[Psycho_Bunny]

One can imagine the PowerPoint presentations!

It's hard to tell which has the greater potential to more quickly destroy human civilization:  Leftist Thought or PowerPoint presentations.

[geopyg]

Or in New Orleans case : the Best Laid Plans of Mice. (period)

[battlegearboat]

"But liberals who think this disaster is going to set off a progressive revival need to explain how a comprehensive governmental failure is going to restore America's faith in big government."

The cackling Grey Lady cracks.

[neverdem]

FWIW, the left won't appreciate this OpEd.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

I will have to forego article, I don't register for leftist rags.

[Bush gal in LA]

Too bad when push came to shove,and the category 5 hurricane was bearing down on them, the RATS chose to ignore ''The Plan'' and instead picked up the cry that most Rats do in a time of crisis. ''Abandon ship'' every man'' (or in this case Rat) for himself.

[SierraWasp]

Ancient Hebrew platitude, dude!

"Man plans and God laughs!"

[Dane]

Huh NYT, Cancun, Mexico actually followed their plan, but of course you guys who work at the old grey democrat prostitute will never acknowledge that, because your precious democrats might be shown for the incompetants they are.

CANCUN, Mexico - A massive evacuation of tourists in one of the world's largest resorts began Sunday, as hundreds of buses were dispatched to move tens of thousands of tourists away from Hurricane Emily, heading toward a direct hit on the coast. The very size of the task was daunting: about 500 buses were ordered to move 30,000 tourists in Cancun — part of a total of 70,000 to 80,000 mostly foreign tourists to be evacuated statewide to temporary shelters in ballrooms and convention centers

While blanco/nagin decided to make a new Louisiana navy consisting of yellow submarines.

[tet68]

No plan survives contact.
OODA.

[msnimje]

David Brooks was put on my Shite list last week for his harsh remarks toward the President. This is better and more like the David Brooks I used to enjoy reading.

[js1138]

But of course this illustrates the paradox at the heart of the Katrina disaster, which is that we really need government in times like this, but government is extremely limited in what it can effectively do.

Katrina was the most anticipated natural disaster in American history, and still government managed to fail at every level.

.....

So of course we need limited but energetic government. But liberals who think this disaster is going to set off a progressive revival need to explain how a comprehensive governmental failure is going to restore America's faith in big government.

[Graymatter]

The rabid lefties have an acronym, "LIHOP." I believe that's "let it happen on purpose." Referring to 9/11.
Maybe better applied to 8/29. The Dems running Louisiana stand to rake millions off the restoration of New Orleans. And when they're done, they won't have so many poor people to subsidize. But they won't tell Washington that!
The next election in New Orleans ought to be quite a spectacle. Dead voters, absentee voters, and some very high-priced funding propositions on the ballot.

[Bernard]

An alternative wording to this editorial could be, "We need a Sarbanes-Oxley act for government, to prove that government at all levels is competent to function".

Or at least start with a reduction in cranial-rectal inversions. That would be a big plus.

[shield]

I heard a sheriff say today...they closed the bridge 'cause they had NO facilities for evacuees. Guess this was only a written preparedness statement...never meant to be executed. They just wanted the federal dollars...

The only safe place for the evacuees was Texas. Then over time moving them to other parts of the country. SHAME ON THEM...they sound like a bunch of racist.

[Old Professer]

A man whose convictions can be carried in a boarding pass envelope is not to be trusted.

[jocon307]

It seems that the problem with the plan was that nobody even attempted to follow it. I'd like an answer as to why they didn't.