I agree completely and tried to half ass touch this in a email yesterday I think but did not put a lot of effort into it. I actually think the federal government has done a "ok" job all things considered and to clarify I rank "ok" below decent which is below good which is below great and hell might be some other levels in there. Although I half want to separate FEMA from my thoughts of federal government.
On 9/2/05, Matthew Blatchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 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:5:172411 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
