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Obama pledges expedited FEMA assistance to Texas after floods

Posted: May 26, 2015

Good for you to rise above it all and do the right thing, President Obama - because I daresay you'd get the same kind of help from Texas, if the situation were reversed ;)

And yet Texans just keep kicking Obama and the Feds in the teeth every chance they get, as evidenced by both the type of Texans mentioned in the post below mine, as well as some of the comments underneath it - talk about ungrateful "takers."

This is TWICE now the Feds have had Texas' back within the last month (FBI profiling assistance on the two ISIS supporting terrorists shot by cops and now FEMA assistance), despite paranoid accusations of Jade Helm "monitoring" them and throwing away the constitution over immigration, Iran, etc., because he's "secretly a muslim."

And do you know WHY he/the Feds are still helping you, Texas?

Because you are still a part of the United States and his responsibility, despite a record number of paranoid, accusatory, self-righteous, big mouths now emanating from your state, and because it's simply the right thing to do (and why I continue to pray for the people of Texas anyway) . I wouldn't expect him to show up anytime soon, though, for his own safety;)

Watch and learn from Obama on how to still behave like a grown-up, Texans, or at least pay attention - because you're starting to look even more paranoid and ungrateful than ever before to the rest of this country, which none of us even thought was possible.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/05/26/after-massive-storms-in-oklahoma-and-texas-at-least-six-people-and-tens-of-thousands-without-power/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/26/obama-promises-federal-aid-flood-ravaged-texas/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2015/05/26/obama-texas-floods-fema-greg-abbott/27962713/

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Well, there are all those illegals he has to help. - Prayers to Texas. nm

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Considering your author name is "prayers for Texas" is "he" Obama or God? - Julia Sugarbaker/OP

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Regardless, as I said, my prayers are with the people of Texas too, but indiscriminately.

And I doubt God, nor Obama, nor would people like myself separate out and help people only according to their immigration status.

Unlike Bush, we will not spend our tax dollars to help people faster if they're white and in a Republican-majority area, nor will we help people just because they're black, mexican and/or Democrat - we will spend our tax dollars to help everyone :)

Yes, to include even the ungrateful, paranoid big mouths mentioned in my OP, who accuse everyone else from taking from them, but can't even muster a 'thank you' when the feds help them when they're in need, but just roll on to the next accusation despite it ;)

Amen.

And you're welcome anyway, Texas:)

This is about Texas, not Obama. Again, - prayers to Texas. xx

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This is the politics forum. My post is about Obama pledging FEMA/tax $ to help Greg Abbott/Texas - And don't forget... (Julia Sugarbaker)

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Bush claimed the federal government must be formally asked by the governor for federal assistance before implementation, which is the reason Bush gave for NOT helping New Orleans quick enough. (And yet curiously DID have FEMA already on the ground in Republican-majority Pensacola the year before, the day before Hurricane Ivan, despite no such formal request by his brother, Jeb, who was governor at the time - I know because I lived there, at the time;)

Obama already has FEMA in Texas on the ground, just waiting for the Abbott's signal, so as not to get any "overstepping his boundaries" accusations again:)

So let's add "political presidential comparison of federal disaster relief response" as yet another reason why neither my post nor my comments should be removed for being "nonpolitical" this time:)

Don't like it or have a good political rebuttal?

Don't read it or debate it, but don't try to get it removed again;)

Bush called Gov. Blanco warning of the danger, falling on deaf ears, - gov was more concerned with legalities of

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accepting federal assistance, and the appearance that her office could not handle the emergency. Despite Governor Blanco’s reluctance to coordinate the state’s efforts with federal assistance, President Bush declared a state of emergency for Louisiana two full days before Katrina hit the Louisiana coast. The move allowed FEMA to begin staging relief supplies for immediate distribution in New Orleans once the storm had passed.

Meanwhile Blanco had her own advisors insisting that the President was actually making a request for federal takeover of the Louisiana National Guard, and asking to put Louisiana State Police under federal control. They were concerned that this would be the same as martial law and lead to abuse of power by the federal government.

The next day, August 27, Bush called Blanco again and urged her to order a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, she refuses.

By August 28, with Katrina less than 24 hours away, Governor Blanco had not made the decision to allow FEMA workers to assist with relief efforts. On this same day, Max Maxfield, the National Hurricane Director, called Mayor Ray Nagin and educated him on the force of nature was bearing down on his city.

He stressed to Nagin that this storm could clean New Orleans off the map. “A storm this size and intensity will destroy the levees in New Orleans, they were not built for this,” he said. Apparently Maxfield made his point, Mayor Nagin issued a mandatory evacuation order for New Orleans on Sunday, August 28.

At 6:44am on August 29, Hurricane Katrina crossed Caprien Bay and slammed into Buras, Louisiana packing winds of 144 miles an hour and pushing a 24 foot wall of water ahead of her. The tidal surge fanned out in a cone ahead of the eye wall. As she crossed the Biloxi Wildlife Management Area and into Lake Borgne, the wall of water entered Lake Ponchartrain and began to affect the levee system of New Orleans.

The eye continued north and made landfall again at the Mississippi/Louisiana border. As Katrina progressed inland the wind shifted, forcing additional pressure on the 17th Street Canal levee.

On the afternoon of August 29, in downtown New Orleans and the French Quarter, the brunt of the high winds had passed. Residents began to peek out and discovered the city was mostly intact. There was wind damage, and some water in the streets, but they had seen this before and weren't concerned. Sometime during the night of the 29th or early morning of the 30th, water began to poor through the 17th Street Canal levee. New Orleans began to flood.

By Tuesday, August 30, the federal relief effort began shipping food, water and medical supplies toward Louisiana for use in New Orleans. The same operation was underway in Mississippi and Alabama. The governors of those states had a already signed on to federal help and relief was pouring in. Governor Blanco was the lone holdout. She had still not made a decision.

The Department of Defense sent search and rescue experts, doctors, nurses and support personnel. FEMA was there to help as much as they could but local and state officials would not allow them to participate because Governor Blanco still had not given her permission .

Residents of New Orleans watched as the flood waters continued to poor through the breach in the 17th Street Canal levee and by Wednesday their frustration began to boil. The summer sun baked survivors on rooftops. Those who made it to the Superdome were now wandering through the gutted building, waiting for relief supplies and help which never came. Mayor Ray Nagin cursed everyone who failed to move fast enough, but Kathleen Blanco toured the stricken city in a helicopter while she conducted a news interview for CBS. On the ground, state officials were struggling with the magnitude of the disaster, but were rapidly being overwhelmed.

Federal officials were on standby, ready to move, but Governor Blanco had still mot made a decision to ask for federal help.

That evening, Blanco watched as reports of rapes and looting poured into the command center. National news agencies began to run video of looters breaking into stores and making off with garbage bags of goods. One policeman was shot in the head.

Other rescue workers reported hearing bullets zinging around them as they tried to save lives. New Orleans was out of control, and the media was wondering who was in charge.

On Thursday, September 1, amid a growing clamor of questions about the lack of action being taken in New Orleans, Blanco finally signed Executive Order KBB-2005-23, giving permission for the federal government to enter Louisiana with military assistance.

FEMA began to move supplies into the stricken parishes along the path of Katrina. The Red Cross was finally given permission to deliver the food and water it had stockpiled in the area. Lt. General Russel Honore arrived and began to take command of the military assets which were already in place. As he barked orders, things began to happen, rapidly. Mayor Ray Nagin said, "He came off the doggone chopper, and he started cussing and people started moving.” Nagin called Gen Honore a “John Wayne kind of dude!”

In the first 12 hours after Governor Blanco relinquished control of the rescue and relief effort in New Orleans, military helicopters flew more rescue missions than in the previous three days. Un-official count of those taken out of the flooded city topped 10,000.

By Friday September 2, the federal relief effort was in full swing. Gen. Honore was now totally in charge and the effects of a firm leader were evident. A convoy of about 50 military vehicles arrived at the Convention Center where 7,000 storm survivors had waited for 4 days without food or water. When the convoy arrived military police quickly took charge and began to assist the survivors. State officials had halted the evacuations from two New Orleans hospitals, however, under Gen Honore’s command, the Army and National Guard began ferrying the injured and sick to safety.

State Police, along with Military Police and other federal law enforcement agencies began restoring order. President Bush visited command posts in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana to personally make sure that everything that could be done, was being done. When he returned to Washington on the evening of September 2, he signed a temporary spending bill directing 10.2 billion dollars in aid be sent to Katrina affected states. The situation was beginning to improve.

When the sick and injured are evacuated, the looters arrested, and the water drained, New Orleans will begin the enormous task of clean up and reconstruction. Already there are those in Congress who recognize that Louisiana has a reputation for being the most corrupt state in the country. They are strongly advocating that any federal money sent to Louisiana NOT be put into the hands of Louisiana officials.

Rep. Tom Tancredo suggested that all federal money be funneled through a House Committee. “Given the long history of political corruption in Louisiana, I am not confident that Louisiana officials can be trusted to administer federal relief aid.”

Currently, three officials with Louisiana State Office of Emergency Preparedness are under indictment for mis-handling of 30 million dollars in FEMA funds. In typical Louisiana fashion, Mark Smith of the Louisiana Homeland Security office said, “Really, it’s not that the money was misspent here or misspent there...it’s just a case of improper paperwork.”

Justice Department officials have said that 30 million dollars is a lot of misfiled forms. Reports state the money was spent on professional dues, up-scale leather briefcases, large screen T.V.s, stereo equipment, and a trip to Germany.

As coastal Louisiana begins to recover from this disaster, the voters in Louisiana are beginning to re-evaluate their choice of leaders. The voices for change in a state that has been called the nations only “banana republic” are growing louder. They vow to rebuild, both their beloved New Orleans and the political system that failed her.

This is from Northside Journal.

No, that's incorrect. Governors are not responsible for evacuating cities, mayors are. She decl - a state of emergency on 08/26/2005(JS)

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which was 3 days before the Katrina actually hit. But the North Journal article mentioned in the comment I'm responding to asserts that Blanco didn't evacuate New Orleans or declare a state of emergency until after 08/30/2015??? Governor Blanco wasn't even responsible for evacuation New Orleans, Mayor Nagin was, and he failed to do so. But she declared a state of emergency 3 days before Katrina hit?

Here are not one, but 3 sites verifying the actual timeline of Katrina which will disprove most of what was presented by the "North Journal" in the comment I'm replying to (and don't forget, I was in Pensacola at the time, receiving a category 2 to 3 winds ourselves on the east side of Katrina):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Hurricane_Katrina

http://thinkprogress.org/report/katrina-timeline/

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/government_programs-july-dec05-fema_09-09/

But let's pretend that any part of that NJ article I'm replying to is true, that we're all delusional and insane, and that even one of the timeline points that was dated accurately.

Then why did Bush wait to organize a task force on 08/31/2005?

Why did he wait even further to pledge 10.4 billion to disaster relief on 09/04/2015 (a week AFTER the national telethons where Kanye West gave his famous speech)?

Even if none of what I just said was true (which all three sites will tell you it is), did Bush really need an engraved invitation to show moral support to show up in New Orleans, Louisiana, or Biloxi, Mississippi if NOLA was unsafe (Biloxi actually being the actual hardest hit) the day after the hurricane?

No - instead, he made a wildly inappropriate choice to whup it up and dance badly with a mariachi band in San Diego, as well as share birthday cakes with John McCain.

But what was he doing the day after Hurricane Ivan in Republican-dominated, multimillion-dollar beach homes in Pensacola a year before, you ask?

Well, he was kissing babies and hugging people, imposing martial law on looters because FEMA was already on the ground in his brother's state the day before the hurricane.

Care to explain any of THAT?

How Obama has handled this situation with Texas is commendable, Republicans, just admit it - lest Republican Texans risk be called "ungrateful takers", too, just like they call those poorer food stamps recipients who are "sponging off the system?";)

I guess that's been "airtightly documented" - by Kanye West. LOL!!! NM

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I gave 3 matching sites documenting full Katrina timeline. Shouldda known some would fixate - on 1 sentence about a black man's protestJS

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Why do you assume I'm not black? There are black - conservatives, although

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we are few.

Because black conservatives would prefer to discuss factual timelines of big govt. intervention - instead of the black guy's speechJS

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Nice bluff, though ;)

~ Julia Sugarbaker

It's correct. It just doesn't fit your narrative. - NM

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So CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, CNN, Wiki, US News/World Rpt, Time Magazine & me (who lived there in - '05) and even Fox News were all wrong

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about the timeline. Your article states that Blanco waited until too late to evacuate NOLA, but the governor of the state isn't even responsible for city evacuation, that's the mayor, but dohkay. Keep telling yourself that 200 times, still won't make your words nor the "North Journal's" words true.

~ Julia Sugarbaker

They all get their info account to NY Times, notorious - left-wing magazine. I'll

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telling myself the truth, not seeing life through party glasses.

Wikipedia? Anybody can post there. I once read something about an anti-gay activities who at her own children. Credible?

Even this Fox News timeline? Dude, a couple of us lived there then. So sell the scary denial - to someone else please (JS see link)

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And because we lived in the area at the time, we know that classes in our children's schools, entire communities, even cities in the Gulf coast area began writing to President Bush before the hurricane, beginning on August 22, 2005, begging him to get FEMA down there now, like he did w/ Hurricane Ivan. We know exactly when not just Louisiana, but all the surrounding states, sent SOS-es about the levee breaks, etc.

We know exactly when we tried to use our own private boats to try to get people out of New Orleans because the rescue efforts hadn't arrived yet. We know exactly when we took people into our homes and schools for shelter, food and free medical care, after just having two hurricanes ourselves.

We know exactly when FEMA showed up, as well as when Bush himself finally showed up anywhere close to a 100-mile radius of the entire hurricane ridden areas from panhandle Florida to Western Louisiana and what inappropriate things he was focused on in the meantime.

We know he could've gone to Biloxi the next day, the actual hardest hit by Katrina, but he didn't. We know exactly when he finally did visit NOLA, he lit up Jackson Square like a Christmas tree with portable generators, and has people clean it up to give his speech, just to give the false appearance of normalcy, as if things weren't really that bad, then took off, taking the portable generators with him.

And we knew all of this though we lost power ourselves and had no paper delivery so you can take that "media influence" garbage and throw it where it belongs.

And we also know that though Pensacola was a largely Republican and military area, many swore they'd never vote Republican again, simply over his handling of Hurricane Katrina, which had nothing to do with the media and everything to do with watching the inequity in how he handled Ivan vs. Katrina.

So like I said, sell the scary denial somewhere else, please.

Unless comments like these are just more attempts by that guy just trying to annoy women.

Regardless, below is the Fox timeline (which curiously omits Blanco's 05/26/2005 SOE declaration altogether and several other important events), but IT does include state national guard activation and nearly matches the other timelines as far as Bush's response that I presented above (though not an exact match to those 3 which are accurate).

All of these timelines, however, expose the North Journal article someone presented above (this same commenter I'm responding to?) for being the COMPLETE WORK OF FICTION that it is, which is a slap in the face to anyone living in the region at the time and those who died or lost loved ones during Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/09/03/fast-facts-hurricane-katrina-timeline.html

Regardless, FYI, I won't be responding further when I believe it's clearly the same person wearing a different hat, unless they present a serious, sane and somewhere in the ball park of true response or present an actual factual debate point is presented for a change, other than "nuh uh."

Seriously.

If pathetic starts HERE at point A....

Then the type of person who comments absurdities to each and every left-leaning female, typically 1 minute after they comment and at all hours of the night, just to ruffle feathers/get female attention?

Wayyyyyyyy past the point of pathetic and straight down to here to point B - Creepy Stalkerville, USA

Here's some info from "neutral" sites and how responses should work - Truthhurts

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and how they didn't work. I know it's long, but each article is 2-3 pages long, but most come to the same conclusion.
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In New Orleans, those in peril and those in power have pointed the finger squarely at the federal government for the delayed relief effort.
But experts say when natural disasters strike, it is the primary responsibility of state and local governments -- not the federal government -- to respond.
New Orleans' own comprehensive emergency plan raises the specter of "having large numbers of people ... stranded" and promises "the city ... will utilize all available resources to quickly and safely evacuate threatened areas."
"Special arrangements will be made to evacuate persons unable to transport themselves," the plan states.
When Hurricane Katrina hit, however, that plan was not followed completely.
Instead of sending city buses to evacuate those who could not make it out on their own, people in New Orleans were told to go to the Superdome and the Convention Center, where no one provided sufficient sustenance or security.
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/HurricaneKatrina/blame-delayed-response-katrina/story?id=1102467

The 600-plus-page report lays primary fault with the passive reaction and misjudgments of top Bush aides, singling out Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Operations Center and the White House Homeland Security Council, according to a 60-page summary of the document obtained by The Washington Post. Regarding Bush, the report found that "earlier presidential involvement could have speeded the response" because he alone could have cut through all bureaucratic resistance.
The report portrays Chertoff, who took the helm of the department six months before the storm, as detached from events. It contends he switched on the government's emergency response systems "late, ineffectively or not at all," delaying the flow of federal troops and materiel by as much as three days.
The White House did not fully engage the president or "substantiate, analyze and act on the information at its disposal," failing to confirm the collapse of New Orleans's levee system on Aug. 29, the day of Katrina's landfall, which led to catastrophic flooding of the city of 500,000 people.
Chertoff spokesman Russ Knocke said, "every ounce of authority" and "100 percent of everything that could be pre-staged was pre-staged" by the federal government before landfall once the president signed emergency disaster declarations on Aug. 27. Brown had "all authority" to make decisions and requests, and his "willful insubordination . . . was a significant problem" for Chertoff, Knocke said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021101409_2.html

The above report was long and put a lot of blame on various individuals under FEMA and Homeland Security Council, the Louisiana and New Orleans officials (disaster management), Mayor Nagin and the governor.

The top U.S. disaster official waited hours after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast before he proposed to his boss sending at least 1,000 Homeland Security workers into the region to support rescuers, internal documents show.

Acknowledging that moving in such a large crew of workers would take two days, Brown sought approval from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff roughly five hours after Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-katrinas-wake-the-blame-game/
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Lastly, this from a university on How …….Disasters is Supposed to Work and how it did work. The conclude that it should START with local, state, and finally national. If you don’t have time to read the whole thing, skip to page 17 for the Conclusion.

http://www.polisci.msu.edu/schneider/Who's%20to%20Blame,%20Publius.pdf

I agree all 3 levels of govt failed. But that's 2x now we've blamed "poor intel" - for Bush decisions. At what point...(JS)

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do we realize he's the common denominator and that even if that's true, he received poor intel two times, how does that improve perception of him? Was he a leader or a puppet?

Since both sides (mostly) agree that both Iraq and Katrina were poorly handled, it really doesn't matter anymore whether he lied or listened to the wrong people, the result is still the same.

(Btw, I will at least give credit that Bush admitted nonspecific mistakes with Katrina)

However, the explanation he just listened to the wrong intel both times excuse is of no comfort, because that then mean he either just wasn't very bright or habitually chose and trusted the wrong people as advisers to surround himself with - and then we're right back to terrible presidency either way, he lied or he was easily misled/puppeteered.

And I'm sorry, though I don't think he was that bright, but I also believe he's lying - because if I knew there'd be no weapons of mass destruction there and how many lives would be lost needlessly both with Iraq and Katrina beforehand, without a team of advisors?

So should've Bush known, unlike me, WITH a team of advisors around him.

Remember Ray Nagin? He criminally neglected his duties - as mayor, then he decided to

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profit off the contracts being handed out to ‘rebuild."

Of course he did get 10 yrs for corruption charges.

But Bush will always be available for the blame game.

Guess you missed my comment above about Nagin's neglience. However, my OP is about - presidential response to disasterJS

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All three levels of government failed, both parties, during Katrina.

In fact, I refuted another article presented above, which was inaccurate in its assertion that it was Blanco responsible for evacuating New Orleans - no, it was Nagin's.

But even Blanco waited until too late to declare emergency/ask for FEMA (3 days before, also dated incorrectly in the North Journal article I responded to).

However, this thread is about presidential and governor response to natural disaster, not mayoral.
But you're right, Nagin is the only one who went to prison for his crimes while in office.

PS - I'd already mentioned Nagin's negligence in that comment, but I just edited the title to make that clearer as well.

I will never forgive Bush's inaction and letting - those people die in the Superdome

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No leadership, as the nation sat by and watched. Absolutely sickening.

It's convenient to blame Bush for everything. That story is false and - propaganda, nothing but politics...

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Last week, I wrote about the racism of the liberal media's Katrina coverage -- but that's only half the story. As I've been assessing press accounts of what was clearly the story of the year for 2005, it's become clear that press hysteria delayed rescues, prodded some politicians into making mega-billion dollar promises and may have created a long-term backlash.

How bad was the reporting? You probably saw and heard stories of mayhem at the Superdome and the Convention Center, and on the streets of New Orleans. You may have missed the admissions weeks later by NBC, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times that, as the Baltimore Sun noted, stories about "murders, rapes and beatings have turned out to be false."

"Hundreds of armed gang members killing and raping people" inside the Dome -- never happened. "Thirty or 40 bodies" stored in a Convention Center freezer -- not one. Rampaging "armed mobs" -- none. "Bands of rapists, going block to block" -- never happened. Geraldo Rivera's "scene of terror, chaos, confusion, anarchy, violence, rapes, murders, dead babies" -- well, that's Geraldo Rivera.

Orleans Parish District Attorney Eddie Jordan said four murders occurred in the entire city during the week after Katrina hit, making it a typical week in a city averaging 200 homicides per year. Sgt. 1st Class Jason Lachney, a Superdome patroller, described press reports as "99 percent (expletive)." The Superdome had one shooting: a Louisiana National Guardsman accidentally shot himself in the leg. New Orleans Coroner Frank Minyard said he had seen only seven gunshot victims during hurricane week: "Seven gunshots isn't even a good Saturday night in New Orleans."

Why the hype? Official sources like the mayor and the police chief were hysterical, and some reporters merely became megaphones for them. Crying and yelling made for better ratings than calm assessments of damage. Network stars wanted to display what passed as compassion. Since few reporters knew what was happening, a pack mentality kicked in, as reporters congregated in places of safety.

Politics also played a role, with liberals framing the story as one of rich people not caring about poor people and whites not caring about blacks.

But media exaggeration was not a victimless crime. It delayed the arrival of responders who, relying on press reports, had to plan their missions as military rather than philanthropic endeavors. New Orleans police stopped their search-and-rescue operations and turned their attention to the imagined mobs of rapists. Two patients apparently died while waiting for evacuation helicopters grounded for a day by false reports of sniper fire. Buses were slow to get to the worst place, the Convention Center.

Bush-bashing, of course, came to the fore, with the typical mainstream media view voiced well by former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines: "The churchgoing cultural populism of George Bush" means that "the poor drown in their attics." MSNBC, ABC, NPR and Newsweek journalists were among the multitude using calamity as an opportunity to campaign overtly for higher taxes and bigger government.

And yet, as the truth about the hyping of disaster trickled out during the fall, the momentum desired by the left disappeared and a backlash emerged. "We've had a stunning reversal," complained Robert Greenstein, director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal advocacy group in Washington. But whose fault was that?

There's precedent here: Propaganda about German atrocities in Belgium fueled sentiment for the United States to become involved in World War I, but when the truth came out Americans felt bamboozled and moved toward the isolationism that allowed for the rise of Hitler. British and French populaces also distrusted what seemed in the 1930s to be more scare stories about the Germans -- the larger effect of World War I propaganda may have been to bring about World War II.

The long-term effect of Katrina propaganda will probably be more cynicism. Reporters who lie or exaggerate create grinches.

Human Events

I saw the news coverage. I saw the dead - people. I saw the pleading

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I suppose you think they were actors. Many think they allowed the levies to break to flood the poor areas in New Orleans. I live with people who fled New Orleans and experienced the situation.

I will never forgive the reporters who lied about - Katrina. They still lie and

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get away with it.

We don't have investigative reporters anymore, "Bush bashing - came to the fore with the typical

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mainstream media view voiced well by former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines: "The churchgoing cultural populism of George Bush" means that "the poor drown in their attics."

No wonder it's called the New York Slimes.

speaking as a Texan - Effie

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Thanks for the laugh... (oh, I voted for Obama)

Funny how everything is about Obama. Gov. Abbott - declared a state of disaster

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for Archer, Bastrop, Caldwell, Cass, Collin, Dewitt, Fannin, Grayson, Harrison, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Houston, Kendall, Jasper, Johnson, Newton, Nueces, Parker, San Jacinto, Walker, Wichita and Wilson counties and will probably name more this week.

Downtown Austin had high water in businesses.

Mercury One, Glenn Beck's charity, takes donations to help - victims of disasters. He lives in

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Texas.

So much about Obama and nothing about the flood. - Obama doing his job makes news?

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Weird times.

My thoughts to Texas.

After tropical storm Sandy FEMA was slow to act, but . - all states get money after

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a disaster. I don't understand all the praise for Obama.

But they still are quick to criticize Pres. Obama - at any possibility

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Still criticizing Pres. Bush after all these years. - Gets old. nm

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Bush crimes were heinous-- - thousands dead

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All lies, and they still lie. Ray Nagin was on Oprah - and various news casts lying

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his &%$ off too.

In 1982 I lived in Fort Wayne, IN. We had a bad flood and President - Reagan came. I was young at the time

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and we all helped put bean bags up. Fort Wayne has three rivers, making things worse. Close to 10,000 had to evacuate if I recall.

President Reagan praised us (we had a kid's crusade) and called us heroes.

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What is wrong with people??!!! We never used to be like this in this country. I know the Obama-haters here will blame him, but, personally, I trace it back to the beginnings of Rush Limbaugh's daily 3-hour spewings against Clinton and everything Democrat. I know many here won't agree with me, but that's my opinion. ...

Jan 09, 2013
I am a transcription student and for one of my classes I need to have a transcription professional answer some questions for this weeks assignment. Is there anyone out there who has the time to answer a few questions? I can email them and you could just sent the responses back to me. ...

Nov 08, 2015
Being as my thyroid is no longer functioning and my feet are just another thing, my doctor suggested a stationary bike to assist in weight loss. Never having had one, thought I would ask here if others had used and it helped. ...

Nov 08, 2012
They closed because of the Nor'easter. A sign on their office door stated they were "closed due to bad weather." Some won't reopen until tomorrow. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/it_bad_sign_for_staten_GDyn7duXSlTbTxAkrjIHBM http://www.inquisitr.com/391314/fema-centers-close-blame-approaching-bad-weather/ ...

Apr 26, 2010
Texas governor 'proud' to be in Glenn Beck's 'army' It seems conservative firebrands are seeing God's punishment everywhere these days. First there was televangelist Pat Robertson who in January told his audience that the Haitian earthquake was punishment for Haiti's founders having signed a "pact with the devil." Then came radio host Rush Limbaugh, who last week suggested that the Iceland volcano was "God's punishment" for the US passing health care re ...

Oct 31, 2012
This is part of a FEMA bulletin. FEMA's job is COORDINATION of national disaster relief resources. If you scan down, I underlined some of the national resources coordinated by FEMA when needed. Note that governors have the option--in most cases--of requesting FEMA assistance or not (things like nuclear plant emergencies and terrorism examples of obvious exceptions). At bottom is a link to a NY Times article on what FEMA's been doing in NY/NJ. From FEMA: "Today, the President au ...

Nov 09, 2012
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Nov 13, 2013
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/fema-preparing-major-event-region-iii/# FEMA Preparing For A Major Event In Region III August 27, 2013 DHS, FEMA Camps, Government, News Articles, Sleuth Journal, Special Interests, United Nations, US News, World Health Organization Following the bread crumb trail of FEMA orders, retired State Senator Sheldon R. Songstad of South Dakota State issued an “Emergency Fema Region 3 Alert!!!,” on August 13th. Region three is comprised of; Was ...

Jan 01, 2014
http://www.disclose.tv/news/List_Of_All_Fema_Concentration_Camps_In_America_Revealed/86674 ...

Oct 14, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPioG_4_XEc ...

Oct 30, 2012
I'm glad FEMA is here in the Northeast. We have a lot of damage here and a lot of people without power. Funny how Gov. Christie changed his opinion about FEMA being disbanded after New Jersey got hit with Hurricaine Sandy/Superstorm. Well, not really funny. He apparently saw the light. So, if you live in New England or the Eastern seaboard are you still voting for Romney? You think your state can handle a major disaster by itself? Think again. ...

Nov 02, 2012
I forget which newspaper asked him how many applications did FEMA receive and how much money was paid out so far. His answer was: At 11 a.m., FEMA received 85,072 requests for applications and paid out $18,815,347.63 in subsidies towards housing including rental help. ...

Jan 29, 2013
Ted Cruz encourages banks to leave Chicago because of Rahm Emanuel Read more: http://dailycaller.com/#ixzz2JQaZZ04Y ...

Nov 12, 2012
Do not blame Texas at all. http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/11/the-petition-to-let-texas-secede-from-the-u-s-to-be-reviewed-by-the-white-house/ ...

Oct 29, 2013
The GOP's campaign for strict voter ID laws is affecting another voting bloc. —By Dana Liebelson | Tue Oct. 29, 2013 3:00 AM PDT 3 Kheel Center/Flickr Women have been allowed to vote in the United States since 1920, after the passage of the 19th Amendment. But fast-forward to 2013, and plenty of states' laws have a provision that makes it harder for women who are married or divorced to cast a ballot. When Americans all over the country ...

Jul 22, 2014
It's nice to see at least one politician in this country has a spine. Thank God for Governor Perry for putting the National Guard on the border!! He has to do what the Feds won't do. Go figure. I guess upholding the country's laws is not of importance any longer to some. Meanwhile, the Pied Piper is off fundraising again, including in my state. Oh, joy, stay off the roads!! ...

Feb 17, 2015
(Reuters) - A judge in Texas has temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's orders to shield millions of people who are in the United States illegally, backing 26 states that argued Obama had overstepped his legal authority. The White House said on Tuesday that the Department of Justice would appeal the action by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, a city along the Texas border with Mexico. Hanen has previously issued opinions critical of the Obama administration’s en ...

Mar 26, 2015
If you live in Texas, your right to be a pervert and invade someone else’s personal space has been upheld by the court system. Up-skirt and down-blouse photos are A-OK in the name of "art"? ...

Dec 23, 2011
You know that salsa dip that uses black-eyed peas, green pepper, and Italian dressing and you scoop it up with frito or tortilla chips? I need a good recipe. I'm wondering about substituting Rotel tomatoes in place of jalopeno peppers. There are a bunch of different ones on the Google, but none look the way I remember. TIA. ...

Sep 14, 2011
No joke: some Texas schools putting cameras in cafeteria to monitor food consumption...don't touch those fries, Tubby! http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/13/us-food-cafeterias-cameras-odd-idUSTRE74C3AH20110513 ...

Feb 03, 2011
I'm on the east coast, and the majority of us use natural gas or propane for heat, so we've never experienced rolling blackouts in the winter. This may sound like a stupid question, but why are Texans experiencing the blackouts? Do the majority of businesses use electric heat? Why would they be using more electricy now than when it's 120 degrees in the summer? (hence, my stupid question) I heard they had to buy some power from Mexico. ...

Jun 26, 2013
Sen. Wendy Davis in 10-hour filibuster stops passage of Texas bill that would have shut down all but five abortion clinics in the state of Texas. ...

Jul 21, 2016
by the conservative fifth circuit Appeals Court. The Wisconsin law was struck down last week. ...