New Orleans Residents Learn Squat From... NEW ORLEANS???
Topic: National News
With Hurricane Rita scheduled to pass through the Florida Keys today and head towards the Gulf of Mexico, Houston and New Orleans by this weekend, the question remains whether or not New Orleans residents are smart enough to stop coming back to their critically wounded city... and the answer appears to be "no."
Even though N'awlins mayor Ray Nagin gave in to Presidential and Federal requests not to reopen the city to residents who were evacuated, there seems to be a growing dissent on whether or not residents of the underwater capital of America should be allowed to return to their ravaged homes. Any person With some semblance of intelligence would see that this is a really, really bad idea. So bad, in fact, that even the President sees it as bad!
And not only has Mayor Nagin said he didn't want to halt the return, but he attacked the federal leaders in charge of rescuing what is left of the city. This seems slightly hypocritical after Nagin refused to evacuate or prepare the city for the worst... even after being begged to do so by the U.S. Government.
“The citizens of New Orleans deserve the opportunity to see what they have left and what they can salvage,” Nagin told Fox News in response to warnings from the federal official in charge in New Orleans, Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen.
“I’m a little surprised the admiral came out publicly on this,” he added. “Maybe since I’ve been away a day or two, maybe he’s the new crowned federal mayor of New Orleans.”Bush, however, showed his usual knack for not being able to speak off of a TelePrompTer With his response.
“We want this city to re-emerge. As I said, I can’t imagine America without a vibrant New Orleans. It’s just a matter of timing,” Bush said. “We’re cautious about encouraging people to return at this moment of history.”
“We have made our position loud and clear,” Bush said. “The mayor is working hard. The mayor — you know, he’s got this dream about having a city up and running, and we share that dream. But we also want to be realistic about some of the hurdles and obstacles that we all confront in repopulating New Orleans.”So who will emerge as right? Well, we'll have to see just how destructive the next hurricane will become. Then it's up to the weather gods and the spin doctors.
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