Posted on 10/26/2007 4:29:42 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
BATON ROUGE - As the California wildfires continued to rage Thursday, so too did the political feud between President Bush and Gov. Kathleen Blanco that has smoldered since the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina.
The latest flare-up came when Bush, while touring the California disaster area, took an apparent swipe at Blanco's post-Katrina leadership as he complimented California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the statehouse willing to take the lead," Bush said, according to the Associated Press.
The president's statement, coming from a White House that seems determined to avoid a repeat in California of the public-relations disaster that followed Katrina, brought a swift response from Blanco.
In a statement forwarded by her press office, Blanco noted that it took federal forces nearly a week to arrive in Louisiana after the storm. "I was the only game in town, leading for nearly a week without the president's help," Blanco said.
"Of all the lessons learned from Katrina now being put into place in California, I would hope the one he would remember is that politics has no place in any disaster," she added, before taking a shot at the slow manner in which promised federal aid has been delivered.
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I hosed up my post a little bit. I had a couple of sentences before I said Barbara Streisand but they somehow got deleted. Didn’t mean it to refer to your statement my friend.
Not a charter boat captain, but I do have a couple of personal crafts, one is a 50 footer on the Wolf river chain. Screen name refers to the 42 footer I had when I joined FR. Can’t give up that so I guess it will always be around.
We catch a ton of Northern where I’m at, been topping out just under 40” with lots in the 35-38” range.
Two years overdue.
ROFL. Bush didn’t even mention Blanco by name and she still issues a reponse. That old saying about throwing something in a pack of dogs and see which one yelps comes to mind.
I was reading through them again a few days ago. This is another grand slam for FR exposing the lies that the media puts out.
Had the same thing happen more than once over the years.
Inadvertently started a flame war or two with a few people who'd otherwise been friends, all because of screwed-up HTML.
"Didnt mean it to refer to your statement my friend."
Thanks, got'cha covered. ;^)
"Not a charter boat captain, but I do have a couple of personal crafts, one is a 50 footer on the Wolf river chain."
OMG, a 50 footer.
I've an old childhood friend who inherited his dad's 45' Chriscraft -- The Captain - Milwaukee -- they've moored at the South Shore Yacht Club -- for years.
Boat's complete with dingy, sonar/radar, galley and sleeps 6. And your's is 5' longer, eh? :o)
Obviously you're well acquainted with the mileage these sized monsters (don't) get, eh? {g}
"Screen name refers to the 42 footer I had when I joined FR. Cant give up that so I guess it will always be around."
Given where you live I'd say a boat the size of Blue Monday is mandatory, the lake's nothing to mess with IMO in anything smaller even though many people use much smaller craft to go way out in the bay. Not me.
Another old friend posts here, has a nice boat -- The Bravemen -- also. Don't know exactly how long it goes, 25' or so, & I pinged 'em. Maybe he'll feel like talking.
"We catch a ton of Northern where Im at, been topping out just under 40 with lots in the 35-38 range."
Unbelievable.
Last spring while in De Pere I couldn't believe how many small craft were on the Fox River outlet (by a paper mill?), apparently after Walleye. Given the number of boats it was almost as if the fish were jumping into the boats.
Personally speaking is there anything quite as tasty as a boneless filleted Northern Pike (or Walleye) pan-fried w/ some Shore Lunch & fried potatoes?
...I think not, Captain. ;^)
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