Comments on: Drones Over NoLa

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:10:24 +0000

Someone educate me,
Even if the gov of La had not given the FEDs the OK. What right did FEMA have to turn away help and supplies. Could this help have come at the formal or implied request of the gov? I am not trying to make a point — I only want opinions.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:59:19 +0000

Typing correction to the above:
2nd paragraph 4th line
.…now in positions of authority.…
sorry

By: Madame Karnak

Madame Karnak — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:30:44 +0000

Hal,
You have inhaled too much DU. You clearly don’t know what you are talking about. I am an investigative journalist and I not only have a copy of the request from the local authorities that was not responded to, but a fairly good idea why this happened and it wasn’t due to incompetence. It was purposeful. Bush, his daddy, Frank Carlucci and several others are all involved. STOP BLAMING THE “LIBERAL” PRESS, the stupid people (and believe me, you are not exempt from that group) and “liberals.” This was orchestrated by neocons, their donors and minions as payoff.
You had better wake up and soon. You are not part of the “us” that Bush is so fond of, YOU ARE A THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! So is everyone else that is not rich and connected to their circle. Get a friggin’ clue and call for the removal of these treasonous bastards before their is no county left. OH AND THE REFUGEES? Some of them are being detained in “CAMPS” that they cannot leave. The camps are owned or run by FEMA.
Wake up. The people that you think are so stupid, get what is really going on, while you keep nursing these idiotic pipe dreams about who the neocons are and what they want.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:31:34 +0000

According to the NIMS (National Incident Management System) which is designed for occuances such as this, The incident commander is always a local elected official. Nowhere in the command structure does the Federal Gov’t ever take over and run the show. This is how it is supposed to work. But it assumes that the local officials actually give a sh*t about their constituents. Obviously the leaders of NO didn’t.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:49:06 +0000

When it comes to idiots it takes one to know one.

By: James S. Gagliardi

James S. Gagliardi — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:51:50 +0000

Live each day like it’s your last.

By: Jed Dawkins

Jed Dawkins — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:59:43 +0000

“Baah! Baaaah! The dead are still uncounted or buried and the LEFT is going off because they see a political opportunity. Shame on them! Baaaaahh..“
Actually, you are mistaken. The right is going off as well.
And yes, there is a political opportunity. An opportunity to wake up sheep like you to the fact that the Republican agenda has been leading our country to ruin. Record deficits, more dead in Iraq after Sadaam than during Sadaam, record high oil prices, Al-Queda stronger than ever, schools going without funding, rich getting tax cuts — you don’t see a problem? Well if you don’t, then yes, this is a political opportunity, an opportunity for reality to pry your wool-covered eyes open.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:29:47 +0000

The BBC actually has a story that carries multiple points that are worth noting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4216508.stm

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:25:44 +0000

Though it is in the greatest traditions of this great nation to exercise free speech, I would caution restraint at this point. Less than a week after landfall of the most damaging hurricane in the last fifty years, many have decided that all the suffering in La is the fault of the current federal administration. My opinion is that, though the federal response was disjointed and somewhat uncoordinated,the vast bulk of the responsibility for this debacle will come to rest with State of Louisiana, the City of New Orleans and its people, who refused to get out of harm’s way. I strongly suggest that we all adopt a wait and see attitude with regard to the blame game. The truth may surprise quite a few of you.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:22:36 +0000

it may be worth talking about appointing people that are not qualified. because that can be the case many of times. but when there is a massive failure at the local level, the local level needs to be looked at carefully. and so far, i haven’t seen anyone showing a timeline of where the governor or mayor were. but there are plenty of timelines of where bush was. response isn’t from the top down. response is from local level up. if the local level isn’t organized, than the whole thing ends up chaotic. and that is what needs to be addressed. there are so many areas of this disaster that can be improved on, it just takes people to stop bitching at one another and get started. but to just start yelling that one group needs to be fired without having the whole picture shown is not right. there are people that need to be fired on every side every level. government, the larger it gets, gets uneasingly slow. which is why states are placed in charge of first response to begin with. it’s a tragedy that this had to happen to highlight areas that need to be changed. but instead of saying it’s an excuse administration, take steps back and start where response is supposed to start. but in my opinion, the local response is where everything went wrong. they didn’t come anywhere close to executing a somewhat decent pre response and first response.