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MUST SEE: Blanco refused to allow Red Cross and FEMA to bring food and water to Stadium!!!
FOX News (Click here for MUST SEE Video) ^ | Brit Hume and Major Garrett

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!"""


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
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To: NickatNite2003

They were good - anything my mama makes is delicious!


781 posted on 09/08/2005 2:20:01 PM PDT by bethtopaz (We will not allow another generation of heroes to be forsaken. -- NewLand, from Free Republic)
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To: NickatNite2003

Major Garret this morning on Fox News talked about this, he verified the story by calling the Red Cross.

Still and all though it will be the presidents fault.


782 posted on 09/08/2005 3:07:16 PM PDT by Burlem
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To: Burlem
On Hannity he said he's sitting down with the president of the Red Cross today to verify answers and to try to get a paper trail.

As it relates to Lt Col Bill Cowen's report of a National Guard gag order, I posted this in the only gag order thread I could find:

http://gov.louisiana.gov/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=1021

That is a press release from the governor's office for a media event at 2PM Central today with a "what" line of "The National Guard Response to Hurricane Katrina, Timeline"

Has anyone heard anything from that press conference?

783 posted on 09/08/2005 3:49:41 PM PDT by angry_dad
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To: kitkat

My post was sarcasm.


784 posted on 09/08/2005 4:41:55 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Right_in_Virginia

I'm truly glad to hear that. Grin.


785 posted on 09/08/2005 5:54:42 PM PDT by kitkat ("We're not going to let anybody frighten us from our great love of freedom." GWB, 7/22/05))
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To: NickatNite2003

Here's another tidbit. I got my copy of Army Times today. There's an article in it about security at the Superdome. Members of a Louisiana Army National Guard MP unit were on duty there, but WERE NOT ISSUED FIREARMS UNTIL 72 HOURS AFTER THE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL. One soldier fashioned a homemade baton out of a broomstick.

Who is in charge of the Louisiana National Guard? Here's a clue. Her name is Blanco.


786 posted on 09/08/2005 7:47:12 PM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: billnaz; Peach; Fedora; Grampa Dave; STARWISE; justshutupandtakeit; Lancey Howard; Howlin; xzins; ..

STOP THE PRESSES!!!

Here's another amazing piece of fact about Governor Blanco's dereliction of duty:

All along I have been wondering why Gov. Blanco couldn't have, under a state of emergency, ordered school buses (and for that matter all kinds of other buses) from all over the state of LA to carry out the evacuation of NOLA on the Sat. and Sun. before the storm. Since no one in the media ever mentioned such a possibility (that I had seen) I figured there must not be any legal way to do this.

Here's the kicker: on Wednesday, August 31 it seems that Governor Blanco issued just such an order and cited the relevant statute:

http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/EmergencyEvacuationbyBuses.pdf

National Review has posted this document on their website, but it's a good idea if various freepers save a copy of it in case NR changes the link and the Governor decides to make it disappear. Soooo, evidently the Governor DID have the legal authority to order any number of buses from around the state to converge on NOLA before the storm, but didn't get around to issuing such an order until WEDNESDAY after the crisis was already so extreme.

This is another point to hammer home will all the the media, the Governor is the one who was asleep at the switch and waited FIVE DAYS to do what should have been ordered on Saturday before the storm.


787 posted on 09/08/2005 8:07:11 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: popdonnelly; angry_dad; Right_in_Virginia; Burlem; NickatNite2003; jerri; Cboldt; ...

And while they're at it they can investigate the FACT that Gov. Blanco had the power, under state of emergency, to commandeer every bus in the state of LA to save residents of NOLA. Did she do so on the Saturday before the storm, when it would have made a difference??? NO, she did it on Wednesday, August 31...........

http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/EmergencyEvacuationbyBuses.pdf


788 posted on 09/08/2005 8:29:30 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: Enchante
Thanks for ping. Downloaded the Executive Order No. KBB 2005-31

Clearly all provisions where put in place for the state to use all available busses to come to the aid of evacuating those found to be in dire straights, e.g. New Orleans. She and the state operatives have no excuse. They screwed the pouch on this deal. But the L/MSM will prevent them from becoming spam in the can.

789 posted on 09/08/2005 8:57:55 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned)
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To: Enchante
Talk about dereliction of duty...WOW !
790 posted on 09/08/2005 10:22:22 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: laz

Nice post.


I am not suprised at the lack of airtime this story is getting!


791 posted on 09/09/2005 3:04:09 AM PDT by dolphin558
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To: Jazzman1

Well said.


792 posted on 09/09/2005 4:09:01 AM PDT by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: freespirited

As bad as 20-30 dead due to a cat 4 hurricane, imagine 50,000 dead due to a warm spell. That's socialized medicine for you, in France.


793 posted on 09/09/2005 9:29:21 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Xenalyte

"We really need to form a Female Misogynists Club."

Yeah... it's pretty tough on us guys to do a very good job at being misogynistic with the likes of y'all around here ;^).

(You ARE going to post the Indian pics, aren't you?)


794 posted on 09/09/2005 9:35:24 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Mo1

Not ALL of NO is underwater. A hearty band of dry Latin-Quarter folk are desperately trying to maintain some sense of continuity by persisting in their community, and feel no imminent danger.


795 posted on 09/09/2005 9:36:59 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Mo1

(OK, maybe I should never say "Dry" as an adjective for Latin-Quarter folk.)


796 posted on 09/09/2005 9:37:38 AM PDT by dangus
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To: NickatNite2003
Louisiana governor should be jailed - Katrina

Bush, Blanco spar over military, visit - Blanco says Army brought attitude, not resources (absurd)

New Orleans Ignored Its Own Plan


797 posted on 09/10/2005 6:57:03 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (Viva La MIGRA - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: NickatNite2003

I never read anywhere else but FOX that Gov. Blanco 'refused' to allow food and water to be provided. Why would she do this?


798 posted on 09/10/2005 11:08:11 AM PDT by almajur
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To: lawdude

"They can die for all I care"...how typical of you.


799 posted on 09/10/2005 11:11:07 AM PDT by almajur
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To: almajur

Because she/( the LA Dept of HS, didn't want the
"Stadium to become a magnet for other residents,
when it beacme known there was food and water
there.", They wanted the survivors to leave the
stadium to leave and leave the city.


800 posted on 09/10/2005 11:54:28 AM PDT by NickatNite2003
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