@WL Re: $SPAM+++++++++ Re: [Vision2020] Of Deltas and CO2

[Jeff Harkins]

Exactly! - You get it.

LA is a predominantly democratic state.   Can you 
imagine what would happen if the Feds (a 
Republican administration) used their resources 
and authority to take control of the martial law 
activities, law enforcement, etc. in LA.  No, 
those decisions rest with elected state 
officials.  The governor controls the National 
Guard.  US military are not permitted to act as 
police officers on US soil.  It would take an act 
of Congress (and probably a constitutional 
amendment) to allow that.  As many security 
experts reported today, it does appear that there 
was little or no command and control at the state or local level.

The fact is that the Feds appear to have done 
what they could prior to the storm to position 
resources, etc. - in accord with FEMA and 
Homeland Security protocols.  As to why the LA 
National Guard was not mobilized prior to the 
storm is not clear (at least from the sources I 
am researching).  As to why there was such a 
delay in requesting assistance by state officials 
is also unclear - but no doubt that will receive 
a lot of attention in the coming days.  I am sure 
that pundits on both sides of the partisan lines 
will be frothing at the mouth to point their 
fingers and shake their fists.  Typical non-accountability will prevail.

At 11:19 AM 9/4/2005, Andreas Schou wrote:
>But they are not allowed to engage until 
>authorized by state officials, which did not 
>happen until 2 days after the storm hit.
>
>
>Third of all, what you are telling me is that 
>the poor federal government, like some sort of 
>gigantic, bureaucracy-crazed DMV clerk, realized 
>that it couldn't assist in one of its three most 
>likely catastrophic scenarios because /the 
>proper paperwork wasn't signed/? This strains 
>credibility and punches right through logic and 
>out the other side. What the hell were they 
>afraid of -- a lawsuit by the state of Louisiana?
>
>-- ACS
>
>
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