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Lightening Quick Leadership
by J. Chapman - George W. Bush may have been slow reacting to one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. But he has reacted lightening quick to the passing away of Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist who died on Saturday and now, just two days later, Bush has already found someone to replace at the helm of the court.

Governors fault, and mayors

It was not bush that did not respond fast, it was the governor. The red cross was their from day one, but the governor did not want them to take action yet because it would stir things up around the superdome. Why did the mayor not use the hundreds of busses, that got flooded, to escort the people out of Louisiana?