To: LindyBill who wrote (136729 ) 9/2/2005 7:52:58 PM From: gamesmistress Read Replies (1) | Respond to I am really confused about what help was asked for by whom and when. According to this post by Donald Sensing, the feds don't just go in, they have to be asked. Enough is enough. Quit playing like a bunch of kids. Where in the [snip] is the cavalry? For God’s sakes, where are they? We are going to have more casualties, because we are going to have more people dehydrated. People without water. People without food. Babies without formula. If we do not get more food into the south end of Dade County in a very short period of time, we are going to have more casualties! He’s on the radio going of, and I do mean GOING OFF about not getting the Federal resources (specifically, military resources) he wants in New Orleans. He is LIVID and has lost his composure. He has used the phrase “Get off your [rears]” and “Get your [rears] on a plane” numerous times. He said he doesn’t want to see “any more [snip snip] press conferences” with Federal officials talking about how much they’re going to do about New Orleans until the resources are down here. He’s losing it. He is literally breaking down on the radio. But there was much that Hale didn’t mention during her tearful soliloquy. First and foremost was the reason that the U.S. Army wasn’t on the scene: No one in Florida had asked for it. American presidents, with good reason, do not treat local jurisdictions like conquered territories, subject to military occupation at the whim of the White House. Even in civil disturbances, where the military’s primary skill–shooting people–is far more relevant than it is in a natural catastrophe, it’s rare to see federal troops. donaldsensing.com
