Posted on 09/02/2005 6:14:12 AM PDT by jcb8199
I think it is curious that the state with the Dem for a governor is the state in chaos, while the state with a Repub gov. that was hit and hurt worse by Katrina is relatively calm.
I heard about Barbour saying "You loot, we shoot," and that the police and NG have "shoot to kill" orders. Is this true? If so, Hooray for the 2nd amendment... Anyone have a link to a story?
Early this year, I scoffed at the "talk" of Haley for president..but he was very impressive, very decisive, and very reassuring in his various appearances this week...definitely has VP potential in 2008
I think that NO has had a long history of corrupt leaders and police. The mayor is a joke. He is like the invisible man. He just points a finger at everyone else and then runs away.
She is, as another post states, playing follow the leader (Barbour) - again a day late and a dollar short.
Just watching this thing unfold in slow motion makes me ill, mostly because it appears to me that there is no plan for such an eventuality, and if there is a local disater plan, no one is following it.
We are going to see a great deal of woulda-coulda-shoulda's.. and don't be surprised if the media plays favorites and blames the federal government (Bush/DoDHS Chertoff/DoFEMA Michael Brown) for all of this, instead of looking at the inaction of the locals.
Conspiracy theory: why was it so bad? Didn't we learn after Hurricane Andrew, Fran, and 9/11? If the president had some real steel, he would fire FEMA management from top to bottom and hire new blood (after this crisis). But I suspect politics plays so much in D.C., there is no hope.
Thanks
I was just out of power for a few days.
Nothing major.
Haley is still to obese to be POTUS. :>)
The woman is pathetic. And I fear that a year or 2 from now the spin doctors will try to pump up her "I feel your pain" schlock. Worse, poor black people will continue to help elect Leftist idiots like her.
Well, he would suit the people who are always complaining about the President and all of his exercising.
well, glad you're back to normal..Any family, friends impacted?
Apparently, these guys are worse than thieves. They shoot to keep rescuers from rescuing others. They deserve a hail of bullets.
When order comes back and facts start flowing out, I'm real interested in knowing who those thugs are. Random packs or organized gangs? What?
How do they expect to get away with it?
Absolutely correct. Having worked on a LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) in my area, I whole heartedly concur.
Local people know best how to plan for their unique situations. There is no way that the Feds can mobilize, decend into your area of operation and fix everything.
Again, it's quite obvious to me that the people that were supposed to be coordinating the local response failed. The federal response is now the whipping boy for the media becuase they (for some reason) think it's the feds that are the first responders. Unreal.
He didn't specifically mention "Shoot to kill", but the message was crystal clear as I listened.
Looters...why do they hate us? Can't we all just get along?
LOL! Now all we need is a little photoshop to go with that quote!
Haley said they would treat looters "ruthlessly".
And, he said it before the storm hit.
Good article.
Thank you. ;o)
"Haley is still to obese to be POTUS. :>)"
I dunno...
He seems to slim down before elections.
In fact, he cleans up really good.
I surely do like Haley!
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