Posted on 09/03/2005 7:52:14 PM PDT by jmc1969
I agree Torie. I will also add that the governor's E.O. that involved the buses dated 08/31/05, is a complete embarassment to the state. I counted. There were 262 school buses alone. Over 13,000 people could have been evacuated with them. And that's if they were used for one trip.
There were a lot of municipal buses as well.
While I did make some comment that I didn't think that everyone would have used those buses, it's particularly damning how man could and would have, if they'd been made available.
It's becoming quite clear that NO was about the only place where governments seemed to fail. That certainly makes the federal government look more innocent in my eyes.
If everywhere else was able to cope, NO should have been able to also. I know it's got special problems, but the mayor and governor could have minimized them, and they didn't.
I'm not as inclined to give those two a pass after noting the bus availability.
Thanks for the response.
Is namecalling the best you can do?
Must be since you obviously don't have a clue.
It's very clear the local and state authorities have been resistant to federal taking control.
They have balked at every step of the way, since the Katrina was on the horizon.
If you listen to or read what they locals have been saying all along, they let enough slip out that you can read between the lines.
No
What NOLA lacks is leadership...
With NOLA seemingly incapable and/or unwilling to find or provide that leadership, perhaps the 'locals' ought to put their 'southern' pride aside and think of the welfare of their citizens...
Gulianni is an American first, and a New Yorker(yankee to you) second.
Start thinking like an American. You lost the civil war. Get over it.
Perhaps we ought to pull out all those damn yankee chopper pilots, rescue swimmers, engineers, DART teams, Navy personel etc etc...
Ya...that would help...
You don't get it.
The Mayor of NYC is not the guy to send to the deep south.
Ever hear of carpet baggers?
There are fine regional people that can handle the job if needed.
But you show you don't get it by comparing any military rank and MOS to the mayor of NYC.
Stop playing with your brain and put it back in your skull in the "on" position this time.
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