Reply #21: I've been fighting some of the same talking points.

[MelissaB]

It's the mayors/governors fault.
They didn't ask for help.

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Melissa obviously has an agenda--ENOUGH!!

Posted by Cookie

Melissas post are so full or errors and extreme "left wing" leaning that are so erronious. Melissa needs to check every source and NOT just what is made up and which she wishes to believe. Did she hear how the Mayor of NO let over 100 people that were staying in the Hilton (where he was operating) leave the hotel and get to the front of the line when the buses came? In front of all those poor people who had endured so much! Or how the governor didn't ask for help until AFTER this all hit? Check out everything, not just what suits your agenda. Louisiana and New Orleans, especially have a very long history of much corruption. That shouldn't be hard to research. Just be fair. Don't mean to start anything but I cannot handle misinformation!

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Too Bad. . .

Posted by Vincent 2005-09-04 06:20:27.0

. . .that the part of the levee that failed was an upgraded portion that Loisiana officials said was all they needed, and that President Clinton pulled the plug on all federal funding of Army Corp of Engineering on the levees in the late 90's. I surprised that your time line did not blame Bush for the Black Plauge. Why was there a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans? Because the President called the good mayor and told him that he had to make it mandatory. The mayor and governor looked like deer caught the headlights as the storm approached.