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Posted on 09/04/2005 6:14:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
for sure. FNC has video of rescue boats with relief workers screaming into the streets - some people just came out of their houses like nothing was happening and said "you want us to leave?". the guy on the boat was incredulous.
You said the state had to approve the federalization of the National Guard.
In 1962, President Kennedy nationalized (by executive order) the Mississippi National Guard in preparation for the admittance of James Meredith to the Univ Of Mississippi.
Kennedy was concerned that Gov Ross Barnett would actively use the Guard to keep Meredith from registering for classes there.
In 1962, there was no way that Barnett or the Legislature would have allowed this to happen.
Have laws changed since then that prohibits the President from nationalizing Guard units w/o state approval?
The problem here still remains that the governor must agree and allow, and most assuredly, not attempt to manipulate such a response for personal or political reasons.
There will be those who say the feds should have simply disregarded any balking on Blanco's part and gone in regardless, but they forget that these legalities are in place to PROTECT individual citizens. If the federal government had been infiltrated by those who wish the citizens harm, these same legalities protect them FROM wrongful federal government intervention.
The individual in this country has the most power. The individual citizen gives SOME power to other entities, beginning with their local government and ENDING with the federal government. I don't even like having to say something that simple, but this is what the left would have us alter and it is also what most citizens of other nations do NOT understand about our Constitution and our laws.
I've read that the law was changed precisely to prevent what Kennedy (and before him Eisenhower) did from happening again. Don't recall the details, but I'm sure you can find them.
I'm impressed with the kid that took a bus and rescued people on his own. It would be nice if they had a high elected officials in LA with this kid's clear thinking heroics.
What do you need? Where do we send it to?
well said. alot of americans, and most of the political leadership, are very immature, they think the flood of a major city on tuesday ought to be wrapped up by thursday or friday at the latest, otherwise its declared a "quagmire" and the focus then shifts to "who is to blame".
It fits. The only problem is that you can't limit the possibilities to that one from the video alone, but it does fit.
Pilot can confirm or deny.
If he confirms, then why did it lose power? Lead contamination of the engine compartment or gearbox?
In this politically correct time we often forget that there are human feelings involved.
I wonder how those who have loved ones that died will deal with that in the future.
I know it would be extremely hard for me to just leave a dead loved one with out knowing what will happen to the body.
Some other revealing info you can add to your piece.
Good point.
The Governor apparently was going to go AWOL from her state. She's a real gem.
O'Reilly's worthless.
What is going on on CNN with Chertoff, Brown, and Honore?
They just asked Chertoff a related question (re; no control over NG) in the press conference on now
Not sure? I wasn't watching CNN.
Chertoff is on answering questions at a conference on FOX right now.
What was his announcement?
someone must have gotten to OReilly over the weekend, his shows last week on FNC, he was saying the opposite.
How do I prove that many black churches are responding or black friends of mine who have volunteered with the Red Cross?
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Try to see Video of President Bush with Rev J D Hakes? in a huge church sponsored relief center. It was on Fox about an hour ago.
Yes, they have, and besides which, Kennedy had a friendly Supreme Court - they were pissed off at Mississippi for ignoring their order.
I would have told them that efforts to politicize a natural disaster are directly responsible for the deaths of storm victims who survived the hurricane and flood, who would have otherwise survived the aftermath as well, if some people weren't interested only in what benefit they can wrest from this catastrophe.
I would have included the term "vultures" and the phrase "feeding on the dead".
With any luck at all, some of them would have been...offended.
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