always surrounded by scavenger, evil nitwits? Nearly all of the democrats in Congress remind me of the loony, seething hyenas in the Lion King.
Posted on 09/08/2005 6:57:07 PM PDT by sissyjane
Edited on 09/08/2005 11:37:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
>> WHITE HOUSE MULLED SEIZING RELIEF MISSION // Invoke the Insurrection Act? Bush's senior advisers debated last week whether the president should seize control of the chaotic hurricane relief mission from the governor so that active-duty combat troops could be sent to enforce order... Developing
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Political Issues Snarled Plans for Troop Aid
"WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 - As New Orleans descended into chaos last week and Louisiana's governor asked for 40,000 soldiers, President Bush's senior advisers debated whether the president should speed the arrival of active-duty troops by seizing control of the hurricane relief mission from the governor.
For reasons of practicality and politics, officials at the Justice Department and Pentagon, and then at the White House, decided not to urge Mr. Bush to take command of the effort.
Instead, the Washington officials decided to rely on the growing number of National Guard personnel flowing into Louisiana, who were under Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco's control. The debate was triggered as officials began to realize that Hurricane Katrina exposed a critical flaw in the national disaster response plans created after the Sept. 11 attacks. According to the administration's senior homeland security officials, the hurricane showed the failure of their plan to recognize that local police, fire and medical personnel might be incapacitated and unable to act quickly until reinforcements arrive on the scene..."
".. To seize control of the mission, Mr. Bush would have had to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows the president in times of unrest to command active-duty forces into the states to perform law enforcement duties. But decision makers in Washington felt certain that Governor Blanco would have resisted surrendering control of the military relief mission as Bush Administration officials believe would have been required to deploy active-duty combat forces before law and order had been re-established. While troops can conduct relief missions without the legal authority of the Insurrection Act, Pentagon and military officials say that no active-duty forces could have been sent into the chaos of New Orleans on Wednesday or Thursday without confronting law-and-order challenges......."
Once again I am reminded why I thank God daily that we have such a man in the WH. Even when I disagree with him or question his choices, I can always be sure that he is making his decisions based on his best information and a prayerful consideration of all options.
Given they showed a tape of ducks struggling to stay alive in that sludge yesterday, I don't think I would be eating duck for a while if I was him.
The Senators brother...no less.
The only way this carping is going to stop is for us to vote out Pelosi, Reid, etc...
always surrounded by scavenger, evil nitwits? Nearly all of the democrats in Congress remind me of the loony, seething hyenas in the Lion King.
So, folks, basically this boils down to political correctness again.
Political correctness killed 3,000 fellow Americans on 9/11 and probably thousands more during Katrina.
He's the brother of one of Louisiana's Senators.
Let things stay as they are . . . for now. Just do a little patchwork damage control from time to time.
Once this sand storm blows over and the facts start fitting into place for all to see, I have a feeling the Dems and MSM will be greatly embarrassed by what they have said and done.
Nothing works like being right and standing on the high ground . . . if you are right and you are standing on high ground.
Yes. My question regarding that picture and the school buses is when were they supposed to have been used? On the weekend prior to Monday or when the hurrican came ashore or on Tuesday when the city was filled with water? I've never been exactly sure when it was proposed they be used.
Prior to the hurricane making landfall. Sometime over the weekend would've been a good time.
According to the LA National Guard press briefing this afternoon, among other explanations, was a simple one.
No school bus drivers.
Not sure what anybody expected of FEMA. After all, they aren't the US Army.
Congressman Billybob
Prior to the hurricane making landfall. Sometime over the weekend would've been a good time.
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