Everyone wants to know: why did it take so long? Where are the feds? Where is the vaunted US military? Why can't we get water, food, and medicines to the dying? Here's the answer, in about as short a statement as possible: "Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has yet to declare a state of emergency and refuses to cede authority over rescue efforts to the federal government."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/4/124905.shtml So, the feds have the manpower, the organizational power, the equipment, the know-how, the supplies, the transportation, the knowledge of the full scope of the disaster and probably the best handle on what needs to be done and how to do it. But! Because a Podunk Dem governor has the power to do so, she is going to let people DIE so that she gets to stay "in charge." Or perhaps, worse, she knows that the blame will automatically attach itself to the federal government and so she gets to give Bush a black eye and skate away free. You've gotta admire the neat political trick (if that is what it is)--if it wasn't for all the lives being lost. After all, you aren't hearing any of this from See-BS or any of the others, so this "trick" might actually work. Millions of Americans will blame Bush while no one (other than a few "right-wingers") will report the truth--that Bush was prevented from acting by a bitchy, Podunk Democrat who happened to be Governor of Louisiana at the time. To me, it still seems pretty sick, or even evil--all the way around. Lowell C. Savage It's the freedom, stupid! Gun control: tyrants' tool, fools' folly. > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Reichert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2025 10:53 PM > To: Liberty Northwest Conference & Newsgroup > Subject: Re: Homeless in America... > > Good evening, Dave! > > I share your pain. And you'll soon see why. > > Dave Laird wrote to everyone... > > > This is not America. This is some other-worldly country, that George W. > > Bush, Jr. fantasized along with his ascension to power; this is a pit of > > iniquity where his imminence could not be bothered to leave his vacation > > to attend to the funeral of thousands of innocent people in the Deep > > South. This is a den of vipers where he sits idly by watching his > > butt-buddy bureaucrats intone pious-sounding phrases, moving their lips > > but not their hearts. > > I notice that CBS News tonight reflected on the fact that not > many of those who were enduring this catastrophe were white. > Most of the white population had either already evacuated, or > made arrangements early on to to avoid the worst. Almost the > entire gauntlet of those desperate souls were black, African > Americans, most of which were impoverished. Even more so now > than before. > > Why did it take five wrenching days to get food, water, and > immediate assistance while thousands perished? Several US > military bases surround the area, including Corpus Christi, TX, > Biloxi, Mississippi. > > It was also pointed out on CBS News tonight, that only a small > fraction of Louisiana's National Guard were present to respond to > this catastrophe. The rest, including much of the State National > Guard's equipment were in Iraq! > > You're right about one important thing as well. As you just > pointed out, this amounts to a failure on the magnitude and scale > of most third world countries, that even respond much more > quickly, and seem to have more energy to save the living than our > own Federal government displayed in this tragedy. > > The stench of the lying bodies on the streets and bridges in New > Orleans matches nicely with the stench of the present > Administration in power over the executive branch of this > prostitute government. I am deeply appalled by it all, and I > don't particularly care what people might think of me as a result > of my criticism. > > It was mentioned just earlier tonight on a documentary, that the > paltry sum appropriated by Congress for immediate aid to the > victims in this tragedy is about as much as it takes to float the > US invasion of Iraq for one week! I guess we know where the > hearts and minds of the current Administration lie. > > > People had foretold what has happened in New Orleans years and years > ago, > > and despite all the high-technology and verbiage from Homeland > Security's > > Alan Chertok, no one bothered to ever take those warnings seriously. No > > one bothered to even examine the prodigious number of learned studies > that > > indicated what would happen if a Category 5 hurricane hit New Orleans, > > even a glancing blow. No one in government even bothered to examine the > > predictions about Biloxi, many of which were mentioned here, in this > > humble place, as recently as three years ago. Too little, too late. > > My guess is that we haven't seen or heard the freight train > coming down the tunnel at full speed as a result of this tragedy > either. Six refineries have been knocked out. The Shrub wants > to offer millions of barrels of petroleum from the Nation's > Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Problem is, we no longer have the > refinery capacity to process any more petroleum than is already > available. The price of petroleum actually dropped today on the > world market. The problem is, one third of this nation's > domestic capacity to deliver and refine petroleum was wiped out > in this catastrophe. We have not built a new refinery in the US > for over three decades! > > > I have to wonder if Becky Kivac is even alive. She was not in good > health > > at the time the hurricane took aim at Biloxi; God knows if she survived, > > or if she survived, which shelter she is eking out a hellish existence > > tonight. > > I wish I had a way of contacted Becky as well tonight. Sadly, > the phone lines are down in New Orleans, and perhaps it will take > weeks before any semblance of normal communication occurs. > > > Despite my years of being somewhat jaundiced about government in > general, > > I will never look at the federal government in quite the same way again. > > Boy, you got that one right! But it's probably not over by a > long shot either. Wait for the economic costs to hit home! And > it will. A major slice of the deep water ports that carry this > nation's cargo transit the region, including food essentials. It > was predicted just today that we will be paying a LOT MORE in the > coming weeks and months as this cargo is diverted elsewhere. > > And, then there's the oil thing again. Just today, the cost for > ocean transit of petroleum to the US has DOUBLED! Now, I wonder > just how something like that happened, don't you? > > > They are hideously-inadequate at the job of protection, and even worse > at > > responding like decent human beings in the face of an unprecedented > > disaster. > > Now, let's see how many of the countries where U.S. forces have > responded > > to help others in need in the past will send help. Let's just wait and > see. > > I guess the UN will likely come in to help bail us out! Wouldn't > that be a humiliating outcome, but probably predictable under our > current leadership's mindset. I'm not about to discount that > possibility either. It likely WILL happen. > > > Most of the so-called evacuees were good tax-paying God-fearing citizens > > who went to work each day, paid their bills and tried to live good > lives. > > No one, not even scurrilous the crumb-snatchers of society, deserve to > be > > treated as poorly as our government are treating people in New Orleans, > > Biloxi and Gulfport. And it's being done in MY name, YOUR name, and in > the > > name of good government. > > When talking about the US Federal government, it is an oxymoron > to call it 'good'. > > > The only bright side of this all is that we sent Jesse Jackson to > > Mississippi. Perhaps he will finally do the right thing and try to > provide > > decent housing, drinking water and food for 250,000 plus homeless in the > > Deep South. > > Of course, your thoughts may differ. > > I still believe we are long, long overdue for a regime change in > our own country. I predict it is going to get a lot, lot worse, > long before it begin to get better in this country; that is, if > it ever does again. We can't change mother nature. But we still > have the power to change this stinking sordid mess we call the > Federal government, probably by abolishing it as we know it and > start from scratch. > > Kindest regards, > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > Libnw mailing list > Libnw@immosys.com > List info and subscriber options: > http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw > Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
