Comments on: Blanco Out? http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/ in all matter of opinion, our adversaries are insane. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:05:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: FrmrArtyOffcr http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-374302 FrmrArtyOffcr Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:22:56 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-374302 Thank you Robert, I do try to provide historical fact with my comments. It makes arguing with me MUCH harder. Thank you Robert, I do try to provide historical fact with my comments. It makes arguing with me MUCH harder.

]]> By: Peejz http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-371470 Peejz Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:52:10 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-371470 <em>Are you going to blame him for some of the whacked out bills passed by the Dem controlled Congress?</em> If he doesn't veto them, yes Are you going to blame him for some of the whacked out bills passed by the Dem controlled Congress?

If he doesn’t veto them, yes

]]> By: Robert http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-371116 Robert Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:48:51 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-371116 An excellent recap of the events and facts by FAO. Nagin and Blanco had first line, primary responsibility. Both proved to be utterly incompetent. At least Blanco has some class; she is bowing out. Nagin has no such compunction. He was rewarded by reelection. So apparently the people of N.O. want more incompetence, more inadequacy. An excellent recap of the events and facts by FAO. Nagin and Blanco had first line, primary responsibility. Both proved to be utterly incompetent. At least Blanco has some class; she is bowing out.

Nagin has no such compunction. He was rewarded by reelection. So apparently the people of N.O. want more incompetence, more inadequacy.

]]> By: FrmrArtyOffcr http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-370923 FrmrArtyOffcr Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:06:48 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-370923 Mayor Nagin failed to follow his own emergency response plan. Blanco failed to make or follow an emergency response plan, refused help from Florida to make an emergency response plan months before Katrina, refused to activate the National Guard before Katrina hit despite being advised to do so by the White House, refused to permit the Red Cross and Salvation Army to stock the Superdome with necessary supplies in the days before Katrina, and failed to act in a timely fashion once it became apparent Katrina was going to devastate the state. FEMA isn't responsible for just New Orleans, they're responsible for the entire country. They have to marshal supplies in centralized locations and then disperse them to areas where they are needed most. Unfortunately that means that they are only able to be reactive, not proactive. It takes time to move supplies from marshalling areas outside of the disaster area. Helicopters can only carry so much, trucks can only drive through water so deep, and planes need runways to land. FEMA guidelines are that local and state governments must provide for local needs for the first 72 - 96 hours. Nagin and Blanco FAILED to do that. As for the Levees failing being known to the Army Corps of Engineers, this is true. What everyone citing this as a federal government failure refuses to acknowledge is that it was the CLINTON administration that refused to allocate the additional funds necessary to build the levees properly initially AND that while the BUSH administration had been sending more money to New Orleans to reenforce the levees than the previous administration, much of the money was being siphoned off for other projects and graft by corrupt DEMOCRATIC levee commission members. There is a reason why two Democratic members of the Levee commission are in prison on corruption charges and it isn't because they were stealing candy from the office vending machine. Mayor Nagin failed to follow his own emergency response plan.
Blanco failed to make or follow an emergency response plan, refused help from Florida to make an emergency response plan months before Katrina, refused to activate the National Guard before Katrina hit despite being advised to do so by the White House, refused to permit the Red Cross and Salvation Army to stock the Superdome with necessary supplies in the days before Katrina, and failed to act in a timely fashion once it became apparent Katrina was going to devastate the state. FEMA isn’t responsible for just New Orleans, they’re responsible for the entire country. They have to marshal supplies in centralized locations and then disperse them to areas where they are needed most. Unfortunately that means that they are only able to be reactive, not proactive. It takes time to move supplies from marshalling areas outside of the disaster area. Helicopters can only carry so much, trucks can only drive through water so deep, and planes need runways to land. FEMA guidelines are that local and state governments must provide for local needs for the first 72 – 96 hours. Nagin and Blanco FAILED to do that. As for the Levees failing being known to the Army Corps of Engineers, this is true. What everyone citing this as a federal government failure refuses to acknowledge is that it was the CLINTON administration that refused to allocate the additional funds necessary to build the levees properly initially AND that while the BUSH administration had been sending more money to New Orleans to reenforce the levees than the previous administration, much of the money was being siphoned off for other projects and graft by corrupt DEMOCRATIC levee commission members. There is a reason why two Democratic members of the Levee commission are in prison on corruption charges and it isn’t because they were stealing candy from the office vending machine.

]]> By: TedintheShed http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-370310 TedintheShed Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:55:03 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-370310 5. No, she is part of the state governemet. Bush isn't the Federal governemet, but part of it. Are you going to blame him for some of the whacked out bills passed by the Dem controlled Congress? There were others involved in the state governemet who can firmly share the blame, such as when thier state Congress realocated Federal funds for a $2 million fountain, etc. 5.

No, she is part of the state governemet. Bush isn’t the Federal governemet, but part of it. Are you going to blame him for some of the whacked out bills passed by the Dem controlled Congress?

There were others involved in the state governemet who can firmly share the blame, such as when thier state Congress realocated Federal funds for a $2 million fountain, etc.

]]> By: Peejz http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-370280 Peejz Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:38:34 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-370280 She is the State govt. We knew that it was the ACOE that was to blame for the levies...The state knew the levies wouldn't withstand a category 3 storm. She is the State govt. We knew that it was the ACOE that was to blame for the levies…The state knew the levies wouldn’t withstand a category 3 storm.

]]> By: TedintheShed http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-370065 TedintheShed Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:48:52 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-370065 It was as much Blanco fault as it was the Federal and State Governement. Anyone see where the official report came out tody regarding Katrina? They blamed the levee failures on the Army Corp of Engineers. It was as much Blanco fault as it was the Federal and State Governement.

Anyone see where the official report came out tody regarding Katrina? They blamed the levee failures on the Army Corp of Engineers.

]]> By: Peejz http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-369725 Peejz Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:20:03 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-369725 Yes, it is Blanco and the state of LA's fault that the disaster reached the level it did...shall we re-establish her mis-steps here...She put politics above the people when he offered to take over, on the advise of Clinton lawyers she said no...she made her decision, and now she lives with it. Yes, it is Blanco and the state of LA’s fault that the disaster reached the level it did…shall we re-establish her mis-steps here…She put politics above the people when he offered to take over, on the advise of Clinton lawyers she said no…she made her decision, and now she lives with it.

]]> By: snowy egret http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-369723 snowy egret Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:18:51 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-369723 Now if only that nit wit RAY NAGIN would retire and quit trying to prove he is a dunderhead:razz: Now if only that nit wit RAY NAGIN would retire and quit trying to prove he is a dunderhead:razz:

]]> By: Toasted Tofu http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/comment-page-1/#comment-369101 Toasted Tofu Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:55:30 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/03/20/blanco-out/#comment-369101 Right, yeah, the Bush administration was awesome and beyond reproach. The biggest natural disaster to hit the USA in recent time and... well, Bush had to go play a fiddle at a fundraiser. It's all Blanco's fault!!! Right, yeah, the Bush administration was awesome and beyond reproach. The biggest natural disaster to hit the USA in recent time and… well, Bush had to go play a fiddle at a fundraiser. It’s all Blanco’s fault!!!

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