I was living in NYC during 9/11. The national guard was on the streets in less than twenty four hours...not five days later.

The mayor of NOLA may well be completely incompetent. That does not absolve the federal government from their responsibilites.
The governor of Louisiana, the speaker of the house, and the president have all ackowledged for once, to their great credit, that this has been an operational failure (all republicans btw).

several of you rubes like to voice your admiration for "strength""preparedness" and being ready to fight the war on terror effectively and so on,
yet instead of voicing concern over the obvious lack of preparedness and initiative, you will voice your disgust over "animals" stealing tennis shoes. shouldnt you all be more concerned about protecting america at home as you have claimed these past for years? what was the money and fancy offical positions for homeland security for? where is the leadership, the initiative? taking 5 days to get the national guard in there should tell you all something...but you see what you want to. Feel safe? Thats why you elected him right?
Confident that should a dsisaster hit us here we would get timely aid and support from the feds? Maybe Bellevue would be evacuated first...then 7 days later they'd pick up any survivors left in the CD?

keep your lips firmly planted on the buttcheeks of the disaster that is this administration. reap what you sow.