{"id":753,"date":"2004-12-30T11:47:46","date_gmt":"2004-12-30T15:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=753"},"modified":"2004-12-30T11:47:46","modified_gmt":"2004-12-30T15:47:46","slug":"america-on-steroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"America on steroids"},"content":{"rendered":"

False alarm of more killer waves triggered new panic<\/a><\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of residents fled coasts in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand after warnings that a new tsunami was about to strike after new aftershocks hit the Indian Ocean Thursday. <\/p>\n

India issued a tsunami warning at midday, but then hours later its science minister, Kapil Sibal, went on television to announce the warning was incorrect and based on information received from a U.S. research firm. <\/p>\n

Fears of a new tsunami were ?unscientific, hogwash and should be discarded,? Sibal said. <\/p>\n

Still, the alert sparked panic among people traumatized by Sunday?s devastation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As for Bush’s newfound “grief<\/a>” I agree with Joe<\/a>, his commenter in that post, and with this editorial<\/a>, except for the closing statements:<\/p>\n

“Bush’s Wednesday statement helped, but it was short and defensive. Today he should say something like the statement outlined above. It’s late, but there’s still time to lead the world through a very dark day.”<\/p>\n

George Bush lost all momentum and entitlement to “lead the world<\/a>” long ago. His errors to date are so egregious, and continue to be so, he shall never recover even a modicum of respect, nor has he ever sought it, rather, demands it, at the barrel of a gun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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