Jean, I know that the thoughts and prayers of the American people are with all of you in Great Britain, most especially for those who were caught on the trains or the bus, and their families, as well as for those who are anxiously awaiting news of loved ones. And of course all of us on this list are wondering how Arachne Londoners are faring.
I am pretty sure that I did hear President Bush, as well as some officials of his administration, offer condolences. I dislike the man intensely and think he is thoroughly wrong headed, but I think that your impression might just be the chance of which parts of his remarks were broadcast. I hope so. Can anyone confirm my impression? Best wishes, Carolyn Carolyn W. Hastings Stow, MA USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:31 PM > To: Chat > Subject: [lace-chat] London > > > Thanks Lynn for your thoughts. > > Pity your President didn't offer any (has he got his speech > writer with > him?). After Tony Bair's second speech from the G8 talks abouth the > incident, George Bush spoke to the media. Not a word of > sympathy or thoughts > of any kind for those involved. Just a statement that he'd > contacted those > responsible for homeland security to make sure that the US was well > protected. I've been watching developments for most of the > day, and as far > as I know (not surprisingly) his speech wasn't broadcast again. > > My older brother and his son were both in London today. > Fortunately they > were both on the underground ahead of the bombs. Don't know > if either of > them have got to their homes yet, but I know they're safe. > > There were emergency sirens for a good part of the day in > Poole. As usually > happens when there's an incident, there were alerts at other > train stations, > and Poole was one of three or four in the south with direct > routes to London > where suspicious packages were found. Turned out to be harmless. > > Having lived with terrorism (mostly from the IRA) for many > years, we tend to > take this kind of thing in our stride. In the 70s, I worked > in London, where > bomb threats happened regularly. We used to take an > evacuation as an excuse > for a couple of hours shopping, with the attitude that if we > got caught in a > blast, that was our destiny. > > Jean in Poole > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing > the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, > write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
