Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV

Various ^ | 2 September 2005 | Various

[LA Woman3]

Oh baloney. Look I have never seen officials and weather experts so damn scared in my life and I have lived in the gulf coast for many years. There is ABSOLUTLY no argument to be made that people did not have timely and forceful warnings.


OK, I grew up in Texas. It is different here in Louisiana. I was smart enough to leave. I could see the major category 5 hurricane coming and knew to leave. Many in New Orleans believe everything their elected officials tell them. They didn't order a mandatory evacuation until President Bush called Blanco and Nagin and told them to do so.

[mystery-ak]

Did you hear Joe's line that Bush 41 and Bush 43 was like deja vu all over again...I too changed back to FNC...and if I hear one more time say that it's been a week...I'll scream..the flooding didn't start til Tuesday and troops/agencies need time to group and move into place....God Bless our troops, especially the Guard.

[cajungirl]

People I know who are smart good people say this is as good Mayor.

I think he was screwed by the Gov. I really do. He went off the dem plantation, was making things better in NO and was investigating some pretty bad corruption from prior admin.

I like the Mayor.

[Snoitan5]

Thanks tomkat!

I'm so happy I could just spit! They have a slab left, and the clothes they are wearing, but I come from a pretty big (U.S.A.F.) family. We WILL get through this.

[d-informed-1]

i am organizing a monetary donation drive at work and want to make sure the funds go to a GOOD charity that will make the best use of it. is the Salvation Army the right one? anyone have suggestions?

[Txsleuth]

I am not a hugh Greta fan...but she is the best advertisement for Texas I have ever seen...

She can't seem to say enough good things about it.

[Trust but Verify]

Actually, he said he got the bus rom a schoolyard.

Shout out to SBC, the company I work for, that is matching up to 1 million in employee donations in addition to providing up to 4 million/month in free telecommunications services to evacuees in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas.

[Soul Seeker]

Well, the lady is evidently insane since G.W. ain't running for anything.

[DrewsMum]

Absolutely and i'm sure he really cares,,,,do we really think she voted for him the last time???

[Blogger]

How do you know that there was someone around to get the answer to that one? If they aren't communicating with the people, they aren't communicating.

[Texasforever]

It is different here in Louisiana. I was smart enough to leave. I could see the major category 5 hurricane coming and knew to leave. Many in New Orleans believe everything their elected officials tell them. They didn't order a mandatory evacuation until President Bush called Blanco and Nagin and told them to do so.

So you are saying that those in NO are just too stupid to think for themselves. Ok.

[Alissa]

I'm so angry at that Witch. I want to know DETAILS about her and why she got air time. I gave a few hundred dollars on Monday and I support Bush.

[NCPAC]

I guess I was being "picky, picky." But, then, that's my nature (for the most part, anyway).

[mabelkitty]

Please answer, if you know:

Which union civil servant was expected to drive those buses?

Just wondering. Everyone is assuming labor contracts/civil employees are not applicable at a time like this, and I assure you, they most certainly are.
Who would drive the buses?

[cajungirl]

Does anyone remember that when this first bus arrived at the dome, he was driving it.

And that nite, Freepers were demanding he be sent to jail for hijacking a bus. They swore he was high.

Isn't this the same guy.

[JediForce]

To be fair...they only had 48 hours tops. Still...like the President said this morning...the response was unacceptable. Look...they blew it at the local level as well as the state level. The feds are the last line in cases like this and it takes time to get things moving.

At the first sign of looting...the looters should have been shot and killed. Word spreads...looting stops...supplies get in faster...more are rescued. Liberals don't like shoot to kill. But I will lay of the politics for now. Unlike some on the other side...I believe this is NOT the time for politics.

God help those people...they are our people...Americans.

JEDI.

[Michael Goldsberry]

Relax, cajungirl. We Love 'ya.

[WoodstockCat]

PTL!

Heard from my brother this afternoon in B'Ham. His church is currently converting some of their Sunday School trailers, adding bunk beds to house 100 "displaced American citizens".(I can't stand the word refugee).

[madison10]

What did i say that would make him lose credibility there?

Not you, DM. The media wants President Bush to lose credibility;therefore, they are not showing the good things that are happening in the other two states. The MSM would rather harp on their created perception that President Bush messed up in dealing with New Orleans/LA.

[steveegg]

I think he was screwed by the Gov. I really do. He went off the dem plantation, was making things better in NO and was investigating some pretty bad corruption from prior admin.

That will definitely get a RAT kicked all the way off the plantation with the bloodhounds chasing him.