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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Yeager on September 07, 2005, 01:28:18 PM
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A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of 609 adults taken September 5-6 shows:
Blame Game -- 13% said George W. Bush is "most responsible for the problems in New Orleans after the hurricane"; 18% said "federal agencies"; 25% said "state and local officials"; 38% said "no one is to blame"; 6% had no opinion. -- 29% said that "top officials in the federal agencies responsible for handling emergencies should be fired"; 63% said they should not; 8% had no opinion.
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Government Performance -- 10% said George W. Bush has done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"; 25% said "good"; 21% said "neither good nor bad"; 18% said "bad"; 24% said "terrible"; 2% had no opinion. -- 8% said federal government agencies responsible for handling emergencies have done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"; 27% said "good"; 20% said "neither good nor bad"; 20% said "bad"; 22% said "terrible"; 3% had no opinion. -- 7% said state and local officials in Louisiana have done a "great" job in "responding to the hurricane and subsequent flooding"; 30% said "good"; 23% said "neither good nor bad"; 20% said "bad"; 15% said "terrible"; 5% had no opinion.
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city: F
state:F
federal:F
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Originally posted by soda72
city: F
state:F
federal:F
When you factor in the scale of the destruction.
City: C+
State: C+
Federal: C+
Yeah they could have done better, but with the size of the destruction area, and the ammount of people who didnt get out of the way. I think It has been one hell of a job and effort put forth to help the area.
I dont think any other country or agency could have done any better. Therefore I give my slightly above average grade.
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Voulenteers: A+
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Food for thought
In 1998 the "construction budget" for Louisiana was 2 billion dollars. That year they spent:
LESS then 0.1 of 1% on the levees. I figure that to be 200,000. out of 2,000,000,000.0.
And they want to blame the president now. LMAO.
Corrupt, incompetent Democrats of Louisiana and NO are to blame.
NOAA issued a warning to the Mayor days in advance, that the storm what leave NO uninhabitable for weeks,
He did nothing.
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Originally posted by kevykev56
city: C+
state:C+
federal:C+
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Orleans Parish Levee Board: F
The Orleans Parish Levee Board, appointed by the mayor and state governor, is supposed to watch out for exactly the weaknesses that brought on the chaos. I was amazed. All the more so when the businessman added that instead the levee board has been busy recently with other matters—investing in local casinos.
"Responsible for building and maintaining the flood walls and embankments that make up local flood control networks, the state's levee boards historically have provided governors with an easy way to reward financial supporters. In New Orleans, there is the added benefit of overseeing a police department and an expansive inventory of real estate that includes an airport, two marinas, a riverboat casino complex, dozens of parcels of commercial property and hundreds of acres of park land along Lake Pontchartrain."
source (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9232666/site/newsweek/)
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I blame the hurricane
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Originally posted by SuperDud
I blame the hurricane
This is a political finger pointing poll, your supposed to check your common sense at the door.:p
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Walmart: A-
Sent 90 truckloads that were turned around by FEMA long before the NG and Feds sent out any supplies.
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Originally posted by SuperDud
I blame the hurricane
DING ,DING,DING ......WE HAVE A WINNER.
Super you must be a clear thinker glad to see there are a few around. :aok
Bronk
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Isnt wallmart giving jobs to wallmart employees that have been evacuated from their homes?
Well done _and_ i would guess its good PR for wallmart. ;)
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Pre-Hurricane Prepardness:
City:F
State:F
Gov:F
Volunteers:C
Post-Hurricane:
City:C
State: D
Gov:F
Volunteers:A
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Originally posted by Wolfala
Walmart: A-
Sent 90 truckloads that were turned around by FEMA long before the NG and Feds sent out any supplies.
Source?
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Everybody dropped the ball.
Local D
State D-
Feds C
Why a C for the feds... United States Coast Guard A+ ,National Weather Service A+
National Media, a big fat farging F
Leardership.. none.
Any time yah need Rudy, he's available on Lend - Lease
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(http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/05.09.06.NOBlame-X.gif)
From the Washington Post...
Behind the scenes, a power struggle emerged, as federal officials tried to wrest authority from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D). Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans, a source within the state's emergency operations center said Saturday.
The administration sought unified control over all local police and state National Guard units reporting to the governor. Louisiana officials rejected the request after talks throughout the night, concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. Some officials in the state suspected a political motive behind the request. "Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly.
A senior administration official said that Bush has clear legal authority to federalize National Guard units to quell civil disturbances under the Insurrection Act and will continue to try to unify the chains of command that are split among the president, the Louisiana governor and the New Orleans mayor.
Louisiana did not reach out to a multi-state mutual aid compact for assistance until Wednesday, three state and federal officials said.
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Originally posted by rogwar
Source?
San Francisco Chronicle today and San Jose...something or the other. Some Silicone Valley rag.
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Local F-
State F--
Feds D
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hit submit twice
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I blame the whole "blame game" on the national media. Not once have they got it right. My example...Robert Kennedy Jr said that this whole hurricane was Bush's fault because he caused global warming! This is the most RETARDED thing I have ever heard and then to see the New York Times and Washington Post pick up and run the story as facts is proof positive that the national media is not only a democratic tool and weapon to beat on someone that is not of their party (Democrat), but in no way do they even use truth in reporting! :mad:
I am going to have to stop now because the big vein in my forehead is bursting.
I would love to see someone, anyone use a little common sense and set the public straight with facts instead of lies, half-truths, and party-biased reporting!
Have you ever wondered how the planes that hit the pentagon and New York missed hitting Hillary Clinton' Forehead?:rofl
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Originally posted by AWkrull
Have you ever wondered how the planes that hit the pentagon and New York missed hitting Hillary Clinton' Forehead?:rofl
I always chalked it up to bad luck.