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To: Micawber who wrote (40306)	9/3/2005 10:34:31 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

There's a chain of blame. The mayor, the governor, both deserve blame for forgetting that a lot of the poor, which is a lot of New Orleans, couldn't drive out and had nowhere to go. After the storm hit, the mayor's resources are pretty much gone. The state of LA, one of our poorest, can't be expected to do a whole lot THEN either. THEN, it's a national problem, a FEMA problem. THAT's where the national blame starts, and there's PLENTY of it, from the inept Bush political appointee as FEMA director, to Bush's documented gutting of FEMA under the Department of Homeland Security, to Bush's own "I don't give a shit" response (watch the tape of him playing guitar as the storm hit), to 60% of LA's National Guard and virtually all of their helicopters and equipment being in Iraq. It's a national disgrace. This buck SHOULD stop with Bush.

To: Micawber who wrote (40306)	9/3/2005 3:02:48 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 306849

Cuba offers medical assistance: nola.com Castro offers medical help "Our country is ready to send, in the small hours of morning, 100 clinicians and specialists in comprehensive general medicine, who at dawn tomorrow, (Saturday) could be in Houston International Airport, Texas, the closest to the region struck by the tragedy, in order to be transferred by air, sea or river to the isolated shelters, facilities and neighborhoods in the city of New Orleans, where the population and families are that require emergency medical care or first aid," Cuban President Fidel Castro said in a televised annoucement Friday. "These Cuban personnel would be carrying backpacks with 24 kilograms of medications, known to be essential in such situations to save lives, as well as basic diagnosis kits. They would be prepared to work alone or in groups of two or more, depending on the circumstances, for as long as necessary. "Likewise, Cuba is ready to send via Houston, or any other airport of your choosing, 500 additional specialists in comprehensive general medicine, with the same equipment, who could be at their destination point at noon or in the afternoon of tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 3. "A third group of 500 specialists in comprehensive general medicine could be arriving in the morning of Sunday, Sept. 4. Thus, the 1100 said medical doctors, with the resources described tantamount to 26.4 tons of medications and diagnosis kits, would be caring for the neediest persons in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. "These medical doctors have the necessary international experience and elementary knowledge of the English language that would allow them to communicate with the patients. "We stand ready waiting for the US authorities' response." The Bush administration, which has imposed travel and trade sanctions against the communist government, isn't likely to accept the offer

To: Micawber who wrote (40306)	9/3/2005 3:33:56 PM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

"Just ignore that flaming A hole mayor whose only response to this crisis is screaming at W, and ignore the totally ineffectual governor who refuses to admit as to when she finally made the calls to the Nat. Guard and to FEMA. There is PLENTY of blame to go around on this one. All the way to the top. And Bush has admitted that mistakes were made. I don't hear that coming from the local yokels" I'm no Bush lover but the actions and comments made by the mayor, Jessie Jackson, some black entertainers, NAACP and Congressional Black caucus are inexcusable and did nothing to solve the problem.