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Ex-Secretary of State Powell Slams Storm Effort
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| Sep 09, 2005
Posted on 09/09/2005 7:20:15 AM PDT by ExitPurgamentum
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Once again Powell fails to stand up for Republicans and promulgates the same mantra as Jesse Jackson: it's not the lack of personal responsibility, it's not the communities' values that rendered it unable to come together in crisis, but economics that determined the outcome.
To: ExitPurgamentum
He is among various names mentioned in Washington as a potential "hurricane czar" to take over the long-term recovery effort. I think Hurricane Czar was a professional wrestler in the fifties. A bad-guy, loud-mouth Russian, who later became good, and then became bad again after that, and then got a job selling used cars and drank himself to death.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:22:43 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: ExitPurgamentum
The Bushbots thought this guy walked on water and wouldn't listen to anything bad about him.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:24:03 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
The Bushbots thought this guy walked on water and wouldn't listen to anything bad about him.Total BS.
To: ExitPurgamentum
I'm having a hard time finding something in his remarks to disagree with. There were a lot of mistakes made at all levels of government and we did not make the best use of time ahead of the storm.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:28:43 AM PDT
by
12B
To: ExitPurgamentum
Once again Powell fails to stand up for Republicans and promulgates the same mantra as Jesse Jackson: it's not the lack of personal responsibility, it's not the communities' values that rendered it unable to come together in crisis, but economics that determined the outcome. No, there is a HUGE difference between the message that Powell is trying to deliver and the ones of Jackson and Sharpton. Powell is clearly (and rightly) stating that it is a statistical fact (and unfortunate one) that blacks are affected more by Katrina because more blacks are in poverty. He is in fact saying that there is no conspiracy against African Americans, which is the implication (or worse, blanket statement) that many black leaders are making. Powell does not have to tow the republican line just to make you happy. It's not ALWAYS about politics.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:29:49 AM PDT
by
z3n
To: ExitPurgamentum
Actually, I think that the title deliberately distorts what Powell says here. President Bush said much the same thing. He said all three levels of government had problems and I have not heard any responsible person disagree with that.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:31:21 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: ExitPurgamentum
Some black leaders, including Democrats in Congress, have charged that racism contributed to the misery of New Orleans' predominantly black storm victims. If America actually had "black leaders" the "misery of New Orleans' predominantly black storm victims" wouldn't be used an an opportunity to exploit leftwing political positions.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:31:32 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
To: ExitPurgamentum
He wants to be prezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Watch!
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:33:29 AM PDT
by
bubman
To: ExitPurgamentum
Just another pol following their liberal masters, the MSM, who write the script.
To: ExitPurgamentum
Powell, after all, is a democrat. and apparantly has now decided to run for office.
To: 12B
I'm having a hard time finding something in his remarks to disagree with. There were a lot of mistakes made at all levels of government and we did not make the best use of time ahead of the storm.I don't care what it is, any massive undertaking such as this, is going to have it's share of mistakes. "A war is a series of calamaties that result in victory." The same goes for massive operations, such as this. We'll fix the problems, but the next time there will be even new situations that weren't anticipated.
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09/09/2005 7:35:29 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: ExitPurgamentum
"I don't think it's racism, I think it's economic," Powell said. "But poverty disproportionately affects African-Americans in this country. And it happened because they were poor." I'd like to know how the Democrats attempted to help Blacks get out of poverty in New Orleans over the past 40 years? Oh, that's right, they "gave" them welfare.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:35:42 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: ExitPurgamentum
I'm quickly losing the last bits of respect for Powell
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:36:12 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: ExitPurgamentum
Despite currying favor with the MSM, He is not Presidential Timber.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:38:50 AM PDT
by
Steamburg
(Pretenders everywhere)
To: ExitPurgamentum
But poverty disproportionately affects African-Americans in this country. And it happened because they were poor WTF? and why is that?
Lack of free education? nope
Lack of opportunity?, Nope
Help me here Colin, just why is it that Afican-Americans are disproportionately affected?
Here, let me submit my humble opinion, because we as a nation are now comprised of 50% who think that's OK.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:38:50 AM PDT
by
strange1
("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
To: twigs
Actually, I think that the title deliberately distorts what Powell says here. President Bush said much the same thing. He said all three levels of government had problems and I have not heard any responsible person disagree with that. I agree. The criticism of this effort borders on the insane, literally. The STORM combined with New Orleans' geography and inept evacuation plan killed people, and discomforted many many others. Criminals killed people. I think the federal government did well, given that it is government and is a huge creaking machine not run by one benevolent dictator (much less a czar).
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:38:56 AM PDT
by
Puddleglum
(Thank God the Boston blowhard lost)
To: 12B
The way you state it is very unfair. Sure, it will always be true that there are "mistakes made" in an operation as humongous as this one - that will never, ever, ever change. Every disaster will be unpredictably different and we will need to constantly evolve our responses. In this case, the local and state governments are primarily responsible for the mistakes and should shoulder 95% of the blame. Saying that "all levels" made a lot of mistakes is a lie.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:39:08 AM PDT
by
Timothy
To: twigs
Actually, I think that the title deliberately distorts what Powell says here.
That's exactly right. Powells comments are measured and not any different from what other responsible people have said. The headline writer turned them into something they are not.
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posted on
09/09/2005 7:39:57 AM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
To: Diddle E. Squat; AppyPappy
Colin Powell is a decent man. If I was him I would stay out of it. Why come back in to this clusterf&ck?
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