--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 9/2/05 4:48:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > Is the Governor of Louisiana Democrat of Republican? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > She is a democrat as are both senators and so is the mayor > > of New > > > > Orleans. > > > > > > > > Gee...I wonder if this party affiliation plays any part in > what > > > > appears to me to be Judy's lack of criticism in this area... > > > > > > Would you still be defending Bush if they were all Republicans? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course! Unless they, the republican governor and mayor, could > > show me > > > they did everything they were supposed to do and that it was > Bush > > that dropped > > > the ball. What I see is a Governor and mayor that screwed up on > > having a plan > > > for evacuation of the city or at least well supplied relief > > stations for a > > > hundred thousand people for 3-5 days scattered throughout the > > city in case of > > > the city flooding. Rescuing a hundred thousand people was throw > > in Bush's lap > > > at the last minute. > > > > > > Imagine the hue and cry there would be if the federal government > > deemed themselves to be the definitive voice for evacuation plans > > for a city or state. Can you imagine what cries of federal > > infringement on sovereign state rights there would have been? > > In fact, I believe that the Office of Homeland security is meant to > oversee such things, but I may be wrong. > > Regardless, the OHS department meant to replace FEMAisn't ready > yetand FEMA is being phased out in favor of this still non- existent > department.
I'd really like to know the answer to that: 100% federal jurisdiction? 100% state and local? A 50/50 mix? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/