Posted on 09/02/2005 2:09:44 AM PDT by lauriehelds
To listen, scroll down to where it says Select your download and click on the Free button.
Then scroll down and wait a few seconds until the file called nagin.mp3 shows up and download the file to listen.
http://rapidshare.de/files/4632564/nagin.mp3.html
"How can they spend money Iraq and not here..."
Most idiotic, i've heard that now from others in the lefty blame rat group already, I suppose we should keep our troops home indefinitly on hold waiting for some disaster to hit.. wait, that already happened on 9/11 and we responded.
Don't forget the blackout they had in NY
The folks didn't riot then either
He did have one good point. A moratorium on press conferences until all of the promised material and people were on the ground in New Orleans. Then they could come in and pose and spin. (He didn't say it quite like that...but I agree. I detest Governeur Blanko's press conferences. It is not good to watch a psychotic in action, even as it is a bit difficult to listen to a neurotic go on and on during a radio interview like this one.
"This is why Giuliani should be in charge of NO; he'd be out in resue boats or something. And considering how well everyone behaved themselves in NYC on 9/11 and during the blackout, I'm sure that the NYPD could have handled the situation without the National Guard."
True testimony to the difference in having Grown Ups in charge.
There's no file.
There's no file.
I listened to the whole thing.
He made a lot of sense to me. He wasn't nuts at all, maybe impassioned about getting things done to address the problem.
I googled the Insurrection Act yesterday, and it is clear that until the Governor or State Legislature asks the President to take over, he cannot order the armed forces (NG is under states rule) to "enforce the law" in NO.
There is one possible exception, but by doing so, the President would have to declare the state government "unable or unwilling to protect its citizens."
Great link describes lots of conditions and who should act.
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/bulletin/Primer_ChallengestoPreventionandPreparedness.htm
"Quelling Civil Disturbances: The Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C. § 331 et seq.)
State and local governments have primary responsibility for quelling rebellions (32 C.F.R. § 215.4(a).
The President may use the military (including the Federalized National Guard) to quell (
1) civil disturbances in a State (upon the Governor's request),
(2) rebellions that make it difficult to enforce Federal law, or
(3) any insurrection that impedes a State's ability to protect citizens' constitutional rights and that State is unable to unwilling to protect these rights.
Before committing U.S. troops, the President must issue a proclamation for rebellious citizens to disperse, cease, and desist.
Some government attorneys believe that the Insurrection Act is subject to a very liberal interpretation. "
He is dumping on Blanco pretty good and is blaming her for the deaths in NO
-------
He's right. Of many villains, of both parties and at every level of government, she's the one most responsible.
It sounds like he needs to read jeffers' post of the live thread a couple days ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1474387/posts?page=106#106
I won't vouch for everything he said there, but there is surely food for thought for all there - including the mayor.
CNN about to replay the Mayor.
CNN about to replay the tape of this interview
CNN replay coming up
9/11 caught almost everyone by total surprise. However, New Orleans should have been prepared for the possibility of a Katrian and now they had days of advance warning.
I'll tell you why: Because between his and the governor's incompetence, they put off making a mandatory evacuation untillthe President called and told them to. By that time they knew it was too late for everyone to evacuate, so while they told people to leave, only those who could get out without assistance would get on the roads. If they had done what you suggest, the roads would have been even more clogged than they were, and all the people they had picked up and put on buses would have been stranded on highways when the storm came in.
They know their city is full of people (mostly black people) who did not have the means to leave on their own. They rolled the dice and they lost big time.
And here I thought it was conservative republicans who didn't care about poor African Americans.
This guy sounds like some of the folks outside the convention center. "God is watching, and if they aren't doing everything they can (Bush, et.al.) they're going to pay".
"The amount of drugs used in NO is unbelievable..."
Sounds like the Mayor is sure on top of things!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.