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Article #979Re: Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory
From: dashaun345
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:52
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:52
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wrcowan1@hal-pc.org wrote: > I do not think it was politicalization per se. It was just plain > stupidity. The Mayor of N.O was an idiot who failed to carry out the > emergency plan as outlined. He did not think out his actions. Instead > he just reacted badly with poor judgement. The Govenor of Louisiana did > not follow the emergency plan as was outlined. She furthe made things > worse by failing to send in the guard earlier and in sufficent numbers. > She failed to allow FEMA and the Red cross to do its job. I think she > probably politicized the situation. She wanted to retain control when > clearly she had no clue or was even prepared. She feared sending in the > guard because it would look bad. She did not want to make mandatory > evacuations because of perception. > > I am confident that if had at least directed all her agencies to > coordinate with FEMA and the Red Cross things would have been better. The mayor of New Orleans did not display competence. The governor of Louisiana did not display competence. The President of the United States was unaware.
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