Posted on 09/05/2005 8:55:53 PM PDT by neverdem
It was the climax of George W. Bush's video introduction at the Republican convention: the moment at Yankee Stadium during the 2001 World Series when he threw a pitch all the way to home plate. The video ended, and the conventioneers cheered as Mr. Bush strode onto a stage shaped like a pitcher's mound.
Well, live by the pitch, die by the pitch. When you campaign as the man on the mound, the great leader whose arm rescues Americans in their moment of need, they expect you to deal with a hurricane, too.
Mr. Bush made a lot of mistakes last week, but most of his critics are making an even bigger one now by obsessing about what he said and did. We can learn more by listening to men like Jim Judkins, particularly when he explains the Magic Marker method of disaster preparedness.
Mr. Judkins is one of the officials in charge of evacuating the Hampton Roads region around Newport News, Va. These coastal communities, unlike New Orleans, are not below sea level, but they're much better prepared for a hurricane. Officials have plans to run school buses and borrow other buses to evacuate those without cars, and they keep registries of the people who need special help.
Instead of relying on a "Good Samaritan" policy - the fantasy in New Orleans that everyone would take care of the neighbors - the Virginia rescue workers go door to door. If people resist the plea to leave, Mr. Judkins told The Daily Press in Newport News, rescue workers give them Magic Markers and ask them to write their Social Security numbers on their body parts so they can be identified.
"It's cold, but it's effective," Mr. Judkins explained.
That simple strategy could have persuaded hundreds of people to save their...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The trouble is that in New Orleans the Mayor would probably want President Bush to pay for those Magic Markers.
Despite the protestations of the communist NY Slimes, the facts will reveal that LA Governor Blanco and NO Mayor Nagin failed to act, while GW and the federal government eventually had to take charge from these inept, corrupt democrats. Memo to NT Slimes -- you ARE the weakest link.
And another question, what color should they be, for readability?
WTF is going on at the NYT?
I guess their bash the Pubbies strategy has failed.
A week into the crisis and a levelheaded report does not compare/contrast with the vast quantity of moonbattery and racebaiting editorials that pass as news from the Old Grey Whore.
Did you read the rest of the story?
Flourescent ink, wave a UV light over it, and voila, instant legibility.
BUMP!
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Did you read the rest of the story?
How bout a 3 month pause in posting from the NYT on this site? We won't miss the bastards and will likely find we can do without them.
I don't know.
Add this one to the mounting evidence against LA!
Hell no. I will read what folks post here, no way is my browser going to grace their site.
This portion of the article looked levelheaded, unlike most of the tripe they produce.
NEW ORLEANS FLASHBACK: OFFICALS WARNED RESIDENTS 'YOU'LL BE ON YOUR OWN'
But the TIMES-PICAYUNE published a story on July 24, 2005 stating: City, state and federal emergency officials are preparing to give a historically blunt message: "In the event of a major hurricane, you're on your own."Staff writer Bruce Nolan reported some 7 weeks before Katrina: "In scripted appearances being recorded now, officials such as Mayor Ray Nagin, local Red Cross Executive Director Kay Wilkins and City Council President Oliver Thomas drive home the word that the city does not have the resources to move out of harm's way an estimated 134,000 people without transportation."
So that's why I saw 666 written in black on Mary Landrieu...
Within a day or two, you will see the MSM shift gears into "now is not the time to point fingers mode" as the evidence of Louisiana culpability adds up.
What's wrong with this article by John Tierney? It's on the money. Have you ever read Garbage is Recycling?
Unfortunately, evacuating this place (Hampton Roads) is a nightmare unless you're leaving by boat. Every road out of here jams up if you just look at it the wrong way.
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