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Witt Says La. Crisis 'Our Worst Nightmare'
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Posted on 09/04/2005 5:37:35 PM PDT by SmithL
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It's going to be a rough job when his very first task is making excuses for the incompetence of his new boss.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:37:36 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
James Lee Witt, the former Federal Emergency Management Agency director hired to advise Louisiana's governor, Whatever they're paying this guy, it's WAY too much.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:39:33 PM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: SmithL
"I don't think they turned a blind eye. I don't think the state did. I don't think the mayor did. I think they worked as fast as they could do whatever they could."
He's started!
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:40:20 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: SmithL
"You could point the finger at anybody and everybody yeah, except the very people who screwed up.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:40:32 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(we don't need no stinkin' tagline.)
To: SmithL
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:41:20 PM PDT
by
gpapa
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To: SmithL
Witt Says La. Crisis 'Our Worst Nightmare'translation: we're gonna ride your &sses until we get all the money out of you that we can.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:41:34 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(we don't need no stinkin' tagline.)
To: atomicpossum
Sure has a lot of credibility now!
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:41:41 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: Howlin
A *ping* for your vast notebook
To: SmithL
It's going to be a rough job when his very first task is making excuses for the incompetence of his new boss. He's there for one reason: CYA:
IEM Team to Develop Catastrophic Hurricane Disaster Plan for New Orleans & SE Louisiana
IEM press release ^ | June 3, 2004 | IEM
Posted on 09/04/2005 1:56:42 AM EDT by XHogPilot
IEM Team to Develop Catastrophic Hurricane Disaster Plan for New Orleans & Southeast Louisiana June 3, 2004
IEM, Inc., the Baton Rouge-based emergency management and homeland security consultant, will lead the development of a catastrophic hurricane disaster plan for Southeast Louisiana and the City of New Orleans under a more than half a million dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
In making the announcement today on behalf of teaming partners Dewberry, URS Corporation and James Lee Witt Associates, IEM Director of Homeland Security Wayne Thomas explained that the development of a base catastrophic hurricane disaster plan has urgency due to the recent start of the annual hurricane season which runs through November. National weather experts are predicting an above normal Atlantic hurricane season with six to eight hurricanes, of which three could be categorized as major.
The IEM team will complete a functional exercise on a catastrophic hurricane strike in Southeast Louisiana and use results to develop a response and recovery plan. A catastrophic event is one that can overwhelm State, local and private capabilities so quickly that communities could be devastated without Federal assistance and multi-agency planning and preparedness.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:43:19 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
To: SmithL
No.
Our worst nightmare is "President Hillary Clinton"
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:43:25 PM PDT
by
wolfpat
(Dum vivimus, vivamus.)
To: hole_n_one; gpapa
I'm here and so is gpapa!
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:44:46 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
To: gpapa
Yeah,
well,
that was Bush's fault, too.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:44:48 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(There are a lot of people that hate Bush more than they hate terrorists)
To: SmithL
Clinton appointee from Arkansas governorship time. No wonder an agenda seems to be lurking.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:44:59 PM PDT
by
skr
To: SmithL
I don't think they turned a blind eye. I don't think the state did. I don't think the mayor did. I think they worked as fast as they could do whatever they could.
Is this guy's real name Witless?
He sounds like a lying dirtbag Clinton appointee.
Maybe that is because he was one.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:45:29 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(A cigar a day keeps secular Puritans away.)
To: SmithL
Based on what I've seen of his earlier statements and the different role(s) he's played in the past, this guy is going to need some excuses of his own.
To: SmithL
Whew! I thought that was Joyce de Witt! When she talks, I listen.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:45:43 PM PDT
by
prion
(Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
To: Howlin
Send that to the boys at Powerline and to Captain's Quarters.
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:45:47 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Howlin
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:46:02 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
To: Dog
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posted on
09/04/2005 5:46:19 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
To: SmithL
When Witt was talking to Rita Crosby a couple hours ago, he made sure she knew that 5,000 LA Guardsmen are in Iraq. I could almost hear Blanco whispering in Witt's ear, "Be sure to say, over and over again . . . "
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