CarolC, go back to Azizis' post on 02 Sep @ 11:23 which is a quote from the Red Cross site. Then, after reading it very carefully, try again to convince me that the Feds were the problem, rather than State and local people.

It's pretty obvious that the Red Cross people are lying to cover their asses. They had a standing policy to no go into New Orleans for safety reasons as recently as July of 2005. They also were not willing to send anyone into Jefferson Parrish for safety reasons. If they wouldn't send their people into Jefferson Parrish for safety reasons, it's pretty obvious that they didn't change their standing policy of not going into New Orleans for safety reasons. They're just saying they weren't allowed in to cover their asses.

The lies I was refering to from you and others are the ones originated with the Karl Rove spin machine and then spread through the use of a wisper campaign and through media outlets like FOX News and others in order to make Blanco and Nagin scapegoats for problems that were not of their making.