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Don't blame only feds
NY Daily News ^ | 9/7/05 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 09/07/2005 2:54:37 PM PDT by frankjr

Edited on 09/07/2005 3:33:55 PM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]

Let's take a break from the joy of Bush bashing to reveal the dirty little secret of New Orleans: Its local government deserves an F for its planning and response to Katrina. And one other thing: The New Orleans police force would be a joke if it weren't a disgrace.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blamegame; feds; idiots; katrina
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Truth leaking out....
1 posted on 09/07/2005 2:54:38 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: frankjr

An earlier article said that 40-something cops are already in Vegas! That's beyond disgraceful.


2 posted on 09/07/2005 2:59:25 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: frankjr

By the way, the 2 sentences I edited seemed inappropriate, however, I am assuming the author was trying to make a point and did not literally mean it.


3 posted on 09/07/2005 3:00:30 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: mtbopfuyn

Did they take their $2000 debit cards with them?


4 posted on 09/07/2005 3:00:55 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: frankjr

When things settle down, we need an investigation into this city's local politicians. How is it that after 9/11...when most PDs are getting federal funds to boost Homeland Security and shore-up their planning, that New Orleans has all these deficiencies. I'm beginning to understand why Blanco doesn't want any federal intervention.


5 posted on 09/07/2005 3:01:12 PM PDT by cwb (Liberalism is the opiate of the *asses)
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To: frankjr

It always comes out eventually. It will be faster than normal this time.


6 posted on 09/07/2005 3:01:30 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....If you don't like what I say, don't read it !)
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To: mtbopfuyn
An earlier article said that 40-something cops are already in Vegas! That's beyond disgraceful.

They went to see their real bosses.

7 posted on 09/07/2005 3:10:21 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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To: mtbopfuyn

One week and the cops are already worn out and used up. Pathetic.


8 posted on 09/07/2005 3:10:32 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: frankjr
By the way, the 2 sentences I edited seemed inappropriate, however, I am assuming the author was trying to make a point and did not literally mean it.

Who made you an editor? If you're going to post an article, then post it, unless it has to be excerpted.

9 posted on 09/07/2005 3:16:15 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: mtbopfuyn
An earlier article said that 40-something cops are already in Vegas! That's beyond disgraceful.

To paraphrase Mayor Bling-Bling:

'You don't understand, man. These police are tired and burned out. This is a party town'.

10 posted on 09/07/2005 3:19:49 PM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: frankjr

And this is NYC's leading LEFT-wing tabloid.


11 posted on 09/07/2005 3:20:22 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: JoJo Gunn

MISSING SENTENCES
If even a smidgen of the racism charges are true, President Bush should be shot. But before we give him his blindfold, let's look at New Orleans before Katrina.


12 posted on 09/07/2005 3:24:57 PM PDT by SF Republican
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To: frankjr
New Orleans cops ... The department says some quit, but it doesn't know where most of them are.

They're out enjoying the proceeds of their fenced goods, spending the cash from smashed ATM machines (true account), and pawning the prescription drugs stolen from Walgreen's.

13 posted on 09/07/2005 3:29:11 PM PDT by angkor
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To: JoJo Gunn

"Who made you an editor? If you're going to post an article, then post it, unless it has to be excerpted."

My mistake. I should have checked the excerpt box. Once I realized that I didn't I added the second message about the edit (in addition to the note I made in the article).

It was one of my first 2 or 3 article posts.

No one would make me an editor. English was my worst subject.


14 posted on 09/07/2005 3:30:09 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: frankjr

Apology accepted, and believe me, you're not the only one who has done that, far from it. Therefore, I apologize for the sniping.


15 posted on 09/07/2005 3:39:29 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: SF Republican

That is absolutely appalling and disgraceful! And this from an Editor at a major newspaper ?? I believe the Secret Service would like to have a word or two with this editor ....


16 posted on 09/07/2005 3:43:39 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Mr_Moonlight
That is absolutely appalling and disgraceful! And this from an Editor at a major newspaper ?? I believe the Secret Service would like to have a word or two with this editor .... I believe in context it is a statement oft referred to as sarcastic
17 posted on 09/07/2005 3:48:49 PM PDT by SF Republican
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To: frankjr

If you wait for the government to help you, then you are waiting too long.


18 posted on 09/07/2005 3:52:21 PM PDT by Ruth A.
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To: SF Republican
I believe in context it is a statement oft referred to as sarcastic

I just re-read the column again several times, keeping the context in mind while doing so. The paragraph in question acts as a transitional phrase where the author ended his sarcasm at the end of the previous paragraph before getting serious with the next paragraph, on to the end of the column. So which part of the column does this phrase belong to? The first part, the sarcastic part? Or the second part, the serious part?

19 posted on 09/07/2005 4:07:27 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: frankjr

I predict that Bush will go on national TV and announce that due to all the critcs blathering, he will not run for another term!!!!


20 posted on 09/07/2005 4:40:23 PM PDT by Waco
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