They approached the base commander and he agreed ‘sort of’ ! He couldn;t order anyone because that would have been a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. Instead, he announced a ‘volunteer opportunity’ to assist the local community! He then ‘permitted’ any of the volunteers to use any equipment (radios, batteries, et.al.) they thought necessary in support of their volunteering!

(n.b. the child was found safe and sound and just a little worse for the wear!)

Had Governor Blanco or Mayor Nagin requested federal assistance the President would have had the authority to dispatch military units to assist. Until they did so the President would be invading a sovereign state.

The city of New Orleans government and the Louisiana State Government were contacted by the federal government before Katrina hit and both the city and state government stated that assistance was not needed.

The president assumed that Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco knew what they were they were doing and that they believed the resources they had on hand were adequate. Obviously they were mistaken. Had the Governor’s office not delayed in responding to later offers of help the situation would probably not have deteriorated as much, however that is speculation.

If Bush had been a true Texan and not the Connecticut rich kid he turned out to be, he would have charged into Louisiana and Alabama guns blazing, helping the people and setting things right – johnperdue

Had the president done that he would have been breaking the law! Remember Posse Comitatus??

Your error is that you think of the United States as a single large entity. It is not, it is a union of 50 soveriegn states who have given a centralized government limited powers to engage in activities on their behalf with entities outside “the Union”. At least that is what it started out to be.

The “limited powers” of the central government have been steadily added to so that if the founding fathers looked at our current situation they would see that our federal government now has more power than King George had!!

I could go on, but I don’t want to waste any more time that I’ll never get back on an ignorant jackass …

If I were to pinpoint the beginning of the end for the GOP majority it would be the day Katrina struck and Bush did nothing. We have to rebuild with that low point in mind.

If Bush had been a true Texan and not the Connecticut rich kid he turned out to be, he would have charged into Louisiana and Alabama guns blazing, helping the people and setting things right.

I don’t think it’s a stretch to argue that we are all for limited government on this board, but for what small government we have let’s make it rock solid and moving with watch-like precision.

The part of the post regarding NOLA is stinging to say the least. However, the most awful part of that post is it is correct.

What you leave out, Erick, is that the same post also acclaims Bush’s leadership after 9/11.

Can we please quit with the “ungracious democrats” posts and lets us focus on getting our party together. Lets get some interviews with state and national GOP congressional hopefuls. Lets get Mitch McConnel on here to discuss how we can help him do a better job. Lets get some of our better politician’s statements up here regarding where the GOP is heading.

Either we start preparing for the future and a renewed majority right now or we sit here and nitpick an opposing party that is 100% better than us at nitpicking themselves.

Of course if Mr. Bush had done that in the face of opposition from the Democratic governor of Louisiana, he would have been called a fascist and a dictator and have been impeached on the spot for breaking federal law.

But now that we have a Democrat in charge, I guess it’s perfectly fine for the Federal government to invade states whenever they declare an emergency.

Nothing must stand in the way of demonizing the Bush administration. It’s a small man who tries to raise his esteem by stepping on his predecessor after he’s taken charge. All Obama does is demean the office he holds.

Regards

Blam.

woot!

PS thanks for the shout-out from Huffpoo- you must troll there often to have name recognition of me! I’m a little flattered.

PPS- you’re right. There IS no need to thank you . God Bless America.