The REAL reason for Federal delays during Katrina

[Dogmudgeon]

Gov. Blanco submitted the pink copies of the required forms instead of the canary yellow copies.

The Law is very strict: All requests for Federal disaster aid must be filed on the canary yellow forms.

So Bush's hands were tied. It's all the Democrats' fault.

--p!

[babylonsister]

1. I just KNEW it would be

a huge, important oversight such as you've pointed out! :silly:

[zbdent]

2. She used contractions during the phone call to George W. Bush

and the law specifically states that you cannot use contractions in declaring a state of emergency . . .

[etherealtruth]

3. Blanco used "big words" ...

... How was a Chimp to know what she wanted?

[applegrove]

4. She did not give them an itemized list. She spoke in generalities perhaps

like "Gimme all you got" and such.