I’ve tried to be circumspect and strongly consider, reconsider, and continue to think about things before I react, but the most recent revelation regarding the statements of the Bush administration in the wake of the completely inadequate response to the Katrina disaster, notably the words of the President himself, show that the truth is optional with them when it comes to accepting responsibility for their actions and their incompetence.

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Many others have already written about the ramifications of the obvious scapegoating of the former administrator of FEMA, Michael Brown, who although completely unqualified for his position did warn the President himself about the scale of the disaster looming before it occurred, a disaster that President George W. Bush later said “no one anticipated.”

Watch the video, then compare it to his later statements on anticipating the disaster.

The man, the President, George W. Bush, lied.

He flat out lied.

Long ago I linked to the Scientific American article that seems eerily prescient for those who refuse to acknowledge the predictive power of science (and as I wrote before, note the God-damned dateline of the article).

Now we have video proof that the disaster was anticipated and presented to the President by the man who was made a scapegoat for governmental failure at all levels, and the warning was delivered from within the same government to the same President that later said no on anticipated the scale of the disaster.

The son of a bitch flat out lied.

President Bill Clinton lied about having sex with an intern (and yes, a blow job is indeed sex).

President George W. Bush lied about the response of his administration to a disaster that was on a national scale.

Whose lies deny responsibility more, the ones made in reply to inappropriate questions about what is arguably a private matter, or the ones made in response to appropriate questions about what is a failure that resulted in many deaths?

What else has this man who calls himself a “leader” and a “war President” lied about along with his minions?

Which liar do you prefer, one who lies about his peccadillos, or one who lies about the failures of his government and his appointees?

Do your own math, but be careful what numbers you plug in, and make sure they are valid and not the product of a spin machine intent upon avoiding any responsibility.

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