Comments on: 205 http://www.punditguy.com/205/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ShyGuy http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-891 ShyGuy Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:14:21 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-891 Just a small question. All of these pictures of school buses plastered all over the place. The City of New Orleans owns approximately 357 school buses. Of that number, almost 150 are not working, in need of various repairs. So yes, there are about 205 or so school buses that are operational. My small question is, how does anyone know if the flooded school buses in these pictures are the operational buses, the buses that are not functioning or a combination of the two? If they are the non-operating buses, how would you propose they be saved from the flood, hauled away by tow trucks, which the city probably doesn't have very many of? If these flooded buses are a mixture, how many are operational that possibly could have been saved and how many not? It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But sometimes a few words are worth more than a thousand pictures, if those pictures don't give you all the circumstances that the picture depicts. In this case, if those are the inoperative buses, a picture can falsely show the city as being not functioning properly when it actually is. I have heard stories that the 205 school buses and the Metro Transit buses were used until the drivers decided to flee the floods with their own families. Just as many of the police officers did. I have also heard various people other than city and state officials say that the buses were used to bring refugees to the Superdome and Convention Center under instructions from FEMA. How else would all of those poor people have gotten there, if not by using the very buses the city is accused of not using? I have no way of knowing the truth of these statements and neither does anyone else until an impartial review has been made. If true, then the castigation of local and state officials is unwarranted. If false then they deserve all of the criticsm then have received and then some. The problem is that the current inverstigation is being carried out by one of the parties that may be at fault, the Federal Government, and so its results can't be accepted as truthful. Just as the rebuilding effort is neing directed by Karl Rove, which means even more profits for Haliburton. After all, former FEMA Director Joe Albaugh has a $100 million contract to help rebuild, as a representative of Haliburton who already has a $1.1 billion no-bid contract to do rebuilding as well. I am also amused by all of the praise for Haley Barbour, when there are people still missing in MS, as well as people still not rescued there as well. Whole communities have been wiped from the map. Not to mention the destruction caused by the gambling boats. Whole streets of buildings that survived the hurricane and storm surge were wiped out by these massive barges. Why no criticsm of him for not moving these barges away from the shoreline in order to protect waterfront structures? Hardly something I would be proud of if I were a Governor. Just a small question. All of these pictures of school buses plastered all over the place. The City of New Orleans owns approximately 357 school buses. Of that number, almost 150 are not working, in need of various repairs. So yes, there are about 205 or so school buses that are operational. My small question is, how does anyone know if the flooded school buses in these pictures are the operational buses, the buses that are not functioning or a combination of the two? If they are the non-operating buses, how would you propose they be saved from the flood, hauled away by tow trucks, which the city probably doesn’t have very many of? If these flooded buses are a mixture, how many are operational that possibly could have been saved and how many not?
It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But sometimes a few words are worth more than a thousand pictures, if those pictures don’t give you all the circumstances that the picture depicts.
In this case, if those are the inoperative buses, a picture can falsely show the city as being not functioning properly when it actually is.
I have heard stories that the 205 school buses and the Metro Transit buses were used until the drivers decided to flee the floods with their own families. Just as many of the police officers did. I have also heard various people other than city and state officials say that the buses were used to bring refugees to the Superdome and Convention Center under instructions from FEMA. How else would all of those poor people have gotten there, if not by using the very buses the city is accused of not using? I have no way of knowing the truth of these statements and neither does anyone else until an impartial review has been made. If true, then the castigation of local and state officials is unwarranted. If false then they deserve all of the criticsm then have received and then some.
The problem is that the current inverstigation is being carried out by one of the parties that may be at fault, the Federal Government, and so its results can’t be accepted as truthful. Just as the rebuilding effort is neing directed by Karl Rove, which means even more profits for Haliburton. After all, former FEMA Director Joe Albaugh has a $100 million contract to help rebuild, as a representative of Haliburton who already has a $1.1 billion no-bid contract to do rebuilding as well.
I am also amused by all of the praise for Haley Barbour, when there are people still missing in MS, as well as people still not rescued there as well. Whole communities have been wiped from the map. Not to mention the destruction caused by the gambling boats. Whole streets of buildings that survived the hurricane and storm surge were wiped out by these massive barges. Why no criticsm of him for not moving these barges away from the shoreline in order to protect waterfront structures? Hardly something I would be proud of if I were a Governor.

]]> By: The Original Musings http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-897 The Original Musings Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:40:58 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-897 <strong>And here's another question for you ...</strong> Hello, Mayor? I saw the most amazing photo on Yahoo news today. I immediately thought "wait ... why didn't they ..." And then I thought surely I wasn't the only person to have had that thought. So I did a... And here’s another question for you …

Hello, Mayor? I saw the most amazing photo on Yahoo news today. I immediately thought “wait … why didn’t they …” And then I thought surely I wasn’t the only person to have had that thought. So I did a…

]]> By: Remembers http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Remembers Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:12:34 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-890 What is the purpose of Homeland Security if they are so limited in their ability to immediately protect the Homeland? Did they never consider that local and state authority might break down during an extreme crisis? Or were they they too busy "basking in the sun" in Hawaii and handing out billions to their cronies? <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=340420&page=1" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=340420&page=1</a> Now pick up your pom poms and practice your BABB (Blame anybody but Bush)cheers again, some of you aren't quite in sync. What is the purpose of Homeland Security if they are so limited in their ability to immediately protect the Homeland? Did they never consider that local and state authority might break down during an extreme crisis?

Or were they they too busy “basking in the sun” in Hawaii and handing out billions to their cronies? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=340420&page=1

Now pick up your pom poms and practice your BABB (Blame anybody but Bush)cheers again, some of you aren’t quite in sync.

]]> By: tribe.net: punditguy.com http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-896 tribe.net: punditguy.com Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:52:26 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-896 <strong>Re: blacks "loot" while whites "find" goods in the flood</strong> Here is yet another article from another tribe. Somebody explain these pho... Re: blacks “loot” while whites “find” goods in the flood

Here is yet another article from another tribe.

Somebody explain these pho…

]]> By: tribe.net: www.punditguy.com http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-895 tribe.net: www.punditguy.com Fri, 09 Sep 2005 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-895 <strong>Somebody explain these photos to me</strong> 205 school busses sat idle when the storm hit. Why weren't they used to evac... Somebody explain these photos to me

205 school busses sat idle when the storm hit. Why weren’t they used to evac…

]]> By: Bithead = idiot http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Bithead = idiot Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:55:27 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-889 Uhhh... hey retard, the idea is to evacuate the poor with those busses BEFORE the storm hits. Not run them out to fucking Texas, let the storm kill of most of the people, and then come back to NO and drive around looking for people to transport. You know, kinda like how they were putting people into the superdome BEFORE the storm hit, not after? Fuck youre stupid. Uhhh… hey retard, the idea is to evacuate the poor with those busses BEFORE the storm hits. Not run them out to fucking Texas, let the storm kill of most of the people, and then come back to NO and drive around looking for people to transport.

You know, kinda like how they were putting people into the superdome BEFORE the storm hit, not after?

Fuck youre stupid.

]]> By: Dee http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Dee Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:36:59 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-888 Where was he supposed to evacuate these people to? Who was going to coordinate and provide shelter, food, water, medical for these people BEFORE the hurricane? Were all these people supposed to sit on a bus until it was over? It is easy to say what should have been done when you were not there and don't know all of the facts behind the bueracacy. There are many at fault on all levels of governmant. What a lesson to be learned by ALL. Focus on the future of these Americans and offer them hope. Where was he supposed to evacuate these people to? Who was going to coordinate and provide shelter, food, water, medical for these people BEFORE the hurricane? Were all these people supposed to sit on a bus until it was over? It is easy to say what should have been done when you were not there and don’t know all of the facts behind the bueracacy. There are many at fault on all levels of governmant. What a lesson to be learned by ALL. Focus on the future of these Americans and offer them hope.

]]> By: Jack Yoest http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-894 Jack Yoest Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:10:56 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-894 <strong>Y2K and The Management of Hurricane Katrina's Aftermath</strong> Leadership is setting the strategic direction; Management is getting things done. Katrina's havoc shows us that government bureaucracies do not perform well in large scale emergencies where people are dying. From Reasoned Audacity,Pundit Guy gives us t... Y2K and The Management of Hurricane Katrina’s Aftermath

Leadership is setting the strategic direction; Management is getting things done. Katrina’s havoc shows us that government bureaucracies do not perform well in large scale emergencies where people are dying. From Reasoned Audacity,Pundit Guy gives us t…

]]> By: Robert Speirs http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-887 Robert Speirs Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:24:41 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-887 To make it as simple as possible, cc, the mayor was saying that he couldn't get his people out because the Federal Govt. wouldn't send him any busses. He had all these busses sitting there all the time. He could have used them to shuttle people to higher ground. Why didn't he? And, heck, people could have walked out after the storm passed and before the waters rose everywhere. They stayed to loot, mainly. And to whine and get money from responsible people. To make it as simple as possible, cc, the mayor was saying that he couldn’t get his people out because the Federal Govt. wouldn’t send him any busses. He had all these busses sitting there all the time. He could have used them to shuttle people to higher ground. Why didn’t he? And, heck, people could have walked out after the storm passed and before the waters rose everywhere. They stayed to loot, mainly. And to whine and get money from responsible people.

]]> By: JasonColeman.com http://www.punditguy.com/205/comment-page-1/#comment-893 JasonColeman.com Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:53:56 +0000 http://www.punditguy.com/wp/?p=1470#comment-893 <strong>Thoughts on Katrina, a beginning. . . .</strong> It's been very hard to put together something about the disaster in New Orleans. N.O. is my hometown, the place of my birth and where I came to realize who I was and what the world around me was like.... Thoughts on Katrina, a beginning. . . .

It’s been very hard to put together something about the disaster in New Orleans. N.O. is my hometown, the place of my birth and where I came to realize who I was and what the world around me was like….

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