Posted on 09/06/2005 5:35:09 AM PDT by pittsburgh gop guy
Well, probably not in this circumstance, but in general, it is possible and desireable to have the Feds assert their superior authority in some cases.
It's happened before, when governors flouted Federal court orders.
I agree that the relationship, red tape and other aspects need to be looked at. I am not hopeful that a review will produce results in the next disaster. Politicians act in self interest, and bureacrats act in self interest - with both holding that principle above the interests of their constituents.
The truth is like a flood, it may start coming out as a trickle, but eventually the level rises to where it cannot be ignored. I believe the deluge is imminent.
In the next election, we should elect a dictator. Then we won't have to be bogged down by an ineffective president who honors state's rights, federal laws, etc. The feds can step in ahead of all hurricanes, and arrest everyone in the predicted landfall area. We'll need permanent posts set up around the country for disasters that come with no warning. Any other suggestions?
Yep. She said tha Nagin had the busses roaming neighborhoods and evacuating people. She didn't say to where (destination - ThunderDome).
You said: To paraphrase LTGEN Honore, "Let's not get stuck on Stupid." You can quote all the legalisms, reuglations, annexes, you want, but that doesn't save lives. Eventually, commonsense has to take over. This is the greatest natural disaster ever to hit this country. The hell with process and the rules. Address the needs of the victims, tend to the paperwork later.
What would you have thought if FEMA didn't act, and Bush didn't give the order, but Honore had simply taken the initiative on his own to go to NOLA and act? That is analogous to what you are saying FEMA should have done. And don't forget, this is something that could and should have been EASILY resolved. Bush asked Blanco for the authority and she declined.
Not Fox,
The governor was insisting that they used buses to pick people up and help them evacuate.
It was bizarre!
So we should continue becoming more and more dependent on the federal government to make all of our decisions for us because the federal government already makes some of our decisions for us?
That sounds like Blanco blaming the federal government for not coming in 24 hours before the 24 hours she demanded to decide whether the federal government should come in.
Elect a dictator? I guess that gives him legitimacy. What I am talking about is taking executive action (cutting through the red tape) during the greatest natural disaster ever to hit this country. In a crisis of this proportion, you want action not someone spouting states rights and rules, etc. as an excuse for why something is not being done to save people's lives.
We've got aerial photos galore of the parked, flooded NO city and school buses. She's completely lost it. Sanity, scruples.....completely gone.
Saddam did after every referendum. How do you think he would have responded to a major natural catastrophe (that he didn't cause)? Would the trains and buses have run on time?
Rush is on - making the point you just did - wait for a Hellary solution "MORE BIGGER GOMINT"
We are a nation of almost 300 million. When a Katrina strikes or some other natural or man-made disaster of similar magnitude strikes, only the federal government (including the military) has the resources to respond. That is not going to change. Allowing the incompetency of Blanco and Nagin to cost lives in the interest of local automomy is not an acceptable response.
OK, so where are the evacuees who were bussed from the city before the storm hit?
You don't "elect" a dictator repeatedly. Those aren't real elections unless you want to change the meaning of the word.
only the federal government (including the military) has the resources to respond.
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I believe you mean "ONLY THE MILITARY" has the resources to respond....
How many trucks, planes and buses does the Department of Transportation have? How many battalions does the Department of the Interior have?
What "something" are you claiming is not being done? A hell of lot is being done, just not by you.
Okay, but it would be nice if PRESIDENT BUSH was given the opportunity to finish the term he was duly elected to serve.
As you have already been told, if PRESIDENT BUSH had done as you suggest, there would exist, for the first time, legitimate grounds for impeachment.
If PRESIDENT BUSH sneezes, our "friends" from across the aisle, want to impeach him for spreading germs and endangering millions.
I understand your frustration, however, something you will not hear often, it is ...
NOT PRESIDENT BUSH'S FAULT!!!
If, if, if. Let's deal with the actual situation. Generally, the federal response has been magnificent. However, they were a day late and a dollar short in their initial response to the conditions in NO. It is something that should not be replicated in the next disaster.
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