See, I told you it was the NO Mayor's Fault

Hardsheller

what a shame ... ;o)

Maybe they will decide not to have it for a long time. I bet the Catholic Priesthood will say that more strongly than we Baptists ...

 

They tried. They drove buses through the streets Saturday and Sunday offering free rides out of the city.

 

People - Do you know federal law at all?
The Governor of LA had to call up the Nationa Guard, not the President.
The Governor of LA had to FORMALLY request federal aid before the Feds could send in FEMA.
The Governor of LA had to FORMALLY request National Guardsmen from other states to step in. Otherwise, any law enforcement agency acting was acting without authorization.

Notice how quickly it all fell into place once she stopped whining and started putting in the formal requests.

 

yep

 

They tried. They drove buses through the streets Saturday and Sunday offering free rides out of the city. </font>[/QUOTE]They would have been better off using the buses to haul people away from the superdome than lodging them in it don't you think. Why didn't they?

 

If we are all fair, this has been a failure at both the Local, State, and Federal level.

 

They tried. They drove buses through the streets Saturday and Sunday offering free rides out of the city. </font>[/QUOTE]The order for mandatory evacuation did not go out until Sunday , Aug. 28 , and then only after President Bush called the Governor and personally appealed for that order.

The Governor did not mobilize the LA. NG until the following day, Aug. 29. Why the delay?

 

Deer in the headlights ... happens all the time in emergencies.

The Pres. was focused upon foreign enemies.

I do like how he has not "Played the blame game".

 

They tried. They drove buses through the streets Saturday and Sunday offering free rides out of the city. </font>[/QUOTE]The order for mandatory evacuation did not go out until Sunday , Aug. 28 , and then only after President Bush called the Governor and personally appealed for that order.

The Governor did not mobilize the LA. NG until the following day, Aug. 29. Why the delay? </font>[/QUOTE]Even on the 28th if they had just used the buses at hand most of what we've seen at the Superdome and Civic Center could have been avoided. Lots of those people could have been carried inland. Maybe all of them.

 

Lost or saved, First of all I expect him to be a man who can lead. After all he wanted the job.

If he needed the Federal Government to hold his hand while he did his job then he was in over his head and I think that is becoming more and more obvious as the days go by. </font>[/QUOTE]Thanks for the calm reasoned reply Hardsheller! Anyhow who made C4K this man's judge?

 

Roger, that was not Canada plucking people off roofs on Monday. </font>[/QUOTE]No - those were locals doing an admirable job till help arrived.

 

As of last night, there are still people in Mississippi who haven't seen a National Guard presence or had food or water. I guess the Governor in Mississippi didn't act quick enough like his fellow Governor in Louisiana.



I will be glad for a Congressional investigation into the failure of FEMA until they called in the former director of FEMA (under Clinton) to get things rolling. Part of this may be due to the fact that FEMA has been revamped and is now under the Homeland Security federal arm. Whatever it is, the head of FEMA has been incompetent - but I don't expect him to be dismissed.

 

Roger, that was not Canada plucking people off roofs on Monday. </font>[/QUOTE]No - those were locals doing an admirable job till help arrived. </font>[/QUOTE]The FIRST people in to start rescuing people were the Fish and Wildlife people in their boats and the Sportsmen in their boats. They have the type of flat bottom boats that easily navigate marshes and could more easily dodge downed power lines and debris.

 

I could have sworn I saw Coast Guard helos on Monday.

 

Yeah I cant wait. Cant you just hear all the democrats putting all the blame on the democrat mayor and the democrat governor? NOT

 

They were there rather quickly.

 

It did not take four days for the federal government to respond!