Re: [Clips] A small editorial aboutrecentevents.(fwd)

[bkfsec <bkfsec () sdf lonestar org>]

Jamie C. Pole wrote:

> And by the way, I believe that President Bush  should have militarized 
> New Orleans when the mayor ignored the signs  that the hurricane was 
> going to strike his city.  The mandatory  evacuation should have been 
> enforced by the military, and quite a few  less people would have died.
>
> And had he done that, the liberals would very likely now be asking  
> whether or not it was legal for him to have done so.  For the people  
> that hate President Bush, nothing he does or does not do will be  
> acceptable.  It's as simple as that.
To start with, I recall having an argument about this immediately after 
the hurricane fiasco was over.  The situation was similar... myself 
versus an apologist whose only goal was to block for the 
administration.  My argument was that all groups should bare some of the 
blame, since they all failed.

He cited the same argument that you did.  The problem is that the 
argument is total and complete bullshit.  Anyone with access to the 
timeline of events as reported in the news can tell you it's bullshit.  
This one person stated that an evacuation was never called prior to the 
hurricane, and time was not allowed for the evacuation.  He was wrong.  
You are wrong.

Yes, the state and city made mistakes, but the bulk of the mistakes were 
on the part of the feds.  There's documentation on this.  The only 
people actively disputing this are on  right wing radio talk shows.

And finally, you've been far too partisan in this discussion for your 
opinion to be trustworthy.  You keep saying "the whiny liberals" this 
and "the whiny liberals" that... why should anyone be swayed by a person 
who would preface their arguments in such an assinine way?

            -bkfsec


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