Posted on 09/10/2005 7:19:00 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
Dinasour Media bias in action, here is how the story was posted yesterday by AP. Notice how AP edited out the actual QUOTES that DIRECTLY contradicted their spin lie and had the writer write the story interjected their own interpretation of what was said by the sources. Here is yesterdays AP story.
Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that "arguably" a day or so of response time was lost due to the absence of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Infantry Brigade and Louisiana's 256th Infantry Brigade, each with thousands of troops in Iraq. Blum said that to replace those units' command and control equipment, he dispatched personnel from Guard division headquarters from Kansas and Minnesota shortly after the storm struck. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., whose waterfront home here was washed away in the storm, told reporters that the absence of the deployed Mississippi Guard units made it harder for local officials to coordinate their initial response. "What you lost was a lot of local knowledge," Taylor said, as well as equipment that could have been used in recovery operations.
"The best equipment went with them, for obvious reasons," especially communications equipment, he added. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said this week that the Pentagon has the ability to cope with both Katrina and the Iraq war, saying, "We can and will do both." Blum said that overall, the Iraq mission for Guard units across the nation is not limiting the military's ability to expand and continue the rescue and recovery operations in storm-battered states. "Iraq and other overseas commitments do not inhibit our ability to sustain this effort here
That is due to a seperate compact signed between the governors. Sheesh, I really wish you'd read a little before you post, it's embarrassing to have a freeper so uninformed.
"You are definitely clueless "
Uh - well actually ALL THE ARMED FORCES HAD HELOS FROM DAY ONE doing rescue.
They didn't need no stinkin permission - deal with it - the lawyers F'ed up and that is why we have a military man in charge at FEMA.
That's no longer a "news story", it's an editorial.
What were the two lies?
He said he was an assistant manager in 1975-78. He was in fact an assistant TO a manager. Which is, in fact, what an "assistant manager" is. An ASSISTANT TO A MANAGER.
Unless you think an "assistant manager" is a manager in charge of assisting?
And he did work on emergency management, it was his area of "assistance" to the manager, who had broader overall duties.
So, what are the two places that you KNOW he lied on his resume?
They are still trying to dig up the records to find the list of directors for the nursing home, and does it make any sense to you that he would have LIED about that? It woudln't have helped at all in confirmation one way or another.
In fact, I bet he would have liked to have left it off, but it turns out that leaving anything OFF the submission to the congress is ALSO a punishable offense.
Most of the other stuff was things that were published by other people, that had disclaimers that they were based on 2nd-hand information and might not be accurate. There is no indication he had anything to do with the minor errors in the FindLaw database.
So I am withholding judgment, pending the revelation of actual FACTS. Because the only quoted people they had in TIME have already backtracked. We now have an "appearance" of impropriety, something democrats love to convict republicans for.
According to Ted Kennedy, Homeland Security should have protected us from the Hurricane, and if Bush had been competent millions of people wouldn't have been effected.
(He actually said that millions of people were now effected by the hurricane when we were promised that Homeland Security would protect us -- but now I can't find the transcript, I think it was a floor speech in the Senate).
"Just what DID all those 10s of billions of Fed Homeland Security Dollars Hillary and Kennedy and Byrd demanded get sent to the states and localities in the aftermath of 9-11 to prepare 1st Responders and Disaster Contingency plays REALLY BUY the Federal Taxpayers?"
Exactly - the last thing we need after getting this new Bureacracy shoved down our throats is to have the poor results - utter and complete lack of coordiantion with podunk sheriffs shutting down the only escape routs and 20000 in the convention center for days w/o food and water.
I am convinced that there are no patriotic Americans in the political left. There are very few in the MSM. AP proves my assumption.
"That is due to a seperate compact signed between the governors. Sheesh, I really wish you'd read a little before you post, it's embarrassing to have a freeper so uninformed."
The point of the post is that Texas went in before the lawyers gave permission.
And do you deny that none of the helos from the Marines, Army, NAvy waited for no stinkin permission to conduct rescue?
"What was really needed was not a lot of specialists but people to secure evacuation routes and maintain order. Blanco still had over 10,000 guardsmen to do that. She only sent a few hundred."
On top of that, the Louisiana National Guard MP's on security duty at the Superdome were not issued weapons until 72 HOURS AFTER the hurricane made landfall. I smell a boneheaded "Don't issue weapons because it might upset the civilians" order that probably came from the governor.
Does anyone take AP seriously anymore?
Your pathological hated of FEMA is well documented. Why do you have to hijack every thread?
Admin Moderator, please take a sampling of this poster's comments over the last few days. I'll think you'll find he/she/it disregards any and all evidence belying his/her/its points and continues to forge ahead with their agenda.
FGS
And do you deny that none of the helos from the Marines, Army, NAvy waited for no stinkin permission to conduct rescue?
Do you have any evidence that they did not have permission as you claim? It is a wild claim you are making. If find it hard to belive they did not have orders to go in, and that the govenor of the state did not authorize it, something he could be done in a matter of seconds over the phone.
If you have evidence to back up your claim that they went in illegally in Texas, give us a link. If not you are just making crap up to fit your agenda
I live in a quiet farming community in MN of about 3,000 people. Our police force received enough funding to purchase 9 tasers and 9 AK style assault rifles. We only have 6 policemen.
I welcome any information that you can provide to set me straight if wrong.
But I think it is beyond dispute that all branches of the military were conducting helo rescues while BUREACRATS were saying the lack of ground rescue was due to lack of "permission".
Are you suggesting that permission was granted for the Marines and Army to do Helo rescue but not ground rescue? Pls provide a reference.
That was the coast guard helos that you saw and not armed forces.
>The White house really screwed up as usual by not going on the truth offensive right away.<
The WH focused on saving lives and organizing relief and aid whereas the MSM, who did not have any responsibility and accountability, were free to play their usual game.
Did the WH screw up? It depends on our priorities in life.
The "permission alibi" is the law. The only way the President can force federal aid on the state is through the insurrection act, and a hurricane is not an insurrection.
"That was the coast guard helos that you saw and not armed forces."
Check the Live Katrina posts on FR - On Tues there was a Big Brass Marine Helo that looked like Bush's - it was doing rooftop rescue and the Freeper that posted it said "Some big brass won't have his Helo this week"
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/articles/2005/09/09/top_stories/news02.txt
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