"Federal Emergency Management Agency Chief Michael Brown, under fire for his agency's slow response, echoed Chief Compass's complaint, telling CNN: "We are working under conditions of urban warfare."
Though the city's crime rate is ten times the national average, U.S. news outlets downplayed the connection between New Orleans' outsized criminal element and delays in rescue efforts"
That's right. Throw up your hands.
Maybe if Chief Compass and the Mayor had been doing their jobs prior to the hurricane, they would been able to prevent this "urban warfare" situation.
It seems to me, that this should be a very lesson to people all over the country when they head for the polls to vote for their mayor and/or governor next time around.
Vote for the one who seems the most experienced and competent. The one who could really lead in a crisis. Not the best looking or the one who seems to be the most 'caring' or with the nicest smile.
(sorry for my lousy brain/hand coordination this morning)
And whatever you do, don't vote for someone because he or she has the same skin color as you.
It just makes me so mad, where are the real men? On Friday, Hundreds of volunteers (real men) showed up with their flat bottom boats to rescue those stuck in the waters. Hundreds and hundreds of men and boats, but someone called the entire operation off, why? Because of reported sniper fire, some gang banger with a gun stopped a massive volunteer rescue operation. Why not ask those real men for a few volunteers to take out the bad guy, I'd bet the real men were far better shots then the gang banger and more then willing to do a little off season hunting, but no, the entire operation was called off and innocent victims spent another day and night on the roofs. Makes me sick. The people in charge are not willing to make difficult decisions and not willing to take any risks.
Yea, had they decided to go on with the rescue but with armed rescuers someone most likely would have gotten shot and no telling what would happen once the shooting starts and who ever said "go" would be in for hell, but the alternative was doing nothing and doing nothing is as Bush has said is unacceptable.