Are people seriously buying that "Bush told Blanco first" emergency crap?

[gatorboy]

I mean, c'mon. I hear these people trying to use these talking points when all they have to do is check the timeline through news articles between the 26th and 28th. Are they seriously that lazy?

In case they need more proof....Here you go:

Blanco declared a state of emergency on Friday:
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050828/NEWS05/50827015


Bush declared a state of emergency on Saturday:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/1-08272005-533374.html

See, Friday comes before Saturday....Wasn't that easy? You having fun? Cool! Let's do one more...And this time we'll have FEMA help us out! (And this time, they're gonna help us right away;) )Weeeeee!

Friday=Blanco
http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/2005/nat082705.shtm

(Pssst! They even made it bold so you could see it easier!)

State of Emergency Declared in Mississippi, Louisiana DueIn anticipation of a possible landfall, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco declared States of Emergency Friday. In Louisiana, New Orleans is of particular concern because much of that city lies below sea level.

Bush=Saturday
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18447

Brown said President Bush authorized the aid under an emergency disaster declaration issued following a review of FEMA's analysis of the state's request for federal assistance.

I sure had fun and I hope you did to! Next week, Michael Brown is going to show us how tomilk a horse. See you then!

[tocqueville]

1. People believe what they WANT to believe

if it wasn't so you wouldn't have Bush in power right now.

[aikoaiko]

2. the one i heard was that Blanco said in a news conference that Shrub

asked her to upgrade the evacuation to mandatory. I havent had time to track that one down.

[gatorboy]

3. Blugh??!!!

So now there are levels to state of emergecy? Are they color coded as well? :P

[John Doe II]

4. to add to this sweet timeline

v Bush requested federal takeover of NOLA.
This was on Friday, too.

Behind the scenes, a power struggle emerged, as federal officials tried to wrest authority from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D). Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans, a source within the state's emergency operations center said Saturday.

The administration sought unified control over all local police and state National Guard units reporting to the governor. Louisiana officials rejected the request after talks throughout the night, concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. Some officials in the state suspected a political motive behind the request. "Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090301680.html

Isn't it nice to have a small power game while people are dying?

[cornermouse]

5. Yes. They do.

It's like they have to.

[Red Fox]

6. That's true, but there's still this issue however

When she requested for fed help on the 27th, she didn't specifically ask for the National Guard but financial aid and crew for shelters.

It's hindsight now considering Katrina was "only" cat 3 at that time, but that still could be an issue now, considering the slow responsible of the fed gov.

[gatorboy]

8. But I thought the argument the right has been making

is the state controls the NG. There would no point in requesting them. And if anyone had seen the footage before the hurricane hit, the NG was already there at the Superdome. I saw them there when people were being ushered in.

[mopaul]

7. the finger of blame seems to be pointing right up bush's ass