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President Bush to speak to the nation 9am
FoxNews

Posted on 09/02/2005 5:40:24 AM PDT by Dog

President to speak at 9am ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: bush43; fema; humanitarianrelief; katrina; presidentbush
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To: Redbob

And do your homework. The part of the levee that broke was the part that was just restructured. (ie. funded)


541 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:03 AM PDT by jackv
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To: RandallFlagg
No matter what he says or does, it will be criticized endlessly by them.

That's the absolute truth. Am I remembering correctly that when President Bush rushed to Florida after a hurricane, he was criticized for visiting so soon and keeping the relief workers from being able to do their jobs due to the entourage and hoopla that has to accompany a Presidential visit? Now he's being criticized for not showing up soon enough. Endless criticism then, endless criticism now.

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542 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:06 AM PDT by worrywart
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To: Graymatter

Game-theory? Fine, play your games. In the meantime the President is trying to take ACTION to clean up after an incomptant governor and mayor.


543 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:25 AM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Peach

Me, too. I'm numb with shock.


544 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:26 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Redbob

Beats me. Ask the Corps. What's yer point?


545 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:32 AM PDT by DeeOhGee (It's not what you know, it's what people THINK you know.)
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To: jackv

"You want Bush to come before the cameras and play some stinkin PR game.
You all make me sick!!"

You are absolutely right. There has been NO leadership or coordination in NO since the beginning.

Bush can't do it himself, nor can he send someone unfamiliar with the place down to do it. It takes a solid leader to get the ball rolling at the local level.

The problem is, these people have depended on the feds to do their thinking/doing for so many years, they are totally incapable of self help!


546 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:35 AM PDT by lawdude (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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To: zook
"Maybe yes, maybe no. "

No "maybe" about it. It IS very much against our law.

547 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:38 AM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: jackv
And he just said that was UNacceptable!!

If Bush has to micromanage this thing, he better start doing it. Michael Brown can't do it. He's already proven that.

548 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:39 AM PDT by sinkspur (We who have been given much must help those who now have nothing.)
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To: RushCrush
Has anyone been paying attention to the long-term weather forcasts in the area? Isn't this just the beginning of hurricane season?

Nope, just the start of the worse (most active).

549 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:51 AM PDT by BushCountry (They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.)
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To: Redbob
Blame begins with the letter R

Republican

Racist

Redneck

You name it, the media thinks it!

550 posted on 09/02/2005 7:18:56 AM PDT by OldFriend (MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH ~ A NATIONAL TREASURE)
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
Unless one agrees with you, you have no respect for them.

That's completely bogus, and you know it.

I have disagreements with all kinds of people on this forum about all kinds of issues.........and in my 'real' life too.

I respect differing opinions. But I don't respect mindless bashing of an honorable man, and then making excuses for it, and blaming others for not 'respecting' your opinion.

You're a knee jerk basher, and that's not respectable behavior.

551 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:07 AM PDT by ohioWfan (If my people which are called by my name will humble themselves and pray......)
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To: Cboldt; All

Everyone please notice that news release last SATURDAY said that Katrina MAY develop into a Category 4 storm! Saturday!!! I wish people here would stop the nonsense that FEMA or anyone else had "days" to prepare for a Category 4/5 storm! They had less than 24 hours. The President declared an emergency and ordered evacuations before the storm even hit Category 4. That's pretty darned foward-thinking IMO. It's no wonder a lot of hurricane-hardened people did not leave; this was the classic case of a late-developing storm and by the time it got bad enough that people knew they should leave it was too late.


552 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:07 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (2,4,6,8 - a burka makes me look overweight!)
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To: Peach
It's not acceptable. If ever my personal safety is put in the hands of the federal goverment, I will do everything to escape the clutches of this incompetence.

Stay safe. Stay armed.

This event is a case study in the necessity of the second ammendment.

553 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:26 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (The constitution is not in exile, it's in a nice safe deposit box in the Cayman Islands - Lileks)
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To: mom3boys; jimbo123
I recall an overplayed PMSNBC clip where a black woman at the dome in N.O. was yelling at the camera, "GET US OUT OF HERE!"

If they'd had listened to the President when he gave the evac order, they wouldn't be in the fix that they are at present. Most of the news agencies want to give them a pass because of their skin color or that they were poor.

I wish one reporter would ask these "poor black folk" about what they did prior to the storm to evacuate or prepare for it. I feel more for the tourists who shelled out $25,000 for bus transportation, only to have those buses commandeered and were told to walk to the dome.

Residents of the city have a far better chance at survival than the tourists or travelers that were trapped with no help at all. The number of people who were still in the city when the storm hit should have been cut to a minimum. Instead, the "leadership" in LA put many lives at risk.

554 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:38 AM PDT by RasterMaster (Saddam's family were WMD's - He's behind bars & his sons are DEAD!)
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To: cicero's_son; prairiebreeze
Look, why don't you just go find a "zot" thread to amuse yourself on.

WE could make this one into a Zot thread I guess....
555 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:43 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Ohio State (-14.5) vs. Miami of Ohio, September 3rd)
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To: Redbob; DeeOhGee

Sorry Redbod, that should have gone to DeeOhGee.


556 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:44 AM PDT by jackv
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To: jimbo123

Mabye he really wanted a good speechifier to be president. You know, like the Ketuchup Queen. :P


557 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:49 AM PDT by Constantine XIII
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To: Semi Civil Servant

FEMA did alright last year in FL, but this is an incredible challenge. It should be done better, no doubt, but this is really unprecidented, and the situation has deteriorated from the first day. Monday, it was looking like a bad flood that would go away, be very expensive, and cost some lives. Now, it looks a like a massive catastrophy that not only is going to cost many more lives, but has developed into pure anarchy, and probably change the course of this city forever.

FEMA has challenges it could not have really imagined just four days ago. Yes, their execution HAS to be better, but the main problem is that the people on the ground...the local leaders that are in charge are absolutely worthless. The lawlessness is a result of limp-wristed governing.

That is preventing any progress now. Police are sent in to do something, and are kicked out by gangs....helicopters at a hospital are being shot at while trying to move the sick. Unless FEMA has bullet-proof vests, they are in a real challenging situation right now.


558 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:56 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: CharlesWayneCT
"Until this happened, I presumed that the N.O. pumps were all either above sea level, or protected by waterproof walls. And that generators would be on the roof, and the water system would be protected.:

The total lack of foresight and preparations by local authorities is just breathtaking. It is still difficult for me to believe that a huge city, in prime hurricane zone and located almost entirely below sea level, could be so ineptly prepared.... and now the Mayor and his Emergency Director are railing at the feds for their own incompetence.
559 posted on 09/02/2005 7:19:58 AM PDT by Enchante
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To: wallcrawlr
We have never compared natural disasters to acts of war?

I see the comparison made all the time. Certainly the level of preparation and response needed is equivalent to a major military operation.

How many time in American history have we completely evacuated a major city, and needed to find semi-permanent housing for a million people? All with no passable roads and streets.

Just as one example of the unexpected: the motels in western Florida are planning to clear out the storm refugees to make room for football fans.

560 posted on 09/02/2005 7:20:00 AM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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