Posted on 09/03/2005 4:07:38 PM PDT by HAL9000
Okay, off topic and you can whip up on me, but I though Gov. Perry of Texas looked mighty sharp in his interview with Greta, also he has enough hair that some Dems might vote for him thinking he's one of their big hair candidates :-)
silence is deafening! :)
Check the other thread -- answered you about what I think happened in the game today and my son agrees.
This from a representative of the nation's most corrupt police force.
Let's see, when disaster struck, some New Orleans police officers participated in the looting, many others simply walked off the job, most of the rest did nothing to maintain or restore order. There were some who did something, though. Some people trying to escape from the city were stopped at gunpoint (by New Orleans police officers), and forced to return.
Nobody from New Orleans has any business pointing a finger at anybody from the rest of the country.
I'm trying to get my head around the concept of the NOPD doing regular shifts when they've got evacuation orders going and Armageddon's bearing down on them. That doesn't make sense.
The more I hear, the more it sounds like these guys really screwed up.
all in all......a truely amazing feat when you really think about it.....over 80 miles of horrendous damage...no land communications...no water...no electricity...and apparently, no police or firemen.....
all the more credit to NYC and its heroes....
want to know how many t-shirts I'll be buying about the NO police?.............
yet, the police commander had no control over his troops?....
no wonder people died.....
The police were content to collect their paychecks for eating donuts for years. When the time came to actually earn their pay and fulfill their oaths, they ran.
When it came down to it, the LAPD also ran during the LA riots
When it hits the fan, citizens, you are on your own
As I keep saying, anybody who does not own at least one firearm, and at least a thousand rounds of ammo for it, is a fool. And if he has kids whose safety he's responsible for, he's derelict in his duty as a parent
Some New Orleans police officers surrendered their badges and joined the looters. He's not one to talk.
Once again, it is the most culpable who blames the loudest. This so-called cop is nauseating.
Yes, what's been accomplished is truly amazing. We need to be told how great it is to see the troops arriving rather than how terrible troops weren't there sooner. We need to hear how heroic our Coast Guard was, rescuing people within hours, busting holes in roofs and pulling people out of their attics. We need to hear how heroic average people were, like the young man who drove a school bus to Houston and picked up 70 people along the way, and how all the people in that bus worked together to get gas (and diapers). Instead what we get is the whining mayor, the crying governor and a chief of police who is going bananas.
How many times does this have to be noted.
Perhaps if we print it in french, english, cajun, creole, etc. They'll figure it out.
The true mark of a leader of men!
Thanks! I knew when I was reading the story that I had seen the rescues going on long before this jerk claims they were.
Well he lacked certain qualities that George Washington had it would seem. The more I read about George Washington, the more I admire him. He was no genius and poorly educated (which he slowly made up for with the sweat of his brow, it did not come easily to him like Lincoln, with his genius), but he had an iron will, and self discipline, and absolute courage, and sense of duty, and certain theatrical talents. In the end, that is what counts in a leader, when the rubber meets the road, and only you can keep it from falling all apart.
New Orleans deputy police commander W.S. Riley launched a bitter attack on the federal response to the disaster though he praised the way the evacuation was eventually handled.
My biggest disappointment is with the federal government and the National Guard.
Debbie Durso of Washington, Michigan, said she asked a police officer for assistance and his response was, "Go to hell - it's every man for himself."
Hey Chief...What about your force running away????
Hell, then blame WalMart. It was the price cuts.
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