I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
“Bureaucracy has murdered people in the greater New Orleans area. And bureaucracy needs to stand trial before Congress today,” Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish, said on CBS’ “The Early Show.”
“So I’m asking Congress, please investigate this now. Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot. Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot. Just don’t give me the same idiot.”
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September 6th, 2005 at 10:55 am
Got referred to this clip by Keith Olbermann. Looks like your media has finally grown some.
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September 6th, 2005 at 6:15 pm
I think I’m gonna switch to MSNBC now.
September 6th, 2005 at 7:29 pm
I’ll telling you this man (Broussard) is a very colorful man with no nonsense, tell it like is, appeal. You either like what he says or hate him. I’m a fan despite his “good old boy” politics and country sheriff leadership- it’s his town and don’t come in if you don’t have a “banana, bottle of water and a crowbar to pull people out” (A.B).
September 7th, 2005 at 5:55 pm
I think Broussard is a fraud. Now he is just pandering to the cameras. Is he a democrat? Do you foresee a run for Guvnor in his future?
He and the Mayor didn’t even bother to attempt to evacuate the nursing home. WHY NOT?
He and the mayor of New Orleans deserve equal blame for the ‘murdered people’
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/07/national/nationalspecial/07chalmette.html
here is a link to the nursing home article.
The paragraph that hits home for me: The failure at St. Rita’s is particularly difficult to explain. The home is in a depression in the ground. The nearby road, which was covered with four or five feet of water, sits at least five feet above the home’s floor. The home appears in retrospect to be particularly vulnerable to flood. Efforts to reach its management late Tuesday were unsuccessful.
Why did the mayor and/or president evacuate the people? They decided to wait until after the storm for the federal government?
September 7th, 2005 at 6:18 pm
Sure VW… anyone who criticizes the President must be a fraud and should be destroyed.
We could catch Bush shooting puppies in the Rose Garden for sport and you’d take a day or so and start defaming the dog breeder.
You’re such a whore.
September 7th, 2005 at 6:54 pm
Oh McL..I luv it when you talk like that XOXOXO.. but thats kind offtopic now isnt it?
Anyway, I don’t give a damn about Bush. If you want to persecute his ass, do it for correct reasons, such as his bungling of the Iraq war and cutting taxes while running a huge deficit. His FEMA department has bungled the Katrina disaster, but I think Broussard is trying to deflect blame from the state and local officials who were reponsible for getting the people evacuated BEFORE the storm.
September 7th, 2005 at 7:14 pm
There’s more than enough blame to go around, but you’re pathological- you simply must destroy anyone who dares criticize the president- it’s just twisted.
Bush’s FEMA bungled it- while Clinton’s FEMA was headed by dedicated professionals Bush cut their budget and killed it as a cabinet position.
Now suddenly Bush can’t be blamed for installing his buddies in the top positions at FEMA? Bullshit. That was a logical result of mismanagement (or just plain old stupidity) at the top.
September 7th, 2005 at 7:23 pm
There is blame and neglience to go around at every level. At least, the local idiots are still sticking around to make sure the Federal idiots are still responding tomorrow and hopefully the months to come.
Let’s not depend on these idiots and commit to a tour of duty- be a volunteer thru the Red Cross (10 days commitment and they will pay your way) see your local chapter. Stop bitchin people- back it up!!!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:33 pm
McL- Yea you can blame Bush for appointing his cronies. Ill accept that. He appointed inept bastards, and their lack of response in a timely matter should be investigated, but not by Hillary. What I object to are potshots and the outrage/furor from the left about Bush, but no bad things can be said about the local and state leadership. It is clear that Naglin, Blaco, and Broussard..oh yes Broussard, must also be investigated. All I want is the truth from this fiasco, and it starts at the state and local level and ends at the federal level. Also as an aside, what did Clinton’s FEMA do that impressed you so much.
I do agree with you NASW that everyone should donate according to his/her means whether it be time or financial. Anyway you look at it, and whether you are conservative/liberal, Republican/Democrat and all others thrown in the mix, this is an absolute travesty.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:57 pm
If he were a fraud he’d be saying, “We’re all happy campers here, the evacuation plans worked great and we’re getting everything we need. Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job!”
September 8th, 2005 at 11:24 am
No if he were a fraud, he would attempt to shift blame…..OOOOOOOO he is doing that…