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"This shows a COMPLETE lack of local leadership, and regional co-operation!"

No No No you apparently have not heard the official MSM line, See the Local officials are mostly Liberal Democrats therefore this is all BUSH'S FAULT.

the Local officials are mostly Liberal Democrats therefore this is all

Its all the Democrats fault.

Yes, we have seen the turn of the blame game today. For the first 2-3 days, the Gov/Mayor did nothing. I didn't see the media hounding them at all about it. Now that the feds are getting involved, already I am hearing harrassing questions from the media. They say, why haven't you done more already to FEMA, DHS, etc. Of course no explanation of what they have already done is good enough.

I heard the head of FEMA (Brown?)say Bush asked them 2 years ago to plan for a disaster like this. They looked at all the major US cities, and picked NO due to it's size and importance to the US economy. So they planned for a major Cat 5 hurricane to make a direct hit on NO. Last year, they did a "fire drill" on the NO plan. He said unfortunately now they are having to execute that plan. So the feds tried to plan. It will take them 5-7 days to really get things up and running. It is so major and widespread. Like nothing we have ever seen before. Basically NO was an island BEFORE the hurricane hit. Not it is even more remote and isolated between the lakes, river and the gulf. And the damage extends over 150 miles of shoreline. Disaster is still unfolding and damage still occurring as we speak. It will take months before even parts of the city are back to some form of normalcy. It will take 3-4 years to get it back to even close to what it was.