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was he wondering if maybe
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he should have shown up to work more often?
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Should he have held at least one meeting
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since taking office to discuss
:18:10
the threat of terrorism
:18:12
with his head of counter terrorism?
:18:17
Or maybe Mr. Bush was wondering
:18:18
why he had cut terrorism funding from the FBI.
:18:21
Or perhaps he just should have read
the security briefing
:18:25
that was given to him on August 6, 2001
:18:29
that said that Osama bin Laden
:18:30
was planning to attack America
:18:33
by hijacking airplanes.
:18:35
Or maybe he wasn't worried
about the terrorist threat
:18:38
because the title of the report was too vague.
:18:41
I believe the title of the report was
:18:43
'Bin Laden Determined to Attack
Inside the United States.'
:18:46
A report like that might make some men jump,
:18:50
but as in days passed,
:18:52
George W. just went fishing.
:18:55
As the minutes went by,
:18:57
George Bush continued to sit in the classroom.
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Was he thinking,
:19:03
'I've been hanging out with the wrong crowd.
:19:09
Which one of them screwed me?
:19:13
Was it the man my daddy's friends
:19:15
delivered a lot of weapons to?
:19:18
Was it that group of religious fundamentalists
:19:20
who visited my state when I was governor?
:19:26
Or was it the Saudis?
:19:29
Damn, it was them.
:19:31
I think I'd better blame it on this guy.'
:19:41
In the days following September 11th,
:19:44
all commercial and private
airline traffic was grounded.
:19:47
The FAA has taken action to close
:19:49
all of the airports in the United States.
:19:53
Even grounding the President's father,
:19:54
former President Bush,
:19:56
on a flight forced to land in Milwaukee.
:19:58
Dozens of travelers stranded, among them,