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I admit, I loathed Clinton as a president every bit as much as the harshest Bush detractor loathes George W. Bush. Yes, I thought he was a piss poor public face to put on America, I hated that he had acted like such a cad in office. But I NEVER wished for Clinton's failure on any national issue, because the bottom line was that Clinton's failure would have meant our country's failure.
So I rooted for Clinton to succeed, and simply bided my time until I had a chance to vote again.
Today's ultra liberals literally foam at the mouth, praying not for our country to thrive, but instead praying that Bush makes a mistake big enough to assure them a win in 2008. Yes, they love it when President Bush does something wrong - even at the peril of their countrymen, so they can get on their high horses and point it out.
In the wake of hurricane Katrina, the number of liberals who sit idly at their computers and bitch and moan about the problems with the federal response (which they blame on Bush, even though to do so is misleading when it comes to where the responsibility for response truly was those first days) is astounding! Many of the most vocal against Bush haven't donated money to the relief effort, haven't raided their closets and sent boxes of clothes to the Salvation Army, haven't done anything, except complain. For these liberals, it's everyone else's responsibility (it's that entitlement mentality run wild).
And then there are those liberals who do donate clothes or money, but who still want to point fingers for political gain.
Maybe it's because all these liberals playing the blame game or, worse, playing the race cards, simply don't know shit about how the government really works (or worse, maybe they know how it works, but are intentionally misleading those who don't).
So me, being the kind-hearted conservative that I am, will give all the clueless liberals a lesson in how the government works when it comes to disasters.
First, it is ALWAYS the local government's primary responsibility to handle disasters. Starting with the city and county governments, and then the state government. It's been that way for the states along the east coast and in Florida in the past, and it was that way in New York on 9-11.
And it worked that way for Alabama and Mississippi who were hit by Katrina.
Why is it Mississippi, who got hit WORSE than Louisiana, is managing the disaster better? Could be because the state took the responsibility they were supposed to take.
Do these liberals know that New Orleans had an emergency plan in the event a huge hurricane hit? Yep, they did. It's called the "City of New Orleans Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan."
Do these liberals also know that Ray Nagin (mayor) and the Louisiana governor somehow forgot to follow the plan in the days before the hurricane hit (when it was known it would be a category 4 or 5 hurricane) and when the moment of disaster arrived?
Here's a few excerpts, thanks to Christopher Ruddy at Newsmax http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/9/4/151327.shtml
"As established by the City of New Orleans Charter, the government has jurisdiction and responsibility in disaster response. City government shall coordinate its efforts through the Office of Emergency Preparedness."
The above is New Orleans' own claim of jurisdiction and responsibility for disasters.
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"The City of New Orleans will utilize all available resources to quickly and safely evacuate threatened areas. Those evacuated will be directed to temporary sheltering and feeding facilities as needed. When specific routes of progress are required, evacuees will be directed to those routes. Special arrangements will be made to evacuate persons unable to transport themselves or who require specific life saving assistance. Additional personnel will be recruited to assist in evacuation procedures as needed. ...
"Evacuation procedures for small scale and localized evacuations are conducted per the SOPs of the New Orleans Fire Department and the New Orleans Police Department. However, due to the sheer size and number of persons to be evacuated, should a major tropical weather system or other catastrophic event threaten or impact the area, specifically directed long range planning and coordination of resources and responsibilities efforts must be undertaken."
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Not only does this document demand that the mayor of New Orleans do what needs done to protect his people, it outlines HOW he should protect his people. This document SPECIFICALLY gives officials of New Orleans (namely, the mayor) the right to use city owned buses and school buses for evacuation purposes.
Do these liberals know that parishes outside of New Orleans somehow managed to evacuate their residents with city owned buses and school buses?
Do these liberals even care that the mayor dropped the ball and left all those city owned buses and school buses in New Orleans to sit empty while his people were left to fend for themselves? And that not only were the school buses and city owned buses in New Orleans ultimately covered in water, but so were the poor people without transportation that he should have gotten on those buses and evacuated.
Liberals like to give Ray Nagin a pass by asking retarded questions like, "Where was he supposed to get the money for all these buses?" Duh. In a crisis, the mayor doesn't have to pay for the buses. First, the city OWNS the buses - he wouldn't have to pay for them. Second, he could have commandeered privately owned buses in a state of emergency and worried about paying the bus owners and the gas stations later.
Do these liberals comprehend that the governor of Louisiana had complete control over the Louisiana National Guard? The president does NOT control the Louisiana National Guard (or the National Guard of any other state for that matter). They answer directly to the Louisiana governor.
Why weren't the Louisiana National Guard dispatched by the governor sooner? Surely they could have helped evacuate BEFORE the hurricane hit.
So, liberals and race card players, in light of the fact that the mayor not only had the right to use all those buses (unsued, and now sitting under water) to save his people and simply did not do it, can you at least acknowledge that the mayor made a major mistake?
Can you at least acknowledge that the governor probably fumbled the ball a little, too (though not nearly as bad as the mayor)?
No doubt the mayor is pointing his finger at the president and the federal government to shift the spotlight off all he and his administration did wrong.
You can read the rest of the document at http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=46&tabid=26
The media - who Monica Jackson insists on referring to as "conservative", when in fact the media is decidedly liberal and always has been - called a young black man (a boy, really) a LOOTER because he got on a bus ignored by the mayor of New Orleans and drove more than 100 people to safety.
LOOTER? A looter is a THIEF. Someone who, during a crisis, steals for their own personal gain (like the assholes stealing Nike tennisshoes or jewelry or guns while New Orleans drown). This young man - Jabbor Gibson - is a HERO.
He didn't get on the bus and drive himself out. He got it loaded beyond capacity and drove more than 100 people to safety.
It's a shame the mayor of New Orleans couldn't have done as much to save the people of the city.
I found this info thanks to Holly Lisle in one of her blog postings http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/index.php/2005/09/03/english-for-reporters-101/
In summary, the federal government (including the president and FEMA) are ONLY supposed to ASSIST state and local governments in disaster relief. They have never been supposed to lead the relief effort.
This makes sense. The federal government resides in Washington, D.C. The state and local governments reside in the heart of the disaster, and they SHOULD be much better able to handle at least the preliminary evacuations, especially when they had something like 48 hours warning that they were about to get hit by a catastrophic hurricane, to get their shit together and get those people on buses headed out of New Orleans.
FEMA hasn't had its brightest moment in the wake of the hurricane, but the sad reality is, had Ray Nagin and the Louisiana governor simply followed their OWN emergency plan, New Orleans would have been a disaster, but not such an overwhelming tragedy.
Imagine, had those now ruined and empty buses just been used during those 48 hours to transport the people 30 minutes to an hour west of New Orleans, how many lives would have been saved, how many fewer people would have suffered.
Imagine...
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