Attn: Republicans

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A realistic assessment is that the job has been done as best as possible with inevitable mistakes.

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This is absolutely false. But what is even more incredbile to me is that you are so willing to overlook the federal government's blunders, yet continue to call the mayor out on your stupid ass assessment about buses, a criticism that nobody put on the record before the storm hit.

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Look at it this way..

If the mayor had tried to force people on the buses as he's now advocating, he'd have been screaming about thier rights being violated..

This thread is so ridiculous it boggles the mind.

Bush letting the homeless and sick die for financial gain and retribution?

Bush having more control over the preparation and evacuation of a city than the cities own mayor and states governor?

Bush and the evil empire not "predicting" the outcome and "aftermath" of the greatest natural disaster in American History?

WTF... is Bush suppose to be employing Ms. Cleo.

The liberal hate machine is really stretching it here. People in LA and especially New Orleans had plenty of warning to vacate the area.

Furthermore... anyone with any grasp of current events and/or local politics has had plenty of warnings, news exposes', and local debates over the fact that a large storm WILL cause those levies to break.

I have a very liberal friend in my office who moved from LA specifically becuase he said LA was not progressive enough to fix their own problems and manage their own dangers.

Here is a novel idea... why didn't the local municipalities of LA take ownership of their safety and either tax/ bond measure/ or petition for additional funds?

I didn't see FEMA pull up with a truck full of money after the L.A. Riots and or 9/11. I know they helped out... but no one in L.A., CA or N.Y. was so quick to blame the FEDERAL government. Let's get a grip folks.

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Bush and the evil empire not "predicting" the outcome and "aftermath" of the greatest natural disaster in American History?

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Dude. The aftermath of a hurricane hitting New Orleans was well-known. FEMA drilled for a hurrican hitting New Orleans last summer.

I know Bush can't read past a 3rd-grade level, but this National Geographi article predicted this disaster almost exactly:

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/

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Bush and the evil empire not "predicting" the outcome and "aftermath" of the greatest natural disaster in American History?

WTF... is Bush suppose to be employing Ms. Cleo.

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It's called "worst case scenario". They didn't have to predict it. It's been predicted many times. Psst, that's what FEMA is there for -- to address such worst case devastation. Read this article and learn a little.

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A realistic assessment is that the job has been done as best as possible with inevitable mistakes.

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This is absolutely false. But what is even more incredbile to me is that you are so willing to overlook the federal government's blunders, yet continue to call the mayor out on your stupid ass assessment about buses, a criticism that nobody put on the record before the storm hit.

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Look at it this way..

If the mayor had tried to force people on the buses as he's now advocating, he'd have been screaming about thier rights being violated..

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And about how the damn democrats are wasting money ferrying out people (non-republicans) who should be getting out on their own.

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If Bush had been trying to spin this, he would not have said "The results are not acceptable" -- he might have said, "We can do better", or even "Things are going well, but we can do better ..."

"The results are not acceptable" is an honest assessment. "Why?" is still an open question.

I see the failure almost completely at the State level and below. There is a reason the police/fire departments are constantly referred to as "first responders". I can see virtually no first response.

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Here's one area where the governemnt response fell short:

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Has the right wing echo chamber approved this response?

It is all the mayor's fault? I assume FEMA and the Dept. of HomeLand Security had the same map and weather information.

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Has the right wing echo chamber approved this response?

It is all the mayor's fault? I assume FEMA and the Dept. of HomeLand Security had the same map and weather information.

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The feds didn't have the buses or the drivers or the numbers of police etc. on the ground.

Why is it so hard to understand that the people there to handle a crisis are the state and local officials? The feds have to travel before they can help out.

Blanco and Nagin were in a position to do something, but they failed to act.

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I think the problems were a lot more than a bunch of buses left in a parking lot by the mayor.

But since that is about the only thing the Fed. Administration didn't have a hand in screwing up, let's focus on that.

If only that damm Mayor had got those busses, none of this would have happened!