The blame game.

[*KK*]

Louisiana's not a state known for being pristine in the management of its affairs. Or rather, it's one of the few states that doesn't particularly attempt to hide its greed.

Trying to blame Nagin for this is ridiculous. I don't care what city or town you are mayor of, you don't have shit for authority. And if Nagin had attempted to make the NOLA folks leave whether they wanted to or not, his control only extends to the city limits of NOLA proper. I guess they could have all just hopped the parish line and been hanging out in Jeff or St Tamms when the flooding started...

[Carrie]

Interesting article, but his timeline is incorrect.
Blanco declared a state of emergency on Friday before the storm hit.
The President declared LA, MS, and AL states of emergency on Saturday before the storm hit.
The President declared LA and MS "disaster areas" on Monday after the storm hit.

Ryan,
"That being said there is absolutely NO reason Bush shouldn't have had the national guard in their WHEN the levies were breaking in mass quantities already. We knew this storm was coming towards NO days before it hit."

The President can't just move in troops. The Governor (or legislature) of a state has to request the assistance or give permission for the assistance to come in. Otherwise, it's considered an invasion and an act of war. Same thing if other states want to send in their Guard to help. Gov or Leg has to request or approve it first.

For reference, look up the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act.

for the most part, all that is being said in this thread is "i hate bush".

hate bush all you want... but don't do it to the point that it is simply reflexive and ignorant.

bush has lost any credibility that he had with me in his failure to get in there and be a part of things as the countries leader during the worst natural disaster ever to be seen in the US.

however, the mayor and governor let every citizen of the state down. they knew that the chances of a direct hit is 100% since the beginning to time. ... just a question of when. they knew the levies could not hold and they obviously were not very prepared to deal with the situation when it happened. telling the population to go to the super dome or convention center without any support, aid, authority figures, leadership or police was beyond insane. buses flooded in parking lots. police completely broke down (state and city) with no communication and nowhere to be seen and out of control etc etc etc.

any objective view of the situation will clearly show that there was a breakdown on every possible level of government from the mayor to the president... however, it all BEGINS with the city administration and state administration... state issues do not begin and end with the Federal Government, Bush, FEMA or Cheny or Haliburton or Michael Moore or Iraq or South Park or whatever it is that is pissing you off most about our Presidents Administration. you can't blame the federal government without indirectly acknowledging your complete ignorance of our countries political system and how the country functions legally on both the state and federal level.

[JR]

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What happened to mike. another drive by fascist?
Seagull I don't want your wings, I don't want your freedom in a lie.

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What happened to mike. another drive by fascist?
Seagull I don't want your wings, I don't want your freedom in a lie.

Are you high?