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Offline soda72

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« Reply #30 on: September 04, 2005, 11:19:58 PM »
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One problem: 8,000 National Guard troops from Louisiana and Mississippi are on duty in Iraq. Pentagon officials insisted last week that didn't hinder disaster response, but acknowledged that the bureaucracy for replacing them with troops from nearby states is unwieldy.

At this point, questions about why the troops weren't there quicker seem to be an exercise in bureaucratic finger-pointing. Pentagon officials last week said questions should be directed to the state. But on the ground, local officials like New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin called on Washington for more troops.

The reason, Young said: State governors outside the hurricane zone wouldn't mobilize Guard troops in advance because they weren't sure they would be reimbursed by Washington.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usfema0904,0,2306680.story?page=1&coll=ny-main-breakingnewslinks

I don't think race had anything to do with it..
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« Reply #31 on: September 05, 2005, 12:00:39 AM »
See Rule #2, #5
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Offline MrCoffee

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« Reply #32 on: September 05, 2005, 12:07:30 AM »
I can understand how it might take a while for trucks to get there. I mean even when they are there, how do you navigate through water, what road signs, how do you know your not about to drive into a underwater curb. So when did the helicopters actually start to arrive? I bet after the winds settled them choppers started flying in.
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« Reply #33 on: September 05, 2005, 01:09:36 AM »
Louisiana shot itself in the foot when it elected Kathleen Blanco instead of Bobby Jindal for Governor. He is 10x more intelligent and well-spoken than Blanco; but they wanted the female Democrat instead of a Republican of East Indian heritage.

Jindal would have handled the entire situation from the state level with a lot more speed and the right moves compared to Blanco. This catastrophy was totally out of her league.
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« Reply #34 on: September 05, 2005, 01:56:22 AM »
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« Reply #35 on: September 05, 2005, 03:01:56 AM »
See Rule #5
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« Reply #36 on: September 05, 2005, 07:03:28 AM »
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I bet after the winds settled them choppers started flying in.


They did, but the problem was they had the CNN logo on the side. :)
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« Reply #37 on: September 05, 2005, 07:06:57 AM »
I got an idea.  When the next major natural disaster hits....we should let the national media coordinate and run the relief efforts.

They seem to believe that they have all the answers.
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« Reply #38 on: September 05, 2005, 07:50:18 AM »
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I got an idea.  When the next major natural disaster hits....we should let the national media coordinate and run the relief efforts.

They seem to believe that they have all the answers.


LOL great idea!!:aok
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« Reply #39 on: September 05, 2005, 09:12:46 AM »
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Originally posted by Makarov9
Louisiana shot itself in the foot when it elected Kathleen Blanco instead of Bobby Jindal for Governor. He is 10x more intelligent and well-spoken than Blanco; but they wanted the female Democrat instead of a Republican of East Indian heritage.

Jindal would have handled the entire situation from the state level with a lot more speed and the right moves compared to Blanco. This catastrophy was totally out of her league.


Ding! Ding! Ding!


not to mention the Mayor in NO
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« Reply #40 on: September 05, 2005, 09:44:56 AM »
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Originally posted by Vulcan
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuup. And for anybody who throws in the "poor" card I would point at the behaviour of those in the tsunami hit areas whos average ANNUAL income was less than US$250, yet those people still managed to act like civilised human beings.
 


pssssstt dont tell anyone but i tell you little secrets...

Most of those who were hit by Tsunami werent christians and god didnt give them rights to freedom and cheap oil :D

psst
im running for new passport :cool:
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