Who is in control of our country? It was Tuesday, a day or two after a known Category 4/5 hurricane hit New Orleans and our esteemed President had just cut his month-long summer vacation short. But first he had to go play the guitar in CA. Why hadn't he cut his vacation short *before* the hurricane hit? Americans were dying in New Orleans and in Iraq, but the pres. was still on vacation. (AP Photo/ABC News, Martha Raddatz, 9.2.05)
Everyone is throwing around excuses that it's difficult to get equipment in or they didn't know it was going to be that bad in New Orleans. Liars, all of them. We've known for years that New Orleans was one of the worst places in the country for a natural disaster to occur. We knew for weeks that Katrina was out there and knew for days before it struck that it was Category 4/5 and headed towards the New Orleans area.
Surely the city had mitigation and evacuation plans for a hurricane and subsequent flooding. It's been five days and no semblance of a plan is apparent. Why weren't supplies and troops ready to go the day after the storm struck? Does it really take 4+ days to mobilize National Guard Troops--even when you have notice that they might be needed?
There is no excuse for what is happening in New Orleans. This is utter incompetence on the part of the President of the United States, the Governor of Louisiana, and the director of FEMA. None of them have a grasp on the situation nor the capability to make things happen. We see them on television, but they instill no confidence in us and talk nebulously about what's happening because they are unable to deal with such an emergency.
I never really liked the guy, but remember Rudy Guliani? After 9/11 *he* was on the streets of NYC reassuring people that things were under control, that everything was ok, that we could work together and come through that emergency. On 9/11 and the days after, Rudy Guliani was the leader pulling us through. Then, like now, George Bush is hardly seen.
We need real leadership NOW.
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All I can say is - ditto. I'm so much just dumbfounded by all this.
god, i am almost speechless about how poorly this is being handled or not being handled. i just can't believe it. it is horrifying. definitely well said.
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Ponder on that.
I completely agree. It makes me sick. I get so angry watching the news. And what about his little "visit" down there a few days ago. He didn't even go into the city - too dangerous his secret service said - where it's been described as "hell on earth." It really makes you wonder what everyone was doing as they watched that storm get closer and closer. I read a story today that said 48 percent of Americans think his response was "bad" or "terrible," according to a CNN/USA Today Gallup pole.
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