Posted on 10/17/2009 3:00:02 PM PDT by james500
New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayor Ray Nagin arrived in Cuba late Friday on a mission to learn about how to deal with storms, a spokeswoman said.
"We understand we may have a lot to learn from the Cubans in terms of disaster preparedness and how they have dealt with hurricanes," spokeswoman Ceeon Quiett said.
Cuba is internationally applauded for exceptional disaster management, according to a news release from Nagin's office.
In the Cuban capital, Havana, Nagin plans to meet with several officials, including some from the Latin American Medical Centers for Disaster. He will also learn about preparations the Cuba Defense Committee makes in advance of disasters.
Nagin's trip comes a day after President Obama held a town hall meeting in New Orleans, still reeling from the aftermath of deadly Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"It has now been just over four years since that terrible storm struck your shores," the president said. "And [in] the days after it did, this nation and all the world bore witness to the fact that the damage from Katrina was not caused just by a disaster of nature but also by a breakdown of government, that government wasn't adequately prepared, and we didn't appropriately respond."
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Nagin is the first New Orleans mayor to make an official visit to Cuba in 50 years. The State Department sanctioned Nagin's trip, Quiett said. He plans to return to New Orleans on Thursday.
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That’s an easy one. Don’t allow your friends or yourself to steal from the public coffers that are allocated for disaster prevention and relief. He could have saved the taxpayers money if he just gave me a phone call about it.
I heard he spent about four hours in a class showing you how to turn the ignition key on a bus.
Why wouldn’t he just go see the folks in Mississippi who seemed to know what to do?
I don’t get this. I thought that everything that happened as a result of Katrina was the fault of George W. Bush.
George W. Bush is no longer president. A good Democrat, one who is sensitve to people’s needs, is in the White House. He even loves black people; as we know, Bush didn’t like black people.
So, if all of the problems were the result of the neglect of the Bush administration, why the heck does Mayor Chocolate need to go to Cuba to learn about disaster preparedness? If anything were to happen, Obama will save New Orleans next time. Having a good Democrat as president should make all the difference. Right? Isn’t that what we were told??????????
Let me guess...CNN chose not to fact-check this little tidbit.
Ah, well. They're probably too busy making sure Saturday Night Lives skits about Ubama are on the up-and-up.
Nagin is such a turd that I do not believe that he was invited to appear with Obama at the event in New Orleans the other day.
Thats the proplem he only knows how to use a slide hammer and a screwdriver
um... Cuba has the capability of busing people off the island ?
I wonder if Mr. Nagin had his annual medical physical scheduled for this trip?
I guess the Cuban commies don’t act like little girls, pull their dress over their head and run off to Houston like Nagin did.
I bet they blame Bush the same.
Hard to believe they still haven't cleaned up after a storm FOUR YEARS AGO.
Perhaps he will learn that Cuba IS a disaster.
and the rest of the time relaxing on the beach. Sounds like fun! He brought some friends too:
http://www.cityofno.com/pg-1-66-press-releases.aspx?pressid=5502
‘Accompanying Nagin are state Rep. Karen Carter Peterson, City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, Chief Administrative Officer Brenda Hatfield, Police Superintendent Warren Riley, Fire Department Superintendent Charles Parent, EMS Director Jullette Saussy, Director of Emergency Preapredness Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed, New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport Chairman Dan Packard, Regional Transit Authority Chairman Cesar Burgos, “and others, “ according to the release.”
Miami's too hot and protected, come to the gulf coast, Fiddy .. we can run some cover for ya'.
(Argentine/Cuba/US drug dots connected)
The Cuban philosophy is simple: Make sure that no one has anything so when disaster strikes they’ll have nothing to lose. Got it, Ray?
***”We understand we may have a lot to learn from the Cubans in terms of disaster preparedness and how they have dealt with hurricanes,” spokeswoman Ceeon Quiett said. ****
I don’t think Havana is built below sea level and the people are regimented to move when Castro says “hop!”
Whereas, NO is below the level of the Mississippi and the people have no concept of saving themselves.
Were I King,,,, he never be able to come back!
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