Hmmmmm????
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America to ignorant democrat mayor --- K.M.A.
God, I really wish Ray Nagin had used school buses and other means to evacuate his people from the City. And the evacuation instructions "try to find a life out of town" were and will for all time be piss poor advice. He needs to look in the mirror and fall on his sword.
When the last refugee is evacuated from the city, exactly who and what is he the mayor of?
HEY mayor, YOU SHOULD HAVE ORDERED A MANDITORY EVACUATION!!!
This is more YOUR FAULT than the FedGov's.
JERK...
Hedgecock also reminded me of a great story that came out of the North Ridge earthquake in 1993. Pete Wilson was told that I-10, the major east-west highway through Los Angeles, was critically damaged and that it would take as long as 4 years to get through all the environmental assessments, competitive bidding, and getting the necessary federal funding to repair the highway. Wilson said, screw that, we have state money, we don't have to go through this federal bureaucratic crap, I am signing a contract for this and getting the money from the Feds later. The state found a contractor that ended up winning a $1 million bonus for finishing the work ahead of schedule, in SIX MONTHS. THAT is leadership!
Nice words from a mayor without a city.
He's doing all he can to cover himself.
I may be a Texas A&M Aggie Former Student, but I'm "smart" enough to figure out that NO was not an if, but when disaster in the making.
That's my soapbox rant... please drive through.
Mr. Mayor, YOU needed to get off your a-- last Friday and Saturday!!! Reasonable people knew as of Friday morning that this scenario was a strong possibility, and with every hour that passed on Fri. and Sat.
Even though I live 1500 miles away, know nobody in LA, etc. I have been following the threat of this hurricane almost hourly since mid-day on Friday because I could tell it posed a threat of a potentially historic natural disaster with possibly hundreds or thousands of deaths, etc. If that much could be obvious to people like me, in distant places and with no particular involvement or connection to LA, then how pathetic is it that the Mayor of NOLA and the Governor of LA could screw up so badly?????
I expected that on Sat. and Sun. they would be evacuating all of the people who most needed the help from NOLA.... instead, they did virtually nothing.
YOU, Mr. Mayor, failed in your most basic duties to your constituents. Oh, and tell your "Emergency Director" to start looking for a new job.... not to mention LA's worthless Governor.
Hmmmmm????
Blame game begins.......
Lessons learned, this slacker may get a pass because of this "historic" event. Every other polidiot, police chief or chicken little beancounter etc etc will not have an excuse. Their inept ability to play to nothing but the PR sound bite should be noted and remembered. IMHO if such evidence exists that moneys for such emergency services was diverted to pork projects then get a rope and make an example of these killers......
Planning on paper don't get it....
It's what they do. Liberals are never responsible; liberals are incapable of doing anything but mewling about how someone else has dropped the ball.
In most every disaster movie I know of where people knew the disaster was coming people were evacuated; buses driving through neighborhoods to pick people up, national guard providing control. Guess Hollywood is smarter than Nagin (and that ain't saying much).
Feds to Mayor: HAVE done your job, you incompetent SOB
What a jerk! Trying to make his lack of leadership (what ideas has he come up with, by the way?) look like Bush's fault. Why isn't he out there in the streets?
The mayor's ire is misdirected. Governor Blanco sat on her duff and didn't take action soon enough. Remember, the Louisiana National Guard answers to her.
That said, the mayor's no prize either.
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I just saw the same Mayor on the evening news, along with the Governor or ...ness, and all were smiley-faced and hand-shakin' since W was in-person and on the ground with them. Obviously, the Mayor can't handle pressure too well. Imagine the situation if W panicked in that manner, considering the full plate he's got.
Mr. Mayor...You may want to consider resigning for the benefit of your constituency.