Sounds like the Friday they mean is yesterday, 9/2. And it sounds like Gov. Blanco had an attitude all along, not just a CYA attitude either, but a psychological case of projection as well. She perceived that the federal govt wanted to cover itself and prepare to lay blame on her state govt, so she responded in kind and tried to do what she could to make the feds look bad. In other words:
"If they want authority, they just want it to blame me and my people. Therefore I'll withhold it so I can blame them."
Trouble is, she never bothered to consider that they might be trying to do the right thing for the welfare of the citizens in the path of Katrina.
Blanco's mindset is one that has been sedulously watered and nourished by the far left. If we didn't know it before, we have seen now: these ideas have consequences.
The far left is pouring poison in people's ears, and blood will result.
With the language they use, with the outrageous and false charges they make, they are preparing their young men for war. No doubt about it.