Didn't it take Bush something like 2 or 3 weeks to get aid down there?

Remember that Louisiana had two local nitwits trying to run the show and were completely inept with evacuations and preparing for Katrina ...Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin. They kept FEMA out for several days.

There was help going to Katrina victims from the surrounding states, but it was weeks before the federal government got involved, and only until the city was being taken over by criminals...

Obama Administration has been involved since day 1.... Bush did not even stop his vacation for Katrina...

People forget that there are rules. In Katrina it was up to the GOVERNOR and MAYOR of NOLA to REQUEST Bush take action in regard to the government stepping in. They did NOT make that request immediately. A president cannot just send in this organization or that organization on a whim without the leadership of the state first making a request. I live close to the area and Bush came when it was determined he would not be in the way of relief efforts. It was determined he should fly over because obviously that was the easiest way into the area and the easiest way to survery the damage, Barksdale requested he fly over. he was crucified for doing so, but he was instructed to do by those here on the ground. The failures of Katrina should have been more on the shoulders of the mayor and governor of Louisiana, they failed their own people, not Bush. He took the blame, but ultimately the state is who failed in regard to Katrina.

Yes O has been involved and it shows how incompitant he is once again it's all about him and his Campain,Bush wasn't asked to intervene till it was a complete disaster ,that was the States fault.The US Gov cannot just go in and do as they wish,we have a system and Bush was blamed for the incompitance of State Gov of NewOrlines,Mr. BO has no excuse to let this crap happen again,he was invited and he has still screwed it up,people are hungry cold thirsty,it's no excuse for a guy who thinks Gov is gonna save you,Not workin O....

I have to disagree Rasputin-2589057 I was at Keesler AFB when his motorcade arrived, not much on bashing any president and hate all the mud slinging politics brings out the worst in people

The reason for the delays getting federal help to Katrina victims was the fact that the governor of LA and the mayor of NO would not let them come in. Contrary to what some would like to believe, the feds can not simply come in an take over, they must be invited in to help by the state and local authorities. If you want to blame anyone for the delays in getting help in NO blame the governor and the mayor, not Bush. He took a lot of flack for something he had no control over. This time, the federal help was requested right away and it is still taking time for them to actually get there. Some area still have not gotten any help, yet I do not see people or the news media jumping on Obama for it, when it actually is his administration's fault in this case. This is because the news media is in love with Obama and will not do anything to criticize him or jeopardize his reelection chances. The FEMA response so far has been somewhat anemic and no one is saying a word about it. Just ask the people on Staten Island what they think of the FEMA response so far and you will get an earful!!!

Obama has yet to show up! MaYbe he and michell will come up for dinner on Sunday and watch the marathon.

These people need to just calm down. I'm from FL and have been thru many a hurricane in my lifetime, and this is what happens afterward. I realize NJ, NY, ect... don't get hit often enough to remember these things, but haven't they got a clue from the last one to hit New Orleans, or the others in FL? You get no power, no water, no nothing, unless you're just outside the strike zone.

It's just a waiting game and it takes time to clean up! What the heck do they expect, FEMA to jump at their every whim and fix things in a jiffy?? Never going to happen, so chill out and relax. You'll get your water and electricity soon, and then the gas will come. You just have to wait it out.

I laugh hardily at people who blame a president for FEMA not responding. Do you realize how over populated we are? Are you expecting the government to borrow Santa's flying sled and drop supplies down your chimney?

If the delivery truck that runs your local routes every day can't make it, what makes you think FEMA or the National Guard will?

Sheeple like Back East really make me chuckle.

By all means lets have a Marathon when Citizens are in complete despair.. Great idea..

These people should be Happy that Romney isn't President. Romney want's to "Privatize" Fema. Can you just Imagine that?? A "Privatized" Fema? All the money for a Privatized Fema would go to the CEO and other Parasites of Fema. So be patient people, help will come. And next time be a little more prepared. There is a thing called "Responsibility".

@ DisabledVet68

For al the crazy murders, face eaters, mother shooters and all the comments about, Oh it's Florida again, we sure do handle the preparation and aftermath of a storm much better and more civilly than they are up north.

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"Local vet", if you need more Guns and Ammo, holla...we got your back buddy, we got the Nutcrackers too if the problem is persistent.

I moved from New Orleans to The North Shore of 'The Lake' the day before Katrina arrived. I was at least above the flood plane at that point. I sat up the entire night listening to " The Garland Robinett Show on WWL". Twice I heard the Governor speak on that show. She called for any and all assistance from the Federal Government. The hold up was that it required 'special decree' or something like that to get Federal Troops to come to help. There was no reason that FEMA could not have been in the city even before the storm hit..... except perhaps, that Mr Bush had placed an incompetent in the Directors chair of FEMA. All this garbage about The Governor not doing what she was supposed to do is either a lie to cover up the failure of Federal Agencies to do their job or, The Federal Agencies not caring about New Orleans.....?

et220 yea great idea send in fema before the storm so all the aid can get trashed with the rest of the town go back to sleep

Can't we all quit finger pointing and blaming each other. The lord said a house divided cannot stand. Just say a prayer from your heart and help out if you can. STOP fighting.

Because our citizens carry guns to supposedly enforce that "ethics and honour". Funny how poorly that really works.

I think "we" do but our news agencies won't report on that. All "we" do is emphasize the negative because that's what makes the most sensational headlines. I don't know, but I feel I can safely surmise: Japanese looters probably do exist. Wonder how much money was NOT returned.

The good "we" do is boring and most of it goes unreported. And without the pedestal, you have to go looking for it to find it. And such disasters will bring out the best and worst of people. I think it's more a matter of people who say we are not being realistic if we have anything good to say for ourselves.

That's the catch 22 - for every good deed, you will find a bad one and for every bad one you will also find a good one. Depends on which you wish to emphasize. In your example, all Japanese people have a very high level of ethics and honor, all Americans do not.

Whatever.

In any case, looters, indeed, need to be shot on sight.

Because our society also is willing to shoot and take a life to save a waterlogged tv set.

No we don't because the personal ethos of get ahead at all costs precludes community. So there are always individuals prepared to take advantage.

Some do it sneaking in the night and some do it in board daylight with lawyers and investment bankers.

Right on brother, and that is why we the people must form a militia when the local police/military can't protect us or our property.

In the end each of us is part of the government, and it is our responsibility to step in and help/protect one another. I saw a homeless ex conn help a police officer being attacked on the news last month and thought to myself, wow America is still kicking.

God bless and keep fighting for your rights and liberty!

Not un-American at all, in fact it's how we got much of this country to begin with.

Better question is why haven't we ever learned to stop?

Japan is certainly an exemplar for polite societal interaction, but we could never hold those standards as we'd feel infringed upon. We seem to carry some distorted interpretation of the constitution around in our heads that justifies our actions regardless of how ludicrous they may actually be. It's all relative to whatever you want to morph it into being.

mjs-242, Japan doesnt have that problem because they don't have a huge population of mostly minority deadbeat lowlife's mooching off of the rest of us. Parasites !

What is there to loot? A waterlogged TV?

I never knew NY had the "Stand your ground law."

Bee: I'm glad to see you defend looters!

Your morals are absent for life.

because the most important thing in this situation is to make sure our STUFF is ok! honestly, what is wrong with these people? You are lucky you got out with your lives!

Totally agree... Looters should be shot on sight...

How sad... People who lost almost everything having to protect what little they have left from low-lifes who would see this as an opportunity to steal it for their own personal gain...

Society would be better off without these low-lifes...

@anonymousintheaffirmative

Obviously, you have never gone through something like this. People are trying to gather up whatever they can of their homes, wedding pictures, stuffed animals, if lucky family heirlooms buried in the mess.

Anything for a sense of "normalcy".

Who's defending looters? I'd shoot them myself, but a vet probably has better aim.

BeeRent said:

What is there to loot? A waterlogged TV?

Try thinking like a criminal. The TV won't do you any good.

But finding someone's last year tax return will give you their taxpayer identification numbers, their social security numbers, their spouse's and children's social security numbers, maybe even a bank account where a tax refund was to be deposited. Using that a looter can easily steal someone's identity.

An address book can give someone phone numbers to friends and family who would be likely to respond to a phone call that says 'your loved one is here in a hospital, can you send us money?' by actually sending money.

Someone having a box of checks still unused can give a looter access to the bank account and money; or they can write themselves checks against that account and thereby steal someone's money.

Someone who has a deceased parent or grandparent immigration papers could be stolen and sold on the street allowing an illegal criminal to blend in. Or the immigration paperwork from a legal immigrant who evacuated and forgot to take their immigration paperwork with them could have their paperwork looted and sold.

And then there's the material possessions: jewelry, old coins, antique or collector firearms, autographed sports memorabilia, guitar collection, etc.a lot of stuff gets left behind in an evacuation that other unscrupulous people would love to get their hands on for various ends.

Amanda, you are expecting this to make sense to the sheeple. They just don't get it even if you spell it out for them like you just did.

Nice try though, I just post for fun in here.

Let's not forget food! Looters are lazy bottom feeders to begin with. Why bother going all the way to the Red Cross distribution center when you can just take it from the elderly couple down the street?

Thanks for posting, I totally agree.

There is always one stupid person who has to inject their mindless nonsense into these things. Thanks for being THAT GUY, liberaloser

Guns will keep people civil in times of Chaos. Wouldn't you be polite if you had a gun pointed at you? LOL

Maybe the looters need food really bad for his/her children. Help thy neighbor not kill they neighbor.

Yea cuz the cops have the time to be there everywhere there is looting,I doubt any of the looters are taking food,I doubt anyone would get shot for asking for food,Mabe people should start trying to get water and food batteries candles ect before we find ourselves in a dire situation,and support your local churches ect to help them help our community's ,lets all think about being prepared where we can,Gov is not our Mommy or Daddy.

Last time I checked, a plasma TV is inedible....

No power...NO PHONE! How you gonna call 911?

Shooting on sight is just plain wrong. You have to arrest them, flog them, then hang them. ROFL, yeah when I read that post I thought "how quickly we regress into animals of yesterday".

Don't forget dew process folks, even if you catch them red handed, our liberty depends on it!

Mabye the real looter has their children held at knife point around the corner and is forcing them to loot... just one of a million possibilities. That is why you need dew process.

If FEMA can't get to you, how do you expect the cops to?

Wonder how that liblooser would feel if people stood there and watched him get beat down and robbed ? I bet he'd change his mind !

wytraverlr? Who me? No, I can defend myself quite well. Bring a fist and I'll kick your ass, bring a knife and I'll shoot you dead, bring a pistol and I'll cut you down no matter what cover you have.

Don't worry about me or my neighbors. We take care of each other because we value a democracy that lives together as a community.

I just don't lynch or shoot people without dew process. Its what seperates us from other countries that have none. It's a big part of what makes us free.

Yes, that's why Bush said: "Good job Brownie."

Even FEMA knows all those evil companies with color dyes, genetically altered, salmonella contaminated preservative loaded foods are so bad that no one should eat them, even in an emergency.

NYS has a very high percentage on gun owners. Especially Upstate.

You are right if you are talking about NYC, but on Long Island one can purchase a rifle/shotgun same day.

Or Romney Urban Renewal.

Seaside property CHEAP for Bain Capital to buy, bulldoze and resell for $$$$$$$.

All the looters voted for Romney. Like minds think alike, don't you think?

As they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure! With those crazy Liberal gun laws in NY, very few people per capita have guns in NY, typically you have to be a criminal or a cop.

Completely untrue Truth. There are a great number of people that carry in NYS. Since you are obviously not from NY, you should know that most New Yorkers, meaning those that dont live in the CITY, consider themselves seperate from New York City. And it is no more difficult to get a gun here than most other states. Pistol permit may be a little more difficult, however, I can acquire a shotgun or rifle with little difficulty, maybe a few days waiting period.

People who have lost everything are going to be all the more eager to protect what is left.

What is it with everyone thinking there's nothing left to take? What about the upper floors of houses that didn't get hit with water? What about bedroom safes, jewelery, food, attractive daughters left unprotected????

Are you THAT stupid, or you are making an extra effort to appear so?

He was in New Jersey with the governor, but of course that's irrelevant to your empty brain.

He was in Vegas for 2 hours giving a speech for a campaign event. Get real

Get with it, desert king.

Obama was on the ground in New York and New Jersey, meeting with the leaders and residents there and surveying the damage to initiate real federal help.

Meanwhile Romney was campaigning for himself from the safety of Iowa, and saying that one time he helped clean a football field is comparable to helping the states affected by Sandy.

Yes, I am going to vote for him this evening! Its been less than a week -- give me a break. We lost our power for a week after a wind storm and I've lived through a hurricane. Patience is the operative word here. I think we're dealing with people who don't like being inconvenienced.

Obama/Biden 2012

Romney 1040

@yeahbuddy

Get a calendar so you get your time-line straight. Bush took 4 days to even show up to Katrina. Obama went back to the campaign from Sandy on Day 4.

Your statement is either stupid or deliberitly designed to be misleading.

Again Bush was not asked for Fed help by the idiots Running the state Gov of NewO,there is a procedure and they asked him to fly over because it would have caused more problems,but he needed to access the damage,However Bush got blamed just like all Republicans get blamed for the lefts incompetence. . .B.O. Only showed up for the Photo Op's,Only the Politicians that love O are complimenting O,the rest of NY that were not included in O's Photo and news are Hungry cold thirsty scared ect.But nothing to see here,that's all propaganda right? Lets run a race !

Ster,

It's apparent most people who blame Bush for the delayed response to Katrina aren't aware that the local government officials have to ask the president for assistance. The failure was with Nagin and the Governor of LA. Bush got blamed for a lot of things he had NO control over. Also, I remember them saying on the news several times that the air force and the people on the ground told Bush he'd have to fly over as to not impede the progress on the ground. As soon as it was clear he was there. Some things may not have been perfect but to blame Bush for everything that went wrong with Katrina is just people wanted to play a blame game.

Desert king voted for romney, just like the looters and thugs.

Jen-377162: You need to go back and review the details of the Katrina disaster. Bush went on air about how everything was fine as families were drowning. He had not a clue nor did he care to get one. Blaming on the local officials was the only way that Bush could recover any dignity but it was always just AN EXCUSE. Pundits on the GOP like to spin it but Bush was a failure as a leader during Katrina. Remember the NG standing on the bridge not allowing Orleans residents to pass and people dying on the bridge. Shame Shame Shame on Bush.

Obama was in contact in the leaders of the states in the bulls-eye before the storm even approached to free up resources, removing red tape to file for services working with the states organizers to have persons available to get to work immediately. The worse part is this was so big, the square foot area of catastrophic damage is so significant, it will take time for those boots on the ground to get to everyone and everyone wants to be in the front of that line.

CarringtonD --Heh I live just outside the NO area. The dumd a$$ governor and mayor were telling everyone that all was ok and no help was needed for several days after Katrina hit. Also the National Guard is a State run organization that can be mobilized by the Feds, supposidely for emergencies only. A friend of mine refused to reinlist in the LA NG after Katrina. He says the State controlled the guard during the training phase and for at least several days after Katrina hit. He's not sure about later since he was removed from the area after he had a leg broke when a convict tried to run him down with a stolen car.

taking care of the rich suburbs before us

Isn't that who pays the most taxes? ...just saying... you pay for what you get...

The ones throwing eggs and debris need to consider that getting power through a rich part of town might speed up getting power themselves. I personally live out on the end of the power grid where I live. If the power goes out 5 miles away it doesn't do me any good to complain about not having any power since the damage that needs to be repaired is 5 miles away. Instead I have backup generators, extra fuel, and oil lamps. People had enough warning that this hurricane was coming and if they didn't plan ahead, it's their own d@mn fault.

No Yank, you just do not understand what they know to be reality/truth...

Real Americans fight for their rights and their liberty. People like you are the real psychopaths, the one's that don't sacrifice anything for your country, family and friends. Vet's are the true "Americans".

You are a filthy pile of crap and I hope I find you pilfering my pile of trash on my street.

I have a Combat Infantrymen's Badge for 12 months of combat, do you? Recon 1st 28th Inf Black Lions 69-70 and I am 100% disabled under Agent Orange protocol for having 2 leukemia's.

In Mississippi when Katrina struck it was the people of Mississippi who built back their own community and they did so in just a few short years. People in New Orleans are still sitting around waiting on the government to come rebuild stuff FOR them.

Mississippi = predominantly rural. New Orleans = urban and a higher concentration of poverty. I'll let you figure out the rest...

I'll tell you how it worked. Church after church, company after company sent volunteers to New Orleans to help rebuild these people's homes. I know people who went. They picked up hammers and worked 8 or more hours a day while the people who lived there sat on the curb with a 40 ounce WATCHING strangers rebuilt their home. Sorry, urban or not you should know right from wrong and you should pitch in to rebuild your own home not just sit there and let others do it for you. No personal responsibility at all. Not to mention the fact that the volunteers had their cars broken into on a daily basis and tools stolen and they were there TO HELP. These people were stealing the volunteers tools! Rural versus Urban is not an excuse for being lazy and mean.

Jen they don't want facts or know how to care for themselves or their community,they want Mommy Government to make it all go away,it's what happens when we teach our children that if you don't want to work don't worry the Gov will take care of you if you don't want to take responsibility for your actions the Gov has a program for you,these are Obama voters mentality.

Ster2, You actually believe that 47% of all Americans are sucking off the tit of the government? Romeny changes his views everytime the wind blows. He's a crook. Obama, don't think much more of him either.

I think the entire system is owned and either choice is very bad. Anyone see this fact?

New Orleans is still waiting. Meanwhile the people in Mississippi built back better than ever in just a few years after Katrina.

And they NewOrleans received Billions in donations

I don't think anyone expected the damage of Katrina to be as bad as it was... So they were unprepared.

What a load of bull! It was a Category 5 hurricane. What did Bush and his folks expect from a hurricane that powerful. A few dominoes falling?

What did the State Gov of NewOrleans do? IT WAS NEVER BUSH's to do anything until they requested Fed help Jeez the Ignorance repeated time and time again by the Left does not make it true.

Actually it was a Category 3 at landfall

What did Bush do? What did the govenor of LA do?! What did Mayor Nagin do?!?! Keep in mind, Katrina didn't even make landfall in LA so there's no reason why the fed government should have amassed aid there, especially when the state/city governments had plenty of time to warn folks to get out of the way of whatever was coming.

And I bet he will get sued if it ruins a phone !

HermiaDCA, I love you. Nothing but love for you and anyone else who understand that this is what makes us Americans? Maybe just good people who all got together and created a free country for all.

And it stands to reason that this is how it was done.

The difference here is that O has been asked to intervene,he wrote a few checks and got the Hell out of there so he could go lie about Romney

I distinctly remember Gov. Christie telling people, "Don't be stupid. Get the hell out." That's about as direct and specific as you can get. There will always be folks who just don't want to listen. There were mandatory evacuation areas, Staten Island being one of them, and still people stayed. I don't know why. But sometimes you really can't fix stupid.

Mabe you haven't heard the woman who lost her home or those that lost somebody,it's heartbreaking,And obviously only certain stations TV and Radio are telling the real stories,but that is the way it's been with the BO stations its really sad and a injustice to the American people.

No worries; they cancelled it.

Frankly, I'm waiting to see how long it takes before everybody starts to blame Bush for Sandy....

I'm sure the media will start to compare Katrina with this and try to make Obama look good...But here's the truth...It's not the Presidents ineptness that make the recovery form these disaster slow, but the role of government services that is inherently inept.

Just ask the people in NY & NJ who they are waiting on? It aint the President.

He could rally the NGuard and other Gov resources he has stuffed with our Tax dollars,I would think we would get more for our money,But that's Big Gov and that's what O stands for

Ah, life in the bubble. Too bad he is dealing with it. Chris Christie even said so.

wakani -- you cannot force people to leave their homes -- even with the best of warnings.

I hope that isnt true but I wouldnt surprise me.

I know that happened after Hurricane Irene.

I heard that indeed they did turn them away.

That's just plain stupid