Posted on 09/01/2005 9:33:54 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau
Tonight on Nightline, during an inteview with the FEMA director, Ted Koppel demanded to know why the Bush Administration did not send fleets of buses into New Orleans to evacuate those too poor to evacuate themselves -- PRIOR TO KATRINA HITTING NEW ORLEANS.
For previous hurricanes the Federal Government did not participate in evacuations, only in clean up and recovery. That did not seem to matter much to Koppel since he obviously knew that Mike Brown was too much of a gentleman to smack him for attempting to deceived the American people.
However, Koppel does have a point, in a way. The Bush Administration should have known the Louisiana and New Orleans governments would be too incompetent to do anything right, and should have planned for it.
Yep...add his name to the list of losers.
It wasn't Bush's job to evacuate NO. He informed the people who were responsible... what did they do? (actually a streight question, did they react quickly?)
I was wondering, didn't the CITY tell those people to go to the convention center? Ah why did THEY do that?
Stuff a sock in it duck weed
The dems could have used empty semi trucks and railroad cars
to haul everyone out..
The mayor got his own family out in advance and said screw everyone else..
Of course the dhimmi dem propaganda minister isnt interested
in the truth..even if it up and bit him on the bee hind
Oh good grief! What's next? Why didn't FEMA hand out Louis Vuitton luggage for everyone to carry their clothes out in?
let these liberal pissants rant! they are just buring themselves deeper.... They are trying to generate sentiment that is not there.
Hey Ted, why didn't the mayor and/or governor send in buses to evacuate people in New Orleans?
LOL..this is getting rich. The media is fanning the flames in this country to the level of pure anarchy.
Maybe ted can donate his hairpiece to the survivors...they can burn it to keep warm.
Well goodness. You didn't think Ted would blame dear Ms. Blanco. I mean, come on, she's a Democrat. They get a pass and so does the Mr. Mayor. George Bush is responsible for everything! Where have you been?
I would not hope that somebody would chop Ted Koppell's head off with a rusty shovel. That would be resorting to violence. And I am against that.
Nobody is responsible for themselves, it is the job of the federal government to do everything, immediately.
It was not the looter's fault for looting, it was the cops fault for not stopping them.
It was not the city's fault for allowing building in a flood zone, its the federal governments.
Remember, it is always somebody else's fault...
Ooops. Sorry, I forgot.. Remember, it is always BUSH's fault!!!
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What the heck!
I saw all that crap too. I know the FEMA guy used great restraint. He almost mentioned something about the state goverment of Louisiana being somewhat, sort of, responsible. At the least he could have mentioned the phone call from the President to the Mayor of New Orleans that urged the good Mayor to issue the initial evacuation order. But of course, that's ancient history.
Ted is such a moron, I watched a n other interview after the FEMA one. He asked, about the generosity of Texas and Texans, "Any idea why these people are being so nice?"
What a ultra maroon!
A lot of the people didn't want to be evacuated or leave, because they were afraid there wouldn't be a big storm but that looters would come and steal their stuff.
They were half right.
A lot of other people didn't want to be evacuated or leave, because they didn't think things could get that bad and they would be able to loot and steal people's stuff.
They were half right.
There's lots of "blame Bush" going on tonight on the news.
Not that's it's suprizing. It sure is disgusting though.
Everyone should punch a reporter. In fact, we should have punch a reporter month. They aren't showing so many looters tonight, but they sure have alot of fat welfare people with poor grammar blaming Bush interviews.
"I wanted to jump through the television screen and choke that weasel."
Agreed. And we can't expect anything else from TK and ALL of his ilk. Such an enormously inappropriate, provocative and loaded utterance is absolutely Nazi for its proportion of deceit and distortion. The so called MSM is a scurrilous propaganda machine.
Oh, brother. Right...Bush should know exactly which cities will have the commonsense to respond to which emergencies and with 24 hours notice have buses down there. Get a grip!
during an inteview with the FEMA director, Ted Koppel demanded to know why the Bush Administration did not send fleets of buses into New Orleans to evacuate those too poor to evacuate themselves.
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If it weren't so tragic, it's down right laughable. I'm actually laughing as I type this now. Kaptain Kopel TO THE RESCUE. BY GOLLY, IT'S kOPEL WHO'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS...ERrr, lAKE nEW oRLEANS..WHATEVER.
Kaptain Kopel DEMANDED! (sarc)The GREAT almighty Demander of tv screens, the DEMANDER of commanders... the Demander of Demeanor.... Kopel, go buy a new toupee', one less helmut like in appearance. Dork
According to the media, it's the governments fault for going after looters, instead of ordering domino's pizza and passing it around to the "hungry" people (who weigh 400 lbs) media are interviewing who haven't eaten for a day, because they were too busy carting off loot.
Hey, Ted, have another glass of Kool-aid. Here's a tinfoil hat for you to wear.
Among a bunch of has-beens, Ted Koppel is chief. Can't remember the last time I saw him on anything, because I haven't watched Always Been Communists for years.
It is the responsibility of the States and local governments to plan for disasters. FEMA is invited in and is really only suppose to serve as a back up not first source of aid. Poor evacuation planning is not the fault of the Federal Gov't. How are they suppose to know the needs of every community?
priceless !
Why didn't Koppel ask this question before the hurricane hit?
" The Bush Administration should have known the Louisiana and New Orleans governments would be too incompetent to do anything right, and should have planned for it."
That's the 600 lb elephant sitting in the middle of the room, that the media will continue to ignore.
And I guarandamntee you, that had President Bush stepped in more forcefully before the hurricane ( and legally, I am not sure exactly what more he could have done )
the Democrats and the media would have been apoplectic , claiming he was undercutting the mayor and governor because they were Democrats.
Who's Ted Koppel? :^)
I'm starting to thing we need to close our NORTHERN borders from a$$holes yankees like this.
The Category 5 'Rat onslaught against the GOP has begun. Whichever GOPers can't see it will be swept away in its aftermath.
No its all Bush's fault.
The Mayor should have taken the responsibility.
Yep...add his name to the list of losers.
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The desperation in the libs is really getting old. Worn out. Same old line. Maybe some are right, when they say the Dems have finally reached their ultimate state of uselessness and irrelevancy.
They are really looking pretty damned stupid!!
Someone emailed Rush today saying that the Dems can drive all those inner city people to the polls to get their votes, but they wouldn't drive them out of the city to save their lives!
I just can't stand these people anymore. They are evil. They work hard at dividing America, even (and especially) in the midst of crisis and pain. If Koppel had a pimple on his a$$ it would inevitably be George Bush's fault.
No, the evacuation order came very late compared to what was known. Katrina was a Category 3 and strengthening a full week before it hit. It was a very slow moving storm (which is why there was so much warning and also why it was so dangerous). The projected path was known a week before it hit. I don't think the evacuation order was issued by the Governor and Mayor until Saturday or Sunday.
But I don't think anyone thought the leavee would fail. I think people thought water might come over the top, but not fail completely. The New Orleans city page tells it all. It's stuck in time to before the storm. The mayor is actually telling people how to ride out the storm.
FEMA does not have the authority nor the capacity to forcibly remove people from their homes, not does it have the responsibility for pre-disaster evacuations. New Orleans has a huge mass transit system, why did the City not start loading people without cars onto buses and get them out of town?
If I fault anyone, and I really don't, its the National Hurricane Center for not beating people over the head saying "this storm could be worse than Camille." That would have gotten people's attention. I never heard those words spoken and followe these things closely because I have family and friends up and down the Gulf Coast and I remember Camille vividly.
Ted Koppel trying to prevent the DEMS in LA for shouldering the fault for their incompetance? I'm shocked!
Ted, explain this to me. Why is only a DEM area unable to handle a crisis? Why is it DEMS mainly looting the city? Why is it Alabama and MISS and even other Republican areas of LA that aren't having these problems? Why is it Perry, Governor of TEXAS, is having to manage two states now because Blanco is too busy crying on TV? You political hack.
The dem politicians in NO can get the voters to the polls days earlier, but they couldn't help them in a natural disaster? That shows their priorities, doesn't it?
Disgusting . The best the libs can do in a disaster is to play politics..USELESS
LOL! Yes ... and new Nikes to walk out of town!
"It is the responsibility of the States and local governments to plan for disasters. FEMA is invited in and is really only suppose to serve as a back up not first source of aid. Poor evacuation planning is not the fault of the Federal Gov't. How are they suppose to know the needs of every community?"
You're absolutely correct; but demrats and libs NEVER let truth stand in the way.
Maybe someone at Emergency Management should of subscribed to National Geographic:
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/
Even better, though, was Koppel's interaction with the reportette who was detailing the many private acts of charity in the area. He looked stunned and actually asked her if she had any idea why people were being so generous. That question alone just shows how out of touch the Beltway and NYC people are concerning the people who really make the country work. In their minds, it is only the Government that will be able to provide the answers. Yes, the Federal government will be greatly involved in repairing roads, helping restore the port of New Orleans and providing quick supply relief. But it is the people in the immediate area and the nameless public across the country who will provide the long term solutions these people will need to establish themselves again in the long term.
Also, a thought occurred to me regarding this charge that the damage is due to the cutting of FEMA and Army Corps of Engineer money that could have reinforced the levees. Perhaps there is some truth to that. The warning for this disaster have been coming with increasing urgency for 40 years. But.....even if the money had been in place, does anyone think they could have even started construction on reinforcing the levees by this point? Of course not - they'd still be in court fighting the Sierra Club and the environmental leftists wailing about the potential threat to the Gulf or some species no one has ever heard about or would miss if it was gone. We'd have impact study after impact study followed by lawsuit after lawsuit followed by bewilderment at dead bodies caught up in trees after the hurricane that didn't wait for the resolution of the legal battle!
Well said .
Congressman Billybob
Latest column: "Tide of Lies Swamps NY Times: Employees Riot and Steal Office Supplies"
On all the carpers whining that the national guard isn't there yet, which part of the roads being out because the bridges are gone don't you understand?
The government did its job, the people did not do theirs. The blame belongs squarely on the shoulders of the rioters, nowhere else. I repeat, nowhere else.
Stop the blame games and the averted eyes, stop the useless whining, stop the backbiting. Pitch in yourself or shut the fuck up.
I emailed him. He all but came out and said blood on Bush Admin hands since they let people die after hurricane.
This is the worst attack. EMAIL HIS SORRY BUTT!
I did!!! He is pathetic. This is a taste of what is to come tomorrow and in the days ahead. This is the libs next attempt to destory our country! Ted did not even mention the heros who were shot at. Or the rapes that happened in Dome last night. Sick Sick LIBERAL MEDIA!!
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