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They want Bush to play the part of the hero. They don't care about paperwork or laws.

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But, but, these people have been supporting the lie for the last five years that Bush is too dumb to be president.

Does even Superman's x-ray vision see events before they unfold or does he have to see the actual problem before he can act?

They just want to know why the federal government, after 9/11, isn't prepared to handle the next 9/11 (one Mother Nature-created). Like I said in an earlier post. The focus here at FR is what Nagin should have done before it happened. People don't care about that. Seriously. They only care about the here and now of dealing with the aftermath of Katrina, and they think it's Bush's job to make sure this mess gets cleaned up. They think it's above everyone else's pay grade, so to speak.

This isn't about Bush predicting a hurricane. It's about emergency response after a cataclysmic event. They have seen all these movies like Deep Impact or whatever where the US is hit by some horrible event and the President has everything under control, solution in hand.

Bush called the governor twice, not the other way around, to take over... he was told no. He also called the mayor, he said everything was under control. That's why Bush came on television and asked everyone to get out re: state of emergency early. It had to be requested by the state.

Obviously, by Nagin's rant then shock when he was asked if he knew the governor had to request it (states rights) for federal entities to get involved. I saw it, I am telling you he had no clue of the Standard Operating Procedures.

Case in point... from Gov. Blanco's site, notice the date:
Press Release
Date: 9/1/2005

Contact:Denise Bottcher or Roderick Hawkins at 225-342-9037

Governor Blanco Announces Executive Orders

Baton Rouge, LA— Governor Blanco today announced the following Executive Orders:

Executive Order NO. KBB 2005-23- Suspends the bonding requirement of persons issued a special officer's commission by the superintendent of state police. This will facilitate immediate activation and incorporation of out-of-state troopers and out-of-jurisdiction Louisiana law enforcement officers into law enforcement efforts in the disaster area.

Executive Order NO. KBB 2005-24- ensures that all evacuees occupying a hotel room shall be allowed to continue to occupy such rooms under the normal terms, conditions, and rates of the hotel or motel.

Also the date of this: http://gov.louisiana.gov/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=998

The full text of the above mentioned Executive Orders is available on the Internet at www.gov.state.la.us.