Who’s Responsible For New Orleans?

www.dcthornton.com ^ | September 2, 2005 | dcthornton

[I see my hands]

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Good one!

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[kenth]

What the heck is your problem? You aren't the thread police. I'm flagging one down for us so that they can decide if enough threads have been posted.

[kenth]

ahh... I was a bit late. Nevermind. ;-)

[atomic conspiracy]

Our military intervention in NOLA is a quagmire.
Thousands are dead, media forces and Democrat remnants continue to resist, and Nagin and Blanco have still not been captured.

[SevenDaysInMay]

N.O. has been a mass suicide pit for 300 years. Even the French Qtr is above water. Nature simply reclaimed the swamp.

NEVER REBUILD IT in the mud bowl.

[wildwood]

FWIW, the DHS believes that it has the primary responsibility for responding to natural disasters.

that is a political appointment, as the article says. in addition, from THIS article http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212499.shtml:

(1) It is against the law for any President to order troops into a city or across state lines without a request and permission from the Governor of that state.

John Armor, a First Amendment lawyer and one of my favorite writers, told me, "Federal law prevents the President from sending in the National Guard until the Governor gives the order. It is little known, but the Commanding General of the National Guard in every state reports to the Governor, not the President, until the Governor says otherwise. U.S. military units (regular Army, not the Guard) cannot be used because of the Posse Comitatus law, until the Guard has been authorized."

According to some news sources, the Governor of Louisiana, who knew the levees were weak, who knew that the city had been slowly sinking, and who knew that a major # 5 hurricane was approaching her city, did not call Washington for help.

(2) The Mayor of New Orleans did call for evacuation over a loud-speaker, but did nothing to be sure that the police went door-to-door, followed by transportation, to pick up all those who did not have cars or any ability to leave.

There was no other leadership practiced by the mayor there, as had been in New York City during 9/11 by Mayor Giuliani.

[I see my hands]

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I wonder what this now banned account meant. All of the billions of hurricane threads here tonight are posted with evidence of facts. What could the "debate" be?

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[rineaux]

Great, but you missed another person. Eddie Jordan, the District Attorney. He has allowed crime to rise to a level of nearly being the worst city in the US. With only 475K (est) citizens.

The crime existed prior to the storm and that is why you see chaos. What we saw in New Orleans would be in just about every major City if given a chance. Take for example, a City winning a championship game and the looting and burning that takes place.

We must Civilize the uncivilized. Getting rid of many of the so called leaders would be a great start.

[wildwood]

To be fair, I would also fault the Bush admin for not recognizing and responding fast enough to the incompetence at the Louisiana local and state level.

(1) It is against the law for any President to order troops into a city or across state lines without a request and permission from the Governor of that state.

[Larry Lucido]

Welcome to Free Republic, I think.

[shield]

That article is trying to throw a really ugly light on Bush...Washington Compost sucks.

[RichInOC]

WHAT YOU SAY!!

[wildwood]

fyi, dorkwad, old nagin was hiding in the hyatt, where living conditions were reasonable compared to the superdome, commandeered a bus from the rabble outside even though they had been waiting in horrendous conditions, and got jack outta town before the commoners.

he's a selfish, irresponsible nitwit.

[Sisku Hanne]

isn't it past your bedtime, troll?

[dfwgator]

What the hell is that authentic frontier gibberish you're spewing?

[Admin Moderator]

He can't talk anymore :0)

[RichInOC]

I hate when that happens....

:-D )))

[MarMema]

EXCELLENT!! Thank you!!! Says it all. I love it.