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There was a doctor on FoxNews earlier, Gretta's show. He said there is absolutely no medical reason for forcing people from their homes, and it's a complete waste of manpower to do so. It may have been Cyral Wecht, but I'm not certain.

I have to side with the folks who are more concerned about the Constitutional issues than the threat of disease or the trouble that citizens staying behind might cause the government.

The local government in New Orleans and the state Government in LA has not exactly displayed the sort of on the ball actions that would make me believe that they are not screwing up the evictions as a matter of law. In fact, I think this is at least as troubling as the incompetence displayed in preparing and dealing with effects of Katrina.

Would it be so hard to get a lawful court order, and politely display it to the property owners? I know that I would want somebody to show me some paperwork before they evicted me from my home or confiscated my firearms. I'd at least want a receipt for my property! We even gave the Iraqi's as much when we seized property.

I'm a supporter of LEOs, but I think now is a bad time to be using a "heavy badge" type of attitude towards citizens who might reasonably believe that rights are being ignored when they have done nothing criminal. If the cops have the legal authority to force people out, let them do it. If they don't, the idea that acting like heavy-handed thugs is excusable because it might intimidate and frighten folks in to leaving makes them, well, heavy-handed thugs.

If a mandatory evacuation and the confiscation of arms has clear legal standing, for God's sake let somebody in charge grow some backbone and announce the policy and the legal reasoning behind it in a clear and public manner, not just for the citizens directly involved to see and hear, but for the rest of us to see and hear!

I find it ironic that Blanco, who seems bound and determined not to surrender control of the LANG to the feds, seemingly has no problem with asking the people under her governance to surrender the firearms that have been the only reliable line of defense against havoc that stemmed at least in part from her actions or lack thereof.

Troubling times, indeed.

"There was a doctor on FoxNews earlier, Gretta's show. He said there is absolutely no medical reason for forcing people from their homes, and it's a complete waste of manpower to do so. It may have been Cyral Wecht, but I'm not certain."

This is what an RN in our family is saying, too. It has more weight, though, coming from Wecht.