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To: rightinthemiddle

One of my many articles I saved after Katrina for the bozos who blame Bush for everything:

Gov. Kathleen Blanco: No State of Emergency

Though her state has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina and thousands are believed dead in New Orleans, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has yet to declare a state of emergency and refuses to cede authority over rescue efforts to the federal government.

“Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans,” the Washington Post reported in Sunday editions.

Gov. Blanco’s office rejected the request, the paper said - concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law.

The Louisiana Democrat has also failed to declare a state of emergency - in marked contrast to Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, who both issued emergency declarations before Hurricane Katrina struck.

State and federal officials also told the Post that Gov. Blanco did not reach out to a multi-state mutual aid compact for assistance until Wednesday - more than 24 hours after breaches in New Orleans levee system had flooded the city and killed thousands.

From Newsmax.com


69 posted on 10/26/2007 9:20:03 AM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: peggybac

Great post!


70 posted on 10/26/2007 9:24:50 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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To: peggybac

Yep.

Douglas Brinkley details all of this incompetence by Blanco and Rayspeak Nagin in his great book ‘The Deluge’.

I know conservatives have problems with Brinkley, but this is a very well balanced, fact based book I highly recommend to anyone with an interest in what happened, and why, with Katrina, not just in NOLA but throughout the Gulf Coast.


78 posted on 10/26/2007 10:05:28 AM PDT by Badeye ('Ron Paul joined 88 Democrats.....")
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