Where George Bush failed, is that he didn't order federal troops into Louisiana with orders to shoot to kill anyone caught looting, murdering, raping, pillaging and plundering, as many of the citizens of New Orleans began to do when this catastrophe hit the region. President Bush failed in the Katrina relief effort, by issuing debit cards to those individuals of the region, who went out and bought fur coats, (In Louisiana) and lap dances in Houston while being temporarily housed by the tax payers of the United States.
Other than that, the federal government did an outstanding job in Louisiana in the relief effort, and President Bush and his Administration should be commended and saluted. Unlike the Gulf Coast areas that were equally devastated, with far less sums of money and relief by both tax dollars and private relief agencies, New Orleans' and Louisiana government was corrupt, ineffective, and still to this day, despite more money thrown upon a region ever before recorded in our history, New Orleans has still not been totally rebuilt. Thanks to the current Governor Jindall, we are beginning to see some progress around the State of Louisiana, with the exception of New Orleans, which still proves to be a corrupt, Democrat community refusing to change and looking for socialist handouts. It is as FrankG pointed out, the failure of Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin caused the city to sit by unprepared, and then allowed for the corruption of funds and the lack of organization. As a side note, do you know what the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common? Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961; Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954; Cincinnati, OH (3rd)...since 1984; Cleveland, OH (4th)...since 1989; Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor; St. Louis, MO (6th)....since 1949; El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor; Milwaukee, WI (8th)...since 1908; Philadelphia, PA (9th)...since 1952; Newark, NJ(10th)...since 1907. Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats --- yet are still disadvantaged. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
