who are responsible of the blasts in London are evil. And the G-8 mostly good (I hope) but also evil. Members of G-8 responsible for the deaths of innocents.

[peaches2003]

37. Comment Beyond Belief

I thought the same thing- how dare he take credit for what the other G8 members are trying to do when he is fighting it tooth and nail. Has he no shame?

[Wetzelbill]

38. do you even have to ask?

[Freedomfried]

4. No plan to raise alert level...

(CBS/AP) Top U.S. counterterror officials say there are no plans to increase the current alert status following the attacks in London.

The Homeland Security Department says there are also no indications of an imminent attack on U.S. interests. A Homeland Security official tells CBS News Correspondent Peter Maer the government's "interagency incident management group" is meeting to "assure full situational awareness." Other officials are monitoring events in London from the White House Situation Room. A Homeland Security spokeswoman says the department is in close contact with British intelligence and other agencies.

President Bush, at the G8 summit in Scotland, had a 10-minute video conference call with National Security advisers back in the U.S., reports CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller.

Terrorism analyst Neil Livingstone tells CBS radio affiliate WTOP in Washington that "it's not a question of if, but when" the U.S. will be attacked again by al Qaeda.

"This is a war that's going to have peaks and valleys," Livingstone said. "Since 9/11, nothing has happened. A lot of Americans think that Osama bin Laden's on the run, therefore we have nothing more to fear."

The explosions on London's transit system prompted heightened security on Washington's subway system. A Metro spokeswoman said officials were "ramping up security immediately," including the use of bomb sniffing dogs. Officers will have a higher visibility, she said, and will be carrying machine guns.

[u2spirit]

29. Raising the alert level

is only appropriate before elections, not after.

[central scrutinizer]

57. no, it is appropriate anytime

The terror alert scam is an unfunded mandate - every time they raise the threat level, local and state officials have to follow certain protocols which take them away from what they should be doing. Anytime you divert funds away from helping the people, assholes like Grover Norquist and other neocons are gleeful - starve the beast. It channels more money into "security firms" who are all big Bushco supporters.

[texpatriot2004]

5. Does this idiot know any other word besides "folks"?

Dumbest "President" ever!

[wovenpaint]

44. I was just thinking of that

and bristling at it myself.

[shantipriya]

58. "folks"

I agree. He is the dumbest leader in the history of the world.
He does know a few other words,though.They are:terror,freedom and God

[earthside]

6. "I yield to these people."

I just heard Bush comments on a radio news clip.

He said: "I yield to these people ... I will not yield to these people."

He mispoke and corrected himself. But his misstatements I think always reveal his real thoughts. He knows he needs a crisis to pull his chestnuts out of the fire politically here in the good ol'U.S.A. He "yields to these people" because he knows this is what he needs to keep his phony war going and to keep the American public living in fear that he can manipulate.

I hate the terrorists that cause this fear and anxiety and kill and hurt innocent people. But let's be real clear. Bin Laden is still free because Bush's incompetence and corruption put us in the sink hole of Iraq.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

9. or, could be that he misunderstood the voice in his ear ;) -nt

[antonialee839]

14. If there was a voice in his ear, it doesn't say much for the

voice. That had to be just about one of his worst speeches to date.
What an embarrassment.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

21. I missed his spew--er, I mean "speech"

But heard how bad it was from my husband, who said it was a typical idiot-bu$h off the cuff ramble...my favorite kind, because he always reveals what a complete dolt he is.

[Matilda]

31. I have to agree with you.

It was rambling and disjointed. I think Bush has a problem when
it comes to expressing feelings like sympathy.

[goclark]

22. I think it was the voice

speaking.

If it had been Bush On His Own he would have said:

See you'll, I been tellin you that these terrarists are mean evil criminals that don't like our freedom.

They just don't want us to help those people in Africa.

But we will get these evil doers because we believe in God and Oil and Money and we want to stay in charge of the whole world.

It is hard work, but we White rich people must continue to tell these stupid bastards what they must believe and what they must think.

God is on OUR side, not their side!

We will win!

[cliss]

40. I agree. It's amazingly coincidental -

only last week, RumsFailed testified before Congress. The news was revealed that the US is, in fact, negotiating with the Iraqi Insurgents.

When asked about it, RumsFool said, "Oh, this sort of thing goes on all the time". Goodness, gracious.

You're absolutely right.

[wicket]

7. Yahoo link here:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050707/ap...

[johncoby2]

8. As Bush would say: Better to fight them there than here. eom

[bullimiami]

12. how is that 'fight them over there" working out for your buddy blair?

[maddezmom]

11. Text of Bush's Remarks on London Blasts

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050707/ap...

What an embarrassment.

[GOPisEvil]

13. Homeland Security FOLKS?!?!

How about calling it the Department of Homeland Security? How about being more than just a regular guy? You're the freaking President, act like it!

[maddezmom]

15. and this one...

The contrast between what we've seen on the TV screens here, what's taken place in London, what's taken place here is incredibly vivid to me.


Huh?

[blondeatlast]

17. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Normally, I can at least get the gist of what he really means, but this sounds like Orwellian speech--and BAD Orwellian speech at that.

[LeighAnn]

35. What he really means is, "Rove and Cheney are about to be indicted"

Nothing like a ter-rist attack to take the attention off of what's about to happen at the White House (perp walkers)

[GOPisEvil]

19. Hard to believe he graduated from both Yale AND Harvard isn't it?

Sigh...

[chelsea0011]

28. "we got people here"...folksy, isn't it

[shanti]

47. i caught that one too

[shantipriya]

67. SHRUB

If I had degrees from either Yale or Harvard, I'd return them.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

24. please stop

[blondeatlast]

16. But his puppetmaster is a bit shaken lately...

We must expect his performance to be even more pathetic than usual--KKKarl just isn't himself lately.

[TahitiNut]

33. "such evil in their heart that they will take the lives of innocent folks.

Is he talking about U.S. Air Force bombers over Iraq? The U.S. Marines in Falluja?

I thought that was called 'collateral damage'. (hmmm...)

[Zorra]

59. No. He's talking about the PNAC. n/t

[The White Tree]

36. The hollow rhetoric of the man is really painful.

Bush says:

I spent some time recently with the prime minister,Tony Blair; had the opportunity to express our heartfelt condolences to the people of London, people who lost lives.

Had the opportunity? Did he hit the trifecta again?

Also, how do you express condolences to dead people. Maybe he really does talk to God.

It is so sad that this automaton is considered the leader of the free world.

This is what a human being would have said:

I want to express our heartfelt condolences to Tony Blair, the people of London and especially the people who lost loved ones. Our hearts and prayers are with you.

I'm sorry if that's harsh but when will he get it?

[susu369]

69. Thank you -

when I read that idiot's "express condolences to dead people" I wanted to scream.

[confludemocrat]

42. "we will spread an ideology of hope and compassion" with cluster bombs?

and shock and awe. Every word of this speech is pathology, as well detailed above

[Media_Lies_Daily]

18. Who the heck cares what he says?

[yellowcanine]

20. I agree. For once I wish he would just shut up unless he is announcing his

resignation for totally screwing up and creating a terrorist breeding ground in Iraq.

[lebkuchen]

25. What an ass

[indigo32]

26. Oh man

every time I hear him speak I'm reminded of what a !#$#(% he is. I simply cannot stand the man.

[DinahMoeHum]

27. ". . .Their resolve is as strong as my resolve. . ." Good grief !!!

what a pathological narcissist asshole.

[ArmchairMeme]

30. Bush mouth drooping again

Could he have had a stroke causing him to fall off his bike? I noticed on CNN that the left side of his mouth is drooping again.

[TahitiNut]

34. Yep. It's all about him. Chimperor of the Universe.

[Julius Civitatus]

61. It's all about him

Don't you know?

[HughBeaumont]

32. "Look forward to more 'events' like this . . ."

" . . . as m'numbers drop like a stone and Turd Blossom needs a conveenint distraction from his eventu'l date with the Daisy Train in pris'n . . . ooops, said too much, didn't I?"

[alarimer]

39. Bush the liar- go after the right people

and thie wouldn't have happened. IT IS ALL YOUR FAULT idiot in chief.

[RedCloud]

41. Why doesn't he hide for three days like he did 9/11; 9/12; 9/13?

I am tired of that bastard being called a hero when he was in fact a scared rabbit on the run.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

48. Blair at least has the courage to immediately fly into London.

Bush is a coward both morally and physically.

[leftofthedial]

43. fear, uncertainty, dread, terror, terror, terror

anyone who distracts us from this war with talk of DSM or Rove-Plame is a traitor who hates Murka

[truthisfreedom]

45. i believe you mean tokyo rove.

[AFSCME girl]

46. Go back to riding your bike...

idiot boy...

[TankLV]

49. 911! 911! Iraq! Iraq! Terra! Terra! - that is all.

Was I right?

[bunny planet]

50. What no shopping?

Read my lips blivet. This is ALL your fault and we know it now, so do our friends across the Atlantic. Don't think for a second that you can milk this tragedy like you did the one here on our soil. Don't think for a second that you can play another one of your soulless three card monte games with our hearts and minds like you've done so many times before. We are on to you now. Tread carefully mr. president.

[Mandate My Ass]

51. Chimperor gives himself away again

"On the one hand, we got people here who are working to alleviate poverty and to help rid the world of the pandemic of AIDS and that are working on ways to have a clean environment. And on the other hand, you've got people killing innocent people. And the contrast couldn't be clearer between the intentions and the hearts of those of us who care deeply about human rights and human liberty, and those who kill, those who've got such evil in their heart that they will take the lives of innocent folks."

Slappy was voting against all those initiatives he invoked. He did not side with Blair or the other leaders on debt relief, increased aid or Kyoto.

We're killing innocents every day in Iraq. So yes, the contrast is amazingly clear.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

55. Mandate is right on..."contrast is amazingly clear"

"..voting against all those initiatives he invoked."

Hmmm, do you think the MSM will pick up on that?

I saw a replay of him delivering that gem on the tube...

Bush looked:

1) tense/scared/confused/dumbfounded?

2) hungry/stiff/hypocritical/dumbfounded?

3) your take ..

[Mandate My Ass]

60. Actually I didn't see it

My take: He always looks --

1) tense/scared/confused/dumbfounded?

2) hungry/stiff/hypocritical/dumbfounded?

with the addition of --

3) petulant/illiterate/egotistical/dumbfounded

[GoBlue]

52. His conceit is palpable

"I was most impressed by the resolve of all the leaders in the room. Their resolve is as strong as my resolve."

President Bush

[daleo]

53. Did he try pinning this on Iran, yet?

I fear that will start soon enough.

[orleans]

54. this video clip doesn't show his long walk up to the reporters

but one of the news stations showed him walking alongside the building and he grabbed at his right side with his left hand two or three times--i thought he was trying to scratch but maybe it felt like his "listening device" was loose or starting to fall.

any other clips that show him walking the long walk to the reporters? we could watch it again.

if you look as he approaches the reporters, is there a pucker in his jacket on the right above the pocket?

[LisaM]

56. Does he even care about those of us who ride mass transit?

We were talking about that on the way to work today. Has he ever freaking ridden a bus in his entire LIFE? (or had to?) Does he really care about the millions of people who need to commute to work on mass transit (given how he doesn't seem committed to funding it I would guess not.) Like many people who refuse to give up their cars or want to commit tax money to transit, I don't think he cares at all.

[earth mom]

62. FEAR FEAR and more FEAR that's the * mantra.

I didn't even bother to read the link, because he and his buddies are so transparent and so diabolical that it's not necessary to read the same message for the millionth time.

I so feel like ranting right now....a mopaul thread today would be just the ticket...has he posted one lately? Anyone know?

[siliconefreak]

63. Sponsored by Wal-Mart - how appropriate!

The video of Bush on the CBS site begins with an announcement that says something like this:

"This free CBS video is brought to you by WAL-MART..."

How unbelievably appropriate.

[pookieblue]

64. I still can't believe that this man is our president.

I wish it was Kerry... or even better Gore speaking to us.

"Security Folks"????? WTF??? This man * is the President?

[siliconefreak]

65. the sheeple

Yeah, and now watch his approval ratings go up. The MSM will be all over that one!

[TankLV]

68. They already have - big time.

Amazing how in the past few months, we heard suprisingly little about his record LOW numbers!

Hmmm.

Didn't this all play out exactly the same way prior and immediately following 911?

Just wondering!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

66. I'd give money to the rethuglicans if he'd just shut up.

[classysassy]

70. The London Blast

we all mourn for the suffering,we3 also mourn for the many Iraqui civilians that have been killed by bush bombs,Mr.Bush why aren't sorry for their deaths,or is it only whites that you care about? STOP THE MADNESS.

[uppityperson]

71. Be extra vigilant today. Unlike yesterday when you didn't need to be?

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boo