Rudy Giuliani is More the Captain of the Titanic than He is America's Savior

Rudy Giuliani is More the Captain of the Titanic than He is America's Savior
A. Alexander, April 26th, 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, Rudolph Giuliani would like the American people to forget that he, Mister Bush, Cheney and the Republicans were "in charge" on September 11, 2001.

Amazing, isn't it? To hear Mister Bush, Dick Cheney and Rudolph W. Giuliani tell the tale; Democrats are a menace and danger to American society. All three men now, Rudy being the latest, have insisted that voting for a Democrat is just begging for another 9/11-like attack. Indeed, according to Rudolph the only way to avoid another massive terror attack is to...well, is to vote for him. Actually, he said voting for any Republican would probably prevent another 9/11, but a vote for him is an ironclad guarantee against another terrorist attack. It is tempting to assume that Giuliani is somehow related to the last guy to have made such a bold and certain guarantee. That guy's name was Edward John Smith, Captain of the Titanic.

Real leaders -- unlike Bush, Cheney and Giuliani...all Vietnam draft dodgers -- would know better than to make such boasts, because they know life has a way of humbling the liar and the braggart. And this trio is among the biggest of both.

Mister Giuliani should realize too, that he and his buddies Bush and Cheney have a lot more in common with the Titanic's Captain than just a tragic case of foolhardy arrogance. Like Captain Smith, prior to the respective tragedy occurring on their watch, Rudy Giuliani and Mister Bush and Dick Cheney had all received dire warnings. Captain Smith had received seven warnings regarding icebergs and George, Dick and Rudy received at least two warnings prior to September 11, 2001.

The French government recently made it known that in January, 2001 they had warned the Republican administration of Bush and Cheney about an al Qaeda plan to use planes in an attack on the United States. Then, of course, while on his month-long vacation at the Crawford Ranch, Mister Bush received a Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) on August 6, 2001 that also warned of al Qaeda's desire to use planes as weapons. All the Republicans involved in the pre-9/11 warnings summarily ignored them and returned to chopping bushes, fishing for suckers, and playing golf.

America's version of the Titanic's Captain Smith, Rudy Giuliani, had also received other notices...and to the detriment of New York City, he ignored those warnings as well. For example, experts had warned Captain Smith...er...Mayor Giuliani not to put his command and control center in the World Trade Center. It was a no brainer, really. Did Our Savior Rudy honestly need experts to tell him not to place his emergency response apparatus in a building that had all ready been attacked by terrorists in 1993 and, too, within two huge structures that signified American global domination like no other?

Really, Our Savior Rudy Christ Superstar needed experts to tell him that? Apparently he needed experts that were willing to hold a gun to his Bush-like thick head and force him into acquiescence, because Rudy Christ Our Lord and Savior ignored the warnings. That's right, Mayor 'Come Lick My Christ-Like Feet' ignored the warnings, placed his command and control center in the World Trade Center and, of course, lost it all when the buildings collapsed.

And that is how it came to be that following the attacks on 9/11, Rudolph W. Bush...er...Giuliani found himself and his mafia-linked Police Commissioner, Bernie Kerik, aimlessly wandering the streets of New York City clasping kerchiefs to their faces.

It wasn't that Our Savior Rudy Christ Superstar wanted to see how the city's people were doing; after his command and control center was predictably obliterated, he just didn't have anyplace to go and couldn't locate where the fire department and police department had reconstructed their emergency response command centers.

Remember all the reports about how New York's emergency responders -- police, fire, ambulance -- couldn't communicate with one another? Rudy Christ had been warned that would happen too, but he didn't bother to do anything to fix it. What's more, the fire department had finally purchased new radios in early 2001, but they weren't configured to operate on analog. Making the radios functional would have been an easy fix, and even though the company from whom the equipment had been purchased was willing to reconfigure the radios free of charge, Giuliani's lame-duck administration decided to just let it go. That fateful Rudy Christ Superstar decision left the department with the same 1993-style communication equipment that had failed during the first World Trade Center attack.

Here's another interesting tidbit about Our Savior Rudy Christ Superstar: Despite the fact that the first World Trade Center attack had taken place only months prior to his being sworn into office, when hiring his police commissioner, Rudy Christ Superstar never bothered to take into account the applicant's terrorism-related job experience.

Yeah, right, but Rudy Giuliani and the Republicans will keep America safe, while a vote for Democrats is like signing our death warrants. Sure, whatever you say Our Savior Rudy Christ Superstar. But remember who was in charge when the real 9/11 happened! Vote Rudy and the Republicans...if there is an iceberg in the waters, they'll be sure and point the Titanic right at it.