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Terry Ebbert, head of the city's emergency operations, warned that the slow evacuation at the Superdome had become an "incredibly explosive situation," and he bitterly complained that FEMA was not offering enough help. "This is a national emergency. This is a national disgrace," he said. "FEMA has been here three days, yet there is no command and control. We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims, but we can't bail out the city of New Orleans."

More breakdown in the ranks. Terry Ebert is described elsewhere as 1:32 P.M. - New Orleans Homeland Security Chief Terry Ebbert calls FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina an embarrassment.

He's got a point. Look at the situation outside the Convention Center...thousands stranded for days with no food or water except what they've been able to loot from inside the concession areas, SEVEN DEAD BODIES STILL THERE, no evacuation, no information. If the AP presstitutes and TV crews can get there, then somebody else can get there with food, water, and medicine.

I don't know who dropped the ball here--city authorities in New Orleans, the state of Louisiana, FEMA, DHS, the National Guard, hell, maybe the Tooth Fairy for all I know--but this thing is turning into a fustercluck of totally epic proportions. This is not just garden-variety governmental incompetence like when the DMV screws up your driving records. This is incompetence that is killing people.

And I know this is no time for politics, but think about this--the MSM WILL turn this back around on Bush. Nagin and Blanco will get an undeserved pass; the entirety of the horrendous response to this will be blamed on the Federal government and the Bush administration. Bank on it.

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Terry Ebbert, head of the city's emergency operations...We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims, but we can't bail out the city of New Orleans.

Tsunami victims weren't shooting at us you dumb SOB (except for one incident in Indonesia where the Marines came in to establish a landing zone, IIRC).