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Originally Posted by solletica
I went to (and graduated) from a four-year university, which is why I know, among other things, that the Coast Guard is authorized to intervene in local disasters without state authorization, that the US govt. is allowed to provide technical assistance without state authorization, and on top of that,
that the Bush administration has never had a reputation of obeying laws, certainly not ones that it felt would only inconvenience it in the pursuit of an objective, and last but not least, that it's very unlikely the state of LA would've
raised a Posse Comitatus objection had the feds offered immediate assistance, given the scope of the disaster. Hello, obvious 
Uh, right. . .
Has taught me that there are people in the world who sometimes fail to do any research before arguing a position. |
If you graduated from a four year university, you've been robbed!
First of all, do you even understand what Posse Comitatus is? A police force isn't what was needed right after Katrina, rescue efforts were! The US Coast Guard was on the job immediately and no one should argue that fact but further assistance was needed because of the idiots, Blanco and Nagin, that were in office at the time. They simply were not prepared but go ahead and remain ignorant if you want since you're obviously so good at it. I LIVED through the disaster and I KNOW for a fact that the majority of the blame lies with those two. In spite of sewer backups which is only natural when the city is under water, other measures could have been taken, such as stocking the Superdome with food, medicine, water, etc. which would have gone a long way in aiding the citizens that showed up there. We've had threats of other hurricanes in this area and at that time, many showed up at the Dome. Nagin should have known that this would happen again but remember, this man didn't implement the city's disaster plan nor did he call for a mandatory evacuation until tropical force weather was upon us. But go ahead, blame Bush for everything...those of us that know better will continue to laugh at your ignorance.