"Why, if we offered food and water at the shelter, people might be tempted to go there and use it."
This woman is certainly comprised of weapons-grade stupidity. She should be locked away for the good of society at large.
Posted on 09/07/2005 3:35:54 PM PDT by NickatNite2003
Just heard on FOX that Blanco refused to allow supplies to be brought to the stadium, "Because they wanted all those people to leave, and they didn't want to create a magnet to bring others there, by bringing in food and water!"""
According to Hugh, his interview with Garrett would be posted on Radioblogger.
Gee, there's one executive decision she was able to make in a timely way.
time to recall her NOW.
I agree. And not a moment too soon. Having no governor would be better than having her as governor.
Posted by Fred Nerks to RavenATB
On News/Activism 09/06/2005 4:40:03 AM PDT · 50 of 68
http://www.asambleasociedadcivilcuba.info/CPrensa/CANF.htm
(snip)
"The resolution is in contrast to a recent trip by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco to Cuba where she had a lobster dinner with Fidel Castro. Governor Blanco's meeting with Castro has come under fire by Louisianans for failing to meet with dissidents, call for democratic reforms, release of political prisoners, freedom of the press, and respect for human rights..."
Is Bobby ineligible to serve because he no longer has a residence in LA? Bobby needs to STFU and backtrack BIGTIME!
I thought it was fraud in his role as insurance commissioner. Levee board is controlled by NO.
Why are you asking me an obvious question like that?
Part of the New Homeland Security contract (federal govt) with the states keeps Red Cross out of disaster areas. They are only allowed in after the area is no longer a disaster as their presence could keep people from evacuating. That's the national policy.
This is a rather artfully-worded characterization of the regulations. I would bet that the actual text contains language that qualifies any of these provisions which you have asserted by stating that any application or implementation of them shall be at the determination and direction of the "controlling authority", or equivalent.
The controlling authority is the Governor, unless and until that authority has been formally transferred to the President. What you said may be accurate, but it is a distinction without a difference. Nothing you said changes the fact that the supplies were witheld under the authority of the Governor, not the President.
I think that the RATS margin of victory in LA is being assimilated into other states. Buh bye, RATS!
I think Jeff parish is anticipating being the new center of NO. I hear hi rollers are in NO buying up land. My guess is the Gov doesn't want the citizens of Jeff parish having much say in how the NO spoils are divided.
Jeff Parish voted for David Duke rather than Edwin Edwards who was the king of the dem machine. Lots of pubs in Jeff parish, just dying to get in and have a say.
The problem here is, that isn't obvious. I just scoured the dept's website looking for confirmation that it is under the governor's authority; couldn't find it.
People read "Homeland Security" they think federal agency, not state.
tftp.
When most people hear the words "Homeland Security" they just assume it's Federal.
Blanco is a common cajun name.
"Why, if we offered food and water at the shelter, people might be tempted to go there and use it."
This woman is certainly comprised of weapons-grade stupidity. She should be locked away for the good of society at large.
I sent an email to John Monday reminding him I thought he was more thorough then his comments about FEMA indicated. I remain surprisingly (for me)civil in the first of three paragraphs...the second paragraph explaining buses,dome chaos,location of rescuers before the hurricane hit,etc etc...by the third paragraph my Jersey upbringing had me digitally sissy slapping the dog snot out of him...which reminds me...I never got a answer to my email..???
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What if they waited until the last minute, until they realized their "evacution plans" were worthless? I couldn't even guess what I would do in that type of situation. As of now, if I was in charge, there would be a back up plan. We get earthquakes, not hurricanes. At least we wouldn't have to worry about drowning.
Transcript of Meet the Press with Tim Russert and Jeff Parish Pres. Aaron Broussard:
"MR. RUSSERT: Hold on. Hold on, sir. Shouldn't the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of New Orleans bear some responsibility? Couldn't they have been much more forceful, much more effective and much more organized in evacuating the area?
MR. BROUSSARD: Sir, they were told like me, every single day, "The cavalry's coming," on a federal level, "The cavalry's coming, the cavalry's coming, the cavalry's coming." I have just begun to hear the hoofs of the cavalry. The cavalry's still not here yet, but I've begun to hear the hoofs, and we're almost a week out.
Let me give you just three quick examples. We had Wal-Mart deliver three trucks of water, trailer trucks of water. FEMA turned them back. They said we didn't need them. This was a week ago. FEMA--we had 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on a Coast Guard vessel docked in my parish. The Coast Guard said, "Come get the fuel right away." When we got there with our trucks, they got a word. "FEMA says don't give you the fuel." Yesterday--yesterday--FEMA comes in and cuts all of our emergency communication lines. They cut them without notice. Our sheriff, Harry Lee, goes back in, he reconnects the line. He posts armed guards on our line and says, "No one is getting near these lines." Sheriff Harry Lee said that if America--American government would have responded like Wal-Mart has responded, we wouldn't be in this crisis.
But I want to thank Governor Blanco for all she's done and all her leadership. She sent in the National Guard. I just repaired a breach on my side of the 17th Street canal that the secretary didn't foresee, a 300-foot breach. I just completed it yesterday with convoys of National Guard and local parish workers and levee board people. It took us two and a half days working 24/7. I just closed it."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9179790/
199 posted on 09/04/2005 12:54:19 PM PDT by DeepSouthRedneck (Gov. Blanco's request for assistance on 28 Aug. 2005)
The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.
from the redcross website
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html
You are so right.
I heard it over and over "Home Land Security" never mentioning it was the State Home Land Security.
I knew there was a difference but just by the way it was stated, I like most, thought it was the Feds.
I have been saying, Nagin was a good mayor and good people loved him.
He has been screwed here. People will blame Blanco, I hear it all around, but not Nagin.
And Miss Mary has been mighty absent in the last day or two.
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