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Posted By: msbeanctr on 2005-09-04
In Reply to: The political people knew what could happen if a hurricane hit New Orleans. sm - just my 2 cent

Now they want to divide FEMA and Homeland Security into separate entities, with FEMA CEO/HEAD also being elevated into a cabinet position

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Comment about New Orleans and Ray Nagin, the Mayor...sm - Dancin Shoes
- Nagin of New Orleans, no hero - suzyd
- Nagin - JAG
- manual - msbeanctr
- I've recently heard a LOT about corruption in NO as well, - not from NO or LA
- Did your husband know that the plans the mayor of NO used - kle
- New Orleans - sienna
- Also, wondering if people trust him...sm - HomeMT
  - put yourself in his shoes - - msbeanctr
    - and he as mayor of that city had no responsibility at all? - Why have a mayor then?
- We have had to endure so many of their false alarms about warnings - I blame Homeland Security
- I'm not surprised that the media is trying to "spin" him into a hero - sm
  - If he let the tourists "buy their way out", my cousin and her friends, along with - - You have no clue
    - Maybe ALL the tourists didn't have access to the mayor - but believe me, the ones who got out paid him off
- they did use public transportation though as part of the evacuation but housed those sm - agree with typnfool
- Aftermath - KS
- chilling article - msbeanctr
  - Excellent article. Here's a link to another one. - kle
- he underestimated the damage it - would do
  - Maybe he's not qualified for the job? - nm
  - natural disaster - Just me
  - disaster - typnfool
    - Well said. - and so true. (nm)
  - I just don't understand how they underestimated this thing (sm) - FL Resident
    - That's the difference between (sm) - Lori
      - Did you know.... - kle
        Did you know (sm) - Lori
      - Thanks for the link. Interesting. Looks like they skipped a couple of steps. (nm) - FL Resident
    - The political people knew what could happen if a hurricane hit New Orleans. sm - just my 2 cent
      - Ray Nagin is the one who showed true compassion - abc
      - it IS the mayor's fault and it IS Kathleen Blanco's fault - it's their responsibility
      - No, you are wrong - lm
        where did the allocated money go? - abc
      - fema - msbeanctr

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I JUST read that myself on the AP...I have not been one to judge quickly because there is so much blame game going on but this.......it's just inexcusable and if proven (which I'm believing it to be if the AP has the memo), then Mike Brown not only needs to lose his job immediately but also needs to stand trial for negligent homicide in all the deaths that could have been prevented IF he had not worried about his "wording, CYA he was doing" in that memo, thank God for the common folk who had the decency to start with their humanitarian efforts and got down there when they did and despite.FEMA. I also heard that several companies like Wal-mart and RV companies were turned away because of not having the proper contracts ready, duh...FEMA did not provide them

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The former head of FEMA was a horse trainer-He is an idiot no matter what-nm
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