[Leica] Re: PAW Week 3 Jeffrey---Nagin

[nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts)]

I was in the US at the time of Katrina, and I simply
couldn't believe what Bush said a day, maybe two after
the event: "All we can do is pray for the people of
New Orleans". ALL he could do? Good grief, if that had
been said in the UK by any politician he would've been
out on his ear before the day was out. All he could do
was to use the full force of his office to get
everything possible done to help either from Federal
or State resources, and given the devestation, it was
clear that the State would struggle to help.

Many apologies to all list members and Brian in
particular for straying so far into the politics of a
foreign country, I do not intend to make it a habit,
but I really needed to say it.

Jeffrey, powerful pics.

Nick

--- Lee England <Engl6914@cableone.net> wrote:

> Normally a comment on how New Orleans would be
> chocolate again would blow me
> through the roof.  But in Nagin's case I pardon him
> because I think he's
> been the most effectual character in this whole
> drama--similar to Guliani in
> New York.  Nagin is caught in an impossible position
> much like the mayor of
> Stalingrad was in 1942.  Think back to the shouted
> statements on CNN about
> people getting off their asses and getting some help
> to New Orleans.  It
> took someone swearing at the top of his voice to
> finally get National Guard
> into New Orleans.  Nothing less was going to do it,
> and he did it.
>     When evaluating Nagin and Gov. Blanco one has to
> remember that state and
> city resources are entirely inadequate to deal with
> something like Katrina.
> I learned yesterday Louisiana has lost 43% of its
> tax revenue base since the
> storm.  Mississippi can't be much different.  We
> might as well have taken a
> nuclear strike down here.  If there's someone to
> blame I'd look higher
> toward George Bush.  There's just not enough help
> coming down here, and
> we're stuck with a president who thinks government
> is a superfluous waste.
> It's incredible that the power company in New
> Orleans, Entergy, has had to
> declare bankruptcy and then stay in it.  They have
> no money to repair the
> electrical grid in New Orleans.  If the federal
> government would help
> re-establish the power grid, telephone service,
> potable water, and then
> declare that construction will start forthwith to
> build levees to withstand
> the strongest storms, they wouldn't have to put any
> more money into the
> situation.  Private enterprise would take care of
> the rest.  It blows me
> away that people are living in tents down here when
> last week a $700 million
> space probe launched last week toward Pluto (or one
> of those planets).
> 
> Lee England
> Natchez, Mississippi
> USA
> 
> 
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