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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Sorry. But that's all I've seen the guy do for two days. It's not like he was doing anything in between. He was on all channels constantly yesterday and the day before. Sadly, if he had simply been watching TV instead of being on it he would have known thousands were begging for water. He's just as unimpressive as Blanco and I think Bush sees this.
He is going to lead by allowing those who know what to do, to lead.
Thank you GOD for GWB...he set the right tone- he was direct, forthright and honest.
Not a minute too soon.
the pinhead Bill Schneider already in criticism mode on CNN.
*rolls eyes*
CNN sucks!
Creeps...
I too think that the pre-storm response was inadequate, and the post-storm response has been inadequate so far. There will be plenty of time for finger pointing.
But consider this: a disaster of this magnitude could (and will again) happen in any American city, for many reasons. With terrorist attacks and earthquakes, we'll have no warning so only the post-event plan means anything. With hurricanes, at least we have a few days warning to get ready and get people out of harm's way.
There should be at least two lessons learned from this, both of which will save lives and suffering in future disasters. The first is that when you have warning, as we did with Katrina, HAVE AN EVACUATION PLAN and USE IT. This is no easy task, to evacuate a large city in a few days, especially when some don't want to go. But it must be done.
Second, for the disasters which cannot be predicted, learn from this how difficult it is to render aid, evacuate the wounded, pacify the looters. It will be even moreso when we're dealing with earthquake-shattered roads or nuclear radiation. Learn from New Orleans and rewrite all the plans.
And as another poster pointed out, COMMUNICATIONS MEANS EVERYTHING. There is NO EXCUSE for having "no communications" when I can get a perfectly good set of radios at Target or Radio Shack which can talk all over NO. You cannot depend on telephone infrastructure. Witness the BellSouth switch building that is overheating; if that goes down, so goes a bunch of the Southeastern phone network, and I will probably not be able to access FR either.
It will require a strong "STFU" in some form, though. As I suggested above, I think that "STFU" will come in the form of honest and hard-hitting Congressional hearings.
Another reason why I'm watching Fox instead of CNN.
Harrigan at the site of a fire in downtown NO; firefighters there as well, but they can't do much because there's no water pressure in the hydrants. Worse, in a part of town where there's no flood, so they can't even bring in pumps to use floodwater.
As far as that goes, Lincoln and FDR overstepped their bounds, yet they are considered great Presidents. Had they not acted as they did, slavery would have continued in the South into the 20th Century and German would be the preferred language in Paris, London, and Moscow in the 21st Century. I am sure the Cold Warriors such as the Dulles brothers, Henry Kissinger, William Colby, etc., bent or broke a few legal limits in protecting America's interests overseas. So did Oliver North and Admiral Poindexter in aiding the Nicaraguan Contras. It is hard to argue that riding the world of such enemies of America as Mossadegh in Iran, Allende in Chile, and Ortega in Nicaragua was not in the best interests of our country.
As stated previously, the Constitution is not a suicide pact. Better to act than to let thousands of people die needlessly due to ineffective state and local leadership.
If the liberals and the MSM pile on Bush, my checkbook is closed. Someone should get this message to them. If they truly care about these people, they'll stop politicizing this disaster.
Disaster Area: 90,000 sq miles.
Michigan 11 96,810 square miles
>>>Katrina Disater area is bigger than 48 States!<<<
Minnesota 12 86,943 square miles
Notice who wasn't with Barbour and Riley with Bush.
Gov. Blanco.
She is in the doghouse bigtime.
hey, now that gives pinheads a bad name! j/k.
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