I totally agree. I'm a big Bush supporter, but this is ridiculous. Granted, NOLA has huge problems with crime, and all the inmates are running the show right now like some Mad Max movie. If we can't get a grip on a natural disaster, how will we respond to a terrorist attack?
We should have had military security down there immediately with a bunch of cattle trucks and semis (installed with a porta-potty) to round up all the rioters, gangbangers and looters. When evacuating the SuperDome or the NO Convention Center, leave the felons and convert it to a jail.
Water, first aid, radios, and MREs should be airdropped to the areas of need.
Drop leaflets to warn looters will be shot. Make an example of one.
Get Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson down there calm down the populace.
Restoring order is not rocket science... it just takes initiative and guts.
LOL!!! If you want calm...you've picked two complete opposites.
Those two disgraceful race-baiters would do nothing to calm the local populace. All they would do is deflect blame from the LA Democratic machine.
I nominate this for the funniest comment posted on FR in the last week!
"Get Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson down there calm down the populace."
I HAD been saying the same thing for days now, unfortunately it sounds as if Jesse IS going to be there but will stoke things instead of calm things. If he was serious about his message he'd liquidate all his assets and buy up every bus between Chicago and NO to help out. I've been looking on the internet for used a used bus between Austin and NO I could get and drive over myself.
Airdrops are a recipe for more chaos. The armed and the strong (read bandits/looters) will prevail at any airdrop site.
They HAVE to get the security situation under control. More armed troops.... quickly!!!!
How fast? How long does it take to round up a bunch of cattle trucks? 30 minutes? What should Bush have done? Stole them himself?
Should the government have a vast supply of Porta-Johns and specially-fitted helicopters, ready for air lifting?
Should they have shot the looters before they started looting?
9/11 happened in an area less than a square mile. This covers nearly 100,000 square miles.
All this shoud have happened...Tuesday? Wednesday? It's Friday morning, for Pete's sake.
Get Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson down there calm down the populace.
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Now I know your whole To Do list is farce.
"I'm a big Bush supporter but..."
LOL, this ranks as the dumbest remark on the issue to date. Congratulations.
Utter tripe. Those two would be down there with bullhorns making sure everyone doesn't shove, trip or fall while carrying TV sets on their backs out of the store and blaming Bush for the hurricane.