All My Fault!

[SuperScout]

? Let me make this clear: Everything which has happened as the result of Hurricane Katrina is my fault. Mine. Alone. No one else?s. Stop wasting energy pointing fingers and put your hands to work helping out. It was me. Got it?
? I was a United States Senator from Louisiana in 2001 when the levee at Lake Pontchartrain was declared unsafe and I didn?t have enough clout with my Senatorial brethren to get sufficient money appropriated to fix it. It was my fault.
? Notwithstanding my failure on that front, according to wire services: ?In a telephone interview with reporters, corps officials said that ? the levees near Lake Pontchartrain that gave way ? were completed and in good condition before the hurricane.
?However, they noted that the levees were designed for a Category 3 hurricane and couldn't handle the ferocious winds and raging waters from Hurricane Katrina, a Category 4 storm when it hit the coastline. The decision to build levees for a Category 3 hurricane was made based on a cost-benefit analysis in the 1960s. ?
? Oh. I almost forgot. I was the Commander-in-Chief of all United States Armed Forces in the 1960s which includes the Corps of Engineers. The cost-benefit analysis? My fault.

? It is my fault that, as the Governor of Louisiana, I didn?t foresee the need to have enough Louisiana National Guard troops ? the vast majority of whom are NOT currently in Iraq, or Afghanistan or, for that matter, Indiana ? pre-positioned and ready to preserve order.

? I, frankly, forgot that there is a portion of the population which will steal anything from anyone given any opportunity and then will blame it on me because I didn?t ? in spite of ample warnings by sociologists from large Eastern Universities - foresee the need to have 27? flat-screen television sets available to every family in the New Orleans city limits as soon as the electricity went out. That one WAS my bad.

? It is my fault that, as Mayor of New Orleans, I was boogying down Bourbon Street the night before the hurricane hit rather than being where I should have been ? on the roof of the Superdome putting in extra roofing nails to hold the roof on.

? As the architect of the Superdome it was my fault for claiming that the Dome could survive 200 mile-per-hour winds. It couldn?t even handle a relatively gentle160 mile-per-hour zephyr. Strap me to my drafting table and set me adrift.

? Global warming? My fault. Despite the fact that nearly every serious climatologist in America has stated over and over again that there is no clear evidence tying human-generated greenhouse gasses to global warming, and even if there were, there is no evidence tying global warming to hurricanes in the Atlantic basin, I was opposed to the Kyoto treaty and so it is my fault.

? It is also my fault that during the administration of Bill Clinton the US Senate rejected the terms of the Kyoto protocols by a vote of 95-0. That would be zero, zilch, nada, nil, bupkis.

? As the Grand Poohbah in Charge of all TV Coverage, it is my fault that there is constant video of looters and almost none of humanitarian activities. I am the person who issued the statement: ?No more rescue footage UNLESS the person rescued complains about how long they had to wait or, if he shoots at the rescuers.?

? And, finally, as Chairman of the National Association of Gasoline Producers it is my fault that I had the bad judgment to put so much of my drilling, refining and transportation assets in a hurricane-prone area like the Caribbean basin. What?was?I?thinking?

? If I could re-do that whole thing, I would have put all that equipment in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. There may not be any oil there, but hurricanes are very rare.

? So. There you have it. Everything that has happened is my fault.

? Now. Shut up and help.

[1CAVCCO15MED]

Brice, I believe you just about got the blame thing covered. I am sending a pickup truck full of looters to you with specific orders to steal all your shoes and socks. Resistance is futile!

[SuperScout]

As another great Texan once said recently, "Bring 'em on!" My trigger finger is getting mighty itchy after months of inactivity.

I'm truly astounded at the lack of forceful action on the NOPD for not stopping the gangs, and actually running away. Mo' blame!

[Jerry D]

Some great quotes in "All My Fault" Thanks for posting

[darrels joy]

ROTFLMAO

Sent on for the entertainment of others.

Joy

[Packo]

Question:

HOW MUCH DID THE SUPER DOME COST????? Could the money have been spent to upgrade the levies????? Naw......having a Superdome is much more important to spend taxpayers dollars on to have it for a few home games for a team that couldn't beat themselves, then to upgrade the levies. How about all those billions of tourist dollars that come into one of the most visited cities on the planet????? Nope, let's spend it on a Superdome then blame everyone else when the Cat 3 Max levies fail....in a Cat 5 storm. And my biggest "I'm friggin pissed!" question: Govenor! When the President declared a state of emergency 2 friggin days before the storm, why the hell didn't YOU, THE GUVNOR, ACTIVATE THE NG'S AND PRE-POSITION THEM FOR IMMEDIATE DEPLOYMENT??????? And Mr. Mayor.......think you could next time get a few Porta-potties for the great big SUPERDOME? Oh, never mind. As Scout so clearly stated, it's everyones else fault......and racist! (Think the Mayor and City council is like 95% Black....but racist none the less according to the Congressional Black Caucas.) Right.

Pissed off Pack and feelin' real sorry for the poor victims of this disaster.

PS....Mary Landruex.....Your a friggin' Senator and you couldn't get some pork out of that bi-partisan 200 and some billion dollar pork bill y'all just passed to rebuild levies????? Hell, we got a 200 and some million dollar bridge to nowhere in Alaska. (Yep, Republican reps in that state) Your ALL to friggin blame! I would LOVE to see how much she did get and what she intended it to be spent on. Certainly not the poor blacks of N'awlens.

[Seascamp]

In a large way a City always defines itself and New Orleans did as well. Good music, good times, interesting culture, reasonably safe tourism, etc. Along with this good comes, of necessity, a high level of toleration and a city government and Police Department that have a long history of cops vs. robbers? identity crisis. One situation gets sorted out just in time to grapple with the next, etc. It?s all very colorful and part of the fabric of things, but simply not up to the current challenges.
The amazingly heavily armed and well coordinated gangs have the Cops treed, the Mayor going totally non-linear and just pure chaos coming down. Maybe there will be a lesson learned in all this and one of them has to be recognition that there really is a ?Mad Max? threshold and the gangs and freelance thugs will come boiling out of the sewers like rats and there will be a plague upon the land. I?m sure they all didn?t arrive with the wind and perhaps other cities will learn and pay attention to the incredible threat that lies just below the surface of apparent tranquility.

Anyway Col., admitted guilt is not acceptable but I?m sure offers of public sipuku will be considered by the New Orleans city fathers.

Scamp

[BLUEHAWK]

For a man who claims not to have subtlety as his best card to play, I'd reckon a certain Scout has outdone himself

[darrels joy]

Well I'm glad to have THAT cleared up. Since you were so bad, you may NOT -- repeat NOT -- go to Mardi Gras next February.

But you may move back into a place built on mud below sea level if you want to. That's fair, right?

[Seascamp]

Well Blue, I?d say that subtleness in not the Col?s strong suit. Reminds me of my favorite skipper, also from Texas and an 06. Whilst in 7th fleet it was not all that unusual to have a CCCP Bear Destroyer dogging our trail, being a nuisance or just getting in the way, etc. Being a bit of an ornery Texan, Captain Woods wasn?t all that diplomatic and once while coming out of Singapore one of those buggers played chicken with us. The OOD called for 15 degrees to starboard and immediately the skipper came boiling out of the sea cabin hollering a blue streak ?f**king belay that order?, says he.
Being somewhat of an extra hand on the bridge at the time; sea and anchor detail hadn?t totally secured as yet, he says, ?Mudge (meaning me) , can you say f**k you in Russian? , I admitted that I did not know such words but did know the international signal. Run it up on the port bridge wing he ordered, and I did smartly so and in the best Navy tradition, I must admit. And of course the Bears signaled back the same, but healed over to their starboard.
There was no way in hell a Bear Destroyer skipper was going to sign up for a head-on collision with a USN Heavy Gun Cruiser, get sunk, and what would happen to him and his family next. Captain Woods knew that and we all learned a lesson in international ?diplomacy? that fine day. Sometimes ya just have too much fun I reckon, and learn a ton along the way. But I was never worried, right. :ek:

As well, the dinky French Navy in the SEA area liked to barb us also but not nearly so aggressively as the Bears, not even in the same league at all. Same with Canadian bulk cargo ships going into the port of Hai Phong, they had some interesting gestures as well. But didn?t see any Canadian Navy escorts with the bulk cargo ships, so maybe they didn?t want to share gestures, trade paint, and all that, I don?t know. But shush now, no one is supposed to know that Canada was running supplies into the port of Hai Phong. Be quiet now, hush up ya hear.

Scamp