August 29 - September 1, 2005 - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
Posted on 09/01/2005 9:08:59 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
G. Bush should shove those two out of the way and bring Jeb on over to take charge.
Are the leaders completely AWOL down there??
WHERE THE HELL IS GIULIANI WHEN WE NEED HIM? You know my boy Rudy would be laying the smack down and taking names.
August 29 - September 1, 2005 - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
I could not agree more! BTTT
Blame the incompetent Governor -- she has the power to order Marshal Law -- the idiot mayor did not. She took her own sweet time to even ask for help from surrounding states.
Time to get some C130s in there and blast those mofos to hell. I mean it.
A few questions to get things straight in my mind.
Is there or is there not martial law in NO? (or whatever the correct term is for LA)
If so, who gets the fed troops in? Does the Gov or the Mayor?
Can the President send them in if martial law has been declared or must he wait for the invitation?
And if martial law has been declared why are troops not there? (okay, that is a rhetorical question).
I can understand the logistical problems (getting them to the right places), but I would think the sight of them coming in, full "shoot on sight mode" might make a few people think twice.
The NG is doing it's job. By now the thugs know what they can and cannot get by with the NG and the local LE. But the additional presence of uniforms might have a psychological effect.
A little dramatic, I know, and probably not do-able (nowhere to land, overkill, whatever) but the sight of helicopters coming in with troops jumping out in full gear might sober up a few people.
AMAN PARACHUTE special forces in with FULLY AUTO weapons. rock and roll.
New Orleans has become Mogadishu on the Gulf.
Missouri is sending National Guard units to NO. The damned military had better take over operations if I am sending family members into this effin mess.
When it turns out that half of the bodies they recover from New Orleans are riddled with bullet holes, the last thing we need six months from now is to have Cindy Sheehan and Michael Moore calling for a war crimes tribunal for the U.S. military officers (and the President himself) who oversaw the "rescue" operation.
Oh sure, the president can take over
a state if the governer is incompetent
and/or lost control.
Remember the civil rights in the
late 50's & 60's? The prez sent
in the troops to take over.
New Orleans was transformed into worse than a third world nation when they emptied the prisons.
The people there should have left. It has turned into a true 'Hell on Earth'.
You cannot make workers go into there. It is partly of their own making.
these are terrorist. looters to me means someone grabing some ramen noodles and water.
They will come out loud as ever with the profiling nonsense.
I saw her early this a.m. in a presser....don't know if that was a clip from yesterday...or if it was live...I was getting ready for work....but, what she was saying was that she's mad about the looters (not exact words)....as if that was going to make them stop...she sounded and looked like a complete pouty idiot.
Shoot the looters, their lives are worth nothing compared to those who are not looting and need help.
WTF does it take for someone, anyone, to proclaim the looters can be shot?!
Psssst. The President of the United States does not have authority over National Guard and local police departments.
If there is any shooting to be done in New Orleans, let it be done by armed citizens and local law enforcement officials.
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