Posted on 09/04/2005 8:58:12 AM PDT by Embraer2004
Guardian. Baron Munchausen-style journalism.
"US authorities" = the mayor of NO and the NOPD.
Yeah, I saw the National Guard stopping to check passports before they plucked people away in helicopters... Right after they checked whether or not they had paid their Republican party dues this year. Otherwise they were left to wait for the school buses...
It's likely the LOCAL authorities took this view.
Of course, all of American will be blamed.
And if the accusation is accurate?
I was surprised Tony Blair hasn't made any comments yet.
I'm sorry, I find this very hard to believe.
I don't think you will see Tony Blair sing this tune.
I meant making any comments in support of President Bush.
The European Press has shown an even more ignorant view than our own MSM of Americas govt and how it works during a natural disaster.
Guardian Alert! This is the farthest left of the British left newspapers. It recently had to fire one of its reporters who was revealed to have terroist connections.
Oh, ok.
So? It wasn't the Feds that did this if true. Ask the Mayor and his local police that were in charge. If the Brits are not satisfied then ask the Governor. I'm sure those local CRATS have all the answers. And just for a starter how many local citizens were ignoring the warning. Much of the blame has to be on the citizens themselves, who unfortunately ignored the severe warning that they had 5 days before, and especially for the last 2 days before they got hit. Just look at the picture of hundreds of school buses just sitting on the lot. Transportation? They had it, just the Mayor and his staff was just short of brains.
The city leaders had at least two full days to use these hundreds of buses to evac the poor, exactly as their own emergency management plan called for.
Here's the southeast Louisiana evac plan supplement, most recently revised in 2000. Go to page 13, read paragraph 5. It states:
5. The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating.
Hogwash!
This is a sick, cynical joke from the Huffington Post, right? Are we supposed to believe this?
Are we supposed to believe that the rescuers are checking passports? Looking askance at anyone with a "funny" accent? C'mon! How ridiculous are some of these charges going to get??
Well obviously these must be poor black british democrats that are being murdered by Karl Rove.
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