Blame belongs on New Orleans criminals -- and cops

Townhall.com ^ | 9/18/05 | Carl F. Horowitz

[wagglebee]

He makes an excellent point here.

[ncountylee]

Stolen NO cop cars in Houston, not a great endorsement of the NOPD.

[ncountylee]

Any police arrested yet in NO?

[spinestein]

[Blame belongs on New Orleans criminals -- and cops]



But I repeat myself.

[RichInOC]

Blame belongs on New Orleans criminals -- and cops

"...but I repeat myself."

Seriously, I have several suggestions for other words Eddie Compass could have used, but none that would have made it past CBS Program Practices.

[johnny7]

I don't see ANY federal 'blame' in what happened to NOLA.

[RichInOC]

....aaaaaaauuuuuuuuggggghhhh!!!!

:-D )))

[Enterprise]

It's tragic that Pelosi didn't personally go to New Orleans. She would have scared off the water moccasins.

[mc6809e]

Purist libertarians, for whom central government is the fount of all evil, also were spinning a predictable narrative. Future of Freedom Foundation President Jacob Hornberger, for example, cited "the 70-year-old New Deal-Great Society" as the root cause of the destruction.

And the libertarians are right. Just how is it that large criminal class can sustain itself without New Deal/Great Society help?

[spinestein]

HA!

[kjo]

A better question is why haven't the MSM covered this? Except in very few instances it's all been Bush's fault. The media is disgusting.

[Bitsy]

Mayor Nagin will not allow recruitment of police officers out of Orleans Parish (hello) what are the stats in downtown NO. Jefferson Parish and Kenner would love to apply for those jobs but can't because Nagin wants the police to be from Orleans Parish only. Man, there are only just so many honest, moral, and strong men in NO.

[Bitsy]

Mayor Nagin will not allow recruitment of police officers out of Orleans Parish (hello) what are the stats in downtown NO. Jefferson Parish and Kenner would love to apply for those jobs but can't because Nagin wants the police to be from Orleans Parish only. Man, there are only just so many honest, moral, and strong men in NO.

[litehaus]

[Blame belongs on New Orleans criminals -- and cops]

Repetitively redundant?

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Yet the aftermath of the storm seems to have unleashed a pent-up fury among paint-by-numbers Bush-haters.

The left practices "the best defense is a good offense". When they are uncovered, or in anticipation of being uncovered as in this case, they immediately divert attention from themselves to the opposition. That is always Bush and the Republicans. The MSM keeps the drum beat going hoping to sustain the lie. By the time the truth is known they ignore it and let the lingering accusations remain.

This time it will backfire as there are alternative sources of information putting the pressure on the MSM to perform or die. People are getting tired of the politics practiced my the minority.

[stylin19a]

It is little secret that New Orleans has a large and nasty criminal class

I'm guessing it's "had", not "has". ( 'cept for the Rats in power )

[spinestein]

The "It's Bush's Fault!" crowd is out and chanting "IBF!"



IBF!
UBF!
WE ALL BF!
FOR IBF!

[markoman]

Given that Mike Brown was wholly unqualified for the position,did he really do that bad of a job?

[msnimje]

I think it was Col. David Hunt who said there were 3000 criminals in NO the days after Katrina and MANY were from out of state. He also said that lots of the cops were BOUGHT OFF as they caught people engaged in criminal activity.
I think that department needs a clean sweep from the top to bottom and a fresh start.

[Khankrumthebulgar]

I love listening to Col. David Hunt he reminds me of Col. David Hackworth (Hack) long on insight short on BS. What you expect from Military Leaders. That the media refuses to assess the blame where it belongs is why they keep losing viewers, Readers of the Bird Cage Liners (LA Times, NY Times) etc. When you excuse any conduct even mayhem, Gang Rape of children, Murder you will get more of it. This is why you must have the means to defend yourself in public. The Police were outgunned and understaffed.

This disputes all of the 2nd Amendment nonsense you hear about from the Trust Fund, Red Diaper Doper Babies, and Moonbats on the left. A 2 year old was raped, and their throat slit by these Thugs. We need to bring back hangings our the electric chair.