Posted on 09/07/2005 8:08:10 PM PDT by mhking
The Red Cross has confirmed to Fox News Channel's Major Garrett that they had requested permission to take food and medical supplies to the Louisiana Superdome in the hours immediately after Hurricane Katrina's landfall. That request was denied by none other than Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco.
Garrett appeared on Hugh Hewitt's syndicated radio program this evening to discuss the shocking revelation.
MG: Well, the Red Cross, Hugh, had pre-positioned a literal vanguard of trucks with water, food, blankets and hygiene items. They're not really big into medical response items, but those are the three biggies that we saw people at the New Orleans Superdom, and the convention center, needing most accutely. And all of us in America, I think, reasonably asked ourselves, geez. You know, I watch hurricanes all the time. And I see correspondents standing among rubble and refugees and evacuaees. But I always either see that Red Cross or Salvation Army truck nearby. Why don't I see that?The Louisiana Department of Homeland Security is directly under the command and direction of Governor Kathleen Blanco. The same Kathleen Blanco who has whined and blamed the federal government from her perch in Baton Rouge throughout this entire crisis. The same Kathleen Blanco who has stared at cameras with deer-in-headlight-glazed eyes since Hurricane Katrina made landfall. The same Kathleen Blanco who, after being asked about federal help prior to landfall said, "No." The same Kathleen Blanco who rescinded Mayor Ray Nagin's order to completely evacuate the city due to dangerous conditions just today.HH: And the answer is?
MG: The answer is the Louisiana Department of Homeland Security, that is the state agency responsible for that state's homeland security, told the Red Cross explicitly, you cannot come.
HH: Now Major Garrett, on what day did they block the delivery? Do you know specifically?
MG: I am told by the Red Cross, immediately after the storm passed.
Was Kathleen Blanco's goal the death of as many of those in the Superdome as possible?
Look, they all crawled out from under their rocks, in concert, today. Well, yesterday : )
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Reaching ??? Good God, man, you're off in moonbat land!!!! I'd expect to see this sort of lunacy on DU, but here??? From a supposedly intelligent FReeper???
This post of yours is a disgrace to yourself, to FR, and to conservatives generally.
Isn't this interesting?
Press Release
Date: 9/13/2004
Contact:Denise Bottcher 225-342-9037
or
Kendall C. Hebert 225-413-3713
MEDIA ADVISORY: Governor Blanco, Red Cross CEO & President Marty Evans Launch Together We Prepare Louisiana
Governor Blanco, Red Cross CEO & President Marty Evans Launch Together We Prepare Louisiana Initiative
Proclaim National Preparedness Month in Louisiana
WHO: Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, American Red Cross National President and Chief Executive Officer, Marty Evans, Superintendent of Louisiana State Police, Colonel Henry Whitehorn, Major General Bennett Landreneau of the Louisiana National Guard
WHAT: Governor Blanco, Marty Evans, Colonel Whitehorn , General Landreneau and representatives of the American Red Cross chapters across Louisiana will host a press conference to unveil Together We Prepare Louisiana. This public awareness campaign aims to teach Louisianians how to better prepare for natural and man-made disasters. Governor Blanco will also proclaim September to be National Preparedness Month in Louisiana.
WHERE: Governor’s Press Room, 4th Floor, State Capitol Building, Baton Rouge, LA
WHEN: September 15, 2004 at 2:00 p.m.
WHY: Together We Prepare Louisiana encourages individuals and families to take five action steps to become better prepared: 1. Make an evacuation plan; 2. Build a disaster supplies kit; 3. Get trained in First Aid and CPR; 4. Volunteer to help those affected by disasters; and 5. Give blood.
Surveys have shown that most families are not prepared for disasters. To help families be better prepared, Governor Blanco, the American Red Cross, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the National Association of Broadcasters and many other agencies, have partnered raise public awareness and proclaim September as National Preparedness Month.
-END-
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=612
6. Kiss your ass goodbye.
I think it is #2...Everyone keeps saying La Government is stupid, but if it is #2 it was a brillant idea if it had worked according to planned. It will backfire Big Time...because the truth is going to come out, President Bush will be vindicated.... Thank God!
No, she's just in over her head, to use a phrase.
Not really a stretch. Methinks it does point out whom the real racist is, and wanted Black people dead, and it wasn't Bush.
I hate to be a tin foil hatter but that all fits. It would explain some of the crazy things she has done. And she knows the DUpes at DU would help her blame Bush. On O'Rielly tonight they said the Guards have been muzzled about when she actually gave the order to go in. 2 days after the hurricane. And she refused Bushes help to evacuate them. Strange indeed.
I have always thought, I would never have gone there for a shelter. NEVER. How tall is the structure, must be one of the highest buildings, easier for the wind to reach.
Democrats, see the poor just like the Communists did, as a tool used to gain power, and then to be discarded once they get that power.
Don't hold your breath.
I'm thinking more along the lines of Pelosi myself.
After hearing a few things on FoxNews tonight I am beginning to get some ideas. The people trying to get the people to leave NO said the people don't want to leave cause, get this, one man thought they were going to take him to a concentration camp! Sounds to me like there has been some propaganda going on. Telling these poor ignorant people Republicans would put them in concentration camps if they got voted in.
They had to do a little brainwashing before they kicked them off the plantation.
I find it very difficult to believe that anyone is as incompetent and stupid as Blanco has been -- even if they are a leftist. I truly wonder if there is something else going on here. The term "genocide" here is somewhat over the top, yes, I'll agree.
But there is something going on here. Something more than an incompetent woman sitting on a couch stuffing herself with bon-bons while people die in New Orleans.
I think thats true but I have a feeling the mayor is afraid for his very life.
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