Posted on 09/04/2005 2:36:33 PM PDT by visagoth
FEMA was prepared for the hurricane, what they were not prepared for was the incompetence of the state and local authorities.
I agree with every one of your rational facts. The primary responsibility was with the state/local governments and they failed. My only point is they failed so abjectly that it was obvious at least to not just this casual observer Tuesday and something should have been done faster (like Tuesday PM) than it was at the federal level to correct that. It's as simple and as complicated as that. No one is clean here but to assert that Bush acted with all the speed he should have mustered in not something I can agree with and I have the right to say so without being called ignorant or stupid or silly. I happen to have been a conservative Republican that has worked/hoped/prayed for a chance to change the direction of this country for a long time. No Liberal whining here. I lived many years on the Gulf Coast and some (more than a few) of them in New Orleans next to a levee so I do know a little about the matter of Hurricanes and how they should be prepared for. Anyway, this debate will not go away no matter how bad the BushBots want it to.
No one can be prepared for the level of incompetence exibited by the Mayor of NW or the Governor of LA. That is certain. It's a matter of being able to react to emergencies regardless of the source. I just believe the distribution plan for food could have been accelerated and different modes employed. That is a sub issue tho. Security in the city was the major foul up and that I would have absolutely hammered in 24 hours. Even FEMA claims that was a major reason (one of two) why they responded slowly. They other was ...rising water....duh...not a mention of state responsibilities failing and yet that is the core problem here.
NW=NO
I think even President Bush himself, would agree with you. But he's not dwelling on that now.
Good stuff.
Ben Stein ping!
I started to give you a line by line reasonable refutaton of you misguided thoughts but you don't deserve it.
You really need to do some research into emergency and crisis management before you open your yap again.
Wow, more insults. Never would have guessed. What a smart guy...Where did you learn that yap word? Walmart? See ya..
Nope he isn't and my bet is he won't. At least he is on the right track now. But that never was the issue of this thread that predisposes he did everything right. The facts don't support that. Pointing that out is not "dwelling" on anything ..except maybe the truth... You guys have it your way. Maybe we can find something to agree on later as long as we can have an open discussion.
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