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And, you know, if you're suggesting to me your--that somehow the National Guard missed a group of people, I will certainly call up and make sure they don't miss them. But I'm not in a position to argue with you about what your reporter is telling us.

Missed a few people? He'll make a call, tell them not to miss Joe Smith on Elm street.

Chertoff had no clue -- none. His job and only job is to know such things.

What's worse is he went on media interviews to pretend otherwise.

1 posted on 09/06/2005 10:16:19 PM PDT by tallhappy
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Why do people think that with a wave of a magic wand all can be repaired in 24 hours...Just love the media's opening statements...8 days after the hurricane and a million people STILL without power.....what the he!! do they expect??????????????????


2 posted on 09/06/2005 10:18:37 PM PDT by Jewels1091
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Chertoff had no clue -- none. His job and only job is to know such things.

Is he supposed to be clairvoyant? The incompetent city government didn't tell Chertoff about the people in the convention center.

3 posted on 09/06/2005 10:19:20 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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Chertoff had no clue -- none.

That's because the local authorities are supposed to tell him where to send the personnel and supplies.

4 posted on 09/06/2005 10:23:04 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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His job and only job is to know such things

What a ridiculous statement.

The official one step below the president is supposed to know the precise locations of refuge locations in New Orleans? GMAFB.

5 posted on 09/06/2005 10:23:59 PM PDT by Royal Wulff
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Not to worry. President Hillary will beef up FEMA and will make sure they know everything about everyone.


8 posted on 09/06/2005 10:27:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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What's with the 24/7 fire FEMA stuff? Bashing the Feds with Blanko and Nogin still holding forth seems like putting a bandaid on the nose of a man with two broken legs to me.


29 posted on 09/06/2005 10:44:24 PM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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Well, had liberals like NPR not gone out of their way to scuttle the nomination of Bernnie Kerrick, Chertoff would not be there.
32 posted on 09/06/2005 10:50:17 PM PDT by Texasforever
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It's neither the NG's fault or Chertoff's fault that the mayor told the city of NOLA "You're On Your Own!!" and 10,000+ people walked from their homes, miles away to the SuperDome.

It's neither the NG's fault or Chertoff's fault that the Governor didn't deploy the Louisiana NG on time to quell the rampant violence in NOLA.

35 posted on 09/06/2005 10:52:30 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Liberalism is a form of insanity)
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Judge Chertoff is smarter than you could ever even imagine being.
Who are you to judge what he is doing and how he is doing it?
It is not Chertoff's job to know each and ever person who needs to be helped, those people are called RECUERS and FIRST RESPONDERS.
37 posted on 09/06/2005 10:54:18 PM PDT by msnimje (CNN - Constant Negative Nonsense)
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Some folks live in a dream world of Bewitched or the Twilight Zone.

BTW, I live somewhere in this universe, and I am hungry. Can you please come over to my house and bring me an apple?

*rolling eyes*

43 posted on 09/06/2005 11:02:01 PM PDT by Cobra64
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SIEGEL: And our reporter said 2,000 people at the convention center without anything.

You know, to this day I keep hearing different numbers posted for the Superdome and Convention Center.

The day before Katrina - ~25,000 for the Superdome. Day of - they were saying 8,000 or 9,000. Post Katrina - back to 20,000 or 25,000.

Same with the Convention Center, although noone except Noggin knew anyone was going there, but I've heard anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000 and now this NPR reporter says 2,000.

Nobody really knows, they're all just throwing out guesses.

47 posted on 09/06/2005 11:07:34 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (When a Jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings)
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Anyone who used NY Slimes or NPR as a "source" should lose all credibility.


51 posted on 09/06/2005 11:14:41 PM PDT by RasterMaster (Saddam's family were WMD's - He's behind bars & his sons are DEAD!)
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I don't know who else knew about the convention center but I didn't hear anything about it until Thursday. My TV was on the news 90% of the time 7 am to 2 am. I visit FR numerous times daily.


56 posted on 09/06/2005 11:21:43 PM PDT by tiki
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So, can we replace this dumbf*ck with Rudy?



I don't want to see Rudy as our nominee in '08 but he could do this job. Hell I could do this job.


58 posted on 09/06/2005 11:25:04 PM PDT by trubluolyguy (If you think that's tough, try losing a testicle in a knife fight with your mother!)
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I hope he is smart, for Chertoff reminds me of a tree full of little owls.


59 posted on 09/06/2005 11:26:55 PM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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You do know that the City of NO didnt set the Convention Center up as an evacuation center?

It was broken into, looted and then people flocked to it because it was in a dry spot.

You must have seen the reports of the little girls gang raped and murdered there?




64 posted on 09/06/2005 11:38:02 PM PDT by BurbankKarl (u)
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I guess you don't have a clue as to how the system works. It is supposed to be a collaboration. The locals tell FEMA how it can help because the locals know their situation better than FEMA ever could.

When the locals are clueless as was in this case, everything else falls apart. Why is it you MSM liberal listening people refuse to see the truth?

Come down here to Florida and stay a year or two. You'll see how it's supposed to be done. Or if you live up north, study how Guiliani handled his situation.

You will see that the only difference between the poor response in New Orleans and the excellent FEMA response in Florida is the professionalism at the local level.

If you think the federal govt should have absolute control in emergency situations, just remember what happens to anything the federal govt controls. Properly working local control with assist from the feds is always best. In this case the democratic locals were not up to the task. They deserve the blame here not Chertoff.


66 posted on 09/06/2005 11:53:33 PM PDT by Waryone
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Not having been to NO I'm not sure, but I've heard that the Superdome and the Convention Center are part of the same complex, separated by a walkway of 100 or 200 yds.


70 posted on 09/07/2005 12:40:51 AM PDT by lonewacko_dot_com (http://lonewacko.com/blog)
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Yes, I agree: Chertoff is supposed to micromanage the street operations of search and rescue.


73 posted on 09/07/2005 2:22:31 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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>>>His job and only job is to know such things...(?)<<<

And he only has 90,000 square miles of disaster area to cover. What is his problem, anyway? He should know everything that is going on in every square foot of the area at all times. If Bush is God who started the hurricane, I guess we should expect Chertoff to be at least a super-hero.


80 posted on 09/07/2005 5:16:43 AM PDT by PhilipFreneau ("Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." -- James 4:7)
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