Amtrack offered trains for N.O.

[Nbadan]

They city and state didn't want food and water into the dome. I am sure some charges will be filed against the gov and mayor and people at the state DHS office.

I'm sure that they look forward to the day they can publicly defending their reputations, but can the Bush Administration handle another credibility crisis?

[Nbadan]

WWLTV radio this morning, and it has already also been linked in this thread.

Until I see you prove otherwise, what I heard on the radio is just as legit as what you saw on Meet the Press.

And again, the story this morning was that the state screwed up the Amtrak situation, do you need a diagram on that one? No comprende?

Why is the State at fault? Because, you contend Homeland Security never informed the Mayor?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Are you this stupid?

The state homeland security department was offered use of the Amtrak trains. They declined, and didn't share it with the mayor. Don't be so dense. Consider some of the truly conspiratorial leaps of faiths you come up with on this site, you've got to be able to make the connection between that fact and why I say the state is at fault.

I don't have to "contend" anything, quit being such a prick. It's been cited in multiple places (considering WWL-TV/radio has been running point as the La. news information source leading up to and in the aftermath of the disaster, I'd say they're credible).

I love your spin though, you've gotta be dizzier than an 8 year old on a merry-go-round by now from all of it, and that's just on page 2 of this thread

[Vashner]

For not it's just speculation... I just posted so we could discuss for fun.. but till an investigation is complete let's wait and see.

[hussker]

Personally, I love the references to the 1935 derailment due to the storm. I guess our intel on these storms and their tracks have not changed substantially enough to warrant a train 70 years later. I am sure that a very rapid Risk Assessment would have been to bring the trains, by a competent set of local and state officials.

[Vashner]

Airplanes too.. you can shove 400 on 747 - 400 etc..

You know what's wierd? They had people getting off c5a that had guns...

Would Bush of been blamed if a C5 was taken over and say crashed into downtown San Antonio? For like breaking rules on search before boarding to get people out..

Just that alone could of killed far more people than 911 or Katrina.

[The Ressurrected One]

We can argue semantics all day, but the fact remains the same. The FEDS, some say purposely, neglected their responsibility by not informing Governor Blanco of her rights under the Stafford Act to be coach by public officials on the proper procedures to obtaining FED assistance.

This infers two things; 1) Governor Blanco, unlike the other 49 Governors in this country has no staff attorneys, no attorney general, and no emergency management coordinator, and 2) that, even in light of all her other refusals for federal assistance leading up to landfall, she would have accepted federal assistance in determining what her "rights under the Stafford Act" are.

[j-6]

This infers two things; 1) Governor Blanco, unlike the other 49 Governors in this country has no staff attorneys, no attorney general, and no emergency management coordinator, and 2) that, even in light of all her other refusals for federal assistance leading up to landfall, she would have accepted federal assistance in determining what her "rights under the Stafford Act" are.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Louisiana Attorney General
http://www.ag.state.la.us/

Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness (DHS)
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/
Major General Bennett C. Landreneau, Director - http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/hlspe...dreneaubio.htm

Wonder if Blanco's going to throw them under the bus?

[hussker]

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Louisiana Attorney General
http://www.ag.state.la.us/

Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness (DHS)
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/
Major General Bennett C. Landreneau, Director - http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/hlspe...dreneaubio.htm

Wonder if Blanco's going to throw them under the bus?

I am sure they have SCUBA gear in case she wants to...Ahhhh...All those buses...

[SpursWoman]

Wonder if Blanco's going to throw them under the bus?

The ones still under water?






*rimshot*

[Hook Dem]

He didn't scoff choade and I don't like the cut of your jib...now that we have the prerequisite(for a pukie dialogue) stupidity out of the way...


Dan doesn't know what the he is talking about...in fact this is just the latest in a long series of contradictions he has committed in an attempt to place blame...I can direct you to a link where Dan criticizes the President for not seizing authority from the Govenor...

Would you like that link?

And there are those who accuse us of "blindly following our leader". Mookie is displaying this by blindly following Dan and his pack of lies supported by lack of knowledge. Dan doesn't know half as much as he would have you believe.

[Nbadan]

hey face the president said it was his fault......please shut the up.

if the president says he's to blame.....that its....end of arguement. asshole.

Gezzz, somebody's got their panties all in a wad. Of course W said he was wrong, this way when a long, expensive, drawnout, independent investigation finds that the FEDS failed to act under the Stafford act, W can turn around and say, "See, I told ya we were wrong!'

[hussker]

hey face the president said it was his fault......please shut the up.

if the president says he's to blame.....that its....end of arguement. asshole.

Actually, per the AP:

"Bush on Tuesday accepted responsibility for failures in the government's response to Katrina and admitted "serious problems" with the handling of the response to the storm that struck the Gulf Coast more than two weeks ago.

"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government," Bush said at joint White House news conference with the president of Iraq.

"To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Bush said."

He does not absolve the local and state governmental officials as some might have you believe. Actually, it is a fine PR move and a proactive move that certainly demands reactivity from the Local and State Gov't officials along the Gulf Coast.

As they say on the Guinness commercials, "BRILLIANT!"

And I am still non partisan.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

He does not absolve the local and state governmental officials as some might have you believe.

The only people who believed that were NBAdallah and croutons.