Posted on 09/06/2005 7:13:03 PM PDT by Reagangan1
I've been thinking about this: Has anyone considered that, maybe, Governor Blanco DELIBERATELY delayed acting because she knew she would create a human trajedy she could then blame on the President? The Mayor may be in on it too, but I can't believe that the governor of a state, faced with images of desperate people in New Orleans on TV, wouldn't have picked up the phone and BEGGED the President to move the ENTIRE military to her state/cities.
I mean, think about it: These people had been trying to "get" President Bush for years! The Jersey Girls (9-11 widows) didn't work, their sabotage of the Iraq war wasn't working, Cindy Sheehan didn't work. So maybe they figures "let's create a human disaster and trajedy on purpose, and blame Bush for it".
They knew their friends in the liberal mainstream media would only be too happy to give them "cover" and blame Bush ENTIRELY for the whole thing. So who cares if a few "black people" go without food and water for a few days?
The potential "upside" (from their point of view) would be HUGE! They could FINALLY "get" George Bush! They could call for INVESTIGATIONS! They could call for IMPEACHMENT! They could accuse Bush of "hating black people".
It's no secret that the GOP had been making outreach efforts to black people, and they were actually making progress. So (from their perspective) why not "kill two birds with one stone"? Why not make it IMPOSSIBLE for the GOP to make inroads with black people, and why not try and mortally wound President Bush.
They figured the "worst" that could happen is that their Governor and Mayor would be called "incompetent". But George Bush would be pilloried with charges of being "insensitive", a "murderer", etc.
Really. Just find a quiet place and THINK ABOUT IT for a minute or 2.
The people had been in the Superdome since SATURDAY NIGHT, and Blanco didn't even declare a state of Emergency until Wednesday! She fought efforts to have the feds come in until THURSDAY when she finally requested formal FEMA aid.
On early FRIDAY morning, federal troops STORMED into the city, and by late Friday were well on their way to turning the situation around. By Saturday afternoon, they had pretty much evacuated everyone from the convention center and had begun rescue/recovery efforts in the rest of the city.
Really. THINK ABOUT IT. Why would Governor Blanco WAIT so long? Maybe she saw all the misery that was being portrayed on TV and figured "we can blame this on Bush and ruin him!" So she waited and refused to let the feds come in. The mainstream media were ALREADY blaming Bush on Tuesday night (the levees broke on Tuesday at noon), when on Tuesday morning they were saying New Orleans had "dodged a bullet". I'm thinking someone in the media was tipped off that they were going to try and "get bush" and they were only too happy to help.
If you really sit down and THINK about it, I think you will come up with the same conclusion I am leaning towards:
President Bush was "set up" by Governor Blanco (and possibly Mayor Nagin), who used the poor people of New Orleans as pawns in a cynical, deadly game of POLITICAL-DEATH-ROULETTE.
Seriously. Think about it. Just find a quiet place and think about it.
He was tooooo excited about the Gay Decadence starting the next week end and started parting early.
Sadly, you missed Patriot2K5 a little while ago. The AM's zotted it after only 19 or so.
*snicker*
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~ Jim shot the Sheriff... but he swears is was in self defense. ~
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However, flip side, their remarks and horrific accusations since the tragedy, give one pause.
I would not hesitate to lay the word evil on their public remarks. Not for even one nanosecond.
If they hoped the storm would do little damage, as history always unfolded for NO, THAT IS EVIL. That is total lack of protection for their most vulnerable.
If they DID hope the federal government would simply DO IT ALL, then why did blanco REFUSE to call for emergency preparations at the federal level BEFORE Katrina hit, like the neighboring governors in Katrina's path did.
Certainly, you do not hear complaints coming from those states.
If, as you suggest, it was simply done out of incompetence, then these people should be removed from office, since their incompetence ( prior to the storm and afterwards) resulted in a disaster death, hunger, thirst, loss of family pets, loss of hospitalized and nursing home residents and engaged our entire nation in an immense financial debt.
What am I looking for?...he/she/it signed up today, and has posted two articles. I'm looking them over now.
:-)
Dunno.
He could have been awake for the past three days and suffering from exhaustion hallucinations.
Those are always fun.
Almost all conspiracy theories involve a conspiracy far, far, far too large to really exist.
The left has been victimizing blacks for 40 years.
One tough kitty! Sheesh, I go away for a long weekend and miss, what, a half dozen ZOTs or more?
Just wanted to express gratitude for all the pings!
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