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Self | 9/6/2005 | Abigail Adams

Posted on 09/06/2005 10:15:17 AM PDT by Abigail Adams

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MEDIA ADVISORY- Governor Blanco Convenes Cabinet Meeting

BATON ROUGE, LA - Governor Blanco Convenes Cabinet Meeting on Wednesday, September 7th, 2005.

WHERE: State Police Headquarters
3rd Floor
Conference Room 300

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. CST

Working media are invited for a brief photo opportunity at the beginning of the meeting.


581 posted on 09/07/2005 5:16:49 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: A Citizen Reporter; Arizona Carolyn; backhoe; Bahbah; bonfire; BurbankKarl; bwteim; ...

Katrina links and updates, over here!!!!


582 posted on 09/07/2005 5:24:12 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Howlin
When was Nagin put in charge of the troops?

Sounds like Gen. Honore isn't going to be doing Nagin's bidding about forcibly removing citizens from their homes.

So how long until Nagin starts using emminent domain to seize residential property for something other than flood control?

583 posted on 09/07/2005 5:27:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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When was Nagin put in charge of the troops?

There's more than one kind of troop there. Nagin/Blanco have complete control of the National Guard. Have had ALL ALONG.

The active duty military (Honore's command) is provided only for evacuation, see air bridge on Saturday last. They may also do some search and rescue, and will place relief supplies, etc. But they will NOT perform any law enforcement whatsoever. It's illegal.

Nagin can have as many Nat'l Guard as he needs to cause forcible evacuation - all he has to do is call for them and give them orders.

584 posted on 09/07/2005 5:31:50 AM PDT by Cboldt
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Nobody told Nagin apparently since he thought he could order Gen. Honore's troops as well.


585 posted on 09/07/2005 5:33:47 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla
Nagin thinks he can order everybody and nobody. He is a pathetic mayor.

I see they had the crying guy on Fox this morning.

Feh.

Fos reports that repairs to the Superdome will be $400 million!

586 posted on 09/07/2005 5:38:49 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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To: mewzilla
Nobody told Nagin apparently since he thought he could order Gen. Honore's troops as well.

Nagin's noggin is not functioning properly.

587 posted on 09/07/2005 5:38:49 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: mewzilla

Did you hear Honoree's letter that FNC read this morning.

It will get your morning off to a good start.

He made it clear that only the NO police can keep law and order as the military is only there for search and rescue. He also said only NO police can force people from their homes. LOL

That might be difficult given that a lot of them have shown up in Houston and I don't think they are even being ordered back.


588 posted on 09/07/2005 5:38:52 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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589 posted on 09/07/2005 5:40:25 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: Peach
I think Honore has someone monitoring the TV networks, and is firing off answers as fast as the mayor makes his assinine statements. Good for him!

Honore was supposed to be on Fox sometime this morning.

590 posted on 09/07/2005 5:40:48 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com

90 horses, mules retrieved after Katrina
CityBusiness staff report
BATON ROUGE- Post-Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts have saved 70 horses and mules in the New Orleans area from the storm and subsequent flooding. Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, the central staging area for horses retrieved from the New Orleans area, now houses 90 horses and mules.
"Nineteen carriage horses and mules were reached Monday from the downtown area" said Bonnie Clark, president of the Louisiana Horse Council.

LSU Field Service Veterinarian Dr. Dennis French has been the primary veterinarian at Lamar-Dixon and has coordinated all health monitoring duties with the assistance of a number of LSU veterinary students who have worked diligently under his supervision for days.

"We've had a few health issues with horses that have come in that have been drinking the saltwater from the flooding" said French. "The students and I have administered fluids and are working to stabilize them right now. I'm not seeing any depression or any fevers, nothing that would indicate a contagious condition so at this point I think that all of the symptoms I'm seeing are purely the result of these horses being in a traumatized state."

More than 300 horses remain in the New Orleans area. Some horses are up to their necks in water. To provide financial assistance call the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine at 225-578-9900 (www.vetmed.lsu.edu) or the LVMA at 1-800-524-2996.


591 posted on 09/07/2005 5:43:21 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: Peach
LOL. Yup, I heard that. Did indeed get my day off to a good start.

I really do wonder, though, how much of Nagin's sudden consideration for his residents has been affected by thoughts of emminent domain dancing in his head. And I don't mean for flood control projects. I wonder how many of the folks trying to stick it out are worried that the local and state governments may try to seize their homes and neighborhoods for commmercial development, or for projects that would benefit commercial development?

592 posted on 09/07/2005 5:43:58 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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I hadn't thought about eminent domain with regard to NO; it would just be a further shame what damage that SCOTUS ruling did if that's another reason people risked their lives. A SHAME.


593 posted on 09/07/2005 5:46:35 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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594 posted on 09/07/2005 5:50:49 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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Did anybody else hear the statements of the Judiciary Committee yesterday re: the delay of the Roberts hearings? On one network (can't remember which; it was CNN, Fox, or MSNBC - I was flipping back & forth), Arlen Specter said that the hearings would be delayed, and that the FIRST request for the delay came from the MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS!! He then mumbled something about him (the mayor) being head of the "mayors' advisory group" (?)....


595 posted on 09/07/2005 5:51:07 AM PDT by Ike
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To: Peach
I didn't 'til this morning.

But I'll bet you anything that emminent domain considerations are starting to come into play. If I were the folks with property in NO, I'd be on guard.

596 posted on 09/07/2005 5:51:56 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Peach
I just saw a news item I consider odd. Local news had a piece showing 50 Charleston police officers returning from Katrina relief. They took supplies and boats with them, and returned with the boats. The reporters only asked them what things looked like. Nothing about what they did while there or more important, why are they back so soon?
597 posted on 09/07/2005 5:52:33 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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Why are they back so soon is a very good question. What the heck is going on there?


598 posted on 09/07/2005 5:54:32 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: Howlin
I'm about ready to beat Soledad O'Brien upside the head (why do I even punish myself watching her - beside the fact that she's cute?).

She was taking a tour of one of the Red Cross warehouses when she looks at the Red Cross guy giving her the tour and says, "It looks like Wal-Mart donated a bunch of grills over there. What would someone do with something like that?"

I kid you not.

599 posted on 09/07/2005 5:57:54 AM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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http://www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=18547


St. Pete Times reporter shot and wounded in Baton Rouge


ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- A reporter from the Saint Petersburg Times newspaper is recovering after being shot while covering Hurricane Katrina in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Thirty-four-year-old Marcus Franklin was shot last night. Newspaper officials say Franklin was treated and released from a Baton Rouge hospital.

Franklin had been reporting on evacuees returning to their homes. He says he was on his way back to his Baton Rouge motel at 11:30 pm when he was stopped at a dimly lit intersection.

He says a man with a black revolver appeared at his window.

After driving off, Franklin realized he had been shot in the stomach and called the paramedics. Newspaper officials say doctors decided not to remove the bullet because it was too risky. He was scheduled to fly back to Saint Petersburg Tuesday.




600 posted on 09/07/2005 5:57:55 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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