Posted on 09/02/2005 11:05:34 PM PDT by doug from upland
Blanco was probably not elected by the voters in LA because she was effective at getting things done quickly. The people of LA who voted for her just got delivery on the conseqences of their voting, and so did the rest of the citizens living there.
The United States has become an entitlement state and we’re beginning to notice a lot of tears and cries that the Federal Government hasn’t done enough for the City of New Orleans during this catastrophe. In the end President Bush will take much of the blame and he probably deserves it for not doing enough to discourage the entitlement mentality we see in our Nation today.
What I’d liked to know…
What was the City of New Orleans Plan to evacuate the City in the case of a category 4 hurricane?
Who was responsible for creating and executing that plan? What went wrong in carrying out the plan?
Most importantly, why have we not seen the elected local officials taking control and giving encouragement on the ground in New Orleans during this emergency?
Did their entitlements run out on the winds of Katrina?
Like LBJ I guess, spent his entire life with his nose stuck in the public trough.
Also bubba & jfKerry and a whole bunch more on both sides of the aisle. Something I always look at when deciding on how to vote for a chief executive (especially) is 'what else have you done?'
She shook the farts out hospital blankets.
They need to rebuild the city and condemn land on the West Bank of the River to create a Spillway to Relieve the Mississippi. The Lake Side will be a bit more difficult. Perhaps build a canal and locks between the two bodies of water where you could relieve the lake into the river.
Convoy of what? The PCA only says federal troops can't be used for law enforcement - not relief work.
"Posse Comitatus act generally prohibits U.S. military personnel from direct participation in law enforcement activities. Some of those law enforcement activities would include interdicting vehicles, vessels, and aircraft; conducting surveillance, searches, pursuit and seizures; or making arrests on behalf of civilian law enforcement authorities."
bttt
It's amazing what a few facts can do to alter opinions IF someone is willing to listen and think.
Obviously the MSM is not included in that group.
Damned if you don't, damned if you do. People were going to die no matter what. And President Bush was going to get the blame no matter what. As Hopper said in "Bug's Life", The first rule of leadership is "Everything is your fault."
You articulated perfectly that which I was thinking.
The mayor too. They are democrat lead and it is nothing but chaos there.
Thank you all.
OMG! Oil for Food Louisiana style.
During Shep's melt down yesterday he said he had never seen even one Red Cross vehicle or person the whole time he was there.
I'm not a big RC fan, prefer Salvation Army, but it looks like this one wasn't their fault. It was Blankout's fault.
One hump, or two?
Yeah, now imagine if he'd declared the state government unable to handle the emergency (legally required if he wants to send in Federal troops without being asked by the Governor) and just took over. That could have been the lever the Rats have been looking for that could get him impeached.
Like you, I don't think that was Blankout's motive--I think she's just plain incompetent to manage a small store let alone a state. But there is that nagging little suspicion that this could have been looked on as an opportunity.
Oh! Thanks! That is a typo. I have just noticed lately I have a tendency to drop the last letter of a word when I write or type. I appreciate you taking time and bringing the error to my attention. Again thank you.
The Governor has the main responsibility. She dropped the ball by not declaring an emergency and requesting before the storm hit that the Pentagon authorize the sending of ARNG and ANG troops -- as well as requesting that governors of other states send troops.
Several states were ready, willing and able to send troops -- but Blanco failed to ask for them. The one governor who really had his stuff together was the governor of Wisconsin. He declared an emergency outside his own state(!) and had the troops utterly ready to go.
Blanco and Nagin are certainly not Rudy G!
I'm sure you know the logistics of the situation a lot better than I. However, as long as the city's infrastructure is built below sea level, there will always be the potential for big problems.
Rebuilding a mass quantity of low income housing in a concentrated area does not make any kind of sense to me. Yes, poor people need places to live, but NO does not need to build a new Cabrini Green, which is something I fear will happen if/when you rebuild housing in the city again. Building the city for the same size population on less land almost makes that more likely. No?
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