I thought the hurricane took care of any need for Nagin's resignation. If a city has no residents does it require a Mayor?

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No, I actually punted on that trip this year. But I have been to the peach festival. Good times. I vacationed in Penticton for 7 consecutive years. That's when I was made an honourary citisen. Those were the days.

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I have given money here and there, and always do it anonymously. There's nothing wrong int talking about what you give to get others to do so, but I find it pointless for you to try to “out” Hank as selfish. I don’t give a shit whether Hank gives. Its his business. Leave the guy alone.

Give and talk about it all you like. But stop trying to arm twist or shame. It creeps me out.

ETA: And you ought to know Hank is fucking with you. I mean, come on... he’s drowning you on a long line here.

I disagree, and, fortunately, so does the Administration.

I watched Nagin speak for the past week now. He’s no Bush, but he’s awful. Blanco and the two senators are the only ones who appear to have any business governing anything larger than a church fair. The local politicos can’t even speak the King’s Fucking English, Brown from FEMA just muddles his way through canned excuses and Chertoff has major “Dog-in-headlights” paranoid eyes going. Where’s Cheney? He doesn’t give half a shit, but at least it’d be nice to see someone with a brain...

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I wasn't fucking with him. It started as well-intended advice, not unlike you and ncs have now delivered. He then turned that into saying I must not give anything. To anyone thinking, that is absurd, of course- but the personal attack was really out of line.

Have you caught General Honore yet? That guy will get shit done, and not take shit while doing it. I thought he was going to beat up a reporter the other day.

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Need, no, but it always makes me happy.

In other news . . .
 

• a devastating assessment of the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, investigators strongly criticized Secretary-General Kofi Annan, his deputy and the Security Council for allowing Saddam Hussein to bilk $10.2 billion from the giant humanitarian operation and oil smuggling operations.
  
  Annan said he took personal responsibility for the lapses but he stressed he had no plans to resign. "The report is critical of me personally, and I accept the criticism," he said.
  
  The Independent Inquiry Committee's report on the oil-for-food program said those managing the program _ including U.N. member states and the world body's staff _ failed the ideals of the United Nations, ignoring clear evidence of corruption and waste that flourished after it was created in 1996 to help ordinary Iraqis.
  
  "The inescapable conclusion from the committee's work is that the United Nations organization needs thorough reform _ and it needs it urgently," the report said.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/07/D8CFJC180.html

Take your existentialist queries to the Philosophy Board.

In other news . . .
 

Annan should resign.

Or be given a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Whichever.

Chertoff is awful. I know he was brought in to cover for Brown, who is clearly incompetent, but his answers at the initial press conference that he held were embarrassing. I find the whole "two catastrophes" line of reasoning that he trotted out to be flawed and I'm saddened that he even tried to pass it off. And telling the reporter who asked why the failure of the levees was not a foreseeable effect of the hurricane that he was being argumentative was idiocy. It was in their fucking plan a year ago.

I really haven't heard much out of the governor. I wouldn't assume that a state such as Louisiana would have a lot in the way of resources to tap into to help matters now, but maybe I'm wrong. I mean, California had to max out FEMA help after the Northridge earthquake and Louisiana is no California in terms of resources.

The mayor's actions before the hurricane hit were clearly lacking, but I'm not sure what he could be doing post-disaster to make things better. I think begging for state and federal aid is about all he has in his bag of tricks at this point. Maybe also begging police to return to duty.


ETF bag of tricks, not book of tricks.

We win again!!!!

In the la la land that is Hollyweird, the dems are always winners.

Yes, and no. Shrieking yes, shrill probably, harpies no; so the ultimate answer is no. The reason is the combo of the three carries a certain sexist resonance that would not ring as well when used in relation to a man. Is that the answer you were looking for?

When he does or fails to do something that warrants his resignation. So far I have not seen the requisite act or omission.

Senator Landrieu violated the law. When will she be appropriately prosecuted and censured by the Senate?

As for Nagin, he couldn't cut it as a Republican so we kicked him to the Dems curb. Sloppy seconds for you folks.

turns out she loses her seat, then she gains a lot more seat IYKWIM.

Okay, now I don't really think this is Ty. Even @ 50, I don't see him making big ass jokes.

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Awfully bold assumption in that last sentence.

S_A_M

the worm continues to turn towards Nagin
 

From the ultra conservative BBC:

There are questions for the mayor, dubbed heroic by some, to answer.

The evacuation

It was announced at a news conference by the Mayor Ray Nagin on Sunday 28 August, less than 24 hours before the hurricane struck early the next morning.

The question has to be asked: Why was it not ordered earlier?

The Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said at the same news conference that President Bush had called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation.

The night before, National Hurricane Director Max Mayfield had called Mayor Nagin to tell him that an evacuation was needed. Why were these calls necessary?


School buses still lined up after the hurricane

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...5970_buses.jpg


Again, as with Fema, the New Orleans mayor would or should have known that on the Saturday, Katrina was strengthening.

It was already clear on the Sunday that the evacuation would not cover many of the poor, the sick and those who did not pay heed.

The mayor said people going to the Superdome, a sports venue named as an alternative destination for those unable to leave, should bring supplies for several days. He also said police could commandeer any vehicle for the evacuation.

But how much support was there at the Superdome? And how much city transport was actually used? There is a photo showing city school buses still lined up, in waterlogged parking lots, after the hurricane.

ID. Superchunky.

Your federal government working for you.
 

Is that a reference to mcbvr6?

killer wind
 

From OpinionJournal Best of the Web:

Notable and Quotable

"What the American people have seen is this incredible disparity in which those people who had cars and money got out and those people who were impoverished died."--Fat Teddy K on Hurricane Katrina

" "--Mary Jo Kopechne on Hurricane Katrina

The biggest shame in all of this is that Katrina didn't hit DC.

Or Seattle.

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FWIW, inspired by Weed, I've volunteered to sponsor the site for one month if Katrina donations hit $2,500 and another month if they hit the $3,000 mark.

So keep it coming and try to turn me into a DebtSlave again.

BR(er, no pressure, anyone)C

this makes no sense. This is the land of your comrades. I am the token Patriot. Plus I am well armed and a very good swimmer, relatively.

eta: ntm, without microsoft tech support and starbucks, y'all'd be in a world of hurt

Whatever happened to......
 

the shrilly shreiking harpy Cindy Sheehan?


http://www.strangepolitics.com/image...ent/109872.jpg

I believe ncs said Seattle, not Bangalore.

And for the other, we have Peet's.

I am not generally case sensitive, however in light of the similarity of monikers, perhaps you should put NCS when talking about the squirrel and ncs for me. I was confused as to what I purportedly said there for a moment. That is all. Carry on.

Can you please provide a scenario under which the average poster would have some reason to refer to NutCS?

Please, just call me NUTS! Or, wait, did Penske invent that?

And acorns to you, ncs.

Are cute little squirrels running around ever infected with rabies, or did I make that up?

Ah, the self referential post! You Nut, you!

Everyone's talking about me!

More a raccoon problem than a squirrel problem. But STDs can be real problems for squirrels.

Are there squirrels where you live now? Were there where you used to live? Do armadillos eat squirrels? Have you ever eaten armadillo and/or squirrel?

I just did. Carry on.

I did not see the news conference, but I have always thought well of Chertoff, who seems to be at least as competent as most Latham & Watkins partners, a fairly competent bunch. But if the head of FEMA is an unqualified dope, and the #2 and #3 guys there are unqualified dopes, then there's not much Chertoff can do.