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Let's add one more piece of puzzle to post #151:

Proof #7:

Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the Pentagon's National Guard Bureau, said two-thirds of the police in New Orleans have abandoned the force amid horrific conditions.

I can't see any other city in the USA where 2/3 of the police officers would abandon their jobs. This shows once more the corrupt squalor of New Orleans, courtesy of Mayor Nagin and his inability to get a grip on his city, both before the hurricane and during the aftermath.

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Tunehead54 has added point #8:

Well ... you can add this: On Friday before the hurricane President Bush sent a legal memo offering to consolidate all local, state and fed power to handle the storm effort ... Blanco declined. Things might have turned out very differently if the bus system had been used to get EVERYONE out.

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, a source within the state's emergency operations center said Saturday.


MaryZ: Credit where credit is due! ;-)