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Gov. Kathleen Blanco: No State of Emergency
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| 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?
To: one more state
Incompetence knows no limit!
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:19:38 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: one more state
criminally incompetent. her most useful contribution has been crying on camera.
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:20:07 AM PDT
by
smonk
To: one more state
President Bush will be vindicated when this is over. The pajamahadeen will make sure of it.
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:20:11 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
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)
To: one more state
She is
tsarina. Don't you know, darlink?
Recall Governeurette Blanco NOW!
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:20:25 AM PDT
by
Siobhan
(Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.)
To: one more state
Blanco Lied, People Died.....?
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:21:00 AM PDT
by
cmsgop
( I DON'T C.A.I.R. !!!!!!!!!)
To: one more state
Sounds like the truth is coming out. Don't expect to hear it in the MSM.
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:21:01 AM PDT
by
Cathy
To: one more state
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"
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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?)
To: one more state; Peach; Howlin; NautiNurse; mhking
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:21:46 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: one more state
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.
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:21:53 AM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
To: one more state
Has this been reported in the MSM??
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:21:56 AM PDT
by
Hildy
(a fact to a liberal is like Kryptonite to Superman.)
To: one more state
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"
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:22:24 AM PDT
by
mware
(Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
To: cmsgop
Blanco gaped, people got raped!
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:22:36 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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.
To: one more state
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.
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:22:52 AM PDT
by
flixxx
To: Peach
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:23:18 AM PDT
by
onyx
(North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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.
To: one more state
That idiotic b*tch; playing politics with her own constituents' lives.
To: one more state
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.
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posted on
09/04/2005 10:23:35 AM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)
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