WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The former members of the bipartisan 9/11 commission gave Congress and the president a report card Monday heavy in B's, C's and D's -- with five F's -- saying the nation was ill-prepared for another terrorist attack.
"Four years after 9/11 it is scandalous that police and firefighters in large cities still cannot communicate reliably in a major crisis," said Thomas Kean, the Republican who was chairman of the commission.
"It is scandalous that airline passengers are still not screened against all names on a terrorist watch list.
"It is scandalous that we still allocate scarce homeland security dollars on the basis of pork barrel spending, not risk."
Come on we all had bad grades some point in our life?aps said:Do you think this reminds Bush of when he was in college?
stsburns said:Come on we all had bad grades some point in our life?
Well you didn't say "Neo-Con" so its all good!!! :roflaps said:Hey, I resemble that remark. lol I just needed to get a jab in regarding Bush. It makes me feel good when I do that.
stsburns said:I wonder what grades they would give themselves? Or are they just a bunch of little angels? /sarcasm
Complaining but not acting F
Getting Congress support B
Was used by a middle class woman to get closure for her husband. A+
hipsterdufus said:What power do they have to pass legislation?
Remember - Bush fought instituting the 9/11 commision from day one!
Clearly the administration DOESN"T CARE about making the homeland safer. They'll stick with the ridiculous - "We're fightin them over there soes we don't hafta fight em over here" argument.
The terrorists will strike American soil again. We need to be ready and unfortunately, we're hardly any closer than we were on 9/11.
stsburns said:I wonder what grades they would give themselves? Or are they just a bunch of little angels? /sarcasm
Complaining but not acting F
Getting Congress support B
Was used by a middle class woman to get closure for her husband. A+
stsburns said:I wonder what grades they would give themselves? Or are they just a bunch of little angels? /sarcasm
Complaining but not acting F
Getting Congress support B
Was used by a middle class woman to get closure for her husband. A+
hipsterdufus said:What power do they have to pass legislation?
Remember - Bush fought instituting the 9/11 commision from day one!
Clearly the administration DOESN"T CARE about making the homeland safer. They'll stick with the ridiculous - "We're fightin them over there soes we don't hafta fight em over here" argument.
The terrorists will strike American soil again. We need to be ready and unfortunately, we're hardly any closer than we were on 9/11.
JustMyPOV said:They did exactly what they were commissioned to do. They investigated the lead up to 9/11 to determine what went wrong and compiled a list of recommendations for the prevention of future attacks on our soil, as well as how we could have been better prepared to deal with an attack. It was up to the Republican-led Congress to pick up the ball and run with it, but instead, they fumbled it, and as a result we're not much better prepared now than we were prior to 9/11/01.
This isn't to say that Congress has done nothing, but there is still a great deal left to be done, and it would seem not a hell of a lot of motivation among our elected leaders to do it. For all the talk we heard about following the commission's recommendations and making America safer, it amounted to just that... Talk.
They are acting by bringing these issues up. Their job is to tell the Bush admin. what needs to be done, not do it for him.stsburns said:I wonder what grades they would give themselves? Or are they just a bunch of little angels? /sarcasm
Complaining but not acting F
Getting Congress support B
Was used by a middle class woman to get closure for her husband. A+
But they are sentors, they can do both?scottyz said:They are acting by bringing these issues up. Their job is to tell the Bush admin. what needs to be done, not do it for him.
uh....there are only 10 of them. Do you think they alone can make all the changes required?? President Bush certainly didn't give them those powers.stsburns said:But they are sentors, they can do both?
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.
I think he's pretty numb to receiving bad grades, which is why he feels right at home in the white house these days.aps said:Do you think this reminds Bush of when he was in college?
You're dead dead dead wrong, The administration cares about nothing more than 9/11 because without 9/11 Kerry would be in office today, we would not be in Iraq and we would deffinetley not be a joke of the world.hipsterdufus said:What power do they have to pass legislation?
Remember - Bush fought instituting the 9/11 commision from day one!
Clearly the administration DOESN"T CARE about making the homeland safer. They'll stick with the ridiculous - "We're fightin them over there soes we don't hafta fight em over here" argument.
The terrorists will strike American soil again. We need to be ready and unfortunately, we're hardly any closer than we were on 9/11.
Kanye West attack? Senators can debate to push certain agenda's. Some do them on TV, some do them on the hill! Ever watched C-Span?scottyz said:uh....there are only 10 of them. Do you think they alone can make all the changes required?? President Bush certainly didn't give them those powers.
Their job is to recommend changes and Bush is theoretically supposed to make those recommended changes a reality, it's not their fault Bush doesn't give a crap.
Cough, cough Media!!!!!!!!!!!!Joke.....USA........IT WAS THE Media!!!!!!jfuh said:I think he's pretty numb to receiving bad grades, which is why he feels right at home in the white house these days.
You're dead dead dead wrong, The administration cares about nothing more than 9/11 because without 9/11 Kerry would be in office today, we would not be in Iraq and we would deffinetley not be a joke of the world.
Yes, I know they are just recomending the government to do things, yet they are the government?[/QUOTE]stsburns said:Kanye West attack? Senators can debate to push certain agenda's. Some do them on TV, some do them on the hill! Ever watched C-Span?
http://www.9-11commission.gov/
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051226/trillinA Transcript
Calvin Trillin
PHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE 9/11 COMMISSION AND THE WHITE HOUSE CONCERNING THE COMMISSION'S BLISTERING REPORT CARD ON HOW WELL ITS RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED
Commission:
So firemen can talk to cops,
You must provide a frequency.
The fact that this has not been done
Is government delinquency.
White House:
Iraq is coming right along.
We're confident we'll win this war.
The way to honor lads we've lost
Is stick it out (and lose some more).
Commission:
Disaster funds are handed out
By pork, not risk, and, by the way,
The loose nukes that so worried us
Are getting looser every day.
White House:
Our troops are making progress now,
And trained Iraqis have increased.
We win the battles that we fight.
We've taken some towns twice at least.
Commission:
Still, air freight cargo goes unchecked,
And information goes unshared.
We told you then, we tell you now:
The USA is unprepared!
White House:
Saddam--that evil, awful man
-- Is captured, living in a cell.
Democracy will spread from there.
The Middle East will soon be swell.
Commission:
We have to say, upon reflection,
There's something wrong with this connection.
Stop making this a Bush thing. Congress and the Senate are quite capable of creating laws, and so is Bush. But the fact of the matter is THEY DID NOTHING! I rephrase it, they did hardly anything!scottyz said:Yes, I know they are just recomending the government to do things, yet they are the government
If Bush gave a crap he might have followed their recommendations by now?
They are pushing the agenda(making America safer) that they were put in charge to push, is that bad? How do you expect these 10 to make all the changes themselves, start a coup?
Bush did nothing either. Bush is supposed to be the President who is tough on terror and if Congress isn't going to take action, he should.stsburns said:Stop making this a Bush thing. Congress and the Senate are quite capable of creating laws, and so is Bush. But the fact of the matter is THEY DID NOTHING! I rephrase it, they did hardly anything!
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