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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
It was Bush, you recall, who made the phone call to the NO mayor and LA governor to get THEM (per the law) to order evacuation of NO. Before the President's phone call to them, they were dithering around and the mayor was talking to lawyers to see if he had the authority. Meanwhile, Katrina was bearing down on NO, and we now see the result of THEIR procrastination and non-plainning for a major disaster.
"LA's officials were and are woefully inept to lead an ant farm let alone a city or state".
Nomination for the Quote of the Day!
Watch the crime rate skyrocket in the Dome area.
It is always high, but I bet we can set some records now.
The local players ain't gonna like the new players.
Carry in yer car and lock yer doors.
I hate to say this, but it's been eating at me for days...
How many people on this forum decry the usurpation of power over local authorities by liveral entities - under Clinton, the courts, Carter, et al... The discussion most times makes no provision whatsoever for exceptional circumstances or emergency - it is always wrong wrong wrong. I still happen to belive that.
If we are to believe in and promote a representative republic we must defer to local authorities unless and until they PROVE themselves unable to cope. Yes its sad. Yes, some of you may call me heartless. Yes, I can take the heat - flame on.
Jessie Jackson sees an opportunity to father more "love childs."
Maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't it Nagin who neglected to issue an evacuation for a hurricane,about a month before Katrina?
Thanks. I think Hastert was clear that he didn't mean don't rebuild, but rather approach it in the most sensible fashion, meaning don't rebuild below sea-level.
Blanco should know that by now, but she really seemed to be lashing out.
What is Olbermann threatening Rush that he is going to "get" They've tried for close to two decades to "get" him for stating the Truth. the little ankle bitter doesn't have one tenth of the influence, respect and audience of Rush and the resentful little man knows it.
"It's over for me. How about you? OK?"
Of course - FRiends!
Actually, I am not kidding. I want to see this guy go into the War Zone if he thinks reports are exaggerated. He should be willing to go comfort those in need. He is a Reverend, don't you know.
;-)))))))
Yep. That should have solved the problem right there. It should be a piece of cake to solve all the problems of one of the largest cities in America being wiped out, and 90,000 square miles of populated shoreline erased from the map. I just can't understand why 4 days into the greatest natural disaster in this nation's history we don't have federal employees planting rose bushes along city streets.
He had better not apologize. He was not kicking anyone while they are down; he is being logical. Why would we invest billions of dollars to rebuild the city that is below sea level and could have this happen next year again?
Blanco needs to spend her time not blasting Denny, but dealing with the aftermath of her incompetance.
Yes, absolutely sure that the Super Dome and the Convention Center are different places - - - the Dome was always said to have some 10,000-25,000 refugees in it, and the Convention Center 5,000 - - - the Convention Center was referenced as the place where murders and rapes were occurring - - - the Dome had shootings, a suicide and rapes, but no murders - - - the Convention Center has been a well known part of the landscape of this situation for days . . .
I was wondering about Jeff Goldblatt as well. If you hear the answer will you please ping me?
I believe the Gov said that 80 percent of the City residents had evacuated, if that is true where the hell are all these people coming from? She was wrong, or lying or just making stuff up as she went along. God Help this City.
So far, the Toyota contribution is one of the largest I have seen yet by a single corporation. I also heard that 20 Toyota dealerships were completely destroyed in the Gulf States area. The economic ripple will be large over the next few weeks and months.
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