In an interview with local WWL radio, New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin was expressing dismay at the lack of federal help for his city, but said of Honoré:
I give the president some credit on this, he sent one John Wayne dude down here that can get some stuff done, and his name is Gen. Honoré, and he came off the doggone chopper, and he started cussin and people started movin!
And hes getting some stuff done, Nagin said. They ought to give that guy if they dont want to give it to me, give him full authority to get the job done.
The Mayor said from his phone, well, well, he needs to get off his butt, quit whining and start leading.
Of course I prefer he get out of dodge, he IS NOT a leader.
To: Former Military Chick
With all due respect to the Lt. Gen.,
To: Former Military Chick
They ought to give that guy if they dont want to give it to me, give him full authority to get the job done. Resignation Accepted.
Now STFU, and go home.
3 posted on
09/04/2005 1:19:56 AM PDT by
konaice
To: Former Military Chick
And hes getting some stuff done, Nagin said. They ought to give that guy if they dont want to give it to me, give him full authority to get the job done.
Obviously Ray Nagin doesn't want to be the person in charge of this. I'm actually feeling a bit sorry for him; he doesn't sound like a bad guy but it is clear that he is in way over his head.
4 posted on
09/04/2005 1:23:50 AM PDT by
Avenger
To: Former Military Chick
They ought to give that guy if they dont want to give it to me, give him full authority to get the job done. I think the authority is by default at the local level ie the incident commander, at least that is what we were taught. If something happened where I work the supervisor in charge becomes the incident commander and has the power to call in all available resources up to and including the federal level but the authority remains with him, unless he turns it over. The local incident commander is boss over whatever local, state, or federal help comes into the picture. So the authority belongs to the mayor and his local incident commanders. The authority isn't something the feds "own" and can "give to" the mayor, he and his fire/police chiefs already have it. He and his fire/police/etc. chiefs must not have a clear understanding how disaster management works.
8 posted on
09/04/2005 5:03:35 AM PDT by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
To: Former Military Chick
Did you see the CNN clip of him running around, yelling "weapons down" to his troops? It had the look of someone who was purposely trying to humiliate his own troops in front of a populace that seems to need a barrel pointed to the head.
10 posted on
09/04/2005 5:08:20 AM PDT by
farmer18th
("The fool says in his heart there is no God.")
To: Former Military Chick
I'm sure LTG Honore is a good soldier and leader. He is also black. The mayor is only saying good things about the general because the general is black. The mayor is no doubt a racist. If I were the general I would reject the so-called compliment from the racist mayor.
To: Former Military Chick
It is painfully obvious that Nagin hasn't got a clue that HE is supposed to be providing local leadership and coordination, using the resources made available to him from federal authorities. He really doesn't grasp that everyone outside of NO is waiting on
him to actually step up to the plate and lead.
Thus far all he has done is whine--but that is all demonRATs are ever capable of doing.
43 posted on
09/04/2005 7:06:01 AM PDT by
twntaipan
(Leadership: Rudy has it! W has it! Ray (mayor of New Orleans) can't spell it!)
To: Come And Take It
To: Former Military Chick
Yahoo news claims that Lt Gen Honore is from the Air Force. Never knew that the first Army was commanded by a AF General.
79 posted on
09/06/2005 5:17:00 AM PDT by
MattMa
("Void of ideas, driven by hate, vote the Democratic Party in 2008")
To: Former Military Chick
120 posted on
09/07/2005 5:40:10 PM PDT by
NeoCaveman
("Government is not the solution, it is the problem" - Ronald Reagan)
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