Reply #23: Can't argue that the Feds fumbled

[chuck8314]

the ball in New Orleans, but they also recovered that ball. Blanco and Nagin fumbled and lost the ball. Neither followed their own established emergency plan, at least one of which (New Orleans) was on the cities website.

This isn't a Democrat or Republican thing. It crosses party lines. As was said here and on other sites by some people, there's plenty of blame to go around. The difference between New Orleans and Louisiana's reaction to a devastating hurricane and Mississippi's reaction is night and day, and it can be said that Mississippi did a much better job. In fact, Mississippi suffered almost as much as Louisiana and they did a vastly superior job, to the point that the media mostly ignored them, probably because they had things under control and there wasn't enough sensationalism in the form of horror stories and looting to satiate the public.

Texas, too, did a much better job. So, what happened in Louisiana and why? Answer that question and maybe we'll all get to the crux of the matter. Sorry, drifting off topic.

On topic, there are plenty of National Guard in this country to handle any emergency, and as was said, our military is uniquely capable of providing assistance when necessary, and SHOULD provide such assistance when the need arises. Should they be used as police? They were in various places during the riots in the late '60's. As best I can tell, we survived that useage. And, yes, they were regular military, not National Guard (who were also used).