Posted on 09/04/2005 7:19:18 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
Sen. Mary Landrieu threatened the president of the United States with physical violence on Sunday, saying that if he or any other government official criticizes New Orleans police for failing to keep civil order in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - "I might likely have to punch him - literally."
"If one person criticizes [our sheriffs], or says one more thing, including the president of the United States, he will hear from me - one more word about it after this show airs and I - I might likely have to punch him - literally," Landrieu railed on "ABC's "This Week."
It is illegal to threaten the president with physical violence.
The Louisiana Democrat blasted Bush for neglecting the New Orleans levees, and demanded that he stop using the disaster for "photo-ops."
"The president came here yesterday for a photo-op," Landrieu charged, while surveying the disaster scene via helicopter with "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos in tow. "He got his photo-op but we are never going to get this fixed if he does not send us help now."
Landrieu also blamed Bush for cutting funding for levee improvement, before bursting into tears on camera.
In recent days, Louisiana officials have been criticized for bungling evacuation and rescue efforts. One of those officials, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, is Sen. Landrieu's brother.
HEY! Watch it. You are being very unkind to sluts calling this excuse a slut!!!
I've seen lot's of crying in my day. Little gold statues are given out for what she did during the Steponallofus interview... And one crane at the levee, boo-hoo... There is only room for one crane (really a backhoe) at that point. Putrid grandstanding, pure and simple.
I agree %1000 .Im getting sick of Bush just ignoring the crap that is thrown his way . He needs to come out guns blazing and tell the damn truth and put the blaim on those clowns in NO .He needs to do that on a number of issues. Whats he afraid of ? He afraid that they will say nasty things back to him ? (sarcasism ) What does he have to loose but coming out with some balls for a change and blast the hell out ot the MSM and the Dem liars.
Please tell me that most people can see through this for what it is. Please!
Forget it ..America is eating this up..Worlwide it's a Bush Bash Fest and except for Rush , FR and some people like us , everyone is believing this moron and everyone is %100 this whole disaster is Bush's fault. At this point the MSM has free reign to say anything they want , total propaganda goes unchecked in the media and most people swallow it .Wait untill the nest terrorist attack . The MSM will be shouting how we all deserved it ..Mark my words.
You know, I didn't even think about that. There are indeed some very decent sluts in the world.
Wow, sounds good doesn't it, unfortunately she is another deMARXocrat mental midget blaming the wrong person.
Can't photoshop to save my life, but would love to see someone superimpose the pathetic excuse for leadership, Landreau, Nagin and Blanco, blubering at a time when their people needed a "rock" to look to for guidance. And, somehow superimpose those pics over maybe the picture of the 500 dorment school buses in a similiar manner to this pic...
All the investigations. All the commissions. All the findger pointing. All the blame Bush. Will not change the force and power of nature. What have you done Mary but be wrong, worthless, and insubstantial?
Here's the info about Landrieu I cited last night!
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Hey sweetie, your CORRUPT local politicians have used LEVEE money given to them by all tax-paying Americans for Casinos, an airplane and other crap, so just STFU.
Louisiana's U.S. senators - Mary Landrieu and David Vitter - today sent a joint letter to President Bush, thanking him for his declaration of emergency in the state and his public comments urging residents to flee Hurricane Katrina.
They also urged the president "respectfully but in the strongest possible terms to tour the devastated area as soon as practical," a visit they said would reassure residents that federal agencies are focused on helping the area recover.
NEVER trust a liberal Democrat with ANYTHING!
4:00 PM CDT 08/23/05 23.2N 75.5W 35 MPH 1007 mb Tropical Depr.
10:00 PM CDT 08/23/05 23.4N 76.0W 35 MPH 1007 mb Tropical Depr.
4:00 AM CDT 08/24/05 24.0N 76.4W 35 MPH 1006 mb Tropical Dep.
10:00 AM CDT 08/24/05 24.7N 76.7W 40 MPH 1006 mb Tropical Storm
4:00 PM CDT 08/24/05 25.6N 77.2W 45 MPH 1002 mb Tropical Storm
10:00 PM CDT 08/24/05 26.0N 78.0W 50 MPH 1001 mb Tropical Storm
4:00 AM CDT 08/25/05 26.2N 78.7W 50 MPH 1000 mb Tropical Storm
10:00 AM CDT 08/25/05 26.2N 79.3W 60 MPH 997 mb Tropical Storm
4:00 PM CDT 08/25/05 26.1N 79.9W 75 MPH 985 mb Category1
10:00 PM CDT 08/25/05 25.5N 80.7W 75 MPH 984 mb Category 1
4:00 AM CDT 08/26/05 25.3N 81.5W 75 MPH 987 mb Category 1
10:00 AM CDT 08/26/05 25.1N 82.2W 75 MPH 981 mb Category 1
10:00 AM CDT 08/26/05 25.1N 82.2W 80 MPH 981 mb Category 1
10:00 AM CDT 08/26/05 25.1N 82.2W 100 MPH 971 mb Category 2
4:00 PM CDT 08/26/05 24.8N 82.9W 100 MPH 965 mb Category 2
10:00 PM CDT 08/26/05 24.6N 83.6W 105 MPH 965 mb Category 2
4:00 AM CDT 08/27/05 24.4N 84.4W 115 MPH 945 mb Category 3
10:00 AM CDT 08/27/05 24.5N 85.0W 115 MPH 940 mb Category 3
4:00 PM CDT 08/27/05 24.6N 85.6W 115 MPH 945 mb Category 3
10:00 PM CDT 08/27/05 25.0N 86.2W 115 MPH 939 mb Category 3
1:00 AM CDT 08/28/05 25.1N 86.8W 145 MPH 935 mb Category 4
4:00 AM CDT 08/28/05 25.4N 87.4W 145 MPH 935 mb Category 4
7:00 AM CDT08/28/05 25.7N 87.7W 160 MPH 908 mb Category 5
10:00 AM CDT 08/28/05 26.0N 88.1W 175 MPH 907 mb Category 5
4:00 PM CDT 08/28/05 26.9N 89.0W 165 MPH 902 mb Category 5
10:00 PM CDT 08/28/05 27.6N 89.4W 160 MPH 904 mb Category 5
4:00 AM CDT 08/29/05 28.8N 89.6W 150 MPH 915 mb Category 4
10:00 AM CDT 08/29/05 30.2N 89.6W 125 MPH 927 mb Category 3
4:00 PM CDT 08/29/05 31.9N 89.6W 75 MPH 960 mb Category 1
10:00 PM CDT 08/29/05 33.5N 88.5W 60 MPH 973 mb Tropical Storm
4:00 AM CDT 08/30/05 34.7N 88.4W 50 MPH 981 mb Tropical Storm
10:00 AM CDT 08/30/05 36.3N 87.5W 35 MPH 985 mb Tropical Depr.
I know it is hard to find anything to correlate the trajectory with the time line. I wish that were more forthcoming. I do want to emphasize that the behavior of Katrina did not act like other hurricanes. Most of them would have turned north upon landfall in Florida. This is why many lost interest in Katrina once it fell to a tropical storm after it ran through Miami Thursday evening, August 25th. The time line above does not reflect that Katrina fell off in intensity about 2:00 AM to a Tropical Storm. As soon as she entered the Gulf, Katrina reconstituted as a Category 1 Hurricane. Not only did Katrina fail to follow the usual course of hurricanes, it hit the 90 degree waters of the Gulf and, as you will see above, went from a Category 1 to a Category 5 in two days. If you were making decisions based upon this hurricane's behavior, you would be making a terrible error. By all appearances, it gave a false sense of security as it went on its westerly course. Only if one heeded the predictions from the weather scientists would the danger be realized. Because this fatal mistake was made, the window of opportunity to take action became very short. The call for a mandatory evacuation was made when the planning for transportation for those without cars was not made. That was the worst timing for such a call because it was a Sunday and getting the buses lined up with drivers and loaded with fuel had to be done quickly. Also, the location to take the evacuees had to be arraigned. The window of opportunity was closing quickly August 28th, and by then, Katrina had New Orleans dead in its sights. The call should have been the day Katrina entered the Gulf on August 26th, two days earlier.
The same failure to pay attention to weather predictions was the same failure to pay attention to predictions about how the failure of the levy system during a hurricane would totally destroy New Orleans. That failure, when the window of opportunity was at least ten years, says something about the system of broken trust that became entrenched in the leadership of this region. It is that failure that is unforgivable.
I saw Vitter, all a twitter, pointing fingers and acting bitter. What a wuss. Does LA have nothing to offer in the way of pols than these eunuchs, and female eunuchs?
Landreiu, her hapless governor and the mayor.......this is what happens when incompetents are elected.
I lost count at 152.
psssst-Hey Mary, General Honore just criticized the NO PD-go get him.
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