Bush did appoint the director of FEMA, however FEMA is not a first response unit.
FEMA assumes that people took some steps to ensure they were prepared for a disaster, like having a couple days supply of food and water. They also assume they won't be shot at when they get there. I'm really pretty upset with the officials of Louisiana and New Orleans, they seem like they were so ill-prepared for anything like this. From what I remember on Monday they were all saying it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be. And about that time things started to get worse. Right now FEMA is dealing with active disasters in 15 different states. They help people re-establish their homes and their communities. 9/11 was a federal problem, federal security standards were low, and the entire country was attacked. Bush had to do something. I don't recall people shooting firefighters in the streets of NY after the towers fell. I recall people coming together to help. All I've seen in New Orleans is people taking over the streets using violence. Shooting and Helicopters trying to evacuate people, shooting a medical convoys trying to get people to working hospitals. Gun fights in the streets, where police and national guard troops are coming under fire. People looting things like TVs and shoes, leaving items like candy bars and blankets behind. How do expect Bush to fix this problem. If people didn't take advantage of the situation, then I think things would be a lot smoother. -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 10:27 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Michael moore letter to bush on New Orleans tragedy But Michael, who appointed the director of FEMA? Who appointed the secretary of Homeland security? Do you think that the commander-in-chief's response to this event was quick enough and forceful enough and showed us that he had a handle on it or even cared? Do you think the President did a good job so far? I agree that all the BS about "global warming is his fault" is just plain wrong, and I think there is plenty of blame and SHAME to go around on this one, especially in the person of the governor of Louisiana, but Bush is definitely where the buck stops. If he had reacted as he did with the 9/11 terror attacks, then I think we would not be looking at him (yet) in the chain of blame. If he had reacted at all, his partisans would still be with him. But his staying on vacation, his attendance of the fund raiser in CA, Condi's shoe buying trip to NYC all shows that either they weren't aware of the seriousness of the situation (when the entire nation was glued to their tvs and were aware) or that they just did not care. Either way it is not a confidence booster. And I think he is not helped this time by everyone in his administration adhering to the Bush Administration tactic of denying anything is wrong, and constantly congratulating each other on how well they all are performing. This time it even sounds insane to the half of the country who voted for him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:172630 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
