The Katrina debacle really came down to the local government sitting on their collective A$$ES and not asking for federal help till it was too late. Not to mention doing nothing to speed up the evacuation, like using the busses pictured below before they were submerged. Once again. the Democrats drop the ball and use the blame Bush clause. :lol:


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...leadership.jpg

There was gross negligence and incompetence in the situation in New Orleans just prior, during and after Katrina. I was down there several months ago and it still looks like a war zone. The mayor is a racist who only want those who are "chocolate" in his city. The word "chocolate" is his word, not mine. This guy and the governor are incompetents who somehow convinced their constituency to re-elect them. It just goes to show you that intelligence is not a precursor to voting. I think they were elected because they were giving our money away to anyone who was breathing.

By the way, the president has no powers not given him by congress. I get a bit tired of so many people blaming everything on the president. He is not the only one who should be held accountable. I think congress is more to blame for the way things are rather than the president, no matter who is sitting in the oval office. And if you REALLY want to place blame, just look in the mirror. These people are elected to office. We have no one to blame but ourselves. If you want things to change, kick every one of them out of office. Give them one or two terms and fire them. These people will do or say anything to get re-elected and keep their power. The real power is in voting. These politicians are in office because WE gave them that power. If you don't like what you see, vote them out. Stop letting them BUY your vote.

This is just more from the Bushhatecorp people.

P/T/D: I am not arguing your point about the unused buses in New Orleans. As a "registered" Democrat (whatever that means) I was APPALLED at this picture of the submerged buses!!

However, I hope you realize that the buses in the Galveston picture were brought in, over roads that were ABOVE water, from areas that were ABOVE water, to a devastated coastal region. New Orleans is mostly BELOW the water level, and was flooded within minutes if not hours.

Either way, with pictures of New Orleans being flooded, and people on rooftops being rescued, YOUR president took 3 days to get to his office in Washington and get a handle on things! Will that response time be good enough for YOU when it is nuclear fallout that we are facing?

No, actually G Hobo, the Galveston buses were put to use before the storm hit, unlike Katrina, where they were left sitting because the mayor and governor decided it wasn't a big deal. Then, in typical Democrat fashion, played the victim and blamed everyone else for their shortcomings.

The lack of planning on the local level will not let the blame be totally on the feds. :wink:

Golfhobo,


I may be wrong ( and I'm sure I will be corrected if I am :wink: ) but the buses in the Tx. picture were buses that were already there and the picture was of the buses leaving BEFORE the storm hit with people on board. The picture of the buses in NO were of the buses that were there and not used because the powers that be sat on their hands waiting for someone else to tell them what to do.

Ridge Runner, don't confuse GH with facts.................it confuses him.:P It is much easier to follow party lines and just blame Bush. :lol:

I normally stay out of political and religious threads but, isn't he OUR president, no matter whether you voted for him or not. This is another way of dividing our country. :wink:

I have disagreed with some of Hobo's postings but all-in-all he does make strong cases for himself and he does it in a good way. He and I are on different sides of the track as for as politics go but I do have a lot of respect for him.

I do find that there are MANY others here that fit your description tho. :wink:

Have to agree 100%. Would also like to say that he does have a good sense of humor. :wink:

SO TRUE!!! :wink: