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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
It is ridiculous to me - as a NYer with firemen in my family - that so many outside firemen would have to be flown in to replace corrupt the NOPD and NOFD (the acronym, when read differently, is apt) that disappeared on the job.
These heroes are here to work - not to give the Olbermann's a scoop.
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You and both know that there was plenty for them to do, even without 80% of NO being under water.
And there's just no good reason for FEMA to tell them not to talk to the press.
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I've only seen this nonsense on lefty blogs so I doubt its veracity. Its absurd to me.
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The lefty blogs are all getting it from an article in the Salt Lake City Tribune, which I posted here yesterday. Kinda makes you wonder why only lefty blogs are picking up on the news, huh?
It is absurd, though. As you said above, those guys volunteered to work, not to do PR for FEMA or to sit in a Sheraton in Atlanta.
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This is now a HazMat area of epic proportions. They should be able to bar whomever they please. I'm waiting for the first "bacterial disease" class action suit against everyone.
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They should bar everyone or no one, but they shouldn't be singling out journalists, which is what two of those sources said. I take it you agree with that.
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This is assumption of risk at its finest. After a certain cutoff point - anyone that refuses to leave - let 'em starve, drown or fester.
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No one is under an obligation to keep bringing 'em water. I just question on what authority the government can force people to leave their homes. Unless it's going to tear them down to build a hotel, I mean.
