[Types_with_Fist]

The Governette and Nagin have been effectively set aside

I wish some rep from Lousiana with the president's ear (that he trusted) had told him that was the only answer all along.

[headsonpikes]

This FReeper has it right, I think:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476383/posts?page=31#31 -----

I saw this last Sunday and have been noting it since then. And I can even tell you the reason why SHE did this. After last year's failed evacuation of New Orelans when Hurricane Ivan "didn't hit," the city planners took a lot of heat for inconveniencing people. She waited for someone else to take the responsibilty so she could blame them if Katrina didn't hit. She noted that Bush not only ordered the evacs, but he also declared a state of emergency before she did.

From the start this crisis has been handled, politically. She failed to use the national guard in its proper "law enforecment" role because she didn't want to be held responsible for Guardsmen shooting "poor, black people." How could she even order this when her own AG and Mayor were helping to justify this looting under a "need to survive."

[hoosiermama]

I wish some rep from Lousiana with the president's ear (that he trusted) had told him that was the only answer all along. Unfortunately they had to be allowed to show their complete incompetance first....Think what JJ would have said if "W" had initially stepped in. What can he say now that he has HAD to step in.