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Re: Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory

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From: moorehead
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:27
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Jeffrey E. Salzberg wrote:
> > Mike is just upset that Bush wasn't down there from day one,
> > personally throwing sandbags on the levee.  Anything less than that
> > isn't enough.
>
> I'd've settled for military assistance arriving sooner than 4 days after
> the hurricane.

The coast guard was plucking people out of trees and from rooftops
within hours after the storm.

What was slow was the evacuation - but at least those people at the
superdome and at the convention center were on relatively dry ground.
The lives of those needing rescue takes priority over moving those who
are uncomfortable, particularly when the routes to get in to the city
are impassable.

mj
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From: "moorehead" <moorehead_johnson@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: nyc.general,dfw.general,nyc.politics,houston.general,austin.general
Subject: Re: Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory
Date: 6 Sep 2005 06:27:53 -0700
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