Posted on 09/05/2005 11:08:26 AM PDT by schu
Does anybody see any more competant leadership emerging? I cannot imagine the agony of trying to plan and implement rebuilding with these bozos.
Senators are not in the state government chain of command. Mary Landreau has no authority to do squat. She has a vote in the Senate and without much senority there she really isn't all that powerful.
Let's see since the great city of New Orleans paid $500,00 for the evacuation plan to Jamie Lee Witt and Wes Clark's consulting firm.
And, now Blanco has hired Witt to evaluate the plan.
And, Witt was head of FEMA for Clinton --
Now, what did you say about placing blame on FEMA?
This is what happened:
"Sen. Mary Landrieu threatened the president of the United States with physical violence on Sunday, saying that if he or any other government official criticizes New Orleans police for failing to keep civil order in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - "I might likely have to punch him - literally."
"If one person criticizes [our sheriffs], or says one more thing, including the president of the United States, he will hear from me - one more word about it after this show airs and I - I might likely have to punch him - literally," Landrieu railed on "ABC's "This Week."
read it here:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/4/101101.shtml
I first read about it on FR. I believe someone posted a link encouraging us to write our reps and express our displeasure.I understand she is a little unhinged at the moment, but this was just plain weird. And illegal. Her little brother really is the Lt. Governor. In this article
http://www.whereyat.net/53 it states that he is pushing for transportation enhancements. After viewing those photos of the flooded school buses, I thought that it was sort of ironic.
Gosh. I knew it when he said, on Saturday, that he was coming back on Monday.
I find it difficult to believe anything Blanco and her "people" say. On Sunday, maybe earlier, even I knew Bush was going back to the area.
She had NO problems getting a phone call from President Bush Saturday prior to the hurricane URGING her to call for an evacuation.
She's going to Houston to try and talk them into moving back to LA after the dust settles. Don't forget, these people are her primary voting block. She and the rest of the Rats need these voters more than ever now that the cemeteries are under water.
Sadly, no, which is why I do hope there are hearings to find out what happened to all the Homeland Security money LA has received and make them account for it. The public will then demand that these crooks not be given another red cent to re-build N.O.
The tone of your responses is one to be more concerned about Bush being blamed and that justifies the federal government/bureaucracy imposing its will on sovereign states. Allowing the federal government to impose its will on a sovereign state because the president is being blamed has far more serious consequences than anything Katrina has brought.
L0L! you may be more right than you know.
I bristle at the thought of the federal government imposing its will on any state for any reason.
Well, there is a provision in the Constitution guaranteeing the states will have a republican form of government. But short of an actual tyranny, I agree - until the governor asks for military assistance.You can't suppose, as Governor Blanco seems to, that the portion of the US Army which is in her state is hers to command. But that is a delicate matter, and the president should be circumspect about it if the governor in question has the good sense to let him. Governor Blanco seems to lack the grace to let Bush do his job, like a dentist who you know is fixing things for you even if it doesn't feel good at the time.
If you want the governor's hand strengthened in such case, why then you want the governor to have influence in the federal legislature. I know! Let's have two houses in the federal legislature, and let the state governments each select two members to it! We'll call it "the Senate!" But of course, that's what the Constitution stipulated before the Seventeenth Amendment changed the selection of the senators from the state governments to the people of the states.
Unfrigginbelievable! Thanks....
That's been my point all along. The Dems got them to the polls by going to the nursing homes, apartments, etc., but not to RESCUE them.
They all hoped that Katrina would mimic Ivan.
They bet on it..they did not WANT the Feds to come in, save the day, make President Bush look once again heroic, and as a result HURT their election numbers at the polls.
So they played politics, WAITED UNTIL THE LAST DAY BEFORE THE STORM TO ORDER MANDATORY evacuations, up until that point it was just, beware and we suggest you leave, and as a result....PEOPLE DIED.
That doesn't in any way mean it was settled correctly.
Re: Bush v. Gore, The SCOTUS did not make Florida follow its own laws. The SCOTUS applied the equal protection clause of the US constitution to how the election was conducted and said not every Floridian's vote was counted the same way throughout the various counties of Florida as they relate to the vote count in the entire state of Florida.
More than that, yesterday Molly was interviewing the mayor of Baton Rouge. She mentioned the president was coming.
Frankly, Landrieu has no role in this, except nepotism.
Also ask for her resignation for threatening physical violence against the President.
I don't expect results from either offer.
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