re: #49 pingjockey

You do know of course, by law FEMA is not allowed to operate in a disaster area until the Governor of said area formally asks for federal aid in writing? The mayor, the guv, and yes all the way up the chain failed. But blaming all of Katrina on GWB is not correct.

Mayor ‘Chocolate City’ Nagin certainly could have made a phone call for help from his hotel room in Texas. You have to wonder why the chain of command wasn’t blasted like the president was.