[pittsburgh gop guy]

HA-BANG! - That is the sound of the nail being hit on the head! I think what he wrote was dead-on.

[YCTHouston]

I thought Willie Green had rights to all Pitsburg Post content...

[hflynn]

Femma Naz1 Blanco isn't a 1st responder either.

[satchmodog9]

big truth bump

[Right_in_Virginia]

BTTT

[InvisibleChurch]

Didn't there used to be posts on FR that FEMA is going to take control of the United States?

[Alia]

bookmark.

[michaelt]

bump.

[OXENinFLA]

Ping..

[kabar]

This is all well and good. However, the American people and the victims of Katrina don't care about bureaucratic turf battles, organizational charts, and legalisms. The Federal government should have taken over as soon as the Red Cross was turned back due to security concerns. The situations at the Convention Center and Superdome should have been addressed immediately by sending in the 82nd airborne or Marines.

Chertoff and Brown are lawyers with little real executive experience directing large organizations. They were busy drafting up documents so that Bush could negotiate with Blanco. This is a lawyers' response not a leaders' reaction to a crisis. Initially, the Feds should have been more concerned about operational effectiveness assisting the victims than the regulations.

Several days into the crisis, GWB realized that there was a leadership vacuum. LtGen Honore also understood the need for leadership and seized the day. The Mayor and the Gov deserve the lion's share of the blame, but the Feds also dropped the ball initially.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Immediate emergency management is primarily a local and state responsibility

According to the mayor of NOLA, mayor's get their evacuation orders from the President.

[Shery]

WOW! Who could've stated it any better than this? If they contrive a Katerina Commission, as the CLintons are adamnant to do, I hope that this is read daily to all members so they can keep their bearings!

[Jaxter]

Wow! This from the P-G? Who'da thunk it?

[Loud Mime]

BTTT = a sixteen inch round just hit the target.

[kellynla]

BTTT

[NavySEAL F-16]

I am sending this to Bobby Jindall and the Clintons.

I am so sick of hearing the Clintons and all the circling of the wagons.

[Ditto]

Sanity bump.

[silverleaf]

good article, Thanks.

[shhrubbery!]

Don't be so quick to pillory the federal response in New Orleans. Immediate emergency management is primarily a local and state responsibility

I've been screaming this at my TV set as every airhead commentator, from Chrissy Matthews to Keith Olbermannnnnn to Jack Cafferty (et al ad nauseum) feign their smug high dudgeon over FEMA's failure to act --and NEVER ONCE mention the failure of the Louisiana GOVERNOR.

How come I know how emergency management is supposed to work, and all these guys don't? And I've never even lived in a hurricane zone!

Even Joe Scarborough, who's lived through several hurricanes, doesn't seem to know basic emergency civics. And we can't blame partisanship for his ignorance.

The only person I've heard who understands how the law works, with respect to deploying the National Guard, FEMA etc., before this article, is Tammy Bruce (substituting for Laura Ingraham last night).

[dennisw]

Kathleen Blanco is a social worker and ribbon cutter. She can manage Louisiana's legendary corruption. She cannot manage a real crisis. She raised six children. That's her field of expertise.

One freeper said her husband is the real governor

[TC Rider]

Message from Dems, Libs, DUmmies, race-baiters, etc:

Stop making sense!