Kyle,

This is exactly why Bobby Jindal is Louisiana Governor, and Kathleen Blanco
is ?unemployed?  Still have to wonder why Ray Nagin still has a job as Mayor
of NOLA.  Perhaps the election cycle worked out for him, and people were too
busy rebuilding to mount a recall effort...

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Cleveland, Kyle E. <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> You're kidding, right?  You're saying that the logistics involved in
> dealing with this hurricane aren't taxing government transportation
> infrastructure?  Ergo, that the fact that public officials may not be able
> to go to Minneapolis because resources are being staged to deal with
> Gustav--AS THEY WERE WITH KATRINA THREE YEARS AGO???? (Yes, I'm shouting!).
>  Let me 'splain this again:  Federal resources CANNOT be used, according to
> the National Response Plan (in effect before Katrina), until local and then
> state resources have been exhausted).  Local and State officials need to
> request a Declaration of Disaster before federal resources can be used.  The
> blame for Katrina's effects on NOLA lies squarely at the doorsteps of Ray
> Nagin and Kathleen Blanco.
>
> Please, Google the "National Response Plan" (NRP).  The DHS/FEMA website
> will give you a basic understanding of how this business works.  It doesn't
> have a *&^%^!-ing thing to do with the "sensitivity to folks in Louisiana".
>
> Lawton Chiles (Florida governor during Andrew) failed to follow the
> existing requirement that the state executive MUST declare a disaster and
> make the request for federal aid--especially military aid--before Federal
> resources can be dispatched.  US Marines from Mayport NAS had Water Buffalos
> (mobile potable water tanks) staged at the fence at Homestead AFB to fill
> Homestead's resident's water containers.  They could not fill the containers
> because Chiles had not followed the simple procedures that would have
> allowed federal troops to provide assistance.  At the time, the Coast Guard
> was not "technically" part of the US Armed Forces and their units could be
> self-dispatched to provide aid.  Federal troops, such as the Marines, must
> follow narrow guidelines to use military equipment and personnel in
> non-Federal operations (ref. U.S. Code Title 32).
>
> My God, man, do you think that there is a political agenda behind
> everything that "the Republicans" do?  Sometimes, just sometimes, Republican
> politicians actually do their jobs according to the laws set down before
> them.  Democrats work the same way.  Granted, both work the system, but
> there are some parts of Federal law that are so black and white that the
> system overides any political machinations.
>
> I invite you to study the chonology of Katrina's effect on Mississippi and
> how Gov. Haley Barbour handled his crisis.  I suppose, though, since Barbour
> is a Republican, it was the power of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" that
> forced him to follow the guidelines of the NRP, thus minimizing the response
> and recovery efforts in his state.
>
> Kyle
>
>
>
>
>
> "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official position
> of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed"
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Cerebral Palsy List on behalf of Anthony Arnold
> Sent: Sun 8/31/2008 7:02 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Republicans altering convention
>
>
>
> I'm liking how the Republicans are altering their convention to show
> sensitivity to the folks in Louisiana and offering assistance. Do they
> think
> by responding quicker, we are going to forget about 3 years ago? I don't
> know about any of you, but I am going to vote for Obama based on the past 8
> years not the past 2 months. I feel for the folks in Louisiana, but the
> Republicans are a different story.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony Arnold
> Remote Troubleshooter for PRC
>
> 1-800-262-1984 ext. 494
>
> www.anthonyarnold.net <http://www.anthonyarnold.net/>
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