따로 노는 부시 대국민 연설

A group of people, including contractors and journalists, watch a television showing President Bush's prime time speech which was happening about a mile away in New Orleans Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005. They were gathered in Whiskey Blue, a bar in the W New Orleans hotel, which claims to be the first major bar and lounge to reopen in the city.

9월 15일 목요일 뉴 올린즈로부터 1마일 떨어진 곳에서 황금 시간대에 보여준 부시의 tv연설을

건축가 저널리스트를 포함한 일단의 사람들이 지켜보고있다. 뉴올린즈 호텔 바 위스키 부루로

모여들었다.착찹한 기대로 tv를 지켜보았고 일부는 늑장 대응에 대해 더 큰 헌신을 바라기도했다. 그의 연설이 공감이 되지않는 것이 전혀 놀라운 일이 아니었으며 "6개월만 기다려보자구 그가

말한 것이 얼마나 실행되는지를". 말로야 뭐든얘기할 수 있는 것 아닌가요라는 분위기다.

무수한 말은 솓아지는데 행동은 없다. 이것은 특별전시용showcase다. 부시는 빨리 행동

하지 않았다 그의 발표는 공허한 약속이다. 허리케인 그 순간에는 말만이 의미심장했다. 그러니

이젠 행동만이 중요하다. 제3제국들이 이런 경우 우리들보다 훨씬 더 잘 하더라 이런 류의 무수한 비평이 부시 대국민 연설 후 곳곳에서 터져 나오고 있다

Nation Hears Bush With Skepticism, Hope

By ANGIE WAGNER, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago

Americans watched President Bush's speech from New Orleans on Thursday with mixed

expectations. Some hoped for more contrition for the government's slow response to Hurricane

Katrina; others sought inspiration for a devastated Gulf Coast.

So it was hardly surprising that the speech failed to resonate with some viewers. For his part,

Karl Kettelhut counseled patience from his seat at a bar inside a Las Vegas American Legion Post.

"Let's see what happens in six months, how much of what he says happens," said Kettelhut, 65,

visiting Las Vegas from Kingman, Ariz. "You can say whatever you want. It's what happens down

the road that counts."

Speaking from New Orleans' French Quarter, Bush promised the government would pay most of the

costs of rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast in one of the largest reconstruction projects

the world has ever seen. He acknowledged his administration had failed to respond adequately to

Hurricane Katrina, which killed hundreds of people across five states. The government's costs for

rebuilding could reach $200 billion or beyond.

In Houston, a few dozen hurricane refugees watched the speech from the shelter where they were

staying near the Astrodome.

Samuel Lewis, 31, questioned why Bush did not act faster and said the president's remarks were

empty promises. "He is telling me he is going to rebuild my city ... but what about all the stuff I lost?

What about jobs?"Others agreed the speech was too little, too late.

"I've been in Third World countries where situations of this sort were handled better," said New

Orleans resident J.J. Smith, 61, a retired communications specialist for telephone companies who

watched the speech in a Baton Rouge, La., hotel bar. In Detroit, Ralph Simpson, 51, said Bush should

have made his comments in the first days after the hurricane hit.

"At that point, words alone would have been significant ... But now it's after the fact, so actions are

more important," he said. But Scott Parker, 44, a casino dealer from Ocean Springs, Miss., doesn't

blame Bush at all. The marquee at the "Castaways" bar advertised Bush's speech, and the president received applause from those watching. "He knows what happened here," Parker said. "He's been

here. But he's just the middle man. Congress has the say-so."

Ken Sundberg, a night manager at the Hampton Inn motel near the Cincinnati airport, watched

the speech with special interest because he expects to be deployed to New Orleans with the Kentucky National Guard. "It's nice to know they are going to investigate the response," said Sundberg, 38.

He doesn't blame Bush or the federal government. "The state and city response left a lot to be desired

," he said. The speech left Kevin Melton, 54, a retired Marine from Biloxi, Miss., disgusted and disappointed. He lost his home and car in the storm and is now staying at a Red Cross shelter

in Gulfport, Miss. "I'm constantly seeing on TV that money is being allocated, and we're not seeing it,"

he said. "There's lots of talk, no action. It just seems to be a showcase now."

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