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Ray Nagin: School Busses Not Enough, Send Greyhound!
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| 8 Sep 05
Posted on 09/08/2005 11:21:49 AM PDT by Birdstrike
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To: F.J. Mitchell; All
I wonder, do you know if the Mayor stayed in New Orleans at the Hyatt for the first 5 to 6 days following the hurricane? Or did he go to Baton Rouge for a few days as many have mentioned? Thanks.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:02:20 PM PDT
by
Quilla
To: Quilla
Ray Nagin was in over his head when New Orleans was dry.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:03:24 PM PDT
by
laconic
To: Birdstrike
To: Quilla
I've heard defenders saying he stayed in NO at the Hyatt, ruffing it without any frills after the power etc went out.Others with no axe to grind and no reason to lie, say he fled to Baton Rouge.
The more his character or lack thereof is revealed, the more I believe he was in Baton Rouge.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:12:48 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
("If it can't be used to destroy Bush or save a Dem's sorry ass-what good is it. ?"asks the MSM.)
To: hlmencken3
Well, there is the explanation that the School Board, in negotiations over months or years, wouldn't agree to allow their buses to be used in an emergency.I've been looking for those June 9, 2005 school board meeting minutes, with no success. Have they been posted at FR that you know of?
To: ucsd1974
I assume Mayor Nagin poses no threat To Mayor Guiliani in ths sales of books on leadership. LOL!
I will play devil's advocate for a moment and say I thought that idiot Nagin meant that there should have been additional buses brought in from outside to aide in the evacuation and not that the "cheese" buses weren't good enough.
However, that still doesn't explain why the NO school buses weren't used to get some folks out.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:17:39 PM PDT
by
YankeeGirl
(Certa bonum certamen)
To: F.J. Mitchell
On Fox & Friends this morning, Brian Kilmeade was describing some very recent looting that occurred at the Hyatt. As reported by Hyatt officials, looters entered the hotel, overlooked stockpiles of water and food, took all the liquor in the place, and attempted to steal televisions. They then went to each bathroom on the first six floors and "wiped stuff" all over the walls.
When I heard the report, I felt that this may have been channeling of anger by some NO citizens towards Nagin. It seems that long after Nagin left the Hyatt there apparently were still supplies of food, water, and liquor. Granted being without power and running water is not comfortable, but it doesn't really sound like he was roughin' it too bad.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:21:18 PM PDT
by
Quilla
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To: Birdstrike
Where are the Republican Congressmen taking to the floor of the House in "outrage" at the decisions of the Ray Nagins of this disaster?I hear your frustration, but let's keep our powder dry. Let them take the high road for now, and in due time, it will all come out. Let the Rats shoot their wad, thinking they'll get away with it. Let's not misunderestimate W yet again.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:23:44 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: shutup_you_idiot
FReeper angkor know a lot about this.
I'll bet the link will disappear or the minutes will be altered!
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:23:55 PM PDT
by
hlmencken3
("...politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can't stand the competition")
To: shutup_you_idiot
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:26:18 PM PDT
by
hlmencken3
("...politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can't stand the competition")
To: YankeeGirl
Exactly. There was nothing Nagin could have done about the stubborn people, other than simply giving them a marker so they could write their next of kin on their bodies. But at the very least, he should have gotten the elderly, invalids, and the poor with no other means out of there, that was very doable.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:26:19 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
Comment #73 Removed by Moderator
To: Quilla
No, it doesn't sound like he was roughing it at all-too bad he wasn't still there when the looters arrived, so they could have wiped stuff all over him instead of the bathrooms.
Not condoning these looters, mind you, they need to be punished severely, but what poetic justice it would have been if Nagin had been there.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:29:30 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
("If it can't be used to destroy Bush or save a Dem's sorry ass-what good is it. ?"asks the MSM.)
To: dfwgator
"...let's keep our powder dry. Let them take the high road for now, and in due time, it will all come out. Let the Rats shoot their wad, thinking they'll get away with it. Let's not misunderestimate W yet again."
Noted. But I wish we had our version of the Ragin Cagin or Mad Dog Dean out there rippin it up. Rush does great work as do others on the air but you would think there were 535 Democrats in the House with the raging silence. What does it take to light a fire, any kind of fire, under the majority?
To: hlmencken3
To: Birdstrike
When the enemy is busy hanging himself, best to just get out of the way. Look at the polls, only 13% are buying it.
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posted on
09/08/2005 12:37:33 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Birdstrike
"One of the briefings we had they were talking about getting, you know, public school bus drivers to come down here and bus people out of here."Betcha the bus drivers' union put the kibosh on that idea. The contract doesn't say anything about evacuations.
To: Birdstrike
closer to 1000 school and municipal buses
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posted on
09/08/2005 1:17:40 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
To: Birdstrike
never mind - misread: thought you said "200" buses.
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posted on
09/08/2005 1:18:15 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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