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"moorehead" <moorehead_johnson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> slim wrote:
> > moorehead wrote:
> > >
> > > Jeffrey E. Salzberg wrote:
> > > > In article <431dd7cc$0$10627$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org>,
wrcowan1@hal-
> > > > pc.org says...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 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 Govenor of Lousiana is at fault for that.  She is the one who
is
> > > > > incontrol of the National Guard.
> > > >
> > > > ...Which went in the day after the storm, 3 days before Bush sent in
the US Military.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Exactly - which is what they should have done.  It is always -
ALWAYS -
> > > the local and state authorities who are supposed to take the lead in
> > > disaster response and relief efforts.  ALWAYS.  In the BEST case
> > > scenarios, FEMA and active duty military will need 48 hours or so to
> > > begin their respective support roles.  In worst-case scenarios, like
> > > when there are impassable roads and the majority of a city is
submerged
> > > under 25 feet of water, it is going to take longer.  FEMA's response
> > > under the circumstances was a herculean effort that desrerves praise.
> >
> > Does shithead Brown know ANYTHING?
> >
> > Here,s what the FEMA director said to Paula Zahn Sept 1,2005 on CNN:
> >
>
> What did Mayor Nagin say when Paula Zahn asked him why the entire
> city's fleet of transit buses and school buses weren't used to evacuate
> people from the city?  Oh, she never asked him. that's right.  Because
> it's Bush's fault.  What did Governor Blanco say when Paula asked her
> why there weren't enough Guard troops at the Superdome and why she
> didn't preposition enough food and water for several days?  Oh, she
> never asked her, that's right.  Because it's Bush's fault.
>
> It's all Bush's fault - he should have removed the incompetent mayor
> and the incompetent Governor and declared himself Viceroy of Louisiana
> for the duration of the hurricane.  He should have moved into the
> Governor's mansion the day before the storm, and jailed both Nagin and
> Blanco.  He should have then personally seen to it that all those
> people who refused to leave the city and went to the Superdome had
> their 3 square meals a day, serta comfort-top mattresses to sleep on,
> and cable tv to watch.  And when those flood waters started to rise,
> Bush should have waved his hand, and parted them like Moses to prevent
> the disaster that no one in Louisiana ever thought could possibly
> happen.
>
> Yep, all Bush's fault.
>
> Right.
>
> Not.

Or he could have just done the right thing and cancelled the rest of his
vacation and gotten aid moving quicker.....but we wouldn't want to shorten
his photo op.....er vacation...now would we....

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