I hate to inject politics into this. But take a look at the the Dems and the media are already trying to do on this. then tell me what you think would happen if we had news footage of Apaches and Cobra helicopters ordered by Bush to fly over NO shooting people.
starting turning up the heat on Blanco I say - start having FEMA and Chertoff go out there and start trash talking her for not use her state authority to restore civil order, and thus hampering the relief efforts. start right now, we need to tag someone with this - that someone is the dimwit Blanco.
The true radicals and anarchists must be salivating right now...this is their ideal scenario for revolution on a national scale. As soon as it's opportune this whole disaster will be cast as the grand racial conspiracy to last for the next 50 years.
You are stuck in the '90's. For most of the American public, the days of idealistic utopianism are either over or ending as this disaster unfolds. The message being seen and heard by the public this morning is that there are enormous numbers of persons needing to be saved, but rescue efforts are being held up by lawless thugs and gangs. Any excuse-making we might have seen for the latter from the public has evaporated, they want rescues. Thus most want shoot to kill now, to get the rescues started again. No tears for 1000 thugs when 100,000 need to get out.
And in the meantime, nickname this thing Hurricane Blanco