Repuke scum spin debunked ::::: LA begged for help on SUNDAY.

[jefferson_dem]

Thanks to http://www.americablog.org/-

The state of Louisiana begged for help on Sunday August 28
by John in DC - 9/02/2005 10:19:00 PM

And Bush had no idea Louisiana needed help until after his vacation Wednesday night, at least that's what the GOP is now trying to spin. The state government NEVER said they needed federal help. Oh yeah, well here's the letter begging for it on SUNDAY, four days before Bush ended his vacation.

Here's the memo --
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Disaster%20Relief%20Request.pdf

[Birthmark]

1. I think BushCo still doesn't get it.

Lies are sooooo pre-Katrina! They ain't gonna fly no more.

[KeepItReal]

2. "effective response will be be beyond the capabilities of the State"

DAMN!

No exuses for Bush & Co.

Recommended. We need to never lose sight of this letter.

[Eloriel]

3. FABULOUS - NOMINATED n/t

[evilqueen]

4. Nominated. n/t

[bluethruandthru]

5. 500 million a day?

Did I hear that correctly today? The government has been spending 500 million a day on the Katrina disaster? On what? Can we get an accounting or will this turn our to be another moneypit like Iraq???

[havocmom]

9. and $5 BILLION a week on Iraq

with basically the same results, people starving, dying of thirst, no medical care and infastructure shot to hell. BUT... bush* didn't want to send the Guard into NOLA with relief supplies because IT was dangerous!

[July]

22. I think it's $5-6 billion a month. nt

[havocmom]

18. LOL This explains it! From the blog page in original post:

Halliburton gets NOLA clean-up contract
by John in DC - 9/02/2005 05:26:00 PM

That didn't take long.

The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.

From the blog page http://www.americablog.org/ . Halliburton exposure is below the tale of the big party in DC, complete with fireworks, celebrating the end of WWII. (Party WAS held tonight, 9-2-05, ya know, in case you got confused.) And below the story about the member of the Spanish Parliament who had been trapped with a few other folks in the NOLA convention center. Our Sec of State was on the job... buying shoes and attending a comedy in NYC, as you recall. The Halliburton blurb is directly below the one about dumb ass things the Capon In Chief had to say today on his road show.

This blog is now on the top of my morning read list!

[Fla Dem]

6. HaHa...Gotcha Bushie !!!! n/t

[Gloria]

7. Eleanor Clift said tonight on McLaughlin Group that Bush's

words would come back to haunt him re: not knowing levees would break.

Add it to the list of GOP lies...

[havocmom]

8. Bueno! Keep it kicked, get more recommendations on this thread

and take it to the streets!

Any bloggers: please get this link out. Anybody who ventures into other boards, ya know what to do!

Let's get this out enough to make them shut their fucking yaps. They are working very hard to give Blanco the BUSHCO Gray Davis Treatment! DO NOT LET THE MURDERING SCUM GET AWAY WITH IT!

jefferson_dem, you made my day with this post! Owe ya a pie!

[AuntiBush]

10. Oh, Spare Us Bush-Team Media Spinners From Your Lies

Just tell the damn truth. You do not give a rat's ass about any of us.

[blue4barb]

11. Nominated. Printed a hard copy also.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Thanks for posting....nominated and kicked.

Thanks for the internet, Al Gore....we can kill the spin before it can take hold.

From her official declaration-

"I have determined that the incident will be of such severity and magnitude that effective response will be beyond the capabilities of the State and the affected local government and that supplementary Federal assistance will be necessary"....

"I request direct Federal assistance for work and services to save lives and protect property."

"I have designated Mr. Arthur G. Jones as the State Coornating Officer for this request. He will work with the FEMA in damage assessment and may provide further information or justification on my behalf."

Sounds to me she covered her bases...unfortunately, Bush didn't cover his.

[KerryOn]

13. I'm sending this letter to O'Riley.....

Last night I was kind of proud of him, because he was ranting to the head of Homeland Security, about the slow response of this administration.

Tonight he had changed his tune, which doesn't surprise me. Tonight he was blaming everything on the Governor of Louisiana, saying that she should have asked the Government for help, and that the blame should all be put on her!

SCREEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!!!

[timber84]

15. saw that to

what i don't get he and s. smith were both blasting the mayor of nola and the gov but on another post here they said that s. smith told hannity to stop the spin and i watched some of H&C and sean did not say one word about themayor or gov, imagine that

[Usrename]

14. Just got back from freeperville - most disgusting comment ?

In my opinion, and ignoring all the hick bigotry over there, was this:

These leaders need to start TEACHING these welfare people on how to fend for themselves sometime. Teach them to FISH instead of handing them a fish.

[jillan]

16. Get serious people! That memo had too many words for **

and there were no pictures.

And besides we all know he doesn't read memos.

[progressoid]

17. And now * is spinning that "relief efforts are unacceptable"

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2005-09-02T143418Z_01_N02357272_RTRIDST_0_WEATHER-KATRINA-BUSH-UPDATE-2.XML

FUCK YOU GEORGE!

[havocmom]

19. demonize the victims and villianize the fed/state/locals and volunteers

who have been busting their humps since BEFORE the strom hit. George only knows how to whine.

[Igel]

20. But it also contains language detrimental to the cause.

The state of emergency was indeed declared.

MREs were distributed ... on Monday, wasn't it? Or Tuesday. Some aid was forthcoming; just not nearly as much as needed.

One wonders, however, what is to be made of the language, "... Emergency has been issued for the State in order to support the evacuations of the coastal areas and remainder of the state to support the State Evacuation and Sheltering Plan." She's not asking for help in evacuation; she's asking for help following.

Most of the aid requested is recovery aid; I'm not sure that FEMA's even started that yet. And the language about "beyond the capabilities of the State" follows the Preliminary Damage Assessment. I suspect that they haven't even done that yet, or if they did it soon after Katrina passed on Monday they got it wrong.

The RW spin can continue, even in the presence of this letter, however: the specifics of the help (beyond inclusion in programs for authorizing fund disbursement upon application) needed aren't included. What actually was requested? MREs? Blankets? Space heaters? What they should have requested (in hindsight) was help evacuating the city, with NG mobilization on Saturday or Sunday to help in crowd control and food distribution, as well as prepositioning of foodstuffs and medication.

This doesn't mean that the response wasn't ridiculously slow; early on FEMA should have be pro-active. Moreover, I presume that *'s decision on Tuesday to return to DC had something to do with Katrina.

[aikoaiko]

23. Read the letter: asks for $ to help cleanup and housing after the storm

It doesn't even ask for troops to maintain security let alone asking for prehurricane evacuation help.

She asks for help, but not the help they really needed before the storm hit or afterward for the most part.

[jefferson_dem]

21. Kick >>

Mornin'.

:kick: