Comments on: Democrats Hiding Crimes Of Katrina

By: fistfuloffortnights.net » RINOs Without A Hero?

fistfuloffortnights.net » RINOs Without A Hero? — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:33:02 +0000

[...] Isn’t everything politically motivated in some shape or form? It looks like the Environmental Republican displays his emergency management know-how by taking on this very topic in relation to the FEMA mess. No wait a moment. The Strata-Sphere puts out some proof that the democrats covered up relief-related misdoings as well. And didn’t yours truly take a slightly Hobbsian point of view on the FEMA FUBAR? Oh yes, it looks like I most certainly did. Have you had enough finger-pointing just yet? Buckley F. Williams tosses some more kindling on the proverbial fire, just to make things a bit more interesting. [...]

By: The Strata-Sphere » Blog Archive » Nagin Finally Faces Criticism

The Strata-Sphere » Blog Archive » Nagin Finally Faces Criticism — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:19:53 +0000

[...] That is part of the plan the city and state should have followed. But we know now Blanco held back Red Cross efforts to supply the Superdome. Both Nagin and Blanco needed to adjust their initial pitiful concepts for dealing with Katrina the minute the first levee breeched – as we pointed out here. We know people did not need to die because between Nagin’s city buses moving people out and Blanco letting the Red Cross in the press of people on the Superdome and Convention Center would have been cut in half. These are final questions posited by the Post, which doesn’t provide a hint of answer: Why were all those city buses left in low-lying areas? Why did so many of his officers leave their posts as the city descended into a chaos that left many residents afraid that either thugs or the elements would kill them? [...]

By: Flopping Aces

Flopping Aces — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:07:45 +0000

More Katrina, Update XI

How about the welfare state of our nation. I would argue that the welfare state is to blame for many of the needless deaths. The fact that it creates people who cannot fend for themselves, cannot think for themselves, and obviously will not survive o…

By: AcademicElephant

AcademicElephant — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:10:19 +0000

I am developing a theory that on Mon.-Tues. Blanco was protecting her control over the federal relief $$$ that would be coming into the state by refusing to let in the Red Cross at first (making it look like she needs more aid) and by refusing to allow the disaster relief to be federalized (which would come with oversight). I’m sure this has been a time-honored and standard practice in other Louisiana hurricanes, and probably seemed perfectly logical to her when it looked like they had dodged a bullet and were going to have a fairly routine clean up.

Or is this too conspiracy-theory-ish? I don’t think she’s an evil genius, just a rather stupid and venal cog in a machine that’s been chugging along down there for generations.

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:01:34 +0000

Red Cross Prevent from Going to Superdome

Readers know I’m not fond of the blame game. I have been posting a few items that seriously question the…