I picked up this report from Michelle Malkins Blog. It would seem as though the police in New Orleans are having just a bit of trouble getting their act together, as if they ever had it together to begin with….

Via Power Line, Senator Mary Landrieu, D-LA, threatens a physical response to criticism: “If one person criticizes our sheriffs, or says one more thing, including the President of the United States, he will hear from me – one more word…

Well sir. Why didn’t you just hold out for limousines? I’m sure that people lying in their own excrement waiting to get out of New Orleans would have loved the sight of a school bus. When your people are dying you use whatever is available. You u…

Michelle Malkin has links to reports here and here.

The Washington Post has reports here, here, and here.

The New York Times has reports here and here.

Note that the Katrina disaster was not only expected in a general sense but warned of days beforehand. Contingency plans should have not only been prepared but actually put in place before chaos took hold…

Michelle Malkin is the first conservative political analyst that I know of that has begun calling for the ouster of Michael Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Check it out here.
UPDATE Sun, 09/04/05 10:13 – Instapundit points …

Indeed someone messed up and as a result, thousands were put in peril and many may have died. Although Democrats and their minions in the media have been quick to call for an investigation, they may not like what that investigation ultimately finds.

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Via Michelle Malkin comes this snippet of a Defense Department briefing by Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, chief, National Guard Bureau:
The delay was in, if you want to call it a delay. I really don’t call it a delay, I’ll be honest about that…

One of the things that we expect in America when a disaster hits is that local law enforcement will bring things to some sort of order fairly quickly. What happened in New Orleans was extraordinary. They have a 1500 man

It’s been an interesting couple of days to listen to the radio if you can stand it. The talk shows seem to fall into two categories: Either they’re “blame Bush” shows, or they’re “blame the Mayor (and the Governor)” shows….

It’s been an interesting couple of days to listen to the radio if you can stand it. The talk shows seem to fall into two categories: Either they’re “blame Bush” shows, or they’re “blame the Mayor (and the Governor)” shows….

Blum slaps down the hysterical press and explains the added pressure on the Guard when the NOPD just broke apart.

Blum slaps down the hysterical press and explains the added pressure on the Guard when the NOPD just broke apart.