Posted on 09/04/2005 11:09:49 AM PDT by FairOpinion
New Orleans, Louisiana (AHN) - Apparently suffering from stress and a bit of paranoia, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin tells CNN Saturday night that he believes the CIA will "wipe him out" after his criticism of President Bush and the Federal Government in response to Hurricane Katrina.
Mayor Nagin seemed to have calmed down after meeting with President Bush for two hours on Friday but became stressed again over the current situation still unfolding in his city.
The Mayor has come under serious scrutiny and criticism in the last 72 hours after photos of parking lots filled with school buses that were sitting in a foot of water were released on the Internet. Many critics of the Mayor and Gov. Blanco say the buses could have saved an estimated 20,000 people if they had been used for emergency evacuations which President Bush had declared two days before Katrina hit.
Nine stockpiles of fire-and-rescue equipment strategically placed around the country to be used in the event of a catastrophe still have not been pressed into service in New Orleans, CNN reports Saturday night. Responding to a CNN inquiry, Department of Homeland Security spokesman Marc Short said Friday, "The gear has not been moved because none of the governors in the hurricane-ravaged area has requested it."
A federal official says the department's Office for Domestic Preparedness reminded the Louisiana and Mississippi Governors' offices about the stockpiles on Wednesday and Thursday, but neither governor had requested it.
As the picture becomes much more clear many in Congress believe that a total collapse of communications on the local and state level contributed to the catastrophic conditions the city of New Orleans has been under.
"It has become apparent that after President Bush declared the state of Louisiana a state of emergency a few days before the hurricane hit, communication with the White House and FEMA from city officials in New Orleans and the Governor collapsed," says Senator Dr. Bill Frist, who is currently helping victims with medical needs around the city.
"Our priority now is to save as many lives as possible, and things are improving by the hour," adds Frist.
You know this Dem mayor is overstepping his bounds when the CNN crew won't even comment and try to defend or spin his comments. He is taking the rope and hanging himself. Don't you know the Dems at the top are agonizing about what to do with him.
I went there and read. It's going to be left against right just as usual but even meaner now with the disaster and Supreme Court picks in the offing.
"Un-Civil War" going on.
dangit.... you beat me to the photoshop....grrrrr!!!!
Plenty of material have at it. :D
Yes, need you ask.
as long as there are liberals, parasites and Democrats we'll have plenty to laugh at....(actually they are a trinity...one in the same)
"...Who elected this idiot?..."
The same ones that heve been evaced out of NOLA.
See:
Cached Katrina news reports BEFORE landfall (Aug 27-Aug 29)
Posted on 09/05/2005 4:43:56 AM EDT by xrhopsiomega
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477621/posts
Sorry
It seems his career dissipation light has begun to rapidly blink....
You are making a point I always bring up regarding Louisiana politics, as well as Democracy.
The people of New Orleans overwhelmingly voted for this guy. The People of Louisiana voted for Gov. Blanco. The people of Louisiana voted 4 times for a Governor and common criminal (Edwin Edwards) who is now serving time in a Fort Worth Fed pen. Louisiana is a one party state, and we all know which party.
Katrina is ultimately to blame, but the people of New Orleans and the people of Louisiana have gotten what they deserve, in regards to poor and non-existing leadership.
"lesse le bon ton roulet" should be replaced with, lets finally assimilate with modern America.
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