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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow the Bush Administration would have dealt with the Ebola crisis.
Right-wing pundits have been critical of President Obama's handling of the Ebola crisis. Shocking, I know. But I haven't heard any of them mention how a Republican president would handle the situation. We can only guess. I got to thinking what the Bush Administration might do:
* Cut taxes on wealthier diseases
* Waterboarding
* Surge
* Shoot it in the face
* Flyover
* Declare victory
* Bring it on!
If all else fails:
* Signing statement
Did I miss any?
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How the Bush Administration would have dealt with the Ebola crisis. (Original Post)
JEFF9K
Oct 2014
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IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)1. You forgot one - Have a birthday party for John McShame. n/t
madinmaryland
(64,913 posts)2. They would have done nothing. Nt.
santamargarita
(3,170 posts)3. They would have bombed the African Country of Ebola.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)4. The disease is indeed a weapon of mass destruction!
eppur_se_muova
(36,222 posts)5. * Invade some country that has oil nt
Scuba
(53,475 posts)11. Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)12. Yep, I missed that one.
Johonny
(20,612 posts)6. bomb Iran
When all else fails John McCain advocates a good chorus of bombing Iran.
dembotoz
(16,708 posts)7. those dead ebola folks are just black welfare types who need to work harder
Ino
(3,366 posts)8. Make money off of it
1. Just like Rumsfeld did with Tamiflu, the supposed cure for the supposed pandemic of Avian Flu...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/04/27/725102/-Tamiflu-Rumsfeld-and-Cheney
Despite the admission of absence of a clear and present danger to the American public, the President called on Congress to immediately pass a new $7.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for that not-imminent, not-pandemic, possible-in-the-future danger. The speech was an exercise in the Administrations now-famous pre-emptive war, this one against Avian Flu. As with the other pre-emptive wars, there is a multiple agendaone might say, killing two birds with one stone, were it not so tasteless.
Prominent among the Presidents list of emergency measures was a call for Congress to appropriate another $1 billion explicitly for Tamiflu.
The real point of interest is the company in California who developed Tamiflu, Gilead Sciences, listed on the NASDAQ as (GILD). US Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, was Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences from 1997 until early 2001 when he became Defense Secretary.
...
From $7 to $50 translated into a neat 720% profit for Mr. Rumsfelds Gilead stock holdings since he went to Washington in 2001 and up until 2005. Since the start of the carefully orchestrated current Bird Flu hysteria in March of 2005, Rummys Gilead stocks have gained a neat 56% alone.
Prominent among the Presidents list of emergency measures was a call for Congress to appropriate another $1 billion explicitly for Tamiflu.
The real point of interest is the company in California who developed Tamiflu, Gilead Sciences, listed on the NASDAQ as (GILD). US Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, was Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences from 1997 until early 2001 when he became Defense Secretary.
...
From $7 to $50 translated into a neat 720% profit for Mr. Rumsfelds Gilead stock holdings since he went to Washington in 2001 and up until 2005. Since the start of the carefully orchestrated current Bird Flu hysteria in March of 2005, Rummys Gilead stocks have gained a neat 56% alone.
2. Just as Cheney's Halliburton made a killing on Iraq. BTW, I had read at the time that Cheney waived off conflict of interest charges by saying he was going to donate his stock profits to charity after he was out of office. I've never read that he did do that.
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/about_hal/ethics.html
On the Sept. 14, 2003 edition of NBC's Meet the Press, Vice President Dick Cheney said, "And since I left Halliburton to become George Bush's vice president, I've severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interest. I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven't had, now, for over three years."
But, just as Cheney's wild claims about weapons of mass destruction turned out to be untrue and his claim that Halliburton had no ties to Saddam Hussein was bogus, his denial about profiting from Halliburton as vice president was also a bald-face lie. So while Cheney denied any relationship with Halliburton as vice president, he conveniently forgot to mention that he continues to receive from the company deferred salary of over $150,000 while maintaining 433,333 shares of unexercised stock options. Certainly, Cheney has a "financial interest in Halliburton" while working as vice president.
When confronted with the proof of his ongoing financial ties with Halliburton, Cheney responded by claiming his deferred salary and stock options are not actually a "financial interest" as defined by federal ethics standards and therefore not a conflict of interest. This prompted the Congressional Research Service to issue a report which confirmed Cheney's ongoing financial interest in Halliburton "is considered among the 'ties' retained in or 'linkages to former employers' that may 'represent a continuing financial interest' in those employers which makes them potential conflicts of interest."
Caught in another lie, Cheney manufactured another excuse: He said the financial interest in Halliburton is not tied to the success or failure of the company because of an insurance policy. In other words, the insurance policy, which guarantees his financial interest will be paid to him regardless of Halliburton's success or failure, is proof there is no quid-pro-quo. He also said the stock options will be donated to charity, rather than used for his personal gain.
But, just as Cheney's wild claims about weapons of mass destruction turned out to be untrue and his claim that Halliburton had no ties to Saddam Hussein was bogus, his denial about profiting from Halliburton as vice president was also a bald-face lie. So while Cheney denied any relationship with Halliburton as vice president, he conveniently forgot to mention that he continues to receive from the company deferred salary of over $150,000 while maintaining 433,333 shares of unexercised stock options. Certainly, Cheney has a "financial interest in Halliburton" while working as vice president.
When confronted with the proof of his ongoing financial ties with Halliburton, Cheney responded by claiming his deferred salary and stock options are not actually a "financial interest" as defined by federal ethics standards and therefore not a conflict of interest. This prompted the Congressional Research Service to issue a report which confirmed Cheney's ongoing financial interest in Halliburton "is considered among the 'ties' retained in or 'linkages to former employers' that may 'represent a continuing financial interest' in those employers which makes them potential conflicts of interest."
Caught in another lie, Cheney manufactured another excuse: He said the financial interest in Halliburton is not tied to the success or failure of the company because of an insurance policy. In other words, the insurance policy, which guarantees his financial interest will be paid to him regardless of Halliburton's success or failure, is proof there is no quid-pro-quo. He also said the stock options will be donated to charity, rather than used for his personal gain.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)13. Yes, I overlooked that one.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)9. Nice Job, Brownie!
Blanks
(4,835 posts)10. Duct tape and visquine - obviously. eom
herding cats
(19,545 posts)14. Doesn't Liberia have oil?
I'm thinking we'd be invading them for harboring and mishandling a terroristic virus and laying claim to their oil production if this were then.