On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 00:42 -0600, Lowell C. Savage wrote: > > >So. If the LA NG was not sufficient to the task, then it's Bush's fault > > >that the NG from the other states weren't hot on their heels? > > > > If a lieutenant can't get the job done, isn't it the captain's > > responsibility to find someone who can? > > Yes. If the lieutenant is in the captain's chain of command. I'm sure that > Bill can clarify this if needed. If the Lt. is not in the Capt's chain of > command, the Capt. may have to simply suck it up and deal with it if he > can't get the Lt.'s chain of command to remove him.
Correct. FrankR could confirm that as well. > > >From what I've read, Bush pushed Blanco and Nagin for mandatory > > evacuations -before- the storm hit. After it was apparent that they > > couldn't get the job done then Bush should have stepped in. Although > > I'm not sure that's what happened. It may be that Blanco and Nagin > > were expecting federal help as prescribed in the state's emergency > > plans, but that the help wasn't forthcoming. Either way, FEMA is doing > > an absolutely incompetent job, due in part to Bush's slashing of the > > agency. > > Like I've been trying to tell you. Bush can NOT "just step in." He'll never admit it. > > >> > Is there anything in there that would allow active-duty > > >> >military to operate in Louisiana (other than the arrangements for the > > >> normal > > >> >operations on or between in-state military bases that are in effect > > >> during > > >> >normal times)? No. > > >> > > >> Nor is there anything preventing such activities. > > > > > >Only a rather obscure little "Posse Comitatus" Act that specifically does > > >just that--in the absence of a request from the governor. > > > > > > It appears that there was indeed a request, or there wouldn't be an > > LHA full of Marines docked in the city under the command of the > > "Federal Joint Task Force Katrina". > > Right. Finally, after "mother" said "you may." Turns out the Mayor of New Orleans backed the Governor's opponent last election. > > > > >> BTW, do you know what Bush was doing while the storm was hitting the > > >> city? Taking guitar lessons and attending McCain's birthday party. > > > > > >When he could have been doing, what? Twiddling his thumbs waiting for > > the > > >storm to pass over NO? > > > > > > Twiddling his thumbs would paint a better picture than photos of him > > having a good ol' time while a significant part of the country was > > being flushed down the toilet: > > So it matters less what he actually did than how it looks? For people just looking to take advantage of a situation to express unrelated issues, yes. > > And to respond as quickly as he did after 9/11. > > Uhm. He responded to 9/11 with significant aid in less than two days? More vagaries of memory. > > > It would also have been good not to > > slash FEMA to the bone (and appoint a bone-head to run it). > > You have the figures? Careful, keep wanting him to report actual data and you'll join me in the alleged killfile. ;) > And here's some more interesting info (including Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, chief > of the Corps, saying that the marsh-restoration would not have done much to > diminish Katrina's storm surge. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702 > 462.html Right, because the surge is lessened by having land between you and it. > > > It's going to be an interesting winter. > > Yup. What nature hasn't wrecked, the lawyers will finish off. Quite likely. But anything they miss the fedgov will finish off. -- Random Fortune of the moment: Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
