Posted on 09/04/2005 5:38:41 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
It is. The Pres of Jefferson Parrish said he kept hearing that 'the calvary is coming' and they never came. He also said that FEMA wouldn't allow water in and that the Coast Guard told them they could come get the fuel then when they went down there they wouldn't let them have it - told them that FEMA said no. He's on a rant on the Feds and FEMA and praising Blanco for sending in the NG.
Landrieu just said Bush came for a photo op -
I wonder how these politicians hold their heads up when they actually have to come face to face with the president after they make these kinds of remarks? She is not only clueless but classless.
LOL. You have got to be kidding. Did he mention the Jooooos as well?
Typical Stephie today....
They got sooooooo close when blaming Bush "why not bring down busses and choppers and all down to save these people" and "first Bush tried to spin this as a law and order thing with the looting now they are trying to blame the mayor"
BUT... no mention of the 250 school busses left to flood because they were never activated by the "why aren't you doing my job" mayor.
Typical, should have expected but FNS was on commercial, so thought I'd share.
Political people often have no managerial skills, that is showing now.
Interesting blog entry ...
http://nolagrit.blogspot.com/2005/07/aaron-broussard-jumps-gun.html
Monday, July 11, 2005
Aaron Broussard Jumps The Gun
During Hurricane Dennis many in the newsroom were making fun of Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard because he called a voluntary evacuation before the storm even entered the gulf, and while the state senate election was still scheduled to go on. Luckily, it didn't seem to matter because so few people left, but still... What a sloppy move!
Worse yet, he ignored the evacuation plan that all the parishes had agreed on. The newsroom got a call from the LA State Police after JP's press conference stating that only they (the LSP) had the authority to manage an evacuation. Governor Blanco released a similar statement to us also.
Honestly, I think it is always wise to evacuate the unprotected low-lying areas, but for those of us behind the protection levees it is unnecessary. Broussard jumped the gun, and what's worse is that in the future people will take his evacuation orders less seriously. Tsk tsk.
On toppa that - the local stations didn't challenge Broussard very harshly on his actions because if you piss off a political leader then they won't give you interviews in the future. And in the news business you just can't afford to be left outta the loop on stories, hence soft questions galore. And that is just a fraction of how bad this system gets, my friends.
posted by nolagrit at 2:28 PM
That makes sense..let's brig the buses down and put them in the path of the floods...
Susan Page of USAToday and Bill Kristol says no question the state and local officials have a lot to answer for...Juan says the admin has a lack of understanding of what is going on down there. There has been a shameful failure of this admin to respond to the need of the people.
An act of God had just changed this!!!!!!!!
Juan just sounded like he was excusing the looters - after all, they were under tremendous pressure...
Next up were the representatives of our administration.
I was so proud of our guys. Even Minetta had valuable information to report and all were so impressive.
Quite a contrast.
(sigh) I wish Raines had been on the round table on Fox News Sunday.
You would have seen Brit Hume 'bitch slap' someone like no man has ever been bitch slapped down before.
Death is better.
So it was better to leave people trapped with no food, no water and ineffective police protection. It's "All Bush's fault" because the City decided the people could be put thur any discomfort to SAVE THEIR LIVES?
Don't let the rat/media get to you, fighting back is always much better.
You and me both!!!!!
Check if it was Hurricane Charley.
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