Republicans don't want an Independent Katrina investigation

[J. J.]

James Lee Witt, who was considered excellent.  BTW:  Prior to his reorganization of FEMA, he was a county judge and owned a local construction company.

[J. J.]

jfern, what's in your siggy?

Who can tell; he's consistently supported Nagin's policies that had the effect of killing NOLA residents that were mostly poor an Black.

[J. J.]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050914/ids_photos_ts/r2587077477.jpg#gooderhead

I thought it was a fake.

I'm not entirely sure that it is really Bush; that's very close for a reporter.

[J. J.]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050914/ids_photos_ts/r2587077477.jpg#gooderhead

I thought it was a fake.

I'm not entirely sure that it is really Bush; that's very close for a reporter.

It's being reported that the photographer says it's Bush, but there is no way to tell from the picture.  What is needed is a comparrison between the handwriting in the photo and prior handwriting examples known to be from Bush.  However, it is pretty funny.  hahha

Here is a legitimate image:



Of course, JFRAUD seems to prefer presidents that piss themselves.  :-)

[J. J.]

WOW Maybe JFRAUD has found "Memogate, Part II."

[J. J.]

WOW Maybe JFRAUD has found "Memogate, Part II."

No, that was the Washington Post article claiming that Blanco took her time declaring a disaster. They printed a retraction, but the damage has been done.

Anyways, the image in question here is on Yahoo pictures. Yes, I thought it was fake when I first saw it too, until I realized that it was on Yahoo pictures.

Well, WP did print a retraction and I cited it on the Blanco thread.  It got a fair amount of publicity.

The picture is real, but is it Bush?  It's kinda hard to tell from the back of his head.  Second, did he write the note or did he receive it?  It doesn't look like Bush's handwriting.  "Memogate Part II."  Maybe it's Dan Rather?

[J. J.]

As you've pointed out, here is what you've said:

If it lingers at Catagory 3 or above directly over New Orleans, the Gulf will basically reclaim New Orleans. The sad thing is there are perhaps 100,000 people who aren't leaving there. Perhaps they can't afford to escape. Too bad our country doesn't have real evacuation systems.

Most people who don't leave during hurricanes do so either because they do not understand the threat, believe they can ride it out, or are simply stupid.  This is not to say that there are not individuals who would fall in the category of being unable to evacuate - but even in those cases the Superdome has been made available and is probably the safest place in southeast Louisiana.  Of course you will use any reason, even tragedy, to disparage the United States.  I do wish you and your kind would evacuate the country.  If you are too poor to do so, I am sure we could raise the money among the conservatives, moderates, and resposnible liberals on this board.

Now, in point of fact, 9,000 went to the Superdome prior to the storm.  Nagin had the ability to offer them evacuation, via buses, plus a few hundred on the empty train that left NOLA; he didn't.  Perhaps a few thousand that waited in their homes, and could have gotten out, would have, if transportation out; this is a maximum of 12,000.

What about the other 88,000?  The either couldn't use the buses/train or decided to stay.  Several thousand (10,000) are still there.  Now, I don't blame Nagin for not removing those people who have refused to leave or couldn't ride the buses, but the others he could have gotten out.