Can Governor Blanco request that FEMA leave La?

[...of J.Temperance]

Now that she's smartly hired James Lee Witt, a man who ACTUALLY knows what the heck he's doing in matters like this. Can Governor Blanco ask Michael Dolt Brown to leave the state?

After all, last time I checked the Governor of Louisiana was still in charge of her own state and not the Feds...it's called States Rights you GOP pigs.

Also, why is Rumsfeld going to NOLA? I'm VERY worried about this, why the Pentagon whore is going to a place thats in a humanitarian crisis.

:scared:

[bpilgrim]

1. NO. so this is about to get very interesting

give'm hell Gov :toast:

peace

[...of J.Temperance]

4. I'm WORRIED

If Governor Blanco can't ask FEMA to leave and Rummy's arriving...I'm scared about whats going to happen.

I know this might seem an INCREDIBLE thought, but I'm worried in case these CRIMINAL bastards try and seize control of the entire state of Louisiana.

[spuddonna]

2. AMEN!

That's the way to do it Gov Blanco!! :)

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Governor Blanco hiring James Lee Witt was a brilliant move...

I was happy to see that today. I think Mr. Witt will keep Bush's thugs lined out!

[...of J.Temperance]

6. Yes it was, James Lee Witt's a good man...I'm listening to another one

President Clinton is on the phone to Larry King. I miss The Big Dog :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

By the way, I LOVE your name Hubert Flottz :)

[LSK]

5. NO WAY

Even if FEMA management sucks, they need their resources and manpower. The state alone cannot handle this.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Rummie needs to stop running this like a military operation

and hand the recovery efforts back over to civilian control. Natural disasters are not military operations.

[...of J.Temperance]

9. This is what I'm worried about, what you said right there n/t

[tanyev]

10. And so far this military operation hasn't even gone as well

as his FUBAR in Iraq.

[Igel]

8. Probably.

But FEMA's the go-to agency for Federal interagency coordination and for coordination between the state/local governments and the federal government.

They have their guy for liaison with LA; LA's had their own. They should have been talking to each other a lot. I get the feeling that they're still looking for each other's phone number. Witt's replacing the former Louisiana liaison.

Blanco's been in charge of her state straight along: she never gave up control. It was the state and city evacuation plan they followed. They should be following the state plan for dealing with this disaster. Her office is making the requests and calling most of the shots; those her office isn't calling, Nagin's office is.

I get the feeling that FEMA's dropped the ball: where the hitch was, I can't tell. It'll be an interesting postmortem, if we can keep partisanship out of it.

And, when this is over, FEMA's going to sit down with Louisiana and New Orleans governments and have them revise their disaster plans.

[...of J.Temperance]

12. Okay, I can understand all of that

But how can Governor Blanco make sure that these Bush jackals DON'T take advantage of this situation and that FEMA keep their word and do the right thing by the people.

I mean, we're not exactly talking about honest, good people here, as we ALL know, they're vultures and vampires.

[Cleita]

11. Because they are framing it as a combat zone. You are

right GOP pigs. When this is over, the victims will end up being the criminals and the criminals the heroes. I really hate these Nazis in situ.