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Gov. Kathleen Blanco: No State of Emergency
NewsMax.com ^ | Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005 12:47 p.m. EDT

Posted on 09/04/2005 10:18:30 AM PDT by one more state

Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005 12:47 p.m. EDT Gov. Kathleen Blanco: No State of Emergency

Though her state has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina and thousands are believed dead in New Orleans, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has yet to declare a state of emergency and refuses to cede authority over rescue efforts to the federal government.

"Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans," the Washington Post reported in Sunday editions.

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Gov. Blanco's office rejected the request, the paper said - concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. The Louisiana Democrat has also failed to declare a state of emergency - in marked contrast to Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, who both issued emergency declarations before Hurricane Katrina struck.

State and federal officials also told the Post that Gov. Blanco did not reach out to a multi-state mutual aid compact for assistance until Wednesday - more than 24 hours after breaches in New Orleans levee system had flooded the city and killed thousands.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: blanco; katrina
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What's up with this?
1 posted on 09/04/2005 10:18:30 AM PDT by one more state
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To: one more state

Incompetence knows no limit!


2 posted on 09/04/2005 10:19:38 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: one more state

criminally incompetent. her most useful contribution has been crying on camera.


3 posted on 09/04/2005 10:20:07 AM PDT by smonk
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To: one more state

President Bush will be vindicated when this is over. The pajamahadeen will make sure of it.


4 posted on 09/04/2005 10:20:11 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: one more state

Just ignore it.....It's Bushes fault. Problem solved.


5 posted on 09/04/2005 10:20:18 AM PDT by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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To: one more state
She is tsarina. Don't you know, darlink?

Recall Governeurette Blanco NOW!

6 posted on 09/04/2005 10:20:25 AM PDT by Siobhan (Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.)
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To: one more state

Blanco Lied, People Died.....?


7 posted on 09/04/2005 10:21:00 AM PDT by cmsgop ( I DON'T C.A.I.R. !!!!!!!!!)
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To: one more state

Sounds like the truth is coming out. Don't expect to hear it in the MSM.


8 posted on 09/04/2005 10:21:01 AM PDT by Cathy
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Orleans, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has yet to declare a state of emergency and refuses to cede authority over rescue efforts to the federal government. "Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of

The wheels are coming off the Dem spin machine. Boy is the Dinosaur Media going to be PISSED. Same info in Washington Post for those who sneer at the "conservative News Max"

9 posted on 09/04/2005 10:21:46 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (If it is all Bush's fault, why will Gov Blanco still not let the Feds take over?)
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To: one more state; Peach; Howlin; NautiNurse; mhking

This is too much ping.


10 posted on 09/04/2005 10:21:46 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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Though her state has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina and thousands are believed dead in New Orleans, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has yet to declare a state of emergency and refuses to cede authority over rescue efforts to the federal government.

She's just making sure she gets her cut of the contracts to rebuild New Orleans.

11 posted on 09/04/2005 10:21:53 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: one more state

Has this been reported in the MSM??


12 posted on 09/04/2005 10:21:56 AM PDT by Hildy (a fact to a liberal is like Kryptonite to Superman.)
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I am sure the fact that she hired the ex head of FEMA (under Bill Clinton) to help out in the state is part of the equation

It sounds like she is trying to keep this "In House"

13 posted on 09/04/2005 10:22:24 AM PDT by mware (Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
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To: cmsgop

Blanco gaped, people got raped!


14 posted on 09/04/2005 10:22:36 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: one more state
If this is true, she is more than incompetent.

The Washington Post hates to print anything good about Bush, so it seems very likely that the main person responsible for the evacuation catastrophe was the Governor.
15 posted on 09/04/2005 10:22:41 AM PDT by FR_addict
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The Mayor of N.O., the Governor of Louisiana, and Senator Mary Landreau (spell?) all are in MAJOR spin mode blaming the Federal Goverment for the situation in New Orleans...the facts will come out---as the dead body count rises in the Big Easy the politics will get uglier.


16 posted on 09/04/2005 10:22:52 AM PDT by flixxx
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To: Peach


???


17 posted on 09/04/2005 10:23:18 AM PDT by onyx (North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: Hildy

Wash Post today front page article.

AP poll shows that even with the 24/7 MSM bashing, the public is not buying it.


18 posted on 09/04/2005 10:23:21 AM PDT by the Real fifi
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To: one more state

That idiotic b*tch; playing politics with her own constituents' lives.


19 posted on 09/04/2005 10:23:24 AM PDT by RightOnline
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This just boggles the mind. Your largest city is under water, 100's of thousands displaced, 10's of thousand more probably dead, and she doesn't consider this an emergency!?

One wonders what it would take for Gov. Blanco to consider it an emergency.

20 posted on 09/04/2005 10:23:35 AM PDT by AFreeBird (your mileage may vary)
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