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.
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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.
2 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.
3 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: 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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!
9 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: 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.
13 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
14 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.
15 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.
16 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: ExitPurgamentum
Colin Powell, proof that Bush does sometimes make bad appointments.
27 posted on
09/09/2005 7:43:23 AM PDT by
NeoCaveman
("Government is not the solution, it is the problem" - Ronald Reagan)
To: ExitPurgamentum
it's not the communities' values that rendered it unable to come together in crisis, but economics that determined the outcome.Don't you think that there's a correlation between economics and community values?
To: ExitPurgamentum
I don't see how anyone can say the Feds were absent. The last time I looked the Coast Guard was a branch of the Federal Government and the Coast Guard was pulling survivors from roof tops within a few hours of the storm.
I was struck by the fact that helios were available after a 140 mph storm. Does anyone know where they were from?
36 posted on
09/09/2005 7:48:35 AM PDT by
tubebender
(OK...Whom stole my tag line???)
To: ExitPurgamentum
THe more I read and the more I find out, the more and more I think the Feds did a pretty good job.
The State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans were very poorly served by their elected leaders.
37 posted on
09/09/2005 7:48:42 AM PDT by
Bryan24
(When in doubt, move to the right....)
To: ExitPurgamentum
Now that Powell is not a lap dog anymore for Bush he can speak his mind. I sure wish he would have elaborated on what recent foreign intelligence lied to us about WMD.
42 posted on
09/09/2005 7:52:20 AM PDT by
doc
To: ExitPurgamentum
"There have been a lot of failures at a lot of levels -- local, state and federal," Powell said in an ABC interview for the "20/20" program to be broadcast on Friday evening.I suspect this quote is taken out of context, and followed a leading question by the interviewer that was full of criticism against President Bush's administration and the feds, and Powell was diplomatically spreading the blame to state and local levels with his response.
To: ExitPurgamentum
The BEST thing George Bush can do is appoint Mayor Nagin as the CZAR and to make matters even better, his VICE-CZAR should be Blanco.
This would be a not to subtle way of telling the country what he thinks of the POSITION of "Hurricane Czar".
45 posted on
09/09/2005 7:52:58 AM PDT by
PISANO
(We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
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