--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/10/05 12:55:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Actually I quoted the Red Cross's own Web site to > that effect. > > Note that Willytex claimed I had been "withholding" > that information, when in fact I was the first to > post it to this forum. > > > Of course you were blaming FEMA for turning the > > relief supplies back, not Louisiana authorities. > > "Of course" I was? > > Hint: I'd rethink that if I were you. You don't > want to embarrass yourself again, do you? > > Oh, never mind, you're so clueless it doesn't > matter. Here's my original post (75011): > > From the Hurricane Katrina section of the Disaster FAQs > on the Red Cross's Web site: > > "Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans? > > "Acess to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local > authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply > cannot enter New Orleans against their orders. > > "The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues > to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New > Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from > evacuating and encourage others to come into the city." > > The Red Cross could have gotten food and water > and medical and other supplies into New Orleans > *long* before yesterday, when the first supplies > were sent in under the aegis of the National > Guard and the feds. > > Some people have died and many thousands more have > endured incredible suffering, in other words, in > order to force them to evacuate. > > The mind boggles. > > I remember this post in which you quoted Red Cross but also it > seems there were a few others late that blamed FEMA for not > getting the relief to the dome earlier.
Say, "I was wrong, Judy. I said 'Of course' you had blamed FEMA for not letting the Red Cross into New Orleans, when you clearly did not. I made a silly assumption without checking and pretended it was a fact. I apologize." Actually you should now add, "To make matters worse, I didn't admit I was wrong to start with; instead I pretended I had made a much broader claim about your having blamed FEMA for not getting relief to the dome earlier. That was *really* dumb, because not only was that not what I had accused you of, but FEMA *was* disgracefully slow getting relief to the dome, as just about everybody, including Bush, now admits." ------------------------ 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/