White House Conducts Bomb Drill (Bush Takes Bike Ride)

[WillyT]

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WASHINGTON -- Dozens of high-level officials joined in a White House drill Saturday to see how the government would respond if several cities were attacked simultaneously by the type of the roadside bombs used against American troops in Iraq.

White House homeland security adviser Fran Townsend presided over the three-hour exercise that brought the government's highest level homeland security officials to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House. All Cabinet agencies were represented by their secretaries or other high-ranking officials, with a total of about 90 participants, said Scott Stanzel, a White House spokesman.

Stanzel said the drill revealed gaps in the government's ability to respond, but also showed that there have been many improvements since Hurricane Katrina exposed federal inadequacies when it devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. For instance, coordination with state and local authorities and the ability to get federal resources in place quickly _ key missteps after Katrina _ appeared much better now, Stanzel said.

President Bush went on a bike ride not far from the White House Saturday morning, and did not take part in the test.

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Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/24/AR2007022400617.html



Hell... why should he start giving a shit now???

:shrug:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Any fatalities from the bike ride?

[Ian David]

2. If someone had made bomb threats right before Katrina hit...

Bush would have given a shit, and New Orleans would have been saved!

[Kutjara]

3. Looks like the adults sent junior out to play.

I guess the only damage he can do on his bike is run over a few people.

[Mojambo]

4. Step one. Get this idiot out of here. n/t

[City Lights]

5. Some things never change.

Chimpy is irrelevant. He exercises, attends photo-ops, loves to brag about eating lunch, and sleeps like a baby. He leaves presidenting to others. Asshole.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. After riding his bike, Bush had the White House chef make him some peanut butter

and honey sandwiches. After that he had Condi read him a portion of "The Hungry Caterpillar" before enjoying his afternoon nappy-time time, of course with the help of "Mr. Pillie" under his head.

[Olney Blue]

7. Proof again that he is not in charge.

[Cabcere]

8. You know, I'm beginning to see a pattern here...

1) Sat in a classroom reading "My Pet Goat" on 9/11
2) Hung out at the ranch during Hurricane Katrina, then played around with a guitar in the aftermath
3) Slept through Saddam's hanging
4) Went biking during a bomb drill

What's next, fiddling while D.C. burns? :shrug: Honestly, what juvenile behavior. I've known five-year-olds who had a longer attention span and a better grasp of the world around them than Bush does. Geez.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. I read that on my startup page, and

I thought that before I posted it, I should check to see if it would be a dupe.

Is anyone here surprised by that? I certainly wasn't. It was a cold day to be on a bike, but would it have killed him to have showed up for five minutes?