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Many Evacuated, but Thousands Still Waiting(still no state of emergency in LA)
Washington Post ^
| 9-4-2005
| By Manuel Roig-Franzia and Spencer Hsu
Posted on 09/03/2005 9:07:35 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: Nam Vet
It seems like 100,000 to 200,000 were being discussed yesterday.
101
posted on
09/03/2005 10:50:32 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Jamie Gorelick is responsible for more dead Americans(9-11) than those killed in Iraq.)
To: Grampa Dave
This has the Democrat power structure (of which Harry Connick Jr.'s family is part) scared ****less.
Plain old stupidity, lack of leadership and FAILURE to execute the pre-ordained evacuation orders would simply explain ALL this too; NOW they have to duck, cover and obfuscate to cover their blunders ...
And after the fiasco with Ivan last year too, Katrina started out a sleeper, and NO ONE in NOLA was paying attention at the Mayor's office and the govenor wasn't checking up on him.
102
posted on
09/03/2005 10:52:34 PM PDT
by
_Jim
(Listening 28.400 MHz USB most every day now ...)
To: Texasforever
This is where I do fault GW. He should have relieved her of her duties and go with what his HSA folks were recommending. There is no excuse to allow an incompetent like her and a complete nutcase like Nagin call the shots. Please review the concept of Federalism. The President has a lot of powers. Usurping a Governor's authority is not among them.
103
posted on
09/03/2005 10:53:45 PM PDT
by
filbert
(More filbert at http://www.medary.com)
To: kcvl
Check the thread on it from when it happened - unbelievable!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476641/posts
104
posted on
09/03/2005 10:54:13 PM PDT
by
pbear8
(Prayers for Justice Rehnquist now before the Supreme Judge of the World)
To: Enchante
Did she actually issue this order last Friday, Aug. 26Lot of backdatin' goin' on heah.
105
posted on
09/03/2005 10:54:18 PM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: Grampa Dave
I was wondering if it would hit 100,000. If that is exceeded by a significant number, I believe it will have quite a negative impact on people's opinion of both the local officials AND the general population.
Nam Vet
106
posted on
09/03/2005 10:56:25 PM PDT
by
Nam Vet
(There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.)
To: Howlin
The administration sought unified control over all local police and state National Guard units reporting to the governor. Louisiana officials rejected the request after talks throughout the night, concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. Some officials in the state suspected a political motive behind the request. [from the President] "Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly.
I wonder if that's it right there. In a convoluted irrational way, I wonder if they think that keeping control means they get to spin it any way they want. Maybe they believe they have documentation that would be uncovered that shows just how ill prepared they were, or documentation that shows funding being shifted to places other than disaster preparation.
They are approaching rescue and relief efforts with politics in mind. In a nutshell, they're playing political games with people's lives. Yet somehow, they think that this game will keep them from looking bad.
107
posted on
09/03/2005 10:57:50 PM PDT
by
kenth
(north Georgia mountains - prayers for all our neighbors in the gulf coast.)
To: _Jim
I have been saying the past week, that what happened in N O's could happen in any Blue City, county or state.
That is based on what you commented about re N O's and the same idiots in charge of other big Blue cities.
108
posted on
09/03/2005 10:58:14 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Jamie Gorelick is responsible for more dead Americans(9-11) than those killed in Iraq.)
To: McGavin999
"Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," Idiots. That doesn't even make sense. If the feds had full control, they would take all the blame.
Heck, they're taking all the blame now as it is.
109
posted on
09/03/2005 10:59:02 PM PDT
by
Lijahsbubbe
(To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world)
To: pbear8
ROFLOL!!!
"said he has been yelling at the President and the Governor, and for all he knows, the "CIA could wipe me out"."
110
posted on
09/03/2005 10:59:59 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Howlin
When this gets gone over with a fine tooth comb, all those screaming that its Bush's fault are going to be sorry.
They made it political.
There will be many bent on getting the truth out no matter what now.
There's going to be payback.
111
posted on
09/03/2005 11:02:32 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: HIDEK6
Lot of backdatin' goin' on heah.
Howcome ALL the newspapers and some other reliable sources show Aug 26 ... never mind - suffice it to say it isn't that simple ...
112
posted on
09/03/2005 11:02:53 PM PDT
by
_Jim
(Listening 28.400 MHz USB most every day now ...)
To: Nam Vet
I just got an email from a relative who lurks on Free Republic, and she heard that 500,000 La citizens not necessarily N O's people are in Texas.
This past Wednesday, my wife, who is a non political conservative and a great observer of human nature/behavior wonder why any of those trapped in N O's would bother to move back if they escaped.
They probably would have no homes to return to and the few who work might have no jobs. Her remarks went over my head at the time. Now with hindsight, she may have been on target as usual.
If the rat voters stay in Texas, Arkansas, Florida and other states, the rats will lose power in La.
113
posted on
09/03/2005 11:04:00 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Jamie Gorelick is responsible for more dead Americans(9-11) than those killed in Iraq.)
To: _Jim
A Freeper posted some quotes from her in several papers where she stated that Bush called her and told her what to do.
114
posted on
09/03/2005 11:06:02 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: aft_lizard
The W. Post's use of simply days of the week (Friday; Saturday; etc.) rather than the actual date that a particular event occurred is very sloppy and done in an effort to be intentionally misleading.
To: kenth
I sort of stopped mid thought in my first paragraph. I wonder if they are afraid that corruption at all levels of state government will be uncovered when the fed looks for resources that Louisiana should have, but does not due to said corruption.
Then again, it may be what some here have already said, that the governor is nothing more than a DU type that will do or say anything, so long as it is the opposite of what the President is doing or saying; including saving people.
116
posted on
09/03/2005 11:06:38 PM PDT
by
kenth
(north Georgia mountains - prayers for all our neighbors in the gulf coast.)
To: aft_lizard
To: kcvl
Blanco made two moves Saturday that protected her independence from the federal government: She created a philanthropic fund for the state's victims and hired James Lee Witt, Federal Emergency Management Agency director in the Clinton administration, to advise her on the relief effort. Is this woman paranoid or what? She's willing to spend money on a former FEMA director, rather than taking advantage of what is readily available to help her state. This move proves that she is playing political games at the cost of the lives of her constituents.
I wonder if anyone has checked the bank vaults in NO to see if anything is left.
118
posted on
09/03/2005 11:07:55 PM PDT
by
World'sGoneInsane
(LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET)
To: McGavin999
Wouldn't you just love to find out who that politician is? I can't wait for that one to come out, and it will. That has to be the single worst advice anyone could have given to the Governor. To speculate: Governor Blank-o just hired a Clintonista, James Witt, as a consultant -- tasked to work with FEMA.
119
posted on
09/03/2005 11:09:06 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: nicmarlo
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