[onyx eyes]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9189916 so this is what Mike Chertoff has been trying to say or trying not to say all day. The woman refused on FRIDAY to let the federal agencies come in (guess they thought she had it handled .....) pass this along guys...

[onyx eyes]

...why aint my thingie -paste of url working?

ok somebody got to type it out and then paste it properly because in the article by the Wapo it says that she - Blanco refused because she could be "blamed" for whatever happened...

[BigSkyFreeper]

Blanco Refuses White House Request For Federal Paperwork On Friday

OK, fine, then get off his back about it.

[STARWISE]

White House shifts blame for Katrina response- Administration, embattled FEMA chief point to state, local officials

[BigSkyFreeper]

I heard or read a story that the voters of NOLA voted down TWICE in the last 2 election cycles a ballot measure to fund the necessary upkeep and maintenance costs of the levee system because it would lead to higher taxes for the city.

None of the "Blame Bush First" crowd even bothers with that factoid. Liberals steer clear of facts anyway as it is. What do you expect? NOLA is run by a bunch of corrupt DUmmies.

[eyedigress]

Be Nice, This is a very difficult time for many.

[Pajamajan]

"she is advised by the law firm of Clintoon's ex former director Witt in how to avoid a takeover."

Why am I not surprised the name of Clinton has turned up?

[Pajamajan]

"so that is what Mike Chertoff has been trying to say, or not say all day. The woman refused on FRIDAY to let the federal agencies come in"

You know, I don't get this "fall on your sword for democrat incompetency" , of Republican's. If this is true, it should be shouted from the rooftops.

This has nothing to do with having a "new tone" of cooperation with the opposing party. This is about incompetence, and callousness, on the part of elected officials, that led to horrendous suffering and loss of life. The people have a right to know what happened.

The next time someone asks president Bush, or any pubbie-"Why didn't you get federal help there sooner?"- the answer is- "We offered the gov. of NOLA federal assistance on Friday, before the storm hit, it was turned down". If the gov. still hasn't declared an emergency, (as I read somewhere)- or what day she did turn power/control over to the feds-(and how succesul it was, once it reached the scene-how many rescued, in how much time,exc.. the people should be told that too.

Any questions having to do with the governor of NOLA can simply be answered:"You'll have to ask the governor about that". Simple really. It's always best to tell people the truth, and let the chips fall where they may.

[Lancer_N3502A]

Ping Pong

[sonofatpatcher2]

Send to Russert via http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6872152/

You tried to unfairly blame the President but read this from MSNBC's own website:
Updated: 9:48 a.m. ET Sept. 4, 2005 (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9189916) Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans, a source within the state's emergency operations center said Saturday.

The administration had sought control over National Guard units, normally under control of the governor. Louisiana officials rejected the request, noting that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. State authorities suspected a political motive behind the request. "Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who is an adviser and does not have the authority to speak publicly.

Blanco made two moves Saturday that protected her independence from the federal government: She created a philanthropic fund for the state's victims and hired James Lee Witt, Federal Emergency Management Agency director in the Clinton administration, to advise her on the relief effort.

You showed your true liberal colors, Tim, and if you do not offer a full apology to President Bush and his administration, I will do everything in my power to have NBC remove you or I will not watch any NBC program and will not buy any product advertised on NBC. I will let these advertisers know of this.

Let's flood NBC and their advertisers with like messages...

[XHogPilot]

bump

[Republic]

YOu can BET I will pass this along~

This blaming of our President is possibly the sickest, cruelest form of political manipulation I have ever witnessed.

I have never been so ashamed of our press corp FAILING to ask the questions about WHY the governor and mayor in that state REFUSED to take action to prevent what happened.

The filth that the dem party has become is amazing.

I am ashamed for them because they know no shame.

[TexKat]

In reponse to MSNBC anchor this morning Nagin stated that he is absolutely blown away at Chertnoff's comments that he (Chertnoff) was not aware of the people in need of evacuation at the convention center. Nagin says that he does not know if Chertnoff said that but if he did that was a doggone shame. Nagin stated that FEMA was there on the ground.

[ckilmer]

The Southern Louisiana Evacuation Plan specifically stated that people without private transportation were to be transported on public buses. Here is the original post of the plan

There were not just "200 buses". There were 200 buses in just one photo and Freepers studying the post-Katrina satellite images have counted over 400 buses altogether at other city parking.

At 70 people per bus that is 28,000 people per round trip that could have been taken out of the storm surge area in the 48 hours prior the Katrina striking.

After the storm hit, what makes you think that buses sent from outside of New Orleans could drive through the flooded mess any better than the 145 New Orleans city buses that were parked 1.2 miles away from the Superdome?

Was Scotty supposed to beam the outside buses to the Superdome and them beam them back out so that they would not have to drive through impassable roads?

The time to evacuate those 200,000 low-income people on public buses OUT OF THE STORM SURGE ZONE was BEFORE the Category 4 storm struck.

That was what the Southern Louisiana Evacuation Plan for New Orleans specifically called for.

The Democrat Governor and the Democrat Mayor did NOTHING to carry out that portion of the plan. They left 200,000 low-income resident abandoned and they now blame the Federal Government for not having Scotty beam down a massive logistics effort after a human disaster of their own making.