Posted on 09/05/2005 12:31:30 PM PDT by ReverendJesseJackster
A week after the storm, a definitive death toll remained elusive. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin warned on NBC's "Today" that "it wouldn't be unreasonable to have 10,000" dead.
Despite the grim estimate, he was more upbeat than in previous days, when he railed against the federal government and broke down sobbing during a radio interview.
"We're making great progress now, the momentum has picked up. I'm starting to see some critical tasks being completed," he told NBC.
"The 17th Street canal is about or was about 84 percent closed in yesterday afternoon. We have more troops arriving, so we're starting to make the kind of progress that I kind of expected earlier."
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I wonder what he means by "we"...
I hope you are not under the illusion that the finger-pointing is for any other purpose than to deflect blame from the Governor of the State of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans, who both failed completely to execute the evacuation as per the law, or to display any sort of leadership during the crisis.
Dumb idea.
The problem is getting solved as fast as it is going to get solved, and Bush is not wasting one minute on blame. Telling people to shut up for two weeks solves nothing, it just lets the really culpable people (Blanko, Nagin) coodinate their stories.
If you feel so stronly that shutting up for two weeks will make a difference, I suggest you don't need a presidential proclaimation to act in accordance with your beliefs.
(...borrowed from Patton without his permission. Just had to do it.)
Some times a good freeper Bi*chSlap is more effective than a ZOT.
"Nagin's Navy."
Back to the DUmp from whence you came.
Exactly. "We" would imply that he is or was doing something constructive. As far as I can tell, he's been busy with interviews wherein he makes hollow commments about how everyone else has failed to meet his standards in this tragedy. I have one thing to say to him: 200+ drowned buses
I believe the nooz mentioned that some people who were in closets for shelter from hurricane winds, got drowned there by the flooding. Only problem understanding that, is that the hurricane was long gone before the waters got past the levees. What gives?
LOL.... the pot calling the kettle... WHITE,,,
Thx...I would like to see that on the cover of Newsweenie or Time. Vy impressive photo.
It's really too bad the people of New Orleans are stuck with a mayor who is only capable of giving interviews criticizing others who are doing the job he can't. The adults must have told him to get out of the way so they could clean up his mess and stop the damage he created.
The stench is very noticeable! :)
"the military has requested 60,000 body bags... SIXTY THOUSAND!!! and that may not be enough from what I'm understanding!"
Thank you for sharing. I dare say your cop friend is closer than 10,000 estimated.
With due respect to the families and individuals lost...
Geez, Mr. Mayor, they'll still be able to vote if they're Dems....
Yes, it is obvious to most of us that this is an opportunistic DNC & MSM-fostered attack on the Bush Administration. Most of the finger-pointing comes from them.
My suggestion that Bush address the nation with a "Can't we all get along for now?" speech would show that he's wants everybody to take the high road while we solve this problem and not lower ourselves into this morass of bickering.
There will be plenty of time later to have a "Katrina Commission" chaired by wise, biased Democraps.
For now, we need to unite to deal with this "manmade disaster."
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