Yeah, I thought it was a really lame/funny excuse from a ‘rat. But, of course, it was let pass by the media.
The obvious followup question would have been “why didn’t you use them BEFORE they were under water?”
To which the obvious answer is: because buses need drivers, who’re hard to find when they’re scrambling to save their own lives. Would you like to volunteer?
Nagin’s an evil clown who’s justly going to jail for political corruption. This trial wasn’t about katrina, and shouldn’t be viewed through a filter of blind partisanship in defense of Dubya, who has vastly bigger screwups of his own to answer for.
As for those on this thread who’re celebrating prison as a venue for homosexual rape and torture: you people are disgusting. Shame on you.