I don't want the discussion of the hurricane to go away.

I would like the stupidity to go away.

I don't think that is going to happen on this forum though.

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you liberals make me sick to my stomach.

Levee maintenance is a city issue, that should have been handled with city funds. If the funds were not available, the city should have requested the funds at the state level. If the state did not have the funds to repair the levees, then they could have contacted the federal government and requested emergency funds to bolster the levees in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season. The failure was at the local level. There are strict laws governing federal and state interaction. Bush could not have done more than he did. It is not his fault that the hurricane hit New Orleans, and it is not his fault that the city had not prepared itself for the inevitable. Perhapse FEMA was slow to respond, but once again this is not the president's fault. These are all things that should have been handled far below his level of influence. The president's only job in a national disaster is to declare the affected area a national disaster area in order to make the affected area eligible for federal funds. This was done before the hurrican even made landfall. Typically an area is not declared to be a national disaster area until it can be determined if the damage is severe enough to warrant federal intervention. Bush was on top of his game, the "failure of leadership" was at the local level.

ps. If the levees had been a social program, perhapse the good mayor would have been kind enough to funnel some of the city's funds in that direction.

ugghh... reading the 1st part and 2nd part of this post makes me sick. First off let me mention that you people in new orleans that never left are freaking stupid.. the hurricanes were covered by like 50 stations and you know what that tells me... if you didn't go you should be . It makes no since to blame George W. Bush .. our commander and chief for all of our problems and natural disasters for that.. he has enough on his plate with dealing with gay liberals in congress and the y war in the mid-east. Call the FEMA or all the other leftest organizations for help.. don't knock on gw bush's door and expect a lollipop, i'm sure he has feelings too. Everyone thinks they can just think that gw bush can solve all their problems.. solve your own problems for crying out loud. "Your food falls off your plate well pick it up damnit!"

Wow, only two posts and already you have shown that you're homophobic. Nice job... I agree with you that folks should take more personal responsibility... like you with your spelling and grammar. But okay, you got your point across.

Here's mine... FEMA is not a leftist organization, it's a Federal agency (note the "F" in FEMA) to which "GW" hand picked a former horse breeder to run. Let's see, what does a horse breeder now about planning for federal emergencies? Nada, that's what. It was cronyism that got that man his job at FEMA, and it's rampant in this administration. So where does the buck stop for the ineptitude of the hurricane relief at the federal level? With the man that hand picked an equine pimp to run FEMA... "GW". See how that works? Neat huh?

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LOL ok go ahead i'll let you have those comments.. Give yourself a pat on the back.

It was a failure of proportions from the local, state, and federal.

Every sector should accept blame....

The fact that the mayor of new Orleans (who has just been re-elected), sat there and screamed for the use of busses, trains and such. Call me cynical, but I seem to recall witnessing a large number of school busses, unused, floating in New Orleans; hardly the fault of the Governor or the President. Did New Orleans NOT HAVE an emergency prepardness plan?? And if they did, what exactly did that plan entail?? Sending out carrier pigeons until some came to help them?? Oh well, the point is moot, as Nagin has just been re-elected. I guess if a crackhead can be re-elected to such a post (Marion Barry, Washington DC), then there was definately hope for Ray "Chocolate City" Nagin.

Oh, lets not forget the Governor of Louisiana. Showed lots of emotion, and little leadership. Refused to crack the whip, and get things moving on her end; allowed nagin to continuosly make assinine statements, even threw some out there herself.

And then there is the President. Put to much faith into a system that would probably serve the citizens of this nation much better if it were partially privatized (FEMA), a system that failed to do all that was asked of it under his watch. he takes the hit for that.

Bottom line: this discussion appears to clearly be along partisan lines, period.