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Nagin's Failure (Photo of Buses sitting in Water)
http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/007188.html ^ | September 2, 2005

Posted on 09/08/2005 9:14:36 AM PDT by april15Bendovr

This AP photo shows scores of New Orleans school buses sitting in flood waters after Hurricane Katrina - sitting where they sat instead of being used to evacuate thousands of poor people before Katrina hit.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buses; katrina; lakenagin; nagin
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1 posted on 09/08/2005 9:14:37 AM PDT by april15Bendovr
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To: april15Bendovr

It's racist to blame Nagin! Racist, I tell you.


2 posted on 09/08/2005 9:15:33 AM PDT by GianniV
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To: april15Bendovr

But, but, but, they're not Greyhounds! Not good enough for my people. /s


3 posted on 09/08/2005 9:15:46 AM PDT by rwa265 (I was blind, now I see)
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4 posted on 09/08/2005 9:16:21 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: april15Bendovr

Look again. The busses are NOT flooded.


5 posted on 09/08/2005 9:18:05 AM PDT by OldFriend (MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH ~ A NATIONAL TREASURE)
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If it's not fly, we will not ride!


6 posted on 09/08/2005 9:18:44 AM PDT by texas_mrs
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How about the little rural bus driver, north of New Orleans, saw the storm coming, went to where his bus was parked, filled it with fourty folks who wanted out, and got them to Houston before the storm came ashore...?? It is called using your head, survival, whatever!! This actually happened and he was interviewed by Fox at the Astrodome.


7 posted on 09/08/2005 9:20:31 AM PDT by cousair
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That is a crime!


But why couldn't they have sent in buses from all the surrounding cities before 4 days had passed without food and water, and shoes in 98% weather?

I don't know who to blame , probably the governor, but WHAT were they NOT thinking?
8 posted on 09/08/2005 9:20:49 AM PDT by Delphinium
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Look at all the insurance money that those buses will bring in.


9 posted on 09/08/2005 9:22:07 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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You are right, and that one kid had no trouble stealing one.


10 posted on 09/08/2005 9:22:08 AM PDT by Delphinium
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To: frogjerk

"And Da Mayor is in Da Hizzouse!"
Not.


11 posted on 09/08/2005 9:22:42 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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12 posted on 09/08/2005 9:22:50 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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Look at all the insurance money that those buses will bring in.

That is probably it, or could it be that he is the one who is predudiced?
13 posted on 09/08/2005 9:23:47 AM PDT by Delphinium
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To: april15Bendovr

Unfortunately, the anti-Bush vitriol is influencing the thinking of a number of folks, esp. if they were anti-Bush to begin with.


14 posted on 09/08/2005 9:24:28 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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I heard a local (Seattle) talk show guy say that in every great tragedy, there are two images. One describes the hopelessness and the other the optimism. For example- WWII was the Arizona sinking at Pearl and then the flag over Iwo Jiima.

I suggest the bus photos are the photo of hopelessness in Katrina's case.

15 posted on 09/08/2005 9:24:43 AM PDT by llevrok (Agassi Rules!)
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As mayor, Nagin could have commandeered
every bus, train & plane to get the
people out of town by Saturday.
16 posted on 09/08/2005 9:24:53 AM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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The point too is that the people ought to have been evacuated BEFORE the storm hit on Monday. The floods didn't arrive until Tuesday.


17 posted on 09/08/2005 9:24:56 AM PDT by OldFriend (MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH ~ A NATIONAL TREASURE)
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INTUITIVE!!!!! Thats all it takes.


18 posted on 09/08/2005 9:25:03 AM PDT by cousair
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You can bet that parking lot would have been bone dry if it was election day...


19 posted on 09/08/2005 9:25:56 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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He was too busy giving media interviews.


20 posted on 09/08/2005 9:28:41 AM PDT by Brilliant
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