Politicizing Katrina
It seems that while the Right is busy helping out the victims of Katrina, the Left is looking who to blame, and they just love their favorite target, President Bush.
Well, I guess I should start calling her Committee Clinton, because the junior Senator from New York wants to have a 9/11 commission for Katrina. Which is kind of silly, provided all of the facts are in the public domain and are clear to see to those who want to see them.
The facts are:
1. The Hurricane Plan devised by the City of New Orleans was not followed, leading to many poor residents being trapped in NO while they could have escaped in school buses and City transportation buses.2. Governor Blanco needed 24 hours "to think it over" before asking for Federal help, thus preventing FEMA and DHS from getting help to those who needed it in time.
3. FEMA and DHS blocked civilian aid from getting into the area, for their own reasons that have not been explained to me.
There are other facts, but those are the ones that cascaded a disaster into a catastrophe.
Of course, Democrats need committees to explain why things didn't work right, when again, the facts are clearly evident.
Feh.
Comments
Wow. Just. Wow.
You've got some reading to catch up on -- the right playing politics, Bush playing guitar and Condi shoe-shopping and hitting Broadway while NO floods (I won't bother - you can google it), the national preparedness plan signed into effect on Dec. 2004. Here are some links to get you started:
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRPbaseplan.pdf
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003458.htm
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/05.html#a4807
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=8684
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/blaming-katrina-on-gays-_b_6856.html
http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/09/by_larry_c_john.html
http://www.wonkette.com/politics//chertoffs-reading-habits-123841.php
Posted by: Ariadne | September 6, 2005 7:13 AM
First of all, you didn't rebut my post on the facts presented, although you did bring up some stuff I didn't know about.
Bush could just as easily ordered the military and FEMA in from Crawford as from the White House.
And don't forget, Gov. Blanco has to ask for help before she can start receiving it. This is the United States, a group of 50 independent entities bound together. Not one all-controlling Government.
Posted by: Mark | September 6, 2005 6:03 PM