posted on September 21, 2005 08:24:08 AM new
This is something sent to me. It explains a lot of what I'd already thought and enlightens on other things.
I post this because I've notice the Liberals move to "not play the name game" after they originally blamed GW Bush for everything and as the tides turned to show the Democrats responsible... they shut up.
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In case you aren't familiar with how our government is SUPPOSED to work:
The chain of responsibility for the protection of the citizens in New Orleans is:
1. The Mayor
2. The New Orleans director of Homeland Security (a political appointee of the Governor who reports to the Governor)
3. The Governor
4. The Head of Homeland Security
5. The President
What did each do?
1. The mayor, with 5 days advance, waited until 2 days before he announced a mandatory evacuation (at the behest of the President). Then he failed to provide transportation for those without transport even though he had hundreds of buses at his disposal.
2. The New Orleans director of Homeland Security failed to have any plan for a contingency that has been talked about for 50 years. Then he blames the Feds for not doing what he should have done. (So much for
political appointees)
3. The Governor, despite a declaration of disaster by the President 2 DAYS BEFORE the storm hit, failed to take advantage of the offer of Federal troops and aid. Until 2 DAYS AFTER the storm hit.
4. The Director of Homeland Security positioned assets in the area to be ready when the Governor called for them
5. The President urged a mandatory evacuation, and even declared a disaster State of Emergency, freeing up millions of dollars of federal assistance, should the Governor decide to use it.
Oh and by the way, the levees that broke were the responsibility of the local landowners and the local levee board to maintain, NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
The disaster in New Orleans is what you get after decades of corrupt (democrat) government going all the way back to Huey Long.
Funds for disaster protection and relief have been flowing into this city for decades, and where has it gone, but into the pockets of the politicos and their friends.
Decades of socialist government in New Orleans has sapped all self reliance from the! Community, and made them dependent upon
government for every little thing.
Political correctness and a lack of will to fight crime have created the single most corrupt police force in the country, and has permitted gang violence to flourish.
The sad thing is that there are many poor folks who have suffered and died needlessly because those that they voted into office failed them.
For those who missed item 5 (where the President's level of accountability is discussed), it is made more clear in a New Orleans Times-Picayune article dated August 28:
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In the face of a catastrophic Hurricane Katrina, a
mandatory evacuation was ordered Sunday for New Orleans by Mayor Ray Nagin. Acknowledging that large numbers of people, many of them stranded tourists, would be unable to leave, the city set up 10 places of last resort for people to go, including the Superdome.
The mayor called the order unprecedented and said anyone who could leave the city should. He exempted hotels from the evacuation order
because airlines had already cancelled all flights.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco, standing beside the mayor at a news conference, said President Bush called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation for the low-lying city, which is prone to flooding. (Emphasis mine)
The ball was placed in Mayor Nagin's court to carry out the evacuation order. With a 5-day heads-up, he had the authority to use any and all services to evacuate all residents from the city, as documented in
a city emergency preparedness plan. By waiting until the last minute, and failing to make full use of resources available within city limits, Nagin and his administration f**ked up.
Mayor Nagin and his emergency sidekick Terry Ebbert have displayed lethal, mind boggling incompetence before, during and after Katrina.
As for Mayor Nagin, he and his profile in pathetic leadership police chief should resign as well. That city's government is incompetent from one end to the other. The people of New Orleans deserve better than this crowd of clowns is capable of giving them.
If you're keeping track, these boobs let 569 buses that could have carried 33,350 people out of New Orleans-in one trip-get ruined in the floods.
Whatever plan these guys had, it was a dud. Or it probably would have been if they'd bothered to follow it.
posted on September 21, 2005 10:14:14 AM new
You're right....won't see any of them admitting to anything ....all the while blaming the conservatives for doing the same thing.
It's just that old double standard of theirs....they won't admit to.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on September 21, 2005 12:15:12 PM new
Ok, the Presidents fault on Katrina,but what I see is a bunch of inept local and state gov't officials there.
Now with the current hurricane situation in the Gulf headed for Galveston, possibly New Orleans, the President stepped up and checked with all gov'ts in TX and they are evacuating.
Question: If the President himself ordered MANDATORY evacuation in New Orleans, do you think more would have left, and this is providing them transportation out of there.
And on that, do you think people would have bitched about the President ordering them out?
posted on September 21, 2005 07:52:21 PM newQuestion: If the President himself ordered MANDATORY evacuation in New Orleans, do you think more would have left, and this is providing them transportation out of there.
The President (of the USA0 doesn't have the power to order a mandatory evacuation for a pending natural disaster.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
posted on September 21, 2005 08:11:53 PM new
Bear, I know your in TX, hopefully not near the gulf coast? Looking at the tracking of this, it looks like it turns into a storm straight up I 35 through Dallas, and then OK, have you seen those computer modules they are showing?
Yes, I knew the President can't order evacuations, it was hypothetical question
posted on September 22, 2005 06:09:38 AM new
Do you know that Nagin has absolutely no political experience and it shows! Before being elected as N.O. mayor he was an accountant for Cox Cable. He held the same position that I did for our local cable company - a business/financial management position!
What a joke - how he was elected we will never know - he must have been one smooth talker to get himself in this position.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on September 22, 2005 06:36:23 AM new
Caroline, I dont like him either. He always looks like sh* on the TV. I know they just went through a hurricane, so the 1st couple of times to see him in a raggity tee-shirt,.. okay. But even now, three weeks later, its like the man cant even dress as if he holds some position or authority there? Maybe I am old-fashioned but his presentation just turns me off.
posted on September 22, 2005 12:46:29 PM new
Ron- "However it was good that the President stepped up to the plate and took responsibility, like a true leader would."
Words mean nothing, actions mean everything. Exactly what is he responsible for? Does that mean he admits that failures caused all too many lives that could have been saved? Does that mean he will stand trial for negligent homocide for his ineptitude? No, it means absolutely nothing. It is just words and another neocon lie that you kool-aid drinkers love to lap up.
What does Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr have in common? They both should have kept their ding-a-lings in their pants.
posted on September 22, 2005 05:58:28 PM new
Come on Rusty, you seen how quickly Blanco followed suit, is she going to stand trial for negligence? After all she was the first in line. And what about that incompetent Ray Nagin <sp?> That is the guy that should be tried for homicide, but as usual hatred for President Bush clouds over the real criminals.
Caroline