[Millee]

Wow, nice leadership Mr. Mayor. (Caack...)

[Williams]

Everything I just read in the full article confirms that the governor is controlling this and the mayor and governor deliberately are not declaring martial law so the feds cannot move in directly. The reporters keep asking Nagin that and he dodges it every time. His most frequent answer is "I don't know man."

This is pure politics and cover your ass.

[Alberta's Child]

If this guy were up for re-election in November, he'd lose to Osama bin Laden.

[AbeKrieger]

had he said that to 67% of his consituents at any time during their lifetimes, they would know how to think and act in times of crisis. Wards of the state.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Feed the Children has been down there since Tuesday night.

1-888-58CHILD to donate.

[subterfuge]

That dude needs to grab a big bowl of shut-the-hell-up!

[RightWhale]

It's good for the Mayor to see the situation. Finally. He has nothing left to work with.

[KosmicKitty]

America to Mayor

Get your head out of your butt!!!

(Sorry to be so rude, but I am so fed-up with this incompetent mayor's whining when he dropped the ball I'd like to slap him silly!!!)

[RasterMaster]

This will be the standard reply I give to all posts when the subject is to blame Bush for all:

The nanny state/welfare mentality - it's always someone else's job. What part of MANDITORY EVACUATION do these fools in the media not get? The people on the coast were warned, told to leave, and chose to stick it out thereby endangered themselves and their families. That would be considered neglect when parents put their children in danger.

The Governor and Mayor's extreme ineptitude is what the bozos in the lame-steam media should be focused on. It was their job to prepare their constituents, NOT the federal government. There was ample time to prepare, and most responsible adults took to the road for safety. Yet all that was offered on the state level was another poor evacuation plan from the dimwit dimocrats. Either using "one way out" stuck in traffic or holing up in the dome, what choices!

Before the storm, they could have used all the school & city busses to evacuate those who couldn't make it on their own to higher ground further inland. But they chose weakness in the face of real danger instead.

After the storm, all resources were put at their disposal, yet they delayed making the request as well as delayed the delivery when aid arrived. Martial Law was declared and yet they still sat on thier hands allowing lawlessness to erupt. Neither can handle their jobs, yet refuse to step aside and allow someone else to handle it.

If President Bush hadn't announced the evacuation order, there would be more loss and suffering, mainly due to the clueless Democrats who failed to do anything - who, by the way, have been in charge of that state long before Bush ran for office.

When you have your hand extended, you shouldn't b!tch about getting aid when you were told to prepare for 3-5 days of food and water. When it comes to your family's safety, waiting on government to solve your problems is no better than waiting on a welfare check instead of getting off your arse and finding work.

But I guess wading around in sewage and griping about it is a much more pleasing alternative if you always pull the "D" lever when it's time to elect leadership. The failure of a democrat-led state is why the media is out in force trying to point fingers at Bush, when they all know the reality of the situation...their own failures cause many more to die than would have if they hadn't been slow to react.

[CAP811]

Just wait until he finds out his checks gonna be a tad late.

[Rutles4Ever]

He can't live with the guilt that his dereliction of duty cost thousands of lives...

[TommyDale]

This guy has cajones, even though he has no brains whatsoever.

[eleni121]

What a jerk...blaming everybody else but himself.

When he saw the hurricane coming - he and Blanko had plenty of time to get buses, trucks, vans and move em out. What did he want - the prez to make the reservations for him?

[F.J. Mitchell]

Get off your own ass Nagin!! What the hell have you ever done to earn your pay???? Wasn't it your duty to coordernate the evacuation of NO before the storm hit? Didn't you have at least a week to get that job done? Where the hell was you Nagin? Where are you now, for that matter? I'll bet wherever it is it is airconditioned and complete with all the modern convineances known to man, with tons of food, well stocked liquor cabinet, wine cellar and plenty of Cuban cigars.

You have never done anything for NO, you putrid punk, so shut up and stop blaming everyone else for your own dereliction of duty!

[Redbob]

"You know the reason why the looters got out of control? Because we had most of our resources saving people, thousands of people that were stuck in attics, man, old ladies. ... You pull off the doggone ventilator vent and you look down there and they're standing in there in water up to their freaking necks."

Same folks who were ordered to leave, right?

And by implication, Nagin thinks that his looters are normally in-control? But still looters all the same, right?

[60Gunner]

Q: Since when is POTUS responsible for ensuring that a city's disaster preparedness is adequate?

Q: Since when is POTUS responsible for ensuring that a city's police force has the equipment, manpower and moral compass to do stop looters and thugs instead of quitting- or worse, joining the thugs in the sacking of new Orleans?

Q: Since when is POTUS responsible for releasing state resources?

The answer to all of these is this: when POTUS happens to be a Republican.

What we are seeing in the Big Easy is the result of poor planning, poor utilization of public funds, poor local and state leadership, and hamstrung state and local law enforcement. Any blame, if such is appropriate, should be laid squarely at the feet of LA's governor, and new Orleans' mayor.

[meyer]

Somebody tell the mayor to get off his own a$$. All he does is get on the air and whine "gimme, gimme, gimme" while his own city drowns and burns. I'm growing weary of his blather, and I'm about to get off my a$$ and kick his.

[curtish]

Here's why there is no law and order in New Orleans. The cops looting with shopping carts.

http://media.putfile.com/Countdown-looting-in-Walmart

[PzLdr]

Let's see. Undermanned, corrupt police force. No cops or security, or medical staff in Superdome. No shoot on sight for looters order. Tying levee pumps into local power net. Gee, Mr. Mayor. Any of those YOUR fault?

[meyer]

You know the reason why the looters got out of control? Because we had most of our resources saving people, thousands of people that were stuck in attics, man, old ladies. ...

And if you, Mr. Mayor, had warned the people in a timely fashion of the pending disaster, and had mobilized the city's resources (like school buses for example) to aid in the evacuation, you'd not have to spend those resources in that manner at this time.

[TommyUdo]

I'm not one of those drug addicts. I am thinking very clearly.