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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (699665)	9/3/2005 9:52:36 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/03/2005 Landrieu Implores President to "Relieve Unmitigated Suffering;" End FEMA's "Abject Failures" WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., issued the following statement this afternoon regarding her call yesterday for President Bush to appoint a cabinet-level official to oversee Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts within 24 hours. Sen. Landrieu said: "Yesterday, I was hoping President Bush would come away from his tour of the regional devastation triggered by Hurricane Katrina with a new understanding for the magnitude of the suffering and for the abject failures of the current Federal Emergency Management Agency. 24 hours later, the President has yet to answer my call for a cabinet-level official to lead our efforts. Meanwhile, FEMA, now a shell of what it once was, continues to be overwhelmed by the task at hand. "I understand that the U.S. Forest Service had water-tanker aircraft available to help douse the fires raging on our riverfront, but FEMA has yet to accept the aid. When Amtrak offered trains to evacuate significant numbers of victims -- far more efficiently than buses -- FEMA again dragged its feet. Offers of medicine, communications equipment and other desperately needed items continue to flow in, only to be ignored by the agency. "But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast -- black and white, rich and poor, young and old -- deserve far better from their national government. "Mr. President, I'm imploring you once again to get a cabinet-level official stood up as soon as possible to get this entire operation moving forward regionwide with all the resources -- military and otherwise -- necessary to relieve the unmitigated suffering and economic damage that is unfolding." Today's aerial tour of the 17th Street levee will be featured tomorrow on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Later, Sen. Landrieu will also appear on CBS's 60 Minutes. Return to Press Releases Return to Sen. Mary Landrieu's Home Page

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (699665)	9/3/2005 10:38:20 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The response to the disaster was 3 days late, everyone acknowledges that, and there is no excuse for it. This is one more very disappointing chapter in the Bush presidency. Just inexcuseable on all levels. Finally 5 days later what should have been underway the day after is going well. But you rightwingers share guilt on this one. You have been supporting this Iraq War which has been sucking up all our Guard, military equipment, money and resources, and now it's costing us dearly back home. Also, Bush was once again asleep at the wheel when disaster struck after having cut levee construction funds by 85%. The day after Katrina he was making a BS speech about Iraq comparing himself to FDR. As if any comparison between the two is remotely rational. Also, you seem to be implying that black people are "feces". Do you want to retract that statement? This week made bleeding heart liberals out of millions of good former conservatives. They saw the reality of the world, not the rightwing spin, and they realized they had to step in where their government had failed.