Posted on 09/06/2005 6:53:29 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln
This is all well and good, and makes sense too, but for any of it to be convincing to the idiots on the left, there has to be some sort of documentation that it really happened. I have skimmed the thread quickly and didn't see that. Does anybody have a link to that information?
Outstanding bump.
What really frightens me Peach is that there is a good possibility that our elected leaders know less about the law and the constitution than we do. Think about that one for a minute.
Yes, President Bush call Governor Blanco the Friday before the hurricane hit and begged her to evacuate New Orleans and formally request assistance as he couldn't send in FEMA help until she did. So, yes, there definitely is the request for FEMA assistance that Bush urged her to send him.
Bush then declared the States of Emergency and prepositioned FEMA supplies in her state. They also dropped supplies for 15,000 people for 3 days at the Superdome before the hurricane hit.
However, there is no request for assistance with law enforcement, for supplementing her National Guard with forces from other states, or for armed forces of the U.S. to come and assist.
The problem was that FEMA depends on the National Guard to provide security and assist them in getting the supplies to the center of a disaster. Governor Blanco was in charge of her Louisiana National Guard and lost communication with them during the hurricane. It's one thing to ask for help from FEMA, it's another thing to ask for security forces.
(FEMA helicopter pilots trying to do relief and rescue were shot at when they flew into New Orleans right after the hurricane.)
As for Governor Blanco's troops, without communications they didn't know where to go for a long time, and when they did know, there were downed power lines, broken highways, bridges down, trees down, incredible debris blocking their way which delayed them further.
Your question deserves attention.
Don't you think it's interesting that Blanco was facing a disaster, and her response was to beg for money. The only direct aid request was for cleanup. And note that no money was requested for 'Distribution of emergency supplies'.
Wow, this is a powerful editorial here by Barbara Stock. Governor Blanco appears to be some kind of borderline psychotic who is incapable of rational decisions. I believe when all is said and done the despicable behavior of Dem politicians and the MSM will backfire on them and they will lose even more credibility with the American public.
Good article, but people's first line of defense should be themselves, then local etc.
It should be of no surprise that the left wants a communistic government ready to take over any place any time for any reason. Do they even know what they are asking for?
What shocks me the most is that they are asking for it while Bush is president.
When did he do that and on what authority?
No - insurrection is outright, organized rebellion (Circa South Carolina, 1861). This didn't rise to that level.
Major General Bennett C. Landreneau, Adjutant General, Louisiana National Guard, and Director of the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
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This will further confuse the Left. I hope they make a big deal out of this if it is really true that President Bush used the "Insurrection Act" to federalize the National Guard and send them to Louisiana because of Blanco extreme and stunning incompetence and lack of leadership. They will be crushed.
Go down a few pages and read starting around the phrase "Oak Leaf." Very good summary of the relationship between active-military, National Guard, and P.C.
Great article, but just a few questions.
What does the Insurrection Act have to do with the Posse Comitatus Act?
Did President Bush use the Insurrection Act? I didn't see the article actually address that point. (Although, I could have missed it.)
On another note, now that Bush has done what he has done, and sent in the forces he has ordered in, I would not doubt that democrat strategists (aka, lawyers) will be watching the military disaster relief operations very carefully for any violation of posse comitatus or other provisions of the Constitution. And if they can find or gin up justification, the democrats may use it as an excuse to call for impeachment.
As we used to say: "No good deed goes unpunished"
Eh, nevermind my questions. I reread the article and found the answers.
Heh heh. I really should read the articles instead of skimming them.
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Very interesting...thanks for info..
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