is new orleans bush's fault, or 30 years of democrat corruption?

Question

im sorry that the truth hurts you liberals, but thats the way it's got to be. why can other states rebuild after a disaster but new orleans can't. http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_08_31_05ng.html http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/343324p-292991c.html http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=4784 http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/americanconservative/index.php

Answer 1

Ill go with 30 years of democratic corruption Jim.


Mayor School bus Nagin waited until the hurricane was ashore to declare a emergency. Blanco was ineffective.

Mississippi was prepared for it...as a matter of fact thats the reason they arent news. They WERE ready

Answer 2

I don't know the the total history, so I don't know if it's 30 years of Democrat corruption, but I know it's the blame of the Democrats in office at the city and state level at the time. Naglin had warning and he chose not to evacuate. Then he turned buses away. He should have gotten the people out, if he cared at all. Then you Blanco. She's shooting blame at the federal government for not bringing in troops and more help. She and only she is responsible for calling up the Nat'l Guard of her state. As soon as they knew it was coming she should have had them on the ready. The call was made far too late. Maybe this kind of stupidity on that level is the reason that so many don't want to move back to NO. Yes, the federal government did handle some things very badly. FEMA was a total disaster. However, nobody in Mississippi is crying and begging for everything to be done for them and for free. These people are rebuilding without nearly the aid that NO is getting. You live in a city on the coast surrounded by water that only a wall can keep out, disaster will happen sooner or later. Where has all the thousands and thousands of dollars that people donated to hundreds of agencies gone?? Ask Naglin and Blano that!!

I wish nothing but the best for those that return to NO, but with the officials they have, they're in for a long hard road.

Answer 3

As information, I live on the Westbank of the Mississippi River across from New Orleans. If you are talking about the slow rebuilding process then it is due to lack of leadership and politics.
A lot of wonderful organizations gave input to city leaders (pro-bono I might add) on how to rebuild the city. City leaders and the mayor got together using such input and crafted a rough draft of a plan to rebuild the city. One of the requirements was to demolish the 9th Ward (i.e., a section of the city) and turn it into green space. When news of this got back to the residents of the 9th Ward who are predominately black they pitched a fit.
Well Mayor Nagin was running for re-election and he needed the black vote. So in addition to his "chocolate city b.s." he also promised the 9th Ward residents that they would have their old neighborhood back. One would have to see the 9th Ward to believe the destruction. I mean it is totaled. It's tough to try to determine how the streets were laid out it's that bad.
To add to the mess, a lot of this property was rental property mostly owned by local blacks and some black city leaders. Well the first draft of a home buyout plan did nothing for landlords who didn't have insurance except that they could borrow money at a low rate. Now considerable time is being spent to determine how landlords can be taken care off in the buyout. But the feeling is that homeowners will be taken care of first then possibly if money is left then it may go to landlords. But a lot of folks do not believe there is enough money to go around once everbody takes their cut. So the fact that a lot of the property is rental with little insurance coverage is a real problem for bringing the neighborhood back.
Now as far as a plan to rebuild the city, the Chief Chocolate Drop and his buds are working on it after scrapping the other plan. Do they have a timetable for completion? Nope!!! But the Chief Chocolate Drop blasts the government for not sending funds to get the process going. Is this guy arrogant or what. Given the history of corruption in New Orleans and Louisiana in general, oh yeah just send us the money prez and um yeah well we don't have a plan but we need the money. LMAO!
For those of you who know little about New Orleans, you have to understand that it is a third world city. It belongs in Jamaica rather than the U.S. I try to stay out of New Orleans as much as possible because I do not trust the police.
So, hope this opens your eyes a bit to the mess down here.

Answer 4

Remember, this was a top-three "likeliest catastrophic disasters" and Bush shelved the study of how to protect against Category 5 hurricanes like Katrina? For most of Bush's time as President, FEMA has been saying this could be the deadliest scenario facing America. And Bush cut the preparedness funding, sent our strategic reserve National Guard troops to fight an unnecessary war and then went on vacation. Not only is Bush the worst President ever, but he is also a total asshole for ******* over New Orleans

Answer 5

You can't single out any one person for what happened in New Orleans. Bush admits failure at the federal level as have people in all other levels. I lived in New Orleans for 20 years and I can tell you it goes back even further than 30 years. You're a uninformed simpleton if you think this can all be blamed on the "liberals". The levee system has been an atrocity for at least 30 years and liberals & conservatives have been to blame equally. Before you post questions like this you really need to know what you're talking about.

Answer 6

The fault in New Orleans is spread far and wide. Years and years of government corruption in all areas from the city & state level on up. Years and years of slipshod work in the levees, in the building codes and in the acceptance of poor quality work and government. Years and Years of not understanding the power of nature.

Ancient cities in Italy like Venice and countries like Denmark and other parts of the world have dealt with the seas for eons & have managed quite nicely. We here in the US built a huge city below sea level and never thought anything about it.

And then on top of it all, we have people living there who think that the government any government owes them something. Folks who have lived on welfare their whole lives & can't figure out how to do anything for themselves.

New Orleans is a mess, a very shameful mess and has been for a long time. In my opinion it's something akin to a third world country and needs that kind of assistance now. Perhaps we should be concentrating our efforts there instead of sending tons of money elsewhere in the world.'

Answer 7

In the history of America a city of this size has never been damaged to this extent. It will take a minimum of a decade to get things taken care of. And most of the money that has been spent has been spent by the government on the government (i.e. FEMA funding so the incompetent people - along with incompetent local and state officials - who lead to 1800 dead and 1800 missing) are the ones in charge of putting things back together.

It's true that there's plenty of blame to go around - but it's idiotic to expect a city that was 80% under water to be repaired in one year.

Answer 8

If no city corruption the levees would have been updated and maintained. There would not have been the flooding, since the eye missed the city there would have been far less damage. Then FEMA could have concentrated on the gulf coast where the eye hit.
People fail to realize the scope of the damage...hundreds of miles of coastline.

Answer 9

It was a combination of factors most of which were in the hands of the governor of Louisiana who refused to call out the guard and Nagin who neglected to evacuate the city. Fema had its faults and you can blame Bush for the man he appointed, but all the details were far below his direct supervision. He shot Kennedy, too, and spawned the hurricane.

Answer 10

My answer is 30 years of democrat corruption. Actually I have to amend that and say 30 years of political corruption. I believe both sides of the local and state government there are corrupt. New Orleans did this all to themselves. They waged a major bet and they lost in a major way. Why should I pay for it.