Originally posted by Chairboy
Sure, but put your money where your mouth is. Give specific names so they can respond. It'll be a better conversation, and definately less 'tilting at windmills' on your part. As long as you play the part of 'coquetishly vague saddened citizen', there's no profit for anyone who disagrees with you to defend themselves, and that equals a boring soapbox. In my opinion.
I'm sure you know that any response with "This Administration" or "The federal Gov't" is just the same as saying "Bush's Fault" by reading the replies within the posts. Maybe I should have said this so that you'd understand more clearly:
FEMA=Fed Govt Control=Bush Administrations fault.
Using that same logic...
FAA=Fed Govt Control=Clinton Administrations fault.
Now, go back through ALL the posts regarding Katrina. Check out the editted posts with various rules editted into the responses..do you think I can show you ? Nope. But to pretend to be blind to the known fact is amazing at best, Chairboy.
Now, lets examine a few posts, and why don't you tell me that these replies don't have the intention of laying blame on this administration?>>>>>>>>>
No Rip - Hurricane Andrew was met with the forces that Bush Sr. built. FEMA was by then a joke. '92.
Clinton called it as such. Vowed to rebuild it, and did. Turned it from the worst agency into what many called the best.
Bush JR. then gutted it.
And here we are.....Nash
In a nutshell: war monies took priority over levy reinforcement..
The current admin better have another faux.news Aruba because once the majors pick up on this there is going to be some political fallout (maybe even rioting by those who's lives have just been destroyed) anyway you look at it..
Doctor Yo
""The American president has closed his eyes to the economic and human damage that natural catastrophes such as Katrina -- in other words, disasters caused by a lack of climate protection measures -- can visit on his country."
MMM now I wonder ? --Skydancer
The common defense"
From What? Isn't one of the main reasons for a Federal government to provide a means to protect the people? Shouldn't we expect at least competent response from our Federal govt. in times of crisis? Is the Department of Homeland Security just there to respond to terrorist attacks?
We were promised in the aftermath of 9-11 that our Govt' would improve the command and control, communications and disaster response mechanisms so that the "common defense" would be provided for in a fashion that was better than before. It didn't happen.
The investigation needs to start NOW, while the horror is still fresh and the bodies are still being collected.--Midnight
