Posted on 09/08/2005 4:42:37 PM PDT by Dog
The Fox News Channel's Major Garrett made another appearance on the program this evening, following up on his blockbuster story yesterday. Among other things, Garrett got confirmation --on camera-- of the Louisian State department of Homeland Security's blocking of the delivery of relief supplies to the Superdome and the Convention Center. In addition, Garrett received confirmation from senior Salvation Army officials in Washington, D.C. that the Salvation Army's efforts at supplying the evacuees were also repeatedly blocked. Radioblogger will have the transcript up later, but the key takeaway was when I asked Garrett if characterizing Louisian's preparation for the storm as "abysmal" was accurate and he confirmed that indeed it was. Read the whole thing.
I also asked Garrett why no other network is on this story. He can't offer an answer for that, event hough he points out that this isn't a hard story to get, and Fox News needn't be credited. All CNN has to do (or MSNBC or CBS) is call the Red Cross and get a camera over there.
PING
I have two words: Negligent homicide.
I'll add despicable...thanks for the ping Fred.
It's a Sandy Berger event. No big deal.
The media/press is too busy harping about wanting to show pictures of dead bodies and blaming the President and the Fed Government for it
They don't give a dang about honest truthful reporting
NAGIN: Let's make sure the 100,000+ poor people without vehicles cannot leave New Orleans for inland shelters. Let's fail to declare a mandatory evacuation until just a few hours before the Cat. 4/5 hurricane and then keep all the buses sitting uselessly until they're flooded. Then let's pile countless thousands into a couple of "shelters" with no emergency generators or back-up plans for dealing with a stay of more than a few hours.
BLANCO: Good ideas, and I'll make sure that my state Homeland Security Dept. blocks relief agencies such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army from bringing in food and water! I'll keep the LA NG largely out of the picture until it's too late to do anything, and then you and I can start loudly blaming the feds for everything.
ME: WOW, these have to be two of the savviest, kindest, most 'sensitive' Demagogues out there! Don't you think they belong in CONGRESS???
Can't WAIT to see what you write about THIS :)
I have two words also:
Hurricane George.
I thought that deserved to be repeated. LOL
The media is too dense or too partisan to report that the STATE OF LOUISIANA Department of Homeland Security was responsible. For some strange reason it is reported as though the agency is a federal agency. Can't figure out why they would do such a thing. Cough, cough.
This is almost making my husband's tin foil hat conspiracy theory seem plausible.
He thinks Blanco intentionally created the pandemonium in NO in order to either blame it on Bush or to force Bush to federalize the troops, at which time all the Dems would be screaming that he superceded the state's rights and calling for his impeachment.
Perhaps we should be blaming Landrieu, as well. Her Aunt Phyllis Landrieu is on the Orleans Parish School Board, the same board that wouldn't make any decisions about allowing the buses to be used for an evacuation. Blanco, Landrieu, Landrieu....Something really smells.
http://www.blindmanphoto.com/images/Stop-Blaming-FEMA.jpg
BTTT !!!!!!
He's not alone. And I don't need a foil hat to think the same thing as him.
The real question is this: Why did they need to buy time?
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