Some blame for the ongoing problems can also be attributed to the governor of LA. She is actively delaying the relief effort by trying to retain her control over the situation. Bush offered to send in a lot more troops, etc. but that would put the relief effort firmly under federal control and she does not want to do that.
What a tool... --- On Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:59 AM, Maureen scribed: --- > > I could probably deconstruct most of this point by point, but I'm > kinda time crunched, and I'm sure others will make the same > arguments. However, on > point 5, FEMA paid for the 2004 NOLA hurricane contingency plan, and > FEMA ignored that plan. Michael Brown and Chertoff are clearly > unaware of the contents of the plan, since both of them stated > repeatedly that the dual disaster of a CAT 4 hurricane and a levee > breach could not have been predicted, when, in fact, that exact > scenario is the heart of the plan. > > You are correct that Shrub had nothing to do the plan, but he chose > those > who are responsible for the failure to implement it, and if he wants > to gladhand his buddies and take credit for everything that has gone > right, > then he should be prepared to accept responsibility for what has gone > wrong. > > And speaking of plans, do you know what kind of plans Karl Rove is > making > now, when people are still dying in New Orleans. He's making plans to > undo > the political damage to Shrub's image. Now that's a useful task for > one of > the most powerful men in this country. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:172693 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
