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D.C.'s Rescue Bus Caravan to New Orleans Mired in Cluster Foxtrot
Saturday, September 3, 2005 | Kristinn

Posted on 09/03/2005 8:41:59 PM PDT by kristinn

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To: kristinn
The rescue caravan, organized by D.C. City Council member

Didn't anyone tell the reporter that using the word "organized" in the same sentence with "D.C. City Council" is automatically an oxymoron?

41 posted on 09/03/2005 9:33:24 PM PDT by No Longer Free State (There's more to city administration than just hosting a good party once a year.)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Let's see. Catania is a raging queen, and he tried to organize a convoy of buses from D.C. to the Gulf Coast. I guess he didn't realize that a successful road march requires military-like planning and preparation. Would YOU want to be in a military convoy planned by this man? Another reason to keep homosexuals out of the armed forces.


42 posted on 09/03/2005 9:39:11 PM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: deport

The funny thing is, we don't know how many other things like this are happening. It's all so easy, doncha know.


43 posted on 09/03/2005 9:40:07 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Global Dumbing far more serious threat than Global Warming)
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To: Jim Robinson

Agreeing to disagree always works with me.


44 posted on 09/03/2005 9:42:37 PM PDT by Gabz (USSG Warning: portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)
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To: kingu
Old military axiom...."Amatuers talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics." These people just learned a lesson in logistics.............Polybius

Needs to be repeated from the highest towers.......kingu

Unfortunately, the Liberal News Media and their Sheeple audience have no idea what the word "logistics" means and have zero interest in looking it up in the dictionary.

45 posted on 09/03/2005 9:50:06 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: kristinn

According to this article in the WaPo, they actually did have a plan...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/02/AR2005090202176.html

D.C. police officers will accompany the buses for security, and each bus will have two drivers so the caravan can drive through the night on its 2,200-mile, round-trip journey.

In addition, a fuel tanker will be in the convoy, ensuring enough fuel without lengthy stops.

City Administrator Robert C. Bobb said the most important thing the convoy can do is cause no harm.

"I've been in enough of these situations where volunteers can become part of the disaster," Bobb said. "That is the last thing we want." He said city emergency management officials have been coordinating with the Red Cross and federal agencies.

"This is not some willy-nilly, do-good, let's-jump-on-buses-and-send-people-to-Louisiana program," Bobb said.



Nope, no "willy-nilly, do-good" stuff here.....


46 posted on 09/03/2005 9:53:10 PM PDT by No Longer Free State (There's more to city administration than just hosting a good party once a year.)
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To: Polybius
re: Liberal News Media and their Sheeple audience have no idea what the word "logistics" means

Isn't that the process we've all seen in the movies where they dump the recently cut logs into a river to get them down to the sawmill?
47 posted on 09/03/2005 10:19:35 PM PDT by jwpjr
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re: Liberal News Media and their Sheeple audience have no idea what the word "logistics" means

Isn't that the process we've all seen in the movies where they dump the recently cut logs into a river to get them down to the sawmill?

Yep.. That there be it.

48 posted on 09/03/2005 10:26:42 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: pepsionice

I believe Ted Kennedy likes to drive. Give him a call.


49 posted on 09/03/2005 10:48:29 PM PDT by 2rightsleftcoast
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To: kristinn

That's what happens when you send boys to do the jobs of men. ''Oh no, I can't find gas, this bus just won't run right.'' Stay home sissies, we Texans will handle this. You'll just be in the way. They're our neighbors and we can take care of them just fine without your interference.


50 posted on 09/03/2005 11:10:48 PM PDT by KarinG1
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To: mother22wife21

*snort*


51 posted on 09/03/2005 11:42:10 PM PDT by mother22wife21
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To: kristinn
"They'll be delivered unto New Orleans on the Potomac."

Great line...I can just imagine the reaction of some of the evacuees when they tell them they're getting a free ride to DC....

52 posted on 09/04/2005 12:32:03 PM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: kristinn

Will the idiocy ever stop?


53 posted on 09/04/2005 12:33:48 PM PDT by Truthsayer20
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To: KarinG1

''Oh no, I can't find gas, this bus just won't run right.''

Somehow I keep getting a mental picture of Nathan Lane's character trying to drive a car in "The Birdcage."


54 posted on 09/04/2005 3:53:16 PM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: sharkhawk
This is why FEMA does not want people coming down to the disaster site willy nilly.

Willy can come, but leave Nilly home. He's more trouble than he's worth.

55 posted on 09/04/2005 4:40:30 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: deport

This reminds of the double decker bus of human shields that left England for Baghdad. What comedy show that was!


56 posted on 09/04/2005 5:30:57 PM PDT by cardinal4 ("When the Levee breaks, Mama, you got to move....")
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To: No Longer Free State
"This is not some willy-nilly, do-good, let's-jump-on-buses-and-send-people-to-Louisiana program," Bobb said.

Well, let's see:

Out of gas? Check.

No place to stay? Check.

Drivers too exhausted to drive? Check.

Sure sounds like a "let's-jump-on-buses-and-send-people-to-Louisiana program" to me.

57 posted on 09/04/2005 5:42:56 PM PDT by Bob
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To: kristinn

24 hours straight?? Some should cal DOT and drop dime on their a$$


58 posted on 09/04/2005 5:44:54 PM PDT by sit-rep (If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
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To: Bob

Oh, but they MEANT well!!! Doesn't that count for SOMETHING?

Well, something other than extra MREs, extra water, extra cots in the shelter, extra recovery support when they get their asses stuck in a ditch, extra police to protect their butts.....?


59 posted on 09/04/2005 10:02:03 PM PDT by No Longer Free State (There's more to city administration than just hosting a good party once a year.)
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To: kristinn

I think a Star Wars quote is in order here.

"I have a bad feeling about this "


60 posted on 09/04/2005 10:38:24 PM PDT by staytrue
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