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Chris wrote:
> "moorehead" <moorehead_johnson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1126198941.935073.143780@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > 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....

Except for the fact that presidents never take vacations and the fact
the aid was blocked to the superdome by Louisiana state officials,
you're right....which, since those two concepts were the crux of your
statement, make you not only entirely wrong, but stupid.....