Comments on: The Federal Response Has Been An Embarrassment

By: Martin Pratt

Martin Pratt — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:48:17 +0000

YES nyblues that is the point criminal neglient mass homicide and that is the point of the Wall Street article as to the possible at risk of the administration I believe that he will have the process of impeachment Hurraine Katrina with the illegal alien immigration and iraq/haliburt/oilprices

By: nyblues

nyblues — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:45:57 +0000

NYBLUES – Brother I am in Brooklyn fellow NYorker Just like Renee says – if you have a chance pick up the WALL STREET JOURNAL today and you will in section â€œMarket Placeâ€ page B2 that the Corp of Army Engineers under fire for shady work on the exact levee that broke it just finished 2 weeks ago and Louisana Representatives and Senators asked for 81 million Bush countered with 18 million to complete work. The article makes the case that the Bush Administration could have stopped this – just like the The New Orleans Picayune Times said

Martin, thanks I’ll check it out when I get home.

By: Frank Zavisca

Frank Zavisca — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:42:14 +0000

NY Blue – OK – you win.

But the purpose of the Power Line comment was to say that the PRIMARY function of the Guard is police and military – if not for that, they would not exist to do relief work.

Here is from someone who know the real score:

“”It only took a few hours for complete anarchy to descend on New Orleansâ€¦”

I donâ€™t want to come off as callous, but New Orleans didnâ€™t have far to fall when it descended into anarchy; outside the designated tourist zones, the Big Easy was one of the most lawless areas in the country. “

By: Big Mo

Big Mo — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:41:38 +0000

martin 109 – where in my post did I say “well just wait and see?”

I said nothing of the sort. It was an admonishment of La Shawn for being too harsh against President Bush. That’s all.

By: The Political Teen

The Political Teen — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:40:22 +0000

Hurricane Katrina: Current Situation and Blogs 9/2

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By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:40:09 +0000

Martin,

We were pro-active. Hmm, having been in Germany at that time (stationed), it was not proaction and it didn’t occur until Slick willy …nevermind..I digress

All evacuees are not going to Houston, so everyone jumping up and running down there will not help…

some are going to Dallas now and they are having planes flown in by the airlines ready to evacuate once they are moved from the Dome (now that they can get a few in) to fly them out possibly all over the country

By: nyblues

nyblues — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:39:34 +0000

the inital articles and study were written by the same paper in the late 90â€™s (one of the researchers and authors verified that this morning just to show that this problem was mentioned for YEARS.

Well Renee, if this has been a pending problem for years and Bush cut the funds to build the levees what exactly is your point? You’ve proven that we knew about this problem even earlier than I had suspected and did nothing about it.

That’s criminal negligence if you ask me.

By: nyblues

nyblues — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:33:32 +0000

GWB could have easily dropped a few bombs. Just a few was all it would have taken. Throw in some food and first aid packets, that rain down with the bombsâ€¦.. Do a little Afghanistan maneuver, and just bomb â€˜em out, to regain control. It would have been very easy.

Are you serious? You want to drop bombs over your fellow countrymen who’ve already been devestated by a natural disaster? That’s disgraceful. I don’t even know how to respond to you.

By: Martin Pratt

Martin Pratt — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:31:47 +0000

Renee My point was that we were proactive vs. BigMo’s comment that well just wait and see

By: Martin Pratt

Martin Pratt — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:30:08 +0000

WE can stop the blame and come down to Houston to volunteer

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:29:37 +0000

“When we went to Bosnia that was my countryâ€™s best”

Ummm, their stillnot toally fixed over their either and that was not our best either.

By: David Earney

David Earney — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:28:49 +0000

I think the important thing here is that everyone understands what a nightmare this is logistically.

We don’t live in a WaterWorld. The US is a land mass, not a lake, so when we prepare for disasters we’re not usually preparing for floods of biblical proportions.

Sit down, breathe deeply, relax, and think about the logistics for a moment. Just for a moment. It won’t take long to see that this is going to be a lot tougher than Andrew.

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:27:57 +0000

AWG,
The sad part is, listening to all the blaming and finger pointing, the same problems that plagued us before the hurricane (and contribute to the anarcy and crime we see daily) will be band-aid fixed (as usual) and plague us after this distater…

we are not a very proactive nation and it has been decades (if not a century or more) since we had a proactive mentality

By: Martin Pratt

Martin Pratt — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:27:44 +0000

BIG MO please !! THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY’S BEST. That is why I am on my way to Houston. THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY’S BEST. When we went to Bosnia that was my country’s best

By: Big Mo

Big Mo — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:24:25 +0000

La Shawn – perhaps you could spend some time reading 1 Peter tonight, in which the apostle admonishes us to submit to all human institutions, and honor and respect government.

(or not – your life, your choice, of course)

But you are being way too hard and way too harsh on President Bush. I think your dislike for him because of his poor handling of illegal immigration is clouding your judgment.

I think most people in charge here are doing the absolute best they can under nightmarish conditions – regardless of party. I’m sad to see you joining in with those bashing him and the federal government.