New Orleans Mayor Fumes Over Slow Response

AP | 9/2/05 | Jarhead1957

[An.American.Expatriate]

Hey Mayor Nagin, before you start criticizing the "slow" federal response, how about explaining this:

[TexasGreg]

Uh, MAYOR, one of the reasons the Federal Government hasn't been able to help these starving, thirsty people, or get them out as fast as they would like, is because your democrat constituency is SHOOTING at the relief workers. Our people should be shooting back. What' the use toting a gun if you don't FIRE it????

SHOOT THE LOOTERS
SHOOT THE HOODS AND THUGS
SHOOT THEM ON SIGHT

[Yankereb]

Where the heck are the Governor and the Mayor of this City?
They do nothing but stand around and wring their hands and complain that the Federal Government isn't doing anything to help. Where are the National Guard of Louisiana? She's supposed to call them out, not the President. Why didn't she declare martial law? Where are the local governments in this disaster. Is it because the entire state is made up of Democrats who think all goods and services come from the Federal Government? You can throw billions at this problem, but if you don't have boots on the ground, you'll accomplish nothing. The Governor and the Mayor are both useless. All they can do is complain. Get out there and help. Where's the Mayor? Is he in NO or is he in Baton Rouge? His Police force has absolutely no leadership. They need to declare martial law, and quit trying to blame others for their situation.

[pointsal]

Maybe holding a special election in New Orleans will help clear the deck or, at least, the mayor's office. Gonna be hard to round up the voters, if they are scattered all over the coast.

[Maceman]

And didn't they criticize Bush two years ago for "getting in the way" when all those hurricanes hit FL and he went down to survey the damage? They said all the commotion he was causing was getting in the way of relief efforts.

Do you have any sources on that? I don't remember what happened then but I'd love to have some info.

[BonnieJ]

New Orleans has been so corrupt for decades, and the latest mayor is just one more in a long line of incompetent low-lifes they've elected. He and their governor are not in any way prepared to handle a situation like this. We won't hear that from the media, or the residents...who are very eager to blame Bush. They certainly didn't vote for him.

[justa-hairyape]

I see you haven't been watching MSNBC this morning. It's all they are playing.

You got that right. Hey even Richard Hoagland played the race card on Coast to Coast last night. All the progressive twits are playing it. Disgusting. At one of the worse possible times in recent history, they are inciting race war. What do they want ? Do they want this to occur in all our City States ?

[finnman69]

The NOPD chief should be explaining why he's missing 20-30% of his officers.

[unixfox]

And what is this illustrious mayor doing besides covering his own fanny?

I heard him on CNN this morning saying "Somebody needs to get their ass down here and help!, we have the biggest godamn disaster and nobody is helping."

I would say he and the governer have lost control and needs to get out of the way and let the adults over.

[saneright]

I cannot believe all the whining on this thread.

Every last Freeper knows that if President Bush would sign the Kyoto protocol right away that this problem would be instantly solved.

[Velveeta]

Worth repeating.

Explain THIS Mayor Nagin!

[mewzilla]

I'll tell you what all this whining might very well do: cause people to resist opening up their wallets.

[dfwgator]

That picture of the busses says it all. The MSM needs to show that picture on the front page, but of course, they won't, because they won't be able to blame it on President Bush.

[justa-hairyape]

Interesting times to say the least. We have reports that the Nation of Islam is calling for all out war against the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department). They are trying to get two other local gangs to join them. We have the MSM trying to incite race warfare. And we have a failed Major of Hell trying to incite action against the feds.

[Constantine XIII]

I thought it would be funny if people tried to blame a hurricane, a NATURAL DISASTER, nay, possibly an Act of G_d Himself, on the President.

Until it happened.

How pathetic do these people have to get before the brain-endowed start ignoring them?

[Jarhead1957]

Bump

[tiki]

Yeah, let's blame it on the God of America, Bush or maybe he's just Superman and is "faster than a speeding bullet, can leap buildings in a single bound." He can single-handedly do anything and if he doesn't it is just because he doesn't care and he wants people living in misery. He wants the price of gas high so his buds can make more money. He's probably waiting so that Halliburton will have more work and Cheney's buds will make money.

Conservative realize that government is pretty incompetent. Dimocrats believe it when they arrive and say "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you."

[Constantine XIII]

Notice that we don't hear as much about looting in Mississippi or Alabama, or even other parts of Louisiana.

[Twinkie]

Uh. If NO is an example of total liberal policies in effect over a long period, it would appear that the MSM is anxious to get us all under the wonderful control of total liberal policies.

[Trust but Verify]

I urge Bush to take responsibility for the inadequate response by the Federal government and see if the others do the same.