How long before....
So how long will it take before the Governor of Lousianna and the Mayor of New Orleans are held accountable for their failed leadership during this disaster?
Among her many failures, Governor Blanco didn't issue an executive order to use school buses for evacuation until 9/2. She also did not call in the National Guard to help with the security in New Orleans. She has the authority to call in the Guard at any time and did not do it. This woman's performance was pitiful. Someone explain to me why these buses were not utilized on Sunday before the storm hit or afterwards, they were less than a mile from the Superdome. They could have been used to shuttle people out of New Orleans before the storm hit or used to get people out after the levee broke and the water began to rise.
Another look;
And what about New Orleans emergency manager? Where was he during all of this? He is supposed to setup command and control points during an emergency for the federal governmet to interact with. And they did have an emergency plan in place for just such an event that apparently was not activated.
You would think that the local journalists would know about all of this and would be reporting the failures and holding those responsible for their inaction. But no its easier just to do no research or work and join in the chorus of blaming the federal government.
And we all know the leadership and calm that the New Orleans Mayor exhibited. Sorry but he is no Rudy Giuliani.
Like I said earlier, if not for President Bush calling the Mayor of New Orleans and the Govenor of La. on Sunday and insisting on issuing a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans (the first time this has ever been done) we could be looking at an even bigger disaster than it already is.
Do the feds deserve criticism, of course they do, everyone does. They did not react quickly enough when it was evident that the local and state officials were failing miserably. But to say that this all the feds problem and leave the state and local authorities untouched is ridicules. This is a local and state failure and they deserve to be held accountable. I wonder how long until the MSM catches up with some of this.
But no, its all Bush's fault. It's easier that way.
Among her many failures, Governor Blanco didn't issue an executive order to use school buses for evacuation until 9/2. She also did not call in the National Guard to help with the security in New Orleans. She has the authority to call in the Guard at any time and did not do it. This woman's performance was pitiful. Someone explain to me why these buses were not utilized on Sunday before the storm hit or afterwards, they were less than a mile from the Superdome. They could have been used to shuttle people out of New Orleans before the storm hit or used to get people out after the levee broke and the water began to rise.
Another look;
And what about New Orleans emergency manager? Where was he during all of this? He is supposed to setup command and control points during an emergency for the federal governmet to interact with. And they did have an emergency plan in place for just such an event that apparently was not activated.
You would think that the local journalists would know about all of this and would be reporting the failures and holding those responsible for their inaction. But no its easier just to do no research or work and join in the chorus of blaming the federal government.
And we all know the leadership and calm that the New Orleans Mayor exhibited. Sorry but he is no Rudy Giuliani.
Like I said earlier, if not for President Bush calling the Mayor of New Orleans and the Govenor of La. on Sunday and insisting on issuing a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans (the first time this has ever been done) we could be looking at an even bigger disaster than it already is.
Do the feds deserve criticism, of course they do, everyone does. They did not react quickly enough when it was evident that the local and state officials were failing miserably. But to say that this all the feds problem and leave the state and local authorities untouched is ridicules. This is a local and state failure and they deserve to be held accountable. I wonder how long until the MSM catches up with some of this.
But no, its all Bush's fault. It's easier that way.
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