LT. GENERAL RUSSEL "RAGIN CAJUN" HONORE TAKES THE PRESS TO THE WOODSHED

Federal Review ^ | 09/05/2005 | marblehead17

[marblehead17]

"That's B.S. It's B.S.," Honore raged.

See the links to the story and the video of the press conference.

[Humal]

"He probably toned it down a little."

LOL! My! I don't know what to say. :-)

[ckilmer]

The Southern Louisiana Evacuation Plan specifically stated that people without private transportation were to be transported on public buses. Here is the original post of the plan

There were not just "200 buses". There were 200 buses in just one photo and Freepers studying the post-Katrina satellite images have counted over 400 buses altogether at other city parking.

At 70 people per bus that is 28,000 people per round trip that could have been taken out of the storm surge area in the 48 hours prior the Katrina striking.

After the storm hit, what makes you think that buses sent from outside of New Orleans could drive through the flooded mess any better than the 145 New Orleans city buses that were parked 1.2 miles away from the Superdome?

Was Scotty supposed to beam the outside buses to the Superdome and them beam them back out so that they would not have to drive through impassable roads?

The time to evacuate those 200,000 low-income people on public buses OUT OF THE STORM SURGE ZONE was BEFORE the Category 4 storm struck.

That was what the Southern Louisiana Evacuation Plan for New Orleans specifically called for.

The Democrat Governor and the Democrat Mayor did NOTHING to carry out that portion of the plan. They left 200,000 low-income resident abandoned and they now blame the Federal Government for not having Scotty beam down a massive logistics effort after a human disaster of their own making.

[dfwgator]

Give 'em Hell, Russel!!!

[marblehead17]

Yep,

Nagin "screwed the pooch". So did Blanco.

[Paraclete]

Did you all catch how the news conference ended? Chertoff was making some final remarks and the General said, "I'm leaving."

Chertoff then says something like: we're going with the General. Gotta love this guy. He's what you need in this situation: some serious nads.

[RoseofTexas]

WHY o WHY didn't W drop him off a the super dome at the beginning...He would've whipped that place into shape!! QUICKO!

[LaineyDee]

Our Country used to be populated by a Majority of these Men

I know....when men were MEN. *swoon* You forgot wimmen's lib.....they destroyed their fair share, as well....

[Fiddle E. Dee]

People do not know the complexity of responding to a disaster. Safety of the responders is the first priority, you do not want to add to the problem. It takes a "global" assessment to the most local assessment before you know how to deploy your very limited resources.

[Soul Seeker]

I know I'm in love. LOL

I always have liked strong blunt men. :-)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Our Country used to be populated by a Majority of these Men, then PC, Multiculturalism and Diversity weeded them out of Leadership positions...

Absolutely agree with your observation, but I would have started the list with Feminism. That's what really started destroying masculinity in the U.S.

"Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness."...John Wayne as Capt. Nathan Brittles in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon."

[clee1]

I am firmly convinced that the "press" does more harm than good, and should be excluded from war and disaster zones.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Patton lives.
We need more like him.
Joe McCarthy, George C. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur were right after all.

[Howlin]

What kind of accent is that he has?

[Brimack34]

They could have loaded some of the buses with food and water for the dome also.

[Citizen Soldier]

I heard on Fox he is a Louisana native, so he sounds a bit Cajun accent to me like a lot of LA native do. He is definitely no Metrosexual!

[Howlin]

Somebody said today that they wouldn't be surprised if he pulled out his pistol, shot the reporter and said, "Take that, you commie b*st*rd."

[kms61]

A Creole, rather than a Cajun. Two very distinct cultures.

[Citizen Soldier]

LOL! Just like Gen. Patton. Wonder if he has a pearl handled pistol? He is a "kicking a@ses and taking names" kind of person

[Shery]

"Personally, I find the general to be a breath of fresh air even with the cigar. He says it like it is, doesn't suffer fools and isn't afraid to get dirty."

I just love the part...doesn't suffer fools. We need more men like him down there.

[IrishRainy]

Yeah, I'm sorry, but he's got Arizona State like at #50-something. Obviously, football's not his forte.

BTW, the PTB finally made up their mind regarding this week's game with LSU -- it's gonna be in Tempe, and I've got season tickets on the 40-yard line. GO DEVILS!