[Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Rita - Don't Get Stuck On Stupid

[Hank]

I love this guy! Guys like him are one of the prime reasons I spent 20 years
in the army. You figure out what needs to be done and then you do it. No
committees, impact studies, etc. Gotta love it.
 Hank

 On 9/21/05, brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> You gotta love this guy. Too bad he wasn't in charge
> during Katrina. Brad
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> New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin held a press conference a
> little bit ago, and started losing control to a media
> pool assembled that was showing signs of panic, due to
> the previous incompetence in the region by the local
> and state government. Lt. Gen. Russel Honore stepped
> in and literally took over. Here's what he had to say:
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> Honore: And Mr. Mayor, let's go back, because I can
> see right now, we're setting this up as he said, he
> said, we said. All right? We are not going to go, by
> order of the mayor and the governor, and open the
> convention center for people to come in. There are
> buses there. Is that clear to you? Buses parked. There
> are 4,000 troops there. People come, they get on a
> bus, they get on a truck, they move on. Is that clear?
> Is that clear to the public?
>
> Female reporter: Where do they move on...
>
> Honore: That's not your business.
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> Male reporter: But General, that didn't work the first
> time...
>
> Honore: Wait a minute. It didn't work the first time.
> This ain't the first time. Okay? If...we don't control
> Rita, you understand? So there are a lot of pieces of
> it that's going to be worked out. You got good public
> servants working through it. Let's get a little trust
> here, because you're starting to act like this is your
> problem. You are carrying the message, okay? What
> we're going to do is have the buses staged. The
> initial place is at the convention center. We're not
> going to announce other places at this time, until we
> get a plan set, and we'll let people know where those
> locations are, through the government, and through
> public announcements. Right now, to handle the number
> of people that want to leave, we've got the capacity.
> You will come to the convention center. There are
> soldiers there from the 82nd Airborne, and from the
> Louisiana National Guard. People will be told to get
> on the bus, and we will take care of them. And where
> they go will be dependent on the capacity in this
> state. We've got our communications up. And we'll tell
> them where to go. And when they get there, they'll be
> able to get a chance, an opportunity to get
> registered, and so they can let their families know
> where they are. But don't start panic here. Okay?
> We've got a location. It is in the front of the
> convention center, and that's where we will use to
> migrate people from it, into the system.
>
> Male reporter: General Honore, we were told that
> Berman Stadium on the west bank would be another
> staging area...
>
> Honore: Not to my knowledge. Again, the current place,
> I just told you one time, is the convention center.
> Once we complete the plan with the mayor, and is
> approved by the governor, then we'll start that in the
> next 12-24 hours. And we understand that there's a
> problem in getting communications out. That's where we
> need your help. But let's not confuse the questions
> with the answers. Buses at the convention center will
> move our citizens, for whom we have sworn that we will
> support and defend...and we'll move them on. Let's not
> get stuck on the last storm. You're asking last storm
> questions for people who are concerned about the
> future storm. Don't get stuck on stupid, reporters. We
> are moving forward. And don't confuse the people
> please. You are part of the public message. So help us
> get the message straight. And if you don't understand,
> maybe you'll confuse it to the people. That's why we
> like follow-up questions. But right now, it's the
> convention center, and move on.
>
> Male reporter: General, a little bit more about why
> that's happening this time, though, and did not have
> that last time...
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> Honore: You are stuck on stupid. I'm not going to
> answer that question. We are going to deal with Rita.
> This is public information that people are depending
> on the government to put out. This is the way we've
> got to do it. So please. I apologize to you, but let's
> talk about the future. Rita is happening. And right
> now, we need to get good, clean information out to the
> people that they can use. And we can have a
> conversation on the side about the past, in a couple
> of months.
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