I wonder if this is true.
Not that I doubt your assertion for a minute. Sadly, it's more my ignorance that makes me question.
What concerns me is the really bad press the President and Feds are receiving on this. Absolutely NOTHING is going to be accomplished unless the TRUTH comes out, unfettered and unspun.
Notice it's mostly Democrats pointing the finger and it's their norm...spin,spin,spin and, of course, LIE.
Another thing that concerns me is the notion of a congressional investigation. After that 9-11 ommission-commission I'm wary of attempts to alter history.
It seems the liberals mess it up, the inevitable catastrophe comes, and NOW they somehow manage to change history!
Dear Lord, I just want the TRUTH.
The truth seems to be that the government response, including coordination among various states, on all levels from local to federal, was a disaster. Coupled with the fact that the population remaining in NO lacked any initiatiave what-so-ever, apart from the criminals and assorted sub-humans going on a looting, murdering and raping rampage, you get what we have in New Orleans today. In other words, the usual suspects, government and inner city dependants, behaved as expected. The lesson for everyone is that don't in any circumstance rely on the state, local or federal government for your life and limb.
The governor and the mayor both stood by wringing their hands and waiting for Bush to do it. Well, Bush declared a national emergency on the 27th and made funds available for use, but still the governor and the mayor took a what the hell attitude.
No one to blame here but Democrats and the MSM knows it, so they are going all out to shift the blame onto Bush. The time for blame games is after the relief effort has been sucessfully completed not during and it also helps to get the facts straight. Rest assured, Bush is not to blame for this but rather, once again, the savior of these dip sh** Dems.
The truth is New Orleans for whatever reason allowed a large degenerate criminal subculture to live there. This large degenerate criminal subculture stopped massive volunteer relief efforts that would have greatly reduced the suffering in New Orleans days ago and mitigated the need for a huge national guard law enforcement presence. That was unexpected by all levels of government but should have been anticipated by local level (at least). Katrina was bad, but the degenerate gangsta subculture is making things much much worse and that was not planned for. Planners will do doubt revise their plans.