So AID was withheld untill Powerstruggle w/Blanco was resolved!

[demo dutch]

That's my conclusion based on the NPR report. Some aid in NO (buses and Guardsman) started arriving on Friday afternoon in. Reports from the ground on Friday still did not reflect what FEMA officals where claiming. The mtg aboard A1 was held with Nagin and Blanco around midday on Friday. Fed Aid "in full force" arrived on Saturday.

Is this correct?

[acmavm]

1. Aid showed up at the same time the pResident did. What does that

tell you?

[maine_raptor]

2. That his motorcade cleared the way

either that or it was just one of those coincidences that dot life.
:sarcasm:

[bluedawg12]

4. All communications were knocked out for Nagin

He needed military help and command and control set up.

Instead, the FEDS blocked hundreds of Guard trucks from entering NOLA after the flood. Forget the buses- why were the convoys stopped outside of NOLA?

[havocmom]

5. Poor and elderly paid dearly for more GOP plastic turkey?

Thankful the rest of us just have to make required tax payments to fund GOP commercials and don't have to pay with our homes/lives like the folks in NOLA did.

[acmavm]

7. What an fantastic way to describe it. Thanks.

.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. That was the fake aid

the stuff Bush sent in for the photo op, most of which left with him.

The real aid showed up when Blanco took back her state from the FEDS and hired James Witt and put Gen Honore in charge of the NG and military.

Then the real rescue/aid mission began.

[CottonBear]

3. See Snopes.com Katrina section for the true and false stories. n/t

[PublicWrath]

6. The little foxes that spoil the vine.................

They wanted to trade aid for total control of the city, for who knows how long. One can speculate that they were motivated by a desire to award rebuilding contracts without going through the city officials or Governor; blank checks for friendly developers to rebuild the city in their own image.