This storm was not something any state or local officials could handle.

How true that is, minus one key part of the statement ... after the storm. They knew because the study you speak of was known to them as well. The feds didn't call for that study.

The local officials had more than enough warning prior to the storm to do something about it. They chose not to and 1000 people died. Those people would not have died if they were never there for the storm. They shouldn't have been there.

Pick up the fuckin report. Read what was said by all parties involved. Before you sit down to read it you might want to pull that Bush hating cob from your ass. It is more than a couple of hundred pages. The cob might chap your ass if you sit too long.

I have tried reason with you. You are just to much of a silly fuck to give a shit about the truth. You have one agenda. I have some good news for you. Bush won't be president forever.

It is not Bush hating it is calling it like it is. Bush was the ONLY person with the assets needed to help and DID NOTHING. That has NOTHING to do with liking or disliking Bush. It has to do with HIS INACTION pure and simple. All you can say when facts ARE PRESENTED THAT show how poorly Bush acted; it is “Bush Hatred”

It is not Bush hating it is calling it like it is.

Yes, it is Bush hating. You hear nothing else, see nothing else and say nothing else. You are incapable of neutral, objective thought. You're nothing but a hate-spewing blogbot.

Other than that, you're great.

Everything I have said is correct. All the facts I sight about how the economy is doing are correct. Everything I have said about Iraq is correct. Everything I have said about the lack or border control is correct. Everything I have said about the deficit is right on. Your problem is that the facts show that this administration from Bush on down is creating these results which YOU SAY ARE NEGATIVE. Sounds like YOU are the Bush Hater!

Most of the National Guard equipment was either in Iraq or under water.

LOL....

"Even though National Guard forces have been heavily engaged in the Global War on Terrorism, nearly 124,000 troops were available for duty in the 17 states along the storm’s projected path, the National Guard Bureau reported. That averages to 78 percent of those states’ total Guard strength. Another 6,000 were available in Texas, and a Guard spokesman pointed out that tens of thousands more could be drawn from the rest of the nation."

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Today's Louisiana Army and Air National Guard consists of 74 units spread among 43 cities and towns of the state and numbers some 11,500 Army and Air Guardsmen.

approximately 2,300 men and women of the 256th Brigade Combat Team who have been away for more than a year while supporting the Global War on Terrorism.

Both Mississippi and Louisiana have about 3,000 National Guard troops deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, defense officials said.

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Gene

Only the 256th Combat team was deployed to Iraqi. They fell in on equipment in theator, leaving their vehicles behind. What I do know of the LA National Guard units in the New Orleans area, is that almost all of them are located at Camp Jackson. An area that was not under water. Could you just see the field day the Republicans (and maybe one or two media outlets) would of had showing thousands of LA National Guard vehicles submergered.



About only 1,800 troops from LA (the rest of the Bgd is from MS) was deployed out of the over 11,500. You need to stop drinking the Cool Aid Gene. The National Guard was pumping thousands of troops into LA. The active troops sent in later was a drop in that bucket, and was only sent as a PR move to get screaming liberals off their backs. Almost everything was handled by the National Guard units from across the nation. The Active troops was not truely needed. I do know your experience is with the non-unified Army Reserves, which are a far cry away from knowing how to react to emergencies. Remember, the Guard does this for a living.

(9/2/2005)

By the day's end, almost 12,000 National Guard troops will be on duty in Louisiana and almost 8,000 in Mississippi, he said. An additional 2,500 Guard members are supporting relief efforts in Florida and Alabama.

(9/4/2005)

By Sept. 3, five days after the storm struck with 145 mph, Category 4 fury on Aug. 29 and after the levees that protected New Orleans had broken open, nearly 27,000 Army and Air Guard men and women were on state active duty in the stricken region.

That number was expected to increase to nearly 40,000 during the coming days. Forty states, including the affected ones, were sending troops, equipment and supplies by cargo planes and convoys. The Guard was providing 74 percent of Joint Task Force Katrina, the uniformed military support to civilian authorities, the National Guard Bureau reported.

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Mississippi Guardsman Counters 'Too Slow' Criticism

GULFPORT, Miss. (9/12/2005) — Some Mississippi National Guardsmen are getting a bit annoyed at the criticism that their response to Hurricane Katrina was too slow.

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The Guard does a great job. The truth is that the magnitude of this storm required the assets of the Active military which it took Bush SIX days to send even though they were as close as Texas. Proof that the Guard and local assets were not up to the task was in the results. The active military could have been in the area the day after the storm to keep order, provide shelter, food, water and medical treatment. They would also have been able to augment the Coats Guard search and rescue. This is what the DOD study indicated was the ONLY EFFECTIVE way of dealing with a storm of this size. ONLY Bush had the authority to send in Active Troops which he finally did on Saturday after the storm! WHAT TOOK SIX DAYS?

You ignore the fact that ONLY the Active Military was able to meet the needs. The National Guard assets were disabled by the storm.

As USUAL this is a total CROCK! Do you think that ALL of LA's National Guard was in New Orleans? Grow a brain will you? I swear you get more ignorant as time goes on.