[Peach]

What we can't figure out is if this was Friday a few days ago, or a week ago Friday.

The paragraph that doesn't make sense is there a NO official says they didn't want to federalize it because if things went wrong the New Orleans officials would get blamed.

Which is ridiculous. If it was federalized and it went wrong, then the feds would get blamed.

But more importantly, why would a New Orleans official be worried post hurricane that if it got federalized that NO would be blamed? NO officials so messed this up, they ARE going to be blamed.

Wouldn't they only be worried about this pre-hurricane. The Friday before the hurricane?

I think we should all send e-mails to the reporter of this story and to Brit Hume, etc., to get clarification.

[kcvl]

Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans

That, IMO, means Friday, the 26th. I call what's happening now, rescue & recovery, not evacuation.

[Diva]

What we can't figure out is if this was Friday a few days ago, or a week ago Friday.It has to have been this Friday, last Friday wasn't as big a concern, the hurricane had just made landfall in Florida. But I could be wrong.