IMPORTANT MOMENTS in American History.: 5 years ago today ...

[elehhhhna]

THIS document was IGNORED by George w. Bush --

[cynatnite]

1. I wouldn't call it a great moment...

but K&R anyway.

[elehhhhna]

2. edited. Thanks!

[bonito]

3. A matter of national security gone unchecked .K&R

[elehhhhna]

4. Are y'all goinmg to set a time record for rec's? Looks like! THANKS!

[opihimoimoi]

5. Amazing display of Deafness to LOUD WARNINGS of a serious Nature

Like the Captain of the Titanic ignoring warnings of ICEBERGS....Damn....

[elehhhhna]

6. "No one could have EVER imagined.." "The PDB was historical in nature..."

Think of all the lies.

[cynatnite]

9. If I was pres, it would've been my 'oh shit' moment n/t

[elehhhhna]

11. Photo of Bush & Miers "working" in Crawford on 8/6/01

Originally from the Pres.'s Day in Photos 8/6/01, Whitehouse website.

[me b zola]

7. And Condi couldn't recall the name of the memo

LIAR!

[Virginian]

8. A very pivotal moment

They were at a crossroad.

They could take the road of caution

or

go on vacation and ignore it.

[Bluebear]

10. Um, excuse me, it was HISTORICAL in nature!!!!!1111

[Trajan]

12. This is also VERY near the anniversary ....

of when a heated exchange between the Taliban and the Bush WH occured ....

Something about offering a 'Carpet of gold, and getting a 'carpet of bombs' ....

Something about how the Taliban decided against aligning with US Petroleum corporations to build a pipeline, and going instead with an Argentine-led concern ....

The Taliban .... they used to be SUCH good friends with the GOP when they were destroying priceless works of art and degrading women's freedoms ....

NEVER refuse the BFEE their fucking pipeline .....

[elehhhhna]

14. Yep. The Taliban was RIGHT here in my town touring Unocal's

corp offices, then BAM not friends anymore. hmmmm.

[elehhhhna]

13. Kick for the morning crowd

[SpiralHawk]

15. Bush always goes AWOL when America needs leadership

He is a total AWOL screw up, and Dick Five Deferments Cheney is no better.

[elehhhhna]

16. Bush told 8/6/01 CIA briefer: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."

Ron Suskind, George W. Bush and the Aug. 6, 2001, PDB

Ron Suskind's "The One Percent Doctrine" is out this week, and the Washington Post's Barton Gellman says it's full of "jaw-dropping stories" about the Bush administration's war on terror.

Or lack thereof.

We've known for years now that George W. Bush received a presidential daily briefing on Aug. 6, 2001, in which he was warned: "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." We've known for almost as long that Bush went fishing afterward.

What we didn't know is what happened in between the briefing and the fishing, and now Suskind is here to tell us. Bush listened to the briefing, Suskind says, then told the CIA briefer: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/viewto...=66124&forum=19

[SpiralHawk]

17. Why? Why? Why?

Why didn't Geroge AWOL Bush or Dick "Five Deferments" Cheney read the Presidential Daily Briefing?

The families of 3,000 dead American citizens want to know why they didn't do their jobs?