fema`s not a first responder...that falls on state and local authorities...here are the real questions that need answering....
btw,the levee issue is more than 40 years old ...this issue spans multiple presidential administrations...not to mention state and local administrations going wayyyy back.....
) why didn't louisiana fellow it's emergency plan? why isn't anyone talking about this?
2) why hasn't anyone mentioned that a pre-requisite for a federal response BY LAW is that state law is executed and the emergency plan is executed FIRST?
3) why did the governor abandon the city of new orleans for the safety of baton rouge, before the plan was executed?
4) why, when the federal government was acting in accordance with the stafford act, did the state of louisiana, by its governor`s acts, delay making requests when being told this storm was going to hit?
5) why did mgyor nagin or governor blanco, delay while sleeping on it saturday night, the mandatory evacuation spelled out in the louisiana emergency plan?.... saturday the mayor said he may order an evacuation tomorrow. (sunday)
6) where were the parish presidents who were signatories to the louisiana emergency plan, and why did they fail in its execution to the plan?
7)in the parish failure to implement, why didn't the state take over as required by the plan?
8) why weren't the hospitals nursing homes, etc. evacuated since the plan required them to do so?
9) why did the mandatory evacuation only occur AFTER president bush called, and why did governor blanco stress that it was only after president bush called to urging the evacuation order? ....was she concerned for the citizens, or was she grandstanding so she could blame the president if the storm didn't hit?
10) why were the action plan implementations required not done by the local and state government? .....
now it`s looking like louisiana officials deliberately kept the red cross out and their aid out of the super dome early on in the crisis...
the questions above will never be asked by the mainstream media....they make to much sense....
but,here`s a question that was asked....
"" Former presidents, Bush and Clinton gave a news conference today. Towards the end, as Bush and Clinton were walking off the stage, at about 10:20 am EST, a female reporter shouted a last question that went “how do you respond to rumors that the levees were intentionally opened?”
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and some liberal web blogs are accusing the army corps of engineers of blowing up the levees.....
lord love a duck...whoa...
our media at work...(i knew if i didn`t mention the media i`d disappoint some of my bunky`s)....