With all the wealth,speed and power they posses,why did they let so many people die???...Tom Science 4
2007-02-17 10:05:45 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
What happen to Q&A and dialogue? The bulk of this stuff in USA Politics & Gov just seems to be about venting. What does it accomplish? No one seems any happier for it ... the postings never improve. No one is informing anyone. If anyone even had a valid point sandwiched in the criticism, it would get lost. What a disappointment.
I see Y!A is limiting thumbs up and thumbs down ... removing some of them after placement. I noticed because I check back to see additional answers on some questions today, hoping for some real input and that's when I saw the thumbs up and downs had been removed. It was kind of pleasant actually. It was like seeing a wall freshly painted after gangland graffetti has been removed.
Thumbs UP to Y!A !
2007-02-17 10:08:51 · answer #1 · answered by ... 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The better questions to ask are:
1. Why did Mayor Nagin and Governor Kathleen Blanco not act when they were notified by the National Hurricane Center that a Category 4 Hurricane was bearing down on the State?
2. Why did Kathleen Blanco not take advantage of Amtrak's offer of free transportation for all New Orleans residents days before the storm?
3. Why did Governor Kathleen Blanco not activate the Louisiana National Guard to evacuate the entire city via school buses which was found 10 feet unfer water after being notified of the pending storm?
Please keep in mind, it is not the President's responsibility to activate the National Guard for domestic purposes because under the "posse comitatis clause" of the United States Constitution does not allow the President to do so in order to prevent a coup d'etat.
Think about these questions before you lay blame on the Federal Government.
2007-02-17 10:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by nixdad96 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
OMG. you're so ignorant. Why do no longer you carry out a sprint study in this? Bush did no longer go away those human beings to die for 6 days. Their mayor and governor did. Yeah, it relatively is staggering. the federal government did no longer have the authority to interfere, without the permission of the governor. there's a regulation on the books, strictly prohibiting that. did no longer understand that? that's what i assumed. He stated as them various cases in the previous the hurricane, begging them to call for a needed evacuation, and the mayor refused till the final minute, whilst it replaced into too previous due. Then after the hurricane, he begged them to coach the region over to the federal goverment, and the governor refused to do it. Blame THEM! additionally, the clarification he flew over replaced into simply by fact he's the president, and he knew that his touchdown in New Orleans might distract fire combatants, policeman and different officers from doing the extra significant activity to hand. He replaced into attempting to stay out of how, simply by fact they had to pay interest on saving lives, no longer fussing over him. Why do no longer you stop eating the koolaid, and picture for your self for a minute. additionally, how are republicans all racists considering which you do no longer think of Bush did his maximum suitable throughout the time of Katrina? WTH? and the thank you to you clarify Obama's dealing with of the financial gadget, springing up extra debt upon extra debt? Is it the "properly, Bush began it!" mentality? improve up.
2016-10-02 07:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Due to the lack of the Governor of Louisiana asking as required.
Any small town office holder has to take Emergency Management courses on levels of disaster, who to call and who must be notified. The Governor dropped the ball and got away with blaming someone else. True politician
In the case of a natural disaster - the local government follows a chain as in a mayor ask for help to the local government (in my state it would be addressed to a county official - in LA it would be a parish). If the disaster is too big for their office - that person asks for help from the Governor- who has authority to call out the National Guard of their state. If the disaster is too large for them - they request federal help.
It takes eyes at the scene to say this is too large - we need help. It is not failure to ask for help - IT IS failure to blame everyone because you didn't ask for help.
But then you don't want facts do you?
My son is a Republican, went to LA with the Guard by truck - they drove non-stop and worked 14 hours of day.
What did you do?
Sit home and play the blame game too?
2007-02-17 10:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Akkita 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"The federal government is not allowed to go into states without prior permission from that State. It is not constitutionally the federal governments role or responsibility to address a state of emergency within a state or local area."
But it's okay to go into Iraq without its permission and destroy that SOVEREIGN country? Oh that's right, the decider said so. Maybe he should have sent "brownie" over there too.
2007-02-18 06:25:35 · answer #5 · answered by whitesoxr1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Louisiana is a Democratic state and they didn't have a Republican governor to shift the blame on in time.
2007-02-17 13:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by enigma_frozen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why didn't the useless welfare idiots help themselves?
Why didn't the governor of the state turn over control to the feds sooner.
Why did the mayor of the city not use the public buses for evac?
The real question is why did they not let more of them die. Every where they went they raised the crime rate, those people are not civil.
2007-02-17 10:19:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Here is another lesson in the Constitution that you liberals want to ignore.....
The federal government is not allowed to go into states without prior permission from that State. It is not constitutionally the federal governments role or responsibility to address a state of emergency within a state or local area.
Second, why is it that you libs want to blame Bush for everything? Why can't you look at your "chocolate" loving mayor who allowed half the state prison population go because they didn't have the guidelines in place to transfer them in case of emergencies. Or how he failed to authorize use of public transportation vehicles, to include school buses, until after the disaster!!!!!
2007-02-17 10:28:15 · answer #8 · answered by Wookie 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Kathleen Blanco - the Governor of Louisiana. Ray Nagin - the Mayor of New Orleans. Hmm. Both Liberal Democrats !! Ask them! You don't have the right party! So your statement has no credibility whatsoever.
2007-02-17 10:29:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
to Yupchagee..
Mayor Ray nagin pleaded with the government after the hurricane past .. in those 4 days that we didn't have help. All of Louisiana heard him on the radio.. pleading.. and then crying at the end.. asking.. why we were not receieve help. The Canadian Military was here helping us before our own government
2007-02-17 10:25:05 · answer #10 · answered by nola_cajun 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋