Well, as of August 26th, the day which Blanco declared an emergency, President Bush authorized DHS and FEMA to coordinate disaster relief for affected areas. When relief was supposed to come so much ahead of time at a Federal level, I find it hard to blame local authorities for response shortcomings. So when klinton appointees come in during a period of shortcomings, you can excuse me if I don't join in with the back patting and see this as a failure on a FEDERAL level. I had cousins in Louisiana whom I didn't hear from until yesterday and I thank god that they got out with what little injuries they have. They still have friends and family that they haven't heard from, I'm beginning to doubt some of them will be heard from again. Once again, I am upset and am not about to give credit where it's not due. I have never been more let down by this administration.
You can wander back to Democrat Underground or Moveon.org and report you have successfully infiltrated Free Republic and spread DNC propaganda talking points as ordered.
How come you IGNORE the fact that Govt Blanco did NOT ask for any Federal Assistance until Wed Aug 31st according to HER, or Until Thur Sept 1st according to FEMA. ALL the Declaration of Emergency does is release Federal Disaster AID money to the State. It does NOT, as you Hysteric Lefts try to lie about it all over the web these days, take over the Local Govt's authority responsiblities. The Govt of the STATE is still in charge of HOW the resources, particularly the NATIONAL GUARD, are used. FEMA Advises, the do not DIRECT.
BTW, Please explain to me why, according to the Sun Sept 4 WASHINTON POST (A pillar of DNC propaganda) reported that the President had ASKED to take over control, did Gov Blanco of Louisiana say, and is still saying, NO?
Why TODAY, if the 3rd Responder Feds are to blame and not the 1st Responders (City of NO) and 2ND Responders (State of Louisiana) is the MAYOR of New Orleans issuing order for evacuees to be removed by force if necessary?
How is "This Administration" to blame for what the Gov and the Mayor are IN CHARGE OF?