[WestVirginiaRebel]

Might I add IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME, MR. MAYOR.

[uncitizen]

People have seen such horrific things in war. In Vietnam, During WWII and managed to live with those memories. I'm very suspicious about these suicides.

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

There are still residents refusing to evacuate even at this late date. Unbelievable! It may be politically incorrect to say this, but when the hell is the media going to start blaming the stubborn citizens who refused to evacuate for all this chaos?

That helicopter crash yesterday wasn't the fault of the pilot. It was the fault of the ignorant citizens who refused to leave before the storm and now refuse to leave after the storm. But I bet they'll be bitching and moaning if they change their minds in a few days and have to wait more than a few minutes for their ride out of town.

[Echo Talon]

On the seventh day, the mayor of New Orleans said he would surrender control of his shattered city to federal and state officials

Good, I think he has done enough damage.

[aBootes]

On the seventh day, the mayor of New Orleans said he would surrender control of his shattered city to federal and state officials,

After the situation has become totally FUBAR, I might add.

And gonna pull the cops and the firemen out? Probably most of them just need a good meal and a night's rest, followed by a swift return to honorable duty.

[Siobhan]

On the seventh day, the mayor of New Orleans said he would surrender control of his shattered city to federal and state officials...

Now if he would just resign along with all city officials, elected and appointed.

[BIRDS]

[poobear]

From some reports, many of the police were already AWOL, simply displaced or refused to show up for duty. What a mess. -

[sgtbono2002]

You aint seen nothing yet: Wait until all those cops who walked off the job come back and are put back on duty like they never left.

[Larry Lucido]

But, but, wouldn't that mean that the feds weren't invited in from the very beginning? No, that can't be true, otherwise it can't be Bush's fault.

[Dustbunny]

The Mayor of N.O. and Govenor of LA are mental midgets that should NEVER have been elected to public office.

[Right_in_Virginia]

On the seventh day, the mayor of New Orleans said he would surrender control of his shattered city to federal and state officials,

So, Nagin's the one who's been in charge for the past week. Good to know.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

I can't help but contrast this with New York City of 9/11/01. Cops and firefighters there hung in there with no rest...ON AND ON AND ON.

It makes you wonder about whether some in New Orleans EVER had the "right stuff."

[rawhide]

Sorry, this does not make sense to me. The New Orleans cops know their city very well and they should be assisting the feds in their search, and in the law enforcement. And to pull all firefighters, paramedics and emergency dispatchers off their jobs is so asinine, IMO. Is this what the feds really wanted to see happen, or this another mistake on the part of the mayor? Maybe someone can explain this to me? Thanks.
I seem to remember the real heroes in NYC were the police and firefighters who stayed on the job after the twin towers came down, assisting the feds in every way possible.

[Lessismore]

The Feds need to seal the city off and empty it so they can dispose of the dead without actually counting them.

[bandleader]

I have been listening to Mark Simone on WABC(NYC)this morning.He claims that these two incompetent BOZOS(Blanco and Nagin)didn't even attempt to execute their own(in place)evacuation plan!I guess we've all seen all those buses just sitting there half flooded!!Not only that,but there was ZERO communication between them because the cells were down and they had no satellite phones!!!!

[PLK]

Others were expected as far away as Utah, West Virginia and Iowa.

Great. Can't wait.

Like the wonderful idea by church groups to sponsor and bring the Somalis to Maine or the Hmong to Minnesota. People of NO will NOT assimilate into the cultures of those states. It is bound to fail.

Don't these do-gooders have an ounce of brain cells in their heads?

[Popman]

"We're going to make this city safe.

Moron Mayor, you no longer have a city, it's a large sewage holding pond

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Last night, Mayor Ray Nagin said his entire police force would be pulled off the streets by tomorrow and all firefighters, paramedics and emergency dispatchers also were being sidelined. They will be sent to Baton Rouge for evaluation and counseling, he said.

The entire police force should be pulled off the streets permanently. According to an article I just read on Drudge, the New Orleans cops pretty much acted like just another armed gang, staking out their territory and threatening citizens seeking help. Evaluation and counseling is not going to fix the rottenness that has consumed that whole force. And I am also astounded that absolutely no one in the MSM is challenging official explanations that it was too dangerous for the police to be out on the streets trying to rstore order or even joining in the looting. For goodness sakes, when someone accepts a badge from a supposedly professional police force, he or she accepts the risks that go with. Not these cops apparently...

[DocH]

He (Nagin) noted that two police officers committed suicide in recent days, and he said the other uniformed officers were traumatized by recent events.

Probably due to HIS, and the spineless demonRAT governor's, total lack of mature, focused, and tough leadership.

Those suicidal & traumatized cops were probably thinking, "If I can't get orders from the mayor or the governor, both apparently pussies, to SHOOT-ON-SIGHT these looting, raping, car & supplies (food, medicine, water, etc.)-jacking, rampaging, mudering savage hordes - then WHAT IN THE HELL am I doing here on this earth as a police officer?".