Brown Blames 'Dysfunctional' Louisiana

AP via AOL News ^ | Sept. 27, 2005 | Lara Jordan

[squirt-gun]

Is willie jefferson the politician who used the national guard to visit his home while people were waiting to be rescued?

Yes.... indeed he is.

[Carolinamom]

BUMP

[Skooz]

The fact of the matter is that everything in Louisiana south of Alexandria IS dysfunctional. North of Alexandria is just like living in America.

Everyone in Louisiana knows that.

[sgtbono2002]

Brown has nothing to lose so he is telling the truth.

Of course it wont fly the Dems in Louisianna will whitewash Blanco and Nagin and the Republicans dont have any testicles . But the truth is there for all to see.

Even the President just sits there taking pies in the face for Blanco' mismanagement and says nothing.

I am sick of New Orleans , the incompetence of its Mmayor the incompetence of the Governor of Louisianna, the racial accusations, the boondoggle over bids for repair, Landreau's demands for 250 billion dollars. The whole stinking mess. And I am especially sick of Republicans who say and do nothing while they are being shat upon.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Four days after Katrina hit New Orleans I left Tennessee with three other volunteers and a 16-foot trailer of food and medical supplies. We delivered our load to a FEMA shelter in Thibodaux, LA and then worked there for five days before returning home. None of the hundreds of evacuees I talked to blamed FEMA or Bush. A few blamed the City of New Orleans. Most blamed nature. I talked to one group of Oklahoma emergency medical personnel on loan to FEMA who told me they were at the Superdome with all their supplies and equipment the day after Katrina. They said when the levee broke they were ordered up onto elevated I-10 until the flood crested. After that, they could not get back to the Superdome so they moved everything to Thibodaux. FEMA set up an immediate safety net around New Orleans to meet the urgent needs of anyone who could just make it out of the flood. As far as I'm concerned, FEMA did an excellent and heroic job under the circumstances. The media--whose job these days concerns political interpretation more than the recording of history--has totally distorted this whole event.

[Keith in Iowa]

It's a damn shame he's getting so much grief for telling the truth.

[twigs]

I read that Nagin used to be a Republican. Don't know if it's true.

[Phantom Lord]

Nagin is a former republican, donated to Bush, supported Bush in 2004, and supported Blanco's opponent in the Gov. race.

[FlipWilson]

W is doing something very shrewd right now. He is proposing federalizing disaster relief. OK, why? Simple, the left will oppose this with every fiber of their being. THE MILITARY!!!! IN their backyards!!!! They will protest and howl out of their raging hatred for Bush. Meanwhile, they will forget that they have just blamed Bush for not doing more in the face of these disasters.

In other words, the left is out their saying their usual: "Do something to protect us. . .just don't do anything."

[Rennes Templar]

Maybe he'll start a trend.

[malia]

"It is like having the murderer's mother on his jury."

Or Jamie Gorlick sitting on the 9/11 investigation.

[Shqipo]

...Stand tall Brownie. You did a heckuva job...
I concur.He's the only person thus far who has had the integrity and guts to shove it back down the throats of the Libs and MSM who have written the events of Katrina as if it were a fiction novel. What Republican will have his back? None I'm afraid.

[andyk]

I read that Nagin used to be a Republican.

I believe that's correct. He switched parties prior to running for mayor.

[Nat Turner]

BINGO YOU ARE A WINNER!!!!

[Rennes Templar]

Drug money?

[TXnMA]

FEMA does not do communications.

Big mistake.

Communications (repeater & cell towers) are among the first things to go down in a weather emergency.

IMHO, FEMA should take a lesson from the military, and equip "mini-AWACS" planes to orbit overhead with repeaters that can be tuned to the frequencies used by both local and federal emergency services -- and cell phones.

[xzins]

Brown is right.

Louisianna is dysfunctional. It's congressman can take all the humbrage he desires. At the end of the day, he's wrong and Brown is right.

Why can't GW say this? Because he still has to mobilize a state behind his leadership to get this job done. We've already proven that the governor couldn't mobilize a girl scout sale during cookie month.

[ozzymandus]

He's the designated scapegoat, so he might as well tell the truth and hurt some RAT feelings on his way out.

[ADL2005]

Thats my main issue with W...He never speaks up for himself..There will be no more more elections..so the time is now for him to start attacking back! He needs to start with Ted Kennedy..and go on down the line.And realy hit that rat Bill Clinton. Here is Bush helping this loser gain back his reputation, and the man responsible for 9/11 has the nerve to backstab him.. SPEAK UP W! Im sick of fighting his battles when he does't even want to himself. very frustrating

[printhead]

Why does William Jefferson, D-La sound like William Jefferson Blythe, D-Ak ?