I'd say that we have a general agreement that the military has a very strong role to play, but so do our governors and our local elected officials. We do have a democracy and a citizenship that has elected mayors, county commissioners and governors, particularly. I'm not sure the governors association or all the mayors in America would be willing to sort of step aside. |
I'm asking Congress, please don't send any more money to FEMA, |
If you have the votes to overturn (it) ... I would ask my colleagues to be brave enough to do it in public, ... in the middle of the night. |
in some second-class fashion. |
Instead of just spending it on a general fund, let's redirect these monies back to environmental funds. |
It is my intention to have this contract reinstated and that whoever is responsible apologizes to these workers, |
It may be too vague. It needs to say regime change and for the promotion of some semblance of democratic government. |
It shouldn't be used by either side to promote a tax policy agenda, ... Everything for Katrina is coming more slowly than expected. It's because the administration is still yet to grasp the dimensions and scope of the devastation. |
It's becoming painfully obvious that our cultural assets are critically important to what the city looks like, ... One of the things we learned from this storm is that the things that we took for granted are the most valuable to us. |
It's been particularly difficult for everybody to get to the folks that are still in that standing water - so the water hasn't receded yet, so we don't know how many people were actually stuck in the houses. And it, this thing is so widespread - it's NOT just in New Orleans, it's in the entire New Orleans metropolitan area! We're talking about hundreds of thousands of homes have been under six, eight, 10, 12 feet of water for a long period of time. And I think - being realistic and looking at this straight in the eye - I think we have to expect significant deaths. |
It's just fabulous, fantastic news for this region. |
It's not a focus but a foundation, ... We've gotten criticism from people who don't understand how critical the situation is in south Louisiana and don't understand how important south Louisiana is to the rest of the nation. |
It's what we wanted to hear, |
Kathleen Blanco was the most experienced and the most qualified, ... The first woman governor to represent our state. |
Let's hope that the hurricane does not hit at a Category 4 strength and let's hope the lessons we've learned - the painful, tragic lessons that have been learned in the last few weeks - will best prepare us for what could happen with Rita. |