Posted on 09/02/2005 2:22:21 PM PDT by joinedafterattack
The flood arrived and the rest is history.
The true storm damage hit Mississippi and Alabama.
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The flood arrived and the rest is history.
The true storm damage hit Mississippi and Alabama.
BS! FEMA has known for decades what effect a CAT 4 or 5 storm would have on New Orleans and that the worst possible scenario was for the storm path to be slightly east of the city. There is no excuse for FEMAs actions. We still have three months left in hurricane season, leaving the same people in charge of FEMA is putting millions of peoples lives at risk. What are we supposed to do wait around for the next storm to kill more people?
FEMA MUST BE REORGANIZED NOW!!!
You have a good one too. Isn't that something to see, how GOOD people can be.
It's insane to blame this thing on Bush. There's something about the Corps of Engineers not maintaining the levees that mights have some relevance WRT Bush. I haven't read into that situation enough to have an opinion. But in general, it was a natural disaster out of his hands, followed by miserable leadership at city and state level. Had the mayor and governor been able to spark a brain cell between them, there would have been far fewer people impacted by the levee collapse. Also, the complete social breakdown could have been minimized with some ruthless treatment at the first signs of looting.
The leadership and social conditions in NOLA all reflect generations of unchecked leftist corruption.
People can survive many days, or weeks without food, not so many without water. I'm as perplexed as you as to why bladders of water were not dropped into areas where survivors were congregating. But I think that the local or state governments are responsible for preparing for such a contingency (you know, communities of people choosing to live in a particular area). Blaming the federal government for the problem is a sheer liberal, big government, cradle-to-grave dependency that addles the American spirit, capability and morale. Oh, and by the way, is a road to ruin.
There are lots of good arguments that posit that FEMA should be disolved - it will always be incapable of handling emergencies in local areas in quick time, and it lulls communities into believing that they do not have to watch out for themselves when assuming survival risks that would overwhelm the unprepared. Need I point out the obvious examples as proof?
From the Washington Post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476807/posts
Behind the scenes, a power struggle emerged, as federal officials tried to wrest authority from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D). Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans, a source within the state's emergency operations center said Saturday.
""The administration sought unified control over all local police and state National Guard units reporting to the governor. Louisiana officials rejected the request after talks throughout the night, concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. Some officials in the state suspected a political motive behind the request. "Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly.
""A senior administration official said that Bush has clear legal authority to federalize National Guard units to quell civil disturbances under the Insurrection Act and will continue to try to unify the chains of command that are split among the president, the Louisiana governor and the New Orleans mayor.
""Louisiana did not reach out to a multi-state mutual aid compact for assistance until Wednesday, three state and federal officials said. As of Saturday, Blanco still had not declared a state of emergency, the senior Bush official said."
Thanx, good find...
It figures.
Moronic Demoncrats ... .
CNN had a weak moment and reported the truth for a change.
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:RGrwXIfpv8UJ:www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/WEATHER/08/28/hurricane.katrina/%3Fsection%3Dcnn_topstories+president+bush+called+blanco+mandatory+evacuation+new+orleans&hl=en
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Thing is, not only are the obvious criminal types terrorists, so are the anti-American media, democrats, ACLU, EPA, ad nauseum. They all fight desperately against and hate a good President because they are evil. It all boils down to the fact that evil people hate good people and seek to destroy them. We need a major clean-up. A downright sea change. If you're not for America, then shut up or go somewhere else or we'll kick you out. Pres. Bush is the man. The absolutely best President in the history of the USA, IMHO.
You should add FOX to the string of letters representing the media. FOX hides its true self. It gives much more to the DNC than the RNC. FOX is like the RINOs. Hypocritical. Enemy of Pres. Bush. Filled with Liberalism.
Someone here please get this mornings Today Show transcript of female reporter Campbell Brown interviewing Mayor Nagan. She is the first reporter to strictly and forcefully ask the Mayor why he didn't evacuate sooner and have a better disaster plan in place. The Mayor continually side stepped the questions directed at his inaction by shifting blame elsewhere.
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Bet President Bush didn’t have to this time. ;o) Very hard lesson learned by LA...this tragedy turned LA Red...HA Got rid of Blanko elected a Republican Governor...look at the outcome of this awful mishandling by the locals...they screamed about Bush and the Republicans...now they are a Red state. How sweet is that.......
Yep!
Jindal was very in control today!
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