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Offline formerlurker

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Ray Nagin describes post-Hurricane Katrina paranoia in his new book
« on: June 24, 2011, 05:31:45 AM »
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From then-President George W. Bush to former Gov. Kathleen Blanco to members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation, top officials of suburban parishes and the powers-that-be at FEMA and the Coast Guard, Nagin paints himself as a Lone Ranger attempting to rip through maddening bureaucracies and navigate savagely partisan politics to save his drowned city.

The former mayor, who left office last year, also admits in the 330-page paperback that the infamously botched nature of the disaster response led him briefly into a state of paranoia. Nagin writes that he suspected the federal government of trying to poison him, and he believed at one point that the city’s wealthiest, most powerful residents were trying to bug his hotel suite.

http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2011/06/in_his_newly_released_book_for.html

If only Nadin was around to school us on levee breaks, and emergency response systems during Katrina.   Imagine the lives that would have been saved?

Nadin, Nagin... it's all relative. 
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Offline Lacarnut

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Re: Ray Nagin describes post-Hurricane Katrina paranoia in his new book
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2011, 06:27:18 AM »
Nagin and Blanco have written books. Both should be considered as fiction. In Nagin's case, he was only interested in saving his own self. He was afraid to leave the hotel for his own safety. Blanco was just a bumbling idiot who played politics by prohibiting the Feds from helping for a number of days. She was such a disgrace, she did not run for reelection because her poll numbers by democrats were down in the teens.
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Re: Ray Nagin describes post-Hurricane Katrina paranoia in his new book
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2011, 11:50:43 AM »
But,  but, is it a chocolate book?
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Re: Ray Nagin describes post-Hurricane Katrina paranoia in his new book
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2011, 11:58:45 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on June 24, 2011, 11:50:43 AM
But,  but, is it a chocolate book?

About a chocolate city?
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Re: Ray Nagin describes post-Hurricane Katrina paranoia in his new book
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2011, 08:31:08 PM »
Chocolate and the stuff he's spewing is about the same color.
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Re: Ray Nagin describes post-Hurricane Katrina paranoia in his new book
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2011, 10:16:30 PM »
Nagan had plenty of  time to execute the Emergency Management plan, but he failed miserably due.  If he had implemented that plan, Katrina wouldn't have claimed so many victims and that's a fact.  I blame Nagan for his total lack of incompetence. 

What a platform he has now to make a few bucks after he's figured out a way to embellish his nonsensical story.  Remember how he became Wiener-like when asked questions?  Very combative and his voice went up a few pitches...definite signs of a liar.

Pure lunacy.. :mental:
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