Instead of looking just at the Pres to blame for all of it, you should research what the state government was communicating to the Federal Gov as far what was under control and what wasn't. It was the State of Louisiana that first dropped the ball, not the feds. Granted the President should and could have acted sooner, but then with the Governor of the state wasn't providing the whole truth about the conditions, causing decisions to be made slower based on the input of others. Sound familiar...
Rant all you want about how you think you have the solutions, but your not the President, so speculating what you would do doesn't mean much even if you get your news from MSNBC.... I can agree with most of your assessment below, but there still is a large part of the puzzle that people keep missing, and that is the separation between the state and federal gov. $10 billion dollars doesn't pop out of thin air, and people need to vote on the subject and the troops are there helping. Despite what MSNBC covers, I see pictures all day long from other stations covering heroic efforts to help people survive...if it bleeds, it leads... Thus a magic wand in this case would be ideal.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 2:53 PM Subject: Re: Disaster in New Orleans >> Matthew wrote: >> guy or not, he's not the one that caused the problem and he alone isn't >> going to be the one person to solve it. >> > > The guy is the President of the United States! He has the resources > of the most powerful nation in the world at his finger tips. He has > executive authority. He has a staff of thousands and the world's most > powerful military at his disposal. > > Has Mr. Bush's horseshit leadership set expectations so low that now > people think "what could one man do?" when any challenge comes up? > > Come on! > > If I was President I know exactly what I'd do and I'm only getting my > information from MSNBC. I've already detailed it in 5 seconds off of > the top of my head, but to completely answer you he would: > > 1.) Delcare a national diaster area, and assign a New Orleans diaster > control office (CO) and coordinator. > > 2.) Have the controller divide the city into sections. > > 3.) Assign a CO zone point of contact (PoC), and a zone team leader. > > 4.) Send the zone teams to: > a.) restore law and order > b.) set up a communications, aid distribution, and hospital HQ > c.) Take a census > d.) relay needs and priorites back to his zone PoC > e.) Create plans for caring for victims, distributing aid, and > evacuating the area. > > 5.) Provide aid, comfort, and communications > > That's what I expect him to do and more. I came up with that in 5 > seconds and I'm just some dude with a TV. He's the fekking President, > I expect more and so should you! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172391 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
