"A day before President Bush headed to the hurricane-ravaged South, Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out at federal officials, telling a local radio station "they don't have a clue what's going on down here."
Federal officials expressed sympathy but quickly defended themselves, saying they, too, were overwhelmed by the catastrophe that hit the Gulf Coast region on Monday.
Nagin's interview Thursday night on WWL radio came as President Bush planned to visit Gulf Coast communities battered by Hurricane Katrina, a visit aimed at alleviating criticism that he engineered a too- little, too-late response.
Bush viewed the damage while flying over the region Wednesday en route to Washington after cutting short his Texas vacation by two days.
"They flew down here one time two days after the doggone event was over with TV cameras, AP reporters, all kind of goddamn _ excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed," Nagin said.
So are we Mayor Nagin, when we saw this:
The quesion is why in the hell didn't you get those people, especially the poor on those buses and get them out of harms way?
Mr. Mayor? We're waiting...
More about the "no-bus" the Junk Yard Dog Blog
UPDATE: No doubt, the "No Bus" fiasco is what fueled the heroics of this young man, Jabbar Gibson, whom we all should be very proud of. His spirit and courage is what is needed in times like this. It the heros like Jabbar that will ulimately pull New Orleans through this. When all is said and done he should be rewarded and recognized, although I have a feeling he would be too noble to accept it.
UPDATE II: Junkyard Blog has even MORE pics of municipal buses, at least 140 of them just a mile from the dome.
Again, why Mayor Nagin were these vehicles NOT used? After all, you must have known that the poor needed such transportation to get out?
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