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Post #272,286 by jb4 11/5/06 6:31:53 PM Reply	OK... Seesm to me, though, that the "howls" were for troops to provide logistical support to evacuate the hell-hole that the Superdome had become, and to get food, water, clothing and medical supplies into downtown. I don't recall that he was calling for them to take over law enforcement, nor was he calling for a declaration of martial law in the area. In fact, through my swiss-cheesey brain, I seem to recall that it was he that raised the posse comitatus argument, that troops couldn't take over law enforcement activity in "his" city. jb4 "When the final history is written in Iraq, [link\|http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tmate/2006/tmate060926.gif\|it'll look just like a comma.]" — George W. Bush, 24 Sep 06
Post #272,288 by boxley 11/5/06 6:33:25 PM Reply	he did, doesnt mean that a year later that the cheezwhizz that the general electorate uses for brains would remember that. Gotta keep amerika safe doncha no. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #272,292 by bepatient 11/5/06 7:11:49 PM Reply	Wrong. You may want to look at the news coverage again. Nagin was asking about the response and bitching about it a day before governor even signed the order for 40k guard to come in to "restore order and stem lawlessness". This was based on issues regarding the FEMA evacs being suspended in some areas because the choppers were being shot at. You seem hell bent on re-fighting this battle based on a post that simply states the change in the law will be blamed on Katrina and the criticism of the federal government's response. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #272,312 by Silverlock 11/5/06 9:19:44 PM Reply	Helicopters being fired on? Pretty sure that was rumor only. ----------------------------------------- Draft Obama [link\|http://www.draftobama.org/\|now].
Post #272,321 by bepatient 11/5/06 10:26:16 PM Reply	Re: Helicopters being fired on? Pretty sure that was rumor o [link\|http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/09/01/story218818.asp\|http://archives.tcm....1/story218818.asp] Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #272,384 by Silverlock 11/6/06 11:29:06 AM Reply	Like I said. Your link is to a "breaking news" story. A story reporting rumors. Try this one; [link\|http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/12802783.htm\|Link] ----------------------------------------- Draft Obama [link\|http://www.draftobama.org/\|now].
Post #272,394 by bepatient 11/6/06 12:47:50 PM Reply	And Like I said. your story even has reports of rescue teams being fired on...just reporting that the helo fire was a rumor. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #272,412 by Silverlock 11/6/06 1:34:43 PM Reply	So you're wrong but you're right. Ok, whatever. ----------------------------------------- Draft Obama [link\|http://www.draftobama.org/\|now].
Post #272,418 by bepatient 11/6/06 3:01:04 PM Reply	Some rescue ops were indeed suspended your article says so. Your "you're wrong" is directed at a specific case that I mentioned but ignores the larger issue. So, for your sake, I accept your correctness about the specific instance of helicopters. I was incorrect. It doesn't change the fact that there was bitching going on about troops being needed to restore order before the process that allowed them there had been carried out...and that those complaints persisted well after the event itself as one of the primary aspects of the "slow federal government response". Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}

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