[governsleastgovernsbest]

CNN ping to the Today show ping list. A Democrat accuses Bush administration of "murdering" thousands in Louisana.

[whershey]

I'd be interested in seeing the rating over the first week since the hurricane hit. During the first 2 days I thought CNN actually had the best coverage but by the 3rd day I'd quit watching them at all due to their starting to politicize the thing.

[YaYa123]

We started another of our brand new, long standing family traditions today...Going to Cracker Barrel for Labor Day Breakfast. ( I recommend it!)

So I missed this morning's CNN Soledad O'Brien interviewing Mayor Nagin. Here it is:

"CNN's Soledad O'Brien spoke with the mayor who is seething at the lack of an effective state and federal response to Katrina's aftermath.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MAYOR RAY NAGIN, NEW ORLEANS: And what the state was doing, I don't freaking know. But I'll tell you, I am pissed. It wasn't adequate. And then the president and the governor sat down. We were in Air Force One. I said, Mr. President, Madam Governor, you two have to get in sync. If you don't get in sync, more people are going to die.

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: What day did you go? When did you say that? When did you say...

NAGIN: Whenever Air Force One was here.

O'BRIEN: OK.

NAGIN: And that this was after I called him on the telephone two days earlier. And I said, Mr. President and Madam Governor, you two need to get together on the same page, because the lack of coordination, people are dying in my city.

O'BRIEN: That's two days ago you said?

NAGIN: They both shook. I don't know the exact day. They both shook their head and said, yes. I said great. I said everybody in this room is getting ready to leave. There was senators and his cabinet people. You name it. There were generals. I said everybody right now, we're leaving. These two people need to sit in a room together and make a doggone decision right now.

O'BRIEN: And was that done?

NAGIN: The president looked at me. I think he was a little surprised. He said, no, you guys stay here, we're going to another section of the plane and we're going to make a decision. He called me in that office after that. He said, Mr. Mayor, I offered two options to the governor. I said -- and I don't remember exactly what they were, two options. I was ready to move today. The governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision.

O'BRIEN: You're telling me the president told you the governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision? NAGIN: Yes.

O'BRIEN: Regarding what, bringing troops in?

NAGIN: Whatever they had discussed. As far as what the chain -- I was advocating a clear chain of command so that we could get resources flowing in the right places.

O'BRIEN: And the governor said, no, according to the...

NAGIN: She said that she needed 24 hours to make a decision. It would have been great if we could have left Air Force One, walked outside and told the world that we had this all worked out. It didn't happen and more people died.

END VIDEO CLIP)"

[kjo]

And the Mayor of NO didn't deploy the busses as his own emergency plan advocated, again, why? Oh, the MSM is not gonna cover that?

[FarmerW]

Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard's frustration and anger boiled over on radio. "Red Cross, where are you?" he asked on WWL-Radio. He directed an open appeal to the governor, federal emergency officials and the president to not overlook his parish. At one point, he declared, "I am announcing that Jefferson Parish has seceded from the United States and is now the country of Jeffersonia," going on to say, "Now I know we will receive the aid a foreign country receives."

http://www.lapolitics.com/

[Mo1]

You know what I see happening down there?

A whole lot of NO & LA politicians pointing fingers everywhere

Me thinks once the investigations get going .. those NOLA politicians are gonna be in a whole lot of trouble