1. Where do you put them all?

Where are they putting them now?

2. What do you do with the other 70,000 or so left in NOLA?

Go back and get them. Repeat as needed. Really, are you trying to sound stupid?

As for class action suits… there’s no court to file them in, since it was destroyed.

Oh? Every courthouse everywhere was destroyed? Louisiana has no more courts? There are no federal courts?

Moron.

1. Where do you put them all?
2. What do you do with the other 70,000 or so left in NOLA?

As for class action suits... there's no court to file them in, since it was destroyed.

And class action suits should happen how soon? 6 days, huh?

It's...

Actually, it's not even worth debating.

He should be put on trial, for Chrissakes. How devoted can people be?

This is not about left or right. This is about humanity. The President failed. Miserably.

You can't spin this no matter how hard you try.

..and how much disaster service training have *you* had?? Do you have *any* clear idea what it takes to assess and secure a neighborhood, let alone an entire city? Do you *really* expect the fire department to come and get Fluffy the Cat out of a tree in the middle of all this?

Requests for aid are always triggered from the lowest level - city to state, state to fed. Incident command starts with the first person on scene - in this case, it would be the mayor, who then calls the governor, who then calls the Feds. President Bush asked for mandatory evacuation on the 28th, *and* declared an emergency before katrina hit land. The *local* authorities, whose decision it was, ignored him.

When you two understand the concepts of assessment, security and triage, let me know. We can have an intelligent conversation. Otherwise, lead, follow, or shut up and get out of the way.

..and how much disaster service training have *you* had?? Do you have *any* clear ides what it takes to assess and secure a neighborhood, let alone an entire city? Do you *really* expect the fire department to come and get Fluffy the Cat out of a tree in the middle of all this?

Requests for aid are always triggered from the lowest level - city to state, state to fed. And, by the way, President Bush asked for mandatory evacuation on the 28th, but the *local* authorities, whose decision it was, ignored him.

Over the past week he could have commandered every bus, plane and helicopter in the South to get those people out.

How silly of him to assume that the mayor of New Orleans, who actually had the authority to do that, would.

After all, Nagin's counterparts in every other part of the affected Gulf Coast did their parts. Only Nagin and the City of New Orleans failed.

Meanwhile you're attacking the President for assuming Nagin was competent.

And then they file the paperwork on behalf of a class, the members of which usually have no idea they've hirede a lawyer and filed a lawsuit until they get a letter in the mail from the court telling them they're going to receive a check for 89 cents, their share of the clients' portion of the settlement.

Meanwhile the lawyers get a percentage of the whole settlement, which can be in the millions of dollars.

Trust me, if there's money to be made and access to facts that can support the case, "people who are presently trying to stay alive" need not be involved at all.

At all.

The defense of this President is astonishing.

Over the past week he could have commandered every bus, plane and helicopter in the South to get those people out. We're still waiting. It is REPREHENSIBLE and now you would like to blame it on people beneath his authority? Please.

Thirteen months ago, FEMA conducted a five-day, table top exercise to test preparedness against a direct hit on New Orleans by a category three hurricane. Participants drew up action plans for dealing with the storm's aftermath in which calls for