To Those Who Voted for Bush: Do You Get It Now?

The Crisis Paper ^ | September 6, 2005 | Bernard Weiner ==> PhD <== Co-Editor, Crisis Paper

[PajamaTruthMafia]

[Soul Seeker]

LOL

I would like them to point out a competant Dem. I sure haven't seen any lately.

[manwiththehands]

Uh, no. Do you?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Nearly a full week went by, while thousands were dying and starving or were kenneled in unbelievable filth in New Orleans. Nobody seemed to be in charge.

I made the same observation. Nobody seemed to be in charge. Where was the Governor, Kathleen Blanco?

George W. Bush was not slow to prepare for last week's disaster.
Bush declared a state of emergency for Louisiana on Aug. 27. That was two days before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. The declaration started the process to assemble federal resources. All Blanco had to do was ask. Yet, she seemed capable of doing nothing more than being outraged at looters and crying over the whole thing.

[lugsoul]

Really? Why not blame the mayor of a mid-sized Southern city instead?

Pop quiz - how many can you answer without the web:

Who was the mayor of Miami during Andrew?

Who was the mayor of LA during the Northridge quake?

Who was the mayor of Pensacola during Ivan? Gulf Shores?

Who was the mayor of San Francisco during the World Series quake?

Who was the mayor of Charleston during Hugo?

The reason most folks don't know the answer to these questions is because it doesn't matter - these natural disasters are well beyond the capacity of municipal government to provide a disaster response, and anyone with any sense knows it.

[dfwgator]

If you want to know my opinion of this article just get a rerun of an old Miami Dolphin game and read Don Shula's lips!

LOL, I remember that game.

[TC Rider]

Bernard Weiner Ph.D., gasses up the Weiner mobile as he gets ready for "It's All Bush's Fault" tour

gasses up? I thought it ran on flutter beans?

[PigRigger]

Once again the left is completely ignoring reality....it really is amazing how ignorant and naive one must be not to see where things fell apart.

The preceding 24-48 hours are critical with the approach of a storm like Katrina.....during those 48 hours the State and Local LA officials did little to prepare for what was to come. Even after the levee's failed, they wasted time in getting the FEMA and the Feds involved....yet the left dismisses this fact as if they were powerless in doing anything to lessen the effects of the devastation to come.....truly amazing.....

This doesn't dismiss any culpability the Fed's may have had, but reality dictates that the local officials really blew it.

Even with all of that being said....even if the local officials were prepared to a much better degree, even if FEMA was even better prepared than they were, the devastation reeked by Katrina was overwhelming and could not have been handled with all the preparations that were in place (or should have been in place locally).....they were simply overwhelmed.

Most emergency relief is reactionary. One way to better react is to have a more resources in place before the emergency arises....Unfortunately, the cost in staging these resources a head of time will be large, and when weighed against the likelyhood of the event, may not be cost justified. Honestly, how many land falling Cat 4/5 Hurricanes in the past needed more than the relief offered by FEMA after the event?

[softwarecreator]

This is exactly why I did vote for Bush.

Thank you!  My feeling exactly.  If this is what it takes to be a Democrat/Libbie/Left Winger than I want no part of it.

[dfwgator]

The reason most folks don't know the answer to these questions is because it doesn't matter

Maybe it's because those Mayors were actually effective and actually worked with the Feds instead of obstructing them. Think of them as being like offensive linemen, you only hear about them when they screw up.

[abletruth]

To those that don't know how federal help works. The state Gov has to request Fed help...she did this after the fact. The bush team begged her to let them take over and because of the hatred of the left this is what happens...then we have the mayor that is now blaming the gov so he doesn't look bad. I wonder how these people sleep at night...pretty well I would imagine.

Let's hep the people first then we can play the blame game and trust me it was all recored the offer for help that was rejected by Blanco and Nagin the Friday bedore the storm hit.
You need to blame the source...not the outcome but we all know how liberals do it...don't we.
able

[softwarecreator]

The reason most folks don't know the answer to these questions is because it doesn't matter - these natural disasters are well beyond the capacity of municipal government to provide a disaster response, and anyone with any sense knows it.

So, are you saying you agree with this article?  That it's all Bush's fault?

[investigateworld]

RE: "One of you Photoshop experts needs to show me John Kerry windsurfing among the buses."

I second the motion.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

My wife thought I was being far too mean when I stood and applauded Aaron Broussard's performance and declared, "And the winner of this year's Academy Award for Best performance by a Leading Actor goes to...Aaron Broussard!"

[Reaganesqe]

Same here...I always stop at the first lie....

[mbynack]

The fact that the great majority of those seeking refuge and rescue were African-American, and that no help came in the first five or six days...

Lies. MSM was showing helicopter rescues on Tuesday; the day after the hurricane. FEMA staged equipment and personnel before the storm even struck. The Navy was moving ships into the area within a day or two of the storm. The Army sent 400 helicopters in as soon as the LA Governor asked for them. Air Force Combat Control Teams and Para-rescue units were mobilized on Wednesday, less than 48 hours from the time the hurricane struck.

The only way into the area was by air. The I-10 bridges were destroyed near the LA/MS border and Hwy 90 was covered with debris. I'm betting that the after-actions reports show that the military did an incredible job.

[Rock N Jones]

Loud and clear!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"It's All About The Beer"

[mbynack]

The author is a liar. He is also an ignorant bigot, a racist, and a very poor writer. But most of all, he is a liar.

And he smell bad, too.

[Republican Red]

"Replies can also be sent to: crisispapers@comcast.net"

What if you don't like to waste time arguing with fools?

It was fun. I sent a long letter about the Laurel and Hardy of crisis management.