Be our guest. I have been wanting to nominate someone for the Darwin award... Dana
On 9/2/05, Jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only criminal thing are the knuckle dragging blacks in New Orleans. > About time they went in and showed those pieces of black trash a thing or > two... > > Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I disagree. To not have a plan in > place for a category 4 hurricane and/or a > levee break in New Orleans is criminal, nothing short of criminal. What > about Ivan last year? It isn't as though this was not both foreseen and > predicted. > Granted that the people there need to spend their time rescuing people, > those of us unable to physically help right this second can sure take > notice > of the poor planning and above all horrendous implementation. > > Dana > > On 9/2/05, Matthew Small wrote: > > > > It's far too easy to point fingers at people in a situation like this. > > Nobody expected this to need 40,000 troops on the ground just to deal > with > > the rampant looting and criminal activity. To compare this with the war > is > > just looking for another way to embarrass people in charge who have an > > enormous job to do. I'm not a fan of the Bush administration, but this > is > > doesn't have anything to do with the Bush administration, which is the > > underlying point of her remarks. > > > > I watched Diane Sawyer's interview with GWB yesterday morning and Ted > > Koppel's interview with the head of FEMA last night. Neither of these > > interviews were meant to provide the public with really useful > information > > - > > rather, they were asking questions that were unanswerable and > purposefully > > meant to make these people look as bad as possible. Here's a paraphrased > > snippet: > > > > TK: "We've heard reports from FEMA that there are 5000 people at the > > convention center. We have reporters on the ground who estimate 15000. > How > > many people are in the Convention Center?" > > > > FEMA: "I sent General XXXX in to estimate the people there. His estimate > > was 25000." > > > > TK: "We've been reporting these kinds of numbers for day now. Aren't > your > > people watching the news???" > > > > FEMA (angrily but cool): "No Ted, we haven't had time to watch the news. > > We're too busy trying to save lives." > > > > > > I think ANYONE who thinks that we're moving too slow and not doing > > everything we can is deluded as to what can be done in a situation like > > this. It's an incredible thing which happens only once every thousand > > years > > or so, so it's just not possible to be prepared for this. It's so > classic > > to blame the people who are trying to help as not doing enough for you. > > There's never any responsibility to be taken for these people not > getting > > out of the city. True, there are thousands of poor, but instead of > waiting > > to be rescued as calmly as possible, they've created a situation that > > makes > > it impossible to rescue them. Looters, shooters, rapists, killers - this > > is > > a situation of their own making, nothing that the federal, state, or > local > > governments can do could have prevented that. > > > > Matthew Small > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172430 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
