From: "Robert Comer" 

I sure do!  And that professional actor is why I changed from Republican to
Independent!

- Bob Comer


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
news:v35ji1lsiibkvokq4kj3khlqvelecgj58p{at}4ax.com...
> Does anyone else miss the days when we had a professional actor
> playing the role of President?
>
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:06:18 -0400, Monte Davis
>  wrote:
>
>>From those flaming Bush-haters at the Congressional Research Service:
>>
>>"...it would appear that the Governor did take the steps necessary to
>>request emergency and major disaster declarations for the State of
>>Louisiana in anticipation of Hurricane Katrina. (p.11)" The report
>>found that:
>>
>>* All necessary conditions for federal relief were met on August 28.
>>Pursuant to Section 502 of the Stafford Act, "[t]he declaration of an
>>emergency by the President makes Federal emergency assistance
>>available," and the President made such a declaration on August 28.
>>The public record indicates that several additional days passed before
>>such assistance was actually made available to the State;
>>
>>* The Governor must make a timely request for such assistance, which
>>meets the requirements of federal law. The report states that
>>"[e]xcept to the extent that an emergency involves primarily Federal
>>interests, both declarations of major disaster and declarations of
>>emergency must be triggered by a request to the President from the
>>Governor of the affected state";
>>
>>* The Governor did indeed make such a request, which was both timely
>>and in compliance with federal law. The report finds that "Governor
>>Kathleen Babineaux Blanco requested by letter dated August 27,
>>2005...that the President declare an emergency for the State of
>>Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina for the time period from August 26,
>>2005 and continuing pursuant to [applicable Federal statute]" and
>>"Governor Blanco's August 27, 2005 request for an emergency
>>declaration also included her determination...that 'the incident is of
>>such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the
>>capabilities of the State and affected local governments and that
>>supplementary Federal assistance is necessary to save lives, protect
>>property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat
>>of disaster."
>

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