New Orleans

[lehighguy]

I haven't been following the NO crisis too closely. But I see a lot of posts about how there isn't enough aid/help going to the area.

Is there any credible information on this. Like can I find a report saying something like there is food on a truck somewhere and its not being sent for some reason.

All I see is hearsay and conjecture.

[Zeno]

Link for answer

-Zeno

[cardcounter0]

No there is no credible evidence of anything.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Go back to what you were doing, don't give it another thought, and have a nice day.

This is an order from the HomeLand Security Department.

[lehighguy]

Zeno is an actual person. He gave a link.

Your a spiteful ass. I'm not reading any of your posts anymore.

[cardcounter0]

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Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!

[newfant]

Things seem to be going much better now that the regular Army is in control. It took them a while to get there because Bush was on vacation and didn't have time to give the order to deploy them.

You can watch pretty much any news channel to see what's going on there.

[BluffTHIS!]

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Things seem to be going much better now that the regular Army is in control. It took them a while to get there because Bush was on vacation and didn't have time to give the order to deploy them.

You can watch pretty much any news channel to see what's going on there.

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Why don't you stop being such a Bush bashing moron. It is up to the civil authorities to request federal troops and the governor is the one who was apparently slow to ask. Plus although federal troops are coming in, a national guard Lt. General is apparently still in command of the multi-state guard units who are the ones there right now while federal troops are on the way. U.S. Law places great restrictions on the situations in which federal troops may be used within the states. And they couldn't just paradrop the 82nd in with minimal equipment since the troops need a lot of logistical support and it takes time to get it in place. We are talking about a few days here and not weeks. So try to be at least minimally objective. And don't forget the only reason a large federal troop presence is needed is due to criminal activity that stymied police and other civil authority from day 1. Blame them. Oh but you don't want to because they all vote your way. Sorry.

[newfant]

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And don't forget the only reason a large federal troop presence is needed is due to criminal activity that stymied police and other civil authority from day 1. Blame them. Oh but you don't want to because they all vote your way. Sorry

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Actually, things really started getting out of hand when people were not give any food and water or medical care. FEMA made the brilliant decision to not let the Red Cross and other aid organizations into the city to help people. Then, when aid finally was delivered, people were so crazy from lack of food and water that situation became dangerous. The feds, led by Chimpy, dropped the ball.

[BluffTHIS!]

Yeah. The Red Cross and other organizations would just have waded through the eyeball deep water and the crossfire from the criminal scum and fed, clothed and medicated all the survivors on the rooftops. Yeah. Mean 'Ol FEMA.

[newfant]

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It is up to the civil authorities to request federal troops and the governor is the one who was apparently slow to ask.

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This is just a bullshit excuse from right-wing nutjobs. The governor has likely not been through any natural disasters. It's FEMA's job to respond to situations like this. If FEMA sees what's going on and they don't call the governor and tell her what she should do then they aren't doing their job.

I do feel bad that the President had his vacation cut short. It really sucks when work problems cut your vacation short.