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  • A Alvaro Mendez

    Mike Gaskey wrote: Now that the inept Democrat leadership has been exposed, there is no question that the city and state go GOP. Does it cross your mind that the inept federal response, along with the current "hands-on" involvement of the vacationing President, has been calculated to win GOP seats in the upcoming elections? I tell you man, it's beautiful. The democrats don't stand a chance. :sigh:


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    If all democrats logic follow your line of think you are correct, they do not stand a chance...again. BTW CNN poll shows the blame goes mostly to the local goverments and not the feds. Keep it up!

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      kgaddy wrote: So yes peterchen, in this case it failed. BUT, the voters will decide if they want to elect local officls in the future that can handel the stress of such a diaster The republican government failed to show it's efficiency either. I'd declare that a tie. Since you and Mike are so keen on the disaster's effect on next elections, I wonder when the following question will make it to the newspapers: "Would Bush have acted eariler if Blanco was a republican?"


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      peterchen wrote: "Would Bush have acted eariler if Blanco was a republican?" No. Mike "liberals were driven crazy by Bush." Me To: Dixie Sluts, M. Moore, the Boss, Bon Jovi, Clooney, Penn, Babs, Soros, Redford, Gore, Daschle - "bye bye" Me "I voted for W." Me "There you go again." RR "Flushed the Johns" Me

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        kgaddy wrote: So yes peterchen, in this case it failed. BUT, the voters will decide if they want to elect local officls in the future that can handel the stress of such a diaster The republican government failed to show it's efficiency either. I'd declare that a tie. Since you and Mike are so keen on the disaster's effect on next elections, I wonder when the following question will make it to the newspapers: "Would Bush have acted eariler if Blanco was a republican?"


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        peterchen wrote: I wonder when the following question will make it to the newspapers: "Would Bush have acted eariler if Blanco was a republican?" I hope so! It's headlines like this that makes the American people roll their eyes and say "whatever". If all the liberals have are conspriacy theories, then tey are doomed. But I have to admit, it's not good for the country when one party (Democrat) keeps killing itself.

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          Our opposition party has assembled a set of questions for the Bush clan regarding the response to Katrina: Questions for Bush[^] My question for our rabid righties is: Are these questions fair, and should they be answered? Dying for your response.. and his.

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          1. Why does the sole responsibility rest on the Bush administration when these dire warnings have been talked about for decades? What responsibility rests with the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana? 2. Legitimate question. 3. What exactly could the Feds have done that the state and city could have and should have already done? I have looked at the evacuation plans and the "last resort refuges" like the Superdome are mentioned, but the plan mentions nothing about how to deal with 100,000 people in the LRRs. I see inadequate planning by the state and city. Should the Feds review all plans and contingency plans? That should be the question rather than laying blame on the administration. 4. Legitimate question. I have also heard that the Red Cross turned away some resources. If so why? 5. Hurricans hit the US several times every year. We didn't know Katrina was a Cat 5 until a day or so before it struck. Even then we don't know what kind of damage it will do or if it will fizzle or turn away. Where was Congress suring all of this? On recess. 6. Legitimate question for FEMA and HSD. 7. Bureaucracy sux. 8. Doesn't the governor have to request troops? Like a state soverienty issue? 9. Legitimate question, but the blame should not rest solely on Bush. 10. Legitimate question, but I think this is bureaucracy for you. 11. It's human nature to CYA. It should not be tolerated. Ever. 12. Valid point. 13. Good questions. But we need to be patient, form a committee, have hearings, etc. :sigh:

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            kgaddy wrote: She failed to send a timely request for specific aid. Exactly what I mean. If you hear a friend shouting "Help!", do you ask back "what kind of help?", or do you have a look? (hint: that's a trick question)


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            peterchen wrote: If you hear a friend shouting "Help!", do you ask back "what kind of help?", or do you have a look? What if they are on the phone. Or better yet, what if they have a task list and say I need help. But she does not tell you what is on the list or what kind help. (hint: that's NOT a trick question)

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              peterchen wrote: If you hear a friend shouting "Help!", do you ask back "what kind of help?", or do you have a look? What if they are on the phone. Or better yet, what if they have a task list and say I need help. But she does not tell you what is on the list or what kind help. (hint: that's NOT a trick question)

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              What about having a look? And no, I'm not thinking about W himself, but some guy who can see and tell what has to be done?


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                peterchen wrote: I wonder when the following question will make it to the newspapers: "Would Bush have acted eariler if Blanco was a republican?" I hope so! It's headlines like this that makes the American people roll their eyes and say "whatever". If all the liberals have are conspriacy theories, then tey are doomed. But I have to admit, it's not good for the country when one party (Democrat) keeps killing itself.

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                kgaddy wrote: that makes the American people roll their eyes and say "whatever". not only in the DSA :rolleyes: It#s just weird... your obsession with the next election, and the thought that noone would fail if they'd just be republicans is sick.


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                  I cannot believe I have to answer this. So, because the one in charge failed, you want to blame the other guy who is busy with another goverment because he did not break the laws of the system in place to help when he did not know exactly what the state needed or lacked because the govenor failed to act and inform the feds what it needed! Alvaro Mendez wrote: Good thing the governor finally requested the assistance, right? Otherwise the federal government would still be waiting. Yes. It's a good thing she finally woke up and did her job. But is it Bush's fault she took so long? Maybe Rove drugged her, yea, it had to be K. Rove!:laugh:

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                  kgaddy wrote: I cannot believe I have to answer this. So, because the one in charge failed, you want to blame the other guy who is busy with another goverment because he did not break the laws of the system in place to help when he did not know exactly what the state needed or lacked because the govenor failed to act and inform the feds what it needed! Of course! Should hundreds (or thousands) of people be left to die because of some law? Your house is burning down, everyone sees it, it's on all the news channels, it's being watched by the fire departments. Yet, they don't do anything because they have a rule that they have to wait until you, the owner, calls them. So now it's your fault that the fire department didn't come to put out the fire. kgaddy wrote: But is it Bush's fault she took so long? No, it's Bush's fault he took so long[^].


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                    And it looks like the feds responded the next day and declared a fed emergency (Before the storm) Chris Losinger wrote: you might want to hold off on distributing blame until this is actually over. don't worry, there will be plenty for everyone. I agree, but as you can see from the one who posted the thread, I am not the one who came out putting blame.

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                    kgaddy wrote: I agree, but as you can see from the one who posted the thread, I am not the one who came out putting blame. is that the "He punched me first" defense, or the "two wrongs make a right" defense ? Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker

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                      If all democrats logic follow your line of think you are correct, they do not stand a chance...again. BTW CNN poll shows the blame goes mostly to the local goverments and not the feds. Keep it up!

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                      Alvaro Mendez
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                      kgaddy wrote: BTW CNN poll shows the blame goes mostly to the local goverments and not the feds. Of course, why do you think Bush is down there?


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                        The federal government does not have the authority to intervene in a state emergency without the request of a governor. They were asked to declare an emergency and they did. It is up to the state to ask for what they need. That did not happen. In other words it like this, you call me and say "I need help!" I say "what do you need?" you say "Hang on a sec" and then it's too late. Then you want to blame me? Remember: They (LA) asked to declare an emergency, the feds did. Bush asked Blanco if she wanted the National Guard. Blanco said she needed 24 hours to make my her mind. The feds cannot do anything without the permission of the state. So yes peterchen, in this case it failed. BUT, the voters will decide if they want to elect local officls in the future that can handel the stress of such a diaster.

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                        kgaddy wrote: Blanco said she needed 24 hours to make my her mind. Do you have a source on that? I've never heard that.

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                          Jim A. Johnson wrote: Utterly, completely, and totally untrue: Maybe u want to vet your sources a little more: This leftist site with a homemade timeline is wrong: 1) Under Aug 26 there is this... http://www.dod.gov/transcripts/2005/tr20050901-3843.html Should be under Sept 1. (not very timely) Also, The mayor of NO told CNN that when offerd troops BEFORE the storm, she refused saying she needed 24 hours to think it over.

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                          No. What the "leftist" homemade timeline actually said was: At a 9/1 press conference, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, commander, Joint Task Force Katrina, said that the Gulf States began the process of requesting additional forces on Friday, 8/26. Care to point out any more "discrepencies"?

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                          • J Jason Henderson

                            1. Why does the sole responsibility rest on the Bush administration when these dire warnings have been talked about for decades? What responsibility rests with the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana? 2. Legitimate question. 3. What exactly could the Feds have done that the state and city could have and should have already done? I have looked at the evacuation plans and the "last resort refuges" like the Superdome are mentioned, but the plan mentions nothing about how to deal with 100,000 people in the LRRs. I see inadequate planning by the state and city. Should the Feds review all plans and contingency plans? That should be the question rather than laying blame on the administration. 4. Legitimate question. I have also heard that the Red Cross turned away some resources. If so why? 5. Hurricans hit the US several times every year. We didn't know Katrina was a Cat 5 until a day or so before it struck. Even then we don't know what kind of damage it will do or if it will fizzle or turn away. Where was Congress suring all of this? On recess. 6. Legitimate question for FEMA and HSD. 7. Bureaucracy sux. 8. Doesn't the governor have to request troops? Like a state soverienty issue? 9. Legitimate question, but the blame should not rest solely on Bush. 10. Legitimate question, but I think this is bureaucracy for you. 11. It's human nature to CYA. It should not be tolerated. Ever. 12. Valid point. 13. Good questions. But we need to be patient, form a committee, have hearings, etc. :sigh:

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                            I will give you a 5 for providing a honest cool headed response. We are so consumed by finding fault, when we would be so much better off by looking at what happened and what could be done better. I wonder how many complaining of ineptitude have ever handled a meeting for a few hundred people. Now make that thousands and have to have that at an unknown location, with distribution through channels of unknown condition. Yes a better job could have been done. But for right now learn from it, if fault is all you want the real story of what should be corrected will be buried in political rhetoric. My one question is what laws need to be enacted so every school bus (public) in the southern part of the state could have been mobilized. I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that I can think of.

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                              Your imperviousness to facts is astounding, Stan. Really. You'd be in the Guinness book if there weren't so many others in this country who are equally dense.

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                              There are billions of facts in the universe, Jim. You pick yours, and I'll pick mine. But prop your banners up with Katrina's dead, they can't carry it for you no more. "Capitalism is the source of all true freedom."

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                                :laugh: From now on, your country will go by "Divided States of America" for me.


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                                peterchen wrote: From now on, your country will go by "Divided States of America" for me. It has been, ever since the Democrats lost the 2000 election. This particular catastrophe could have brought the country together but the left in particular and the Democrats in general decided to use the event to discredit the Bush administration, instead of dealing with the problems. It began with the New Orleans mayor trying to cover his ass and followed with the governor doing exactly the same thing. The nation Democrat leadership is worse. Here is a prime example, from the head[^] of the Democrat party. But it is playing out differently amongst the real people, for example: CNNUSATODAYGALLUP POLL: ONLY 13% BLAME BUSH? Wed Sep 07 2005 10:42:26 ET A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of 609 adults taken September 5-6 shows: Blame Game -- 13% said George W. Bush is "most responsible for the problems in New Orleans after the hurricane"; 18% said "federal agencies"; 25% said "state and local officials"; 38% said "no one is to blame"; 6% had no opinion. -- 29% said that "top officials in the federal agencies responsible for handling emergencies should be fired"; 63% said they should not; 8% had no opinion. MORE Government Performance -- 10% said George W. Bush has done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"; 25% said "good"; 21% said "neither good nor bad"; 18% said "bad"; 24% said "terrible"; 2% had no opinion. -- 8% said federal government agencies responsible for handling emergencies have done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"; 27% said "good"; 20% said "neither good nor bad"; 20% said "bad"; 22% said "terrible"; 3% had no opinion. -- 7% said state and local officials in Louisiana have done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"; 30% said "good"; 23% said "neither good nor bad"; 20% said "bad"; 15% said "terrible"; 5% had no opinion. Point in fact, as you can no doubt tell from the US posters here, there is a movement to the right (American style right) that has been underway for several years, actually beginning with the "Contract With America" in 1994. Prior to that, the Democrats controlled everything. The "Contract With America" caused a huge shift in national politics and the De

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                                  kgaddy wrote: BTW CNN poll shows the blame goes mostly to the local goverments and not the feds. Of course, why do you think Bush is down there?


                                  Explain to the mothers & fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?" -- Sean Hannity, 1999.

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                                  Alvaro Mendez wrote: Of course, why do you think Bush is down there? and if he were not, your position would be? Mike "liberals were driven crazy by Bush." Me To: Dixie Sluts, M. Moore, the Boss, Bon Jovi, Clooney, Penn, Babs, Soros, Redford, Gore, Daschle - "bye bye" Me "I voted for W." Me "There you go again." RR "Flushed the Johns" Me

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                                    I will give you a 5 for providing a honest cool headed response. We are so consumed by finding fault, when we would be so much better off by looking at what happened and what could be done better. I wonder how many complaining of ineptitude have ever handled a meeting for a few hundred people. Now make that thousands and have to have that at an unknown location, with distribution through channels of unknown condition. Yes a better job could have been done. But for right now learn from it, if fault is all you want the real story of what should be corrected will be buried in political rhetoric. My one question is what laws need to be enacted so every school bus (public) in the southern part of the state could have been mobilized. I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that I can think of.

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                                    Michael A. Barnhart wrote: We are so consumed by finding fault We? Michael A. Barnhart wrote: My one question is what laws need to be enacted so every school bus (public) in the southern part of the state could have been mobilized. the governor, and if I am not mistaken, the mayor could have simply ordered it. Mike "liberals were driven crazy by Bush." Me To: Dixie Sluts, M. Moore, the Boss, Bon Jovi, Clooney, Penn, Babs, Soros, Redford, Gore, Daschle - "bye bye" Me "I voted for W." Me "There you go again." RR "Flushed the Johns" Me

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                                      What about having a look? And no, I'm not thinking about W himself, but some guy who can see and tell what has to be done?


                                      Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering.
                                      aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie"
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                                      Well when you have a look it takes away valuable time....thats what got us into this mess.

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                                        kgaddy wrote: Blanco said she needed 24 hours to make my her mind. Do you have a source on that? I've never heard that.

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                                        NAGIN: She said that she needed 24 hours to make a decision. It would have been great if we could of left Air Force One, walked outside, and told the world that we had this all worked out. It didn't happen, and more people died. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/05/ltm.01.html

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                                        • A Alvaro Mendez

                                          kgaddy wrote: BTW CNN poll shows the blame goes mostly to the local goverments and not the feds. Of course, why do you think Bush is down there?


                                          Explain to the mothers & fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?" -- Sean Hannity, 1999.

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                                          huh?:wtf:

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