Ray Nagin: School Buses Not Good Enough

newsmax.com ^ | Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 11:38 a.m. EDT

[syriacus]

Turns out, Nagin turned his nose up at the yellow buses, demanding more comfortable Greyhound coaches instead.

When I was growing up, children in the midwest rode school buses through snowdrifts in subfreezing weather.

My school had one bus, which made 3 trips before school and three trips after school.

Nagin "misunderestimates" the patience of others.

[conservativebabe]

The 15 year old boy who drove the school bus full of people to Houston was DEFINITELY smarter than this turd of a mayor.

[pennboricua]

This kid should be the very first one called to testify in the upcoming hearings, and brought in as a hero.

[conservativebabe]

I bet every competent mayor across the country knows what a doof this guy is. I wonder if Nagin even realizes that he looks sooooo ridiculous and stupid right now.

[Dawgreg]

Right you are........an MBA is nuttin' but a waste of money and time if you don't have good old common sense.

[Johnny Crab]

And he "supposedly" has an MBA? Proof that an education still can't make you learn common sense.

This comment may get pulled but in NADA-gins case, MBA stands for Mighty Big AH.

My USMC son is now getting asked by buddies "Are you sure you're from down there?"(he's from Slidell & New Orleans) thanks to this idiot's raving in the media AND his total lack of leadership.

[politicalwit]

"The 15 year old boy who drove the school bus full of people to Houston was DEFINITELY smarter than this turd of a mayor."

He's actually 20 years old but did have enough sense to get the hell out of Dodge. Just as important, the passengers pooled their money to purchase gas and necessary supplies (diapers and water as stated in his interview on Fox).

[cav68]

This is a no brainier, anybody who can start a car could have driven a bus out with their own families with them, this would have at least saved that family and the bus would be usuable. The responsibility first lies with the individual and then local,state,federal. You can lead a horse to water but you can not make them drink.

[polymuser]

School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies *may* be used to provide transportation...

Well, it appears buses were optional, and the option was declined.

[Steely Tom]

It was very funny, but too far over the top in my view. FR's being looked at by a lot of people these days. Got to look at the big picture.

(steely)

[Spirited]

Don't judge the rest of us by your lacking standards, please. Foul mouths are in no way admirable.

[conservativebabe]

My apologies for the error, but the point still stands.

Those were a bus full of people who were more interested in saving their own lives, rather than wait to have someone save it for them. Kudos to those people for taking responsibility and coming together to meet each other's needs.

I wonder if Oprah will invite them on her show?

[jennyjenny]

What is the source?

[Fawn]

LOL!

[Jack Deth]

"I'm like - you've got to be kidding me. This is a natural disaster. Get every doggone Greyhound bus line in the country and get their asses moving to New Orleans."

While Nagin was waiting for his Greyhound fleet, Katrina's floodwaters swamped his school buses, rendering them unusable.

Let me get this straight (In my best gravelly Columbo voice)... Greyhound is a corporate entity that may require motivation (like the lease and payment of fares... Or not!) before "donating" their buses to drive from wherever they are to Louisiana. Then into New Orleans to pick up survivors.

While prefectly serviceable school buses (One of which made the trip from near the Superdome to Houston loaded with passengers!) bought and paid for with Louisiana and New Orleans Tax Dollars flooded due to the Mayor's vain stupidity????

Oh yeah.... Sound political thinkin' there, Ray!

Jack.

[uncitizen]

guess coffins are more comfortable than school buses, too

This is what i call school bus logic. There are more instances of school bus logic coming out of Mr. SOS's (stuck on stupid) mouth. One being "can't bring em to the Superdome because there are no provisions there". IOW, die in your homes with full bellies, instead of survive in the Superdome hungry.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Wager those buses were good enough on election days for getting those poor Blacks to the polls.

[Made In The USA]

Can help but compare and contrast how a leader such as Guilianni managed vs. how Nagin has mismanaged and failed to demonstrate leadership. Especially given that Nagin had advance warning approaching disaster.

[McGavin999]

Who would want to drive an un airconditioned school bus, full of evacuees, when you have your own family to take care of? Certainly not the regular school bus drivers, what other city employees would do it? Is it even legal to just hand over the keys to city property to anyone that says they can drive a bus? Who is liable in case of an accident?

They had advanced warning. Either the families should have been taken out immediately so the drivers could report for duty, or the families could have been on the first buses out. It's called planning.

[uncbuck]

Or swimming.