Posted on 09/05/2005 12:14:06 AM PDT by HAL9000
Frustrated and grieving, Mayor Ray Nagin on Sunday again ripped the painfully slow response of state and federal authorities to the plight of tens of thousands of stranded New Orleanians in the days following Hurricane Katrina, saying their inaction cost lives and caused needless misery.Nagin singled out Gov. Kathleen Blanco for criticism, saying that the governor had asked for 24 hours to think over a decision when time was a luxury that no one, especially refugees, had.
“When the president and the governor got here, I said, 'Mr. President, Madame Governor, you two have to get in synch. If you don't, more people are going to die.”
Blanco and Bush met privately at his insistence, Nagin said, after which Bush came out and told Nagin that he had given Blanco two options, and she requested a full day to decide.
“It would have been great if we could have walked off Air Force One and told the world we had it all worked out,” Nagin said. “It didn't happen, and more people died.”
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Blame anyone but yourself, Ray. Why is a fleet of over 200 buses sitting in floodwater up to the grille when they could've taken tens of thousands of New Orleanians to safety?
Ping
“When the president and the governor got here, I said, 'Mr. President, Madame Governor, you two have to get in synch. If you don't, more people are going to die.”
Here we go with the he did it she did it crap. Why is it everyone wants to blame someone else? He dropped the ball as well. He should of insisted that EVERYONE get out or you are on your own and provided buses for those who did NOT have cars. You cannot tell me that all those people did NOT have cars. The ones they show under water belonged to someone and they had PLENTY of advance notice to get out. The only ones I feel bad for are the old ones and the hospitalized/impaired ones. The others had or should of had a little common sense.
They had cars but probably not gasoline or money. It was just before the arrival of the September welfare checks.
Still, I wonder what the Gov. wanted 24hrs to think about. Bush gave her a couple of unspecified options. What were they?
1) Sh*t
2) Get off the pot.
Those buses should be greyhounds. NO SCHOOL BUSES! NO SCHOOL BUSES! (as in NO WIRE HANGERS!)
LOL! NO WIRE HANGERS! :D
Here's the southeast Louisiana evac plan supplement, most recently revised in 2000. Go to page 13, read paragraph 5. It states:
5. The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating.
In his drug induced stupor he's having flash backs and flash forwards.
In other words, Blanco wanted to consult with her handlers at the DNC before making a simple decision. Is it any suprise that a former Clinton crony has now been appointed by Blanco to serve as some kind state disaster coordinator? I bet the good folks at DNC headquarters we busy coordinating a political strategy with their stooges in the media last week when people were dying.
Did you make that pic?
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