Bush's inadequacies

The more I read about Bush's response to the worst natural disaster in US history the more I'm befuddled. This post by Michael on AMERICAblog pretty much summarizes all of his shortcomings [my comments in (italic):]

-- President Bush staying on vacation when EVERYONE knew a massive hurricane was getting ready to strike (that's why it's called a forecast, because you know in advance that something is coming; this hurricane had been forecasted for days)

-- President Bush flogging politics AFTER the hurricane destroyed New Orleans and Biloxi; the President joshing with McCain over birthday cake while the waters were rising (we have pictures of this)

-- President Bush's father sending 25,000 troops after Hurricane Andrew. Either his dad was WASTING time and money or W is falling far short of his father. Again. (he'll never be able to overcome his complex of inferiority)

-- President Bush pushing a joke of an energy bill that did NOTHING to decrease our dependence on foreign oil, nothing significant to develop alternative fuels and nothing to strengthen our infrastructure. Now we can see how vulnerable it is since one storm is impacting our nation's ability to refine oil. (and now he decided to tap into the emergency national reserve of oil, to help the oil companies -- like they need help -- and at the same time lower the price of gas, hoping it will help his sagging poll numbers; however, they blasted the Clinton administration when they wanted to do the same thing to lower gas prices accusing them to play politics with a national security asset)

-- President Bush going back to Texas for another night of vacation instead of going straight to the White House AFTER the disaster struck. (isn't this incredible? Why not go directly to DC? Why stop in Crawford another night? It just doesn't make sense)

--President Bush jamming on the guitar while the disaster worsens. (we have pictures of this too)

-- President Bush finally, grudgingly ending his vacation two days early and going back to DC. If he can stay in touch in Texas, why go back, as John says? If he needs to be back in DC, what the hell took so long? (precisely. Either he can operate fully from his ranch as he does from the White House, in which case, why cut the vacation short -- could it be that someone finally told him it doesn't look good that he enjoys himself while people are suffering and dying not only in Iraq, but now also here in the US --, or he can't and that's why he has to go back to DC now, in which case, he has been on vacation all this time, he hasn't done anything constructive in this time of need, and now he shaves off only two days from his five weeks to show he cares, when we all know he doesn't)

-- President Bush's backdoor draft that abused the compact between the country and the brave men and women who volunteered for the National Guard and Army Reserve has damaged them for decades to come. Many fewer people leaving the Army are going to volunteer for these groups in the future. And this natural disaster reminds us all of how vital they are. (it really is gonna take years to recover from this shortfall)

-- Widespread looting that one observer said made New Orleans look like downtown Baghdad. How many times can Bush turn a bad situation into a disaster before people start catching on? (by now I'm losing hope people ever will...)

-- The Coast Guard is saving lives left and right. They are perennially underfunded but President Bush has given the Coast Guard massive new responsibilities to guard our coasts, inspect ships and more all while helping in emergencies like this. So in a post 9-11 world, his attempt to DELAY for DECADES the essential upgrading of the Coast Guard's ships that date to the Vietnam and Korean war is offensive and inexcusable. How would you like to watch your grandmother clinging for her life and find out the boat struggling to get to her is decrepit and unfit? That's what Bush is doing to the Coast Guard.

-- Every time Bush praises the Coast Guard and National Guard and Army Reserves for behaving heroically during this disaster, he insults our intelligence. Bush has delayed providing decent equipment to the Coast Guard even AFTER 9-11. Bush has abused the National Guard and Reserve and likely crippled them for decades to come by turning them into de facto regular army troops when their real purpose is to defend this country AT HOME and come to the rescue during disasters like this. And Bush has repeatedly underfunded and undermined these essential groups again and again and again.

Again, the situation is dire in New Orleans, but I believe that the whole country is on the brink of disaster thanks to this failure of a President, and we're just seeing it come to the surface here because an external agent suddenly pierced through Peter George Pan's bubble reality.