Subj : Katrina rumormongering To : alt.tv.nypd-blue From : scribe Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 08:35:18 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.nypd-blue Here's the post I referenced in my reply to TC in "OT: helpless...." Note my REAL e-mail addy if anyone in the past wanted to flame me in my old (earthlink) addy which...died two years ago. Now you know how to find me (good thing the Troll's gone:-) - gnb ------begin forwarded message--- Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:52:37 -0500 To: (all respondents deleted) From: GN Bowen Subject: Re: Fw: THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE--BUT MEDIA CANNOT FIND IT Every word of this may be true. But I won't see it as being, in fact, true until the name of the person who originated the information in this post is known. "...A reporter in Florida" by itself won't cut it and, in fact, unidentified sounds a bit questionable. If this person is indeed a reporter, he or she will be more than happy to reveal not only his or her name, but also the sources of information that produced the conclusions. And considering how explosive this information (if true) would be, why is this reporter posting it before the fact? Investigative pieces like this are presented in the given media channelfirst, "copyright" as an exclusive, unique work of the publication. The facts may be correct. But the way in which they have been shared is VERY suspicious if they are being attributed to a reporter. Without proper attribution, afraid the thought occurs... "...be you "spinning" again Karl?" After all, now is the time to position information on which to base future political agendas.- gnb ---original message received--- In a message dated 9/8/2005 12:23:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, GinniandTM writes: THOUGHT ALL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS BEHIND THE SCENES INFO WHICH WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW......... ---begin forwarded message--- Politics over duty This is a post from a fellow over in Merritt Is, FL, a reporter who's been researching what went on before the storm hit the Gulf Coast. I think all of Mayor Nagin's pomp and posturing is going to bite him hard in the near future as the lies and distortions of his interviews are coming to light. On Friday night before the storm hit Max Mayfield of the National Hurricane Center took the unprecedented action of calling Nagin (Mayor of New Orleans) and Blanco (Governor of New Orleans) personally to plead with them to begin MANDATORY evacuation of New Orleans and they said they'd take it under consideration. This was after the NOAA buoy 240 miles south had recorded 68 ft waves before it was destroyed. President Bush spent Friday afternoon and evening in meetings with his advisors and administrators drafting all of the paperwork required for a state to request federal assistance (and not be in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act or having to enact the Insurgency Act). Just before midnight Friday evening the President called Governor Blanco and pleaded with her to sign the request papers so the federal government and the military could legally begin mobilization and call up. He was told that they didn't think it necessary for the federal government to be involved yet. After the President's final call to the governor she held meetings with her staff to discuss the political ramifications of bringing federal forces. It was decided that if they allowed federal assistance it would make it look as if they had failed so it was agreed upon that the feds would not be invited in. Saturday before the storm hit the President again called Blanco and Nagin requesting they please sign the papers requesting federal assistance, that they declare the state an emergency area, and begin mandatory evacuation. After a personal plea from the President Nagin agreed to order an evacuation, but it would not be a full mandatory evacuation, and the governor still refused to sign the papers requesting and authorizing federal action. In frustration the President declared the area a national disaster area before the state of Louisiana did so he could legally begin some advanced preparations. Rumor has it that the President's legal advisers were looking into the ramifications of using the insurgency act to bypass the Constitutional requirement that a state request federal aid before the federal government can move into state with troops - but that had not been done since 1906 and the Constitutionality of it was called into question to use before the disaster. Throw in that over half the federal aid of the past decade to NO for levee construction, maintenance, and repair was diverted to fund a marina and support the gambling ships. Toss in the investigation that will look into why the emergency preparedness plan submitted to the federal government for funding and published on the city's website was never implemented and in fact may have been bogus for the purpose of gaining additional federal funding as we now learn that the organizations identified in the plan were never contacted or coordinating into any planning - though the document implies that they were. The suffering people of NO need to be asking some hard questions as do we all, but they better start with why Blanco refused to even sign the multi-state mutual aid pack activation documents until Wednesday which further delayed the legal deployment of National Guard from adjoining states. Or maybe ask why Nagin keeps harping that the President should have commandeered 500 Greyhound busses to help him when according to his own emergency plan and documents he claimed to have over 500 busses at his disposal to use between the local school busses and the city transportation busses - but he never raised a finger to prepare them or activate them. This is a sad time for all of us to see that a major city has all but been destroyed and thousands of people have died with hundreds of thousands more suffering, but it's certainly not a time for people to be pointing fingers and trying to find a bigger dog to blame for local corruption and incompetence. Pray to God for the survivors that they can start their lives anew as fast as possible and we learn from all the mistakes to avoid them in the future. .