"I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."


Bushsawyer2Bush to Sawyer on Good Morning America: "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."


Actually (as posted below), "In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war...


...A year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed to study how New Orleans could be protected from a catastrophic hurricane, but the Bush administration ordered that the research not be undertaken."


Even Saturday Night Live's Mr. Bill knew there was a problem with the levees.


I'm not saying it's directly Bush's fault here that the levees were not fixed, but don't go on national television and blatantly lie to the American people when there is just loads of evidence out there. Seems the only time Bush ever likes to take responsibility for anything is when it's time to hang a "Mission Accomplished" sign up, and given Bush's timing on such congratulations, it's about time to hang one on the Superdome.


Bodies
A blanket covers the body of a woman who died in a wheelchair, and another body is wrapped in a sheet Thursday at the convention center in New Orleans.