Same page...agreed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Disaster in New Orleans
>> Matthew wrote: >> 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 > > I agree completely. To be clear, this was a failure of gov't on every > level: city, county, state, and federal. My point is, while I can > understand that maybe the Governor is hamstrung, the President isn't. > He should be able to cut through all of the red tape; that's the > purpose of his executive authority. > > As to "being him", I don't need to be him to see that the NO relief is > a major fek up. If I was him, I'd use executive authority to get > troops and supplies in there fast. He's not chose to do that. > > In defense of that decision, it may be because, in reviewing that > option, his people felt the actual aid would get to people just as > fast by messing with nothing. That is, yes the train started slowly, > but it's almost up to speed. > > However, even if that's the case, he's not doing much good as a > symbolic leader either. I don't hear the, "I'm bringing the full > resources of the US government to bear ... blah blah blah" Instead > he's going to tour and has said the effort is "insufficient". That's > not reassuring when you're starving to death. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:172408 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
