That’s like saying that Bush’s response during Katrina is what it was because he “hates black people.”
The truth is George Bush was incompetent and over his head and Katrina showed and Barack Obama is incompetent and over his head and the oil spill is showing it. Though in his case politics probably plays a role given all the money BP has given him.
You're showing too. Name one thing he should have done about Katrina but didn't do.
Id love to know what you would have done that W didnt do.
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco Democrat. President Bush offered assistance before it hit and was refuted.
Mississippi Governor Haley Barber Republican, gee I don't seem to hear much pissing & moaning from this state.
Who is incompetent?
That is NOT TRUE George Bush was incompetent. I lived on the gulf for 10 years. I went through hurricane, after hurricane. Before those hurricanes hit the gulf you prepare, everyone prepares and then you decide to leave or stay or seek shelter. Our house was so locked down, I was able to chat on the internet during every storm. LOL I knew people whose houses were flooded with snakes in the cubbards. They didn’t call on the govt. It was baloney what I saw in New Orleans. People were not prepared and wanted the govt to take care of them...and where was the state too?
My posting history will show that I am no George Bush fan. But Katrina was not his failure.If you truly believe so, you have bought some MSM bullshiite that is now well-aged and the stuff of urban legend.
In any natural disaster, it is the responsibility of LOCAL first responders to put in place the disaster planning which every state and city has on the shelf, ready to go.
The Mayor of NOLA, Ray Nagin, was an incompetent crack-addled, loud-mouthed drunkard, who actually maintains his primary residence in Houston! The Police Chief of NOLA had phantom officers on his rolls, and disappeared immediately, The Governor (Ms. Blanco) was shown to be an idiot of the first rank. George, whose major flaw was and is an inability to speak, did make a big mistake. He should have had Nagin and Blanco shot, federalized the city, and moved its inhabitants to Alaska, or at least its government officials.
Every American ought to paste on the refrigerator door that for the first three days in a big disaster ... you're on your own, and if the people you have elected are incompetent, you could very well die.
Obama did not give official notice to this spill for 38 days. That's Thirty-Eight Days. He received notification from the USCG in regard to its magnitude and seriousness immediately!
Waht it actually shows is:
1) The federal government is not all powerful and can't be counted on to handle a crisis like tis in a rapid manner.
2) Ray Nagin, and Kathleen Blanco are political hacks. Nagin had the opportunity to get the Citizens of NO out using school buses instead he let the busses be damaged by the flood waters and the citizens were trapped in a city that was below sea level and amounted to a fish bowl. Blanco refused to federalize the Guardsmen in her state becuase Bush was a Republican, and the feds can't go in with out permission.
3) Obozo is as big a political hack because Bobby Jihndal requested that the state be allowed to form sand barriers, and the EPA refused to allow it.
Sounds like you’re sucked in by the left.
...and on what basis, pray tell, do you aver that George Bush was in “over his head” when it came to Katrina? That’s total bulls**t. Look at the Governor at the time (that moron) and the crooked, lame brained mayor of New Orleans for examples of “in over their heads”.
You and Katrina are two fine examples of where socialism leads a nation.
Bush was rebuffed at every early attempt to legally change the course of events in Louisiana. The Governor refused. President Bush’s only recourse to earlier action would have been to infringe on the rights of the State of Louisiana and go against the Constitution.
Louisiana elected the wrong people for decades. Proved by Katrina.
“The truth is George Bush was incompetent and over his head and Katrina showed “
I did not and do not expect the President to act as my personal Red Cross. It’s not Constitutional or reasonable.
State disasters = state response.
Our problem is we have too darned many laws. No one knows what agency is in charge of what. We have too many environmental laws that hinder common sense solutions.
This is the price we're paying for all these Democrats being in power.