CNN: Federal Govt just found out

[phish420]

that people are in the conventio center without food or water TODAY. They didnt even KNOW there was anyone there!! Jesus lord!
edit: This is the FEMA director saying this!

[OhioChick]

1. I don't buy that...........

they knew.

[phish420]

6. lol...well...

either they didnt know and they were incompetant (not suprising) or they are flat out lying (also not suprising) - neither is a good scenario from our federal emergency angency

[stevietheman]

9. How can you tell when the FEMA director is lying?

Something about lips moving.

[FloridaPat]

12. Same way you can tell Bush is lying.

[VolcanoJen]

2. And earlier, FEMA Director "Baghdad Brown" insisted that NOBODY...

... told those people to go to the Convention Center.

:eyes:

[knowbody0]

3. they are PASSING THE BUCK!

[never_get_over_it]

10. The party of personal responsibility

the buck stops with anyone but them - unless of course it is a buck from the treasury

[cornermouse]

4. Fire him.

How could anyone not know that there were people in the Superbowl?

And he keeps saying we need to understand? Hello?

[TheCentepedeShoes]

13. Not the Superdome

the convention center. Different place. I attended a company convention there in '78. It's across from the Hilton (I think) close to the river. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

[AlCzervik]

5. Bullshit!!!! It's been on 24/7

[bowens43]

7. An NPR reporter who was there

said today that they DID know. He said that the national gaurd had been by several times in the last couple of days and each time told them to stay put, help was on the way.

[iconoclastic cat]

8. Wow, are bad liars, or bad excuse-makers?

[FloridaPat]

11. How do you hide 15,000 people? Then when he was told about

how he said it was the victums fault, he said he didn't say that. Unreal. Just imagine what Iraq is like. A whole country of this kind of "help" and truth.

[Roland99]

14. Read this thread and listen to the NPR interview with Chertoff

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4563433


Chertoff knew nothing of it...or at least played dumb.