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Amazing. People are told before the hurricane hit that if they come to the Super Dome for shelter bring enough food and water for 5 days. Organizing food and water for +30000 people don't happen overnight. It takes 4 days for help to arrive in force. Suddenly we are losing are "superpower" status and we nothing but a bunch of rascist thugs that don't care about the black people. Bullshit.
Mobilizing the National Guard for deployment generally takes several months. Here it happened in 4 days.
Bush didn't drop the ball. The local and state government dropped the ball. The local and state government is responsible for and to their constituients until help can arrive from the federal level. There was a total breakdown of government on the local level and a partial breakdown at the state level. There was reports and video tapes of a few of the local police joining the looters. Some of the police just waltzed off and away from their responsibilities. The Mayor did nothing for three days then showed up at the Super Dome whining like a little bitch and generally making an ass of himself. That is not leadership. The Governor could have mobilized the LA National Guard several days before the hurricane hit to assist getting the sick and poor out of the city. She did nothing but order a complete evacuation and then act surprised that there was so many left in the city. To this day she has done very little to assist her constituients.
What a fuckin' mess.
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