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So you feel getting the fuck out of Dodge and leaving someone/anyone else to coordinate the evacuation is the correct behaviour for a mayor? The save my own ass fuck you plan. I like it. It just seems so right.

A lot of times, if you don't save your own ass, nobody does. Look at all those people who got stuck holding the ball in New Orleans. Nobody saved their ass cause they didn't save their own.

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What exactly could the Presadent have done on the ground? Hell their own police were running scared. I don't even need to comment on my last move. I can tell you it was not as smooth as the mayors'.

The President flying over was a symbol. If I were sitting on my couch in my new house in Dallas, then saw a report on television about the President jetting gallantly over the city in ruins. You'd better believe I'd make all the possible noise I could about that President needing to get his butt to work in New Orleans. Nagin knew full well he couldn't do a damn thing about it. He doesn't make all kinds of ridiculous noise, maybe New Orleans goes another couple of days without federal support.

You saw Cherloff's double-talk about how they didn't know that people were stuck in the convention center. That was BS saying he was too busy to know what was going on. For whatever reason, FEMA was overwhelmed and couldn't do anything about the convention center. Then, you've got to come on television and not admit you're a mess, but act like "oh yeah, it's unfortunate, but....". Nagin doesn't make a lot of riduculous noise, who knows how much longer FEMA "didn't know" people were stuck in the convention center.

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How?? Beacuse that's his fucking job! He didn't do it so now this fuck nut wants to dirvert blame from his ass by placing it every/anywhere else.

That mayor saw that Hurricane coming and knew damn well New Orleans wasn't going to make it. You've got to divert blame everywhere to make it look like you gave a fuck. He knows he's getting kicked out of the mayor's seat on his ass. You don't divert blame and people sue your ass on top of it. The Mayor is a wealthy man, he had a lot to lose in lawsuits.

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I found just what I expected to find. As someone that lived in NO, I expected nothing less than him thinking of his family and his own ass first. Then I expected him to blame everyone he could think of, but himself for the fallout from Katrina.

Hmmm, guess we're not arguing. That's what I been saying.

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Thank God I moved slightly north before Katrina hit.

BTW I am still living with the after math of this storm, so I tend to take all this personally. But hell I still have a roof over my head so things could be worse. YMMV

Yeah, smart move. Like I said above. I'm interested in the New Orleans rebuild, but not unless that region shows more intelligence than the last corrupt government they had. Good government presented with the funds and opportunity to rebuild, that place could light a fire in economic growth.