Random Musings

I truly regret that I was right about the damage sustained in New Orleans.

If there is blame to be placed, it should not be placed primarily at the feet of President Bush.

Last year, the city of New Orleans ran an emergency scenario test should a category 4 or 5 hurricane hit. The test showed tremendous vulnerability for the city.

Why wasn't it corrected?

With all the talk of evacuating those who had no transportation, why weren't the city buses utilized in advance of the storm.

Many in the media have excused the violence and looting as being understandable due to the despair and poverty of the city. It's funny. I don't recall there being any rapes or violent crimes in the cattle cars of those being shipped to Auschwitz.

Of course it is possible that the stories aren't true.

Rudi Giuliani was a hero for his presence and actions on 9/11. Ray Nagin will be remembered as an ineffective leader who stayed in Baton Rouge.

Why don't the Democratic leaders preach personal responsibility?

I believe the federal government should financially assist people who have been left homeless after natural disasters. However, shouldn't homeowner's insurance companies cover the loss of homes and businesses?

Why should the federal government insure against flooding? They've been doing it since the mid-60's. Since it has been the case, millions of homes in flood prone areas have been built with the safety net of government - knowing that their homes will be rebuilt with federal government dollars.

If you want to live in paradise, shouldn't YOU pay for it?

There are more than a few reports of New Orleans' police dropping their badges and skipping town. Did this happen in New York? I don't think so.

I seem to recall firefighters rushing up 70 flights of stairs with over 50lbs. of gear on their backs. Many of whom cared more about saving lives than dying themselves.

"The vultures of the venomous left are attacking on two fronts, first that the president didn't do what the incompetent mayor of New Orleans and the pouty governor of Louisiana should have done, and didn't, in the early hours after Katrina loosed the deluge on the city that care and good judgment forgot. Ray Nagin, the mayor, ordered a "mandatory" evacuation a day late, but kept the city's 2,000 school buses parked and locked in neat rows when there was still time to take the refugees to higher ground. " - Wesley Prudin, the Washington Times