My Two Cents on New Orleans and Katrina (Vanity)

[carrier-aviator]

I've been reading, listening, and watching the events on the Gulf Coast unfold all week. I need to vent.

GLOBAL WARMING: The lefties, especially that lunatic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are blaming the President for not sending the Kyoto Accord to the Senate. Al Gore initialed the document in 1996, and carried it back to the U.S. Clinton never sent it to the Senate though, as the Senators, by a vote of 95-0, told him it would be dead on arrival if he did. So, why is Bush blamed for emulating the actions of the esteemed, impeached, fornicating ex-democrat President?

Help me out here. The global warming theorists have long said the following: "the greenhouse gases will warm the atmosphere, melting the ice caps, COOLING the oceans, causing great climate change" (remember that idiotic movie, "The Day After Tomorrow," from last year where the earth, essentially froze, because of this?). Yet Kennedy and the other enviro-kooks say it was an overly warm ocean and Gulf of Mexico that fueled Katrina. Which is it? Cool oceans or warm oceans? If we follow the long-held theories of these nuts, then global warming will cool the oceans and REDUCE hurricane intensity.

THE CHRONOLOGY: The Hurricane battered the Gulf Coast on Monday morning and afternoon. New Orleans escaped the worst of it. No significant flooding. No need for massive federal help (if any place needed the help at that point it was Mississippi). CNN proclaimed that NOLA had "dodged a bullet." It wasn't 'til Tuesday that the levee burst.

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND STATE: The foul-mouthed democrat mayor ordered evacuation. He, more than anyone, knew that some of the city's residents didn't have the means to get out. So, what did he do? He opened the Superdome to a small fraction of them. He could've rented busses to haul them all to safety, but he didn't. I guess he expected President Bush to do that. He could have provided food, water, toilet paper, and port-a-potties to the Superdome. But, he didn't. I guess the racist President Bush prevented the mayor from issuing that order. The inept democrat governor could have had the National Guard standing by, but she didn't. I guess the security of a city 1000 miles from Washington is the responsibility of the federal government and of President Bush personally.

THE SUPER DOME: I have read of murders, rapes, sex, drugs, and theft there (not to mention feces everywhere). I presume this is the fault of the President, as well?

THE RACIAL ISSUE: When I first heard that politicians were mentioning the "racial aspect," I thought, "Wow, someone has the guts to point out that all the looters are black." But, no, that wasn't the racial issue that was mentioned. It was the fact that the evil President Bush knew that blacks were suffering, causing him to purposely delay the provision of aid. Of course, if the black mayor truly cared for his people he would have ensured they had been hauled to safety. The lefty establishment whined that "the poor and the blacks were disproportionately affected." Rocket science there...the population is 67% black, so, of course blacks were disproportionately affected. If a natural disaster had struck Fargo, ND, I guarantee that white people would have been disproportionately affected. One other note I heard on the radio: one reason why so many residents in NOLA are poor and carless is because most of that black population consists of single mothers and their children. If you don't want to be poor, and in a situation where you can't react to unexpected events, don't have children out of wedlock.

LOOTING: We haven't seen Law Enforcement shoot at looters since the riots of the late 60s. Of course, the reason is racial. Almost ALL looting in the U.S. since that era has been by blacks. But, society dares not establish order and protect property by shooting blacks. It would be racist. Yeah right.

THE LEVEE: The left is howling that evil President Bush cut levee funding by some $70 million during his presidency. Well, he didn't cut anything. He reduced the rate of growth. Of course, it is the city of New Orleans that depends on the levees. How much did it spend? How much did the state spend? NOLA has 700,000 people. To have made up for that $70 million shortfall the city government could have taxed each of its residents an average of $20 per resident per year for the five years of the Bush presidency. Or it could have raised the tourist or booze or gambling tax. But, it, evidently, chose to depend totally on the feds. Is there NO responsibility at the local level?

BEING READY: "Bush was unprepared," is the cry of the left. Should he have had helicopters, and cargo planes on the tarmac at the NOLA airport (only to be blown apart by the wind)? Should he have had equipment and tents and supplies pre-positioned, only to be blown away by the wind? Rescuers MUST stay away from the scene, and when the NATURAL phenomenon has passed, they can then approach the damaged area. USAF jets could land no closer than 150 miles from NOLA, then they had to take their aid and supplies overland some 150 miles over battered roads, and over the few remaining bridges to NOLA. This takes time. Of course, in the instant world of 24/7 news, anything but instant reaction is deemed inadequate. The news people know this but don't say it. And the lefties know it too, yet decry Bush's supposed ineptitude (for political gain, of course).

Alright, I'm done. Comments?

[Doogle]

my comment...repost this tomorrow and next week and when possible send it to the MSM (just joking)...but it's something that should be said...over..and over..and over again
you efforts are appreciated


Doogle

[hiredhand]

Only one...read this...

http://tiadaily.com/php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=1026

It's edifying... :-)

[carrier-aviator]

You are right. Weekends are slow on FR. I will do a re-post next week. Thanks.

[MJY1288]

Great Post, The Mayor of NO and the Governor of Louisiana need to be recalled immediately

[rineaux]

You make some good points. Let me just add, David Vitter, Senator from La., said maybe 10k people could be dead when it is all over. The truth is, the Red Cross met at a staging area today in Alexandria La. When they flew over the devastation in all three states, the comment from the Red Cross was they would start to acquire some 10K body bags. They did not make this comment publicly and most likely will not.

[i_dont_chat]

TIA Ping

[Cicero]

He could've rented busses to haul them all to safety, but he didn't.

The Mayor didn't even have to rent buses. He could have used the city's school buses and had a twofer--rescued a lot of people and saved the buses from a dunking. Drudge has been pointing this out.

I, too, have been feeling angry and discouraged at what I've been reading here the past couple of days, especially all those morons blaming Bush when the chief blame belongs to the mayor and the governor. If Bush hadn't practically ordered them to evacuate the city, things would have been even worse.

The breakdown of law and order, too, falls mainly on the mayor. WHY DIDN'T THE MAYOR STAY IN THE CITY AND COORDINATE THE POLICE?

[Polybius]

The foul-mouthed democrat mayor ordered evacuation. He, more than anyone, knew that some of the city's residents didn't have the means to get out. So, what did he do? He opened the Superdome to a small fraction of them. He could've rented busses to haul them all to safety, but he didn't.

The Mayor of New Orleans is now whining about the inevitable time that the logistics of the massive relief effort is taking and complaining that the poor without automobiles were left to suffer.........Presumably by the Federal Government and therefore by Bush.

However, the current nightmare scenario has been predicted for years if and when New Orleans, a city below sea level, was ever hit with a Category 5 hurricane:

Would New Orleans Really Flood in a Major Hurricane? How is that possible?

With all that prior warning and with local resources at the scene and available, there was one task that was never done or even attempted by the Mayor ..........Namely, the complete evacuation of the city's poor population to areas on higher ground.

The Mayor is now demagoging that the people suffering are the poor blacks who did not have automobiles to evacuate.

However, prior to the hurricane and with ample prior warning of the consequences of leaving people in the city, the Mayor had his buses all parked in orderly rows.

WHY DIDN'T YOU DEPLOY THE BUSES, MAYOR?... New Orleans Lost Opportunity

[NormsRevenge]

Weekends are slow on FR.

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Not this weekend.

Who can afford the gas to go anywhere?

Good post!

[MJY1288]

Thanmks for that link, He gets it

[middie]

Hyperboyle is meaningless 'strum und drang' that does nothing to aid the victims, resolve the crisis or contribute to lessons learned. When the time comes for reflection and examination, harsh, accusatory, non-analytical rhetoric properly is ignored.

[Attn to Detail]

Preach on!

[TASMANIANRED]

Apx 300 buses sitting underwater in NO.

Mayor didn't have to rent them, Had them, didn't utilize them and now they are under water.

[hiredhand]

I've been trying to get as many people to read it as possible. The author sums it up as well as it can be said.

[Right Cal Gal]

The mayor of New Orleans is hiding in Baton Rouge - he isn't even in the Crescent City the last I heard. Rudy Guiliani, in the face of the worst terror attack in history, took command of his city and showed leadership.
You're absolutely right of course - it was the levee break that did the worst damage. Did either the governor or the mayor have a plan in place in case of a levee break? Hell no.

Maybe if the effin' looters had concentrated their efforts on helping the stranded and injured get out of the extremely flooded areas instead of helping themselves to their necessity of life plasma TV.

And why didn't Bush come, they ask? Last year when he went down to Florida, what was it, two days after Ivan or Charles? They told him that the preparations for a visit hampered rescue efforts. And I'm sure the Secret Service were just dying to let him fly over New Orleans at the same time as the criminals on the ground were shooting at rescue helicopters.

[ml1954]

Why did this happen? Because bureaucrats don't care.

[TASMANIANRED]

The section of levee that failed was recently upgraded.

Wasn't the earthen walls that failed.

[HungarianGypsy]

Sheesh! Don't you know, Bush was supposed to put his cape on and have stopped the hurricane himself.

[Huntress]

Excellent article. Thanks for the link.