Wait a second.....why are you guys so quick to dismiss this guy and his opinion???
"As a former state legislator who represented the legislative district most impacted by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980...." Um.....wouldn't that put him in a position to have a legitimate opinion on this matter? Or does fact that his opinion differs from yours...make him a quack spin doctor? >> Robert wrote: >> Blame Amid the Tragedy >> Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin failed their constituents. >> > > Yeah, that was hilarious, nice try. The problem with the "blame the > horse" mentality of these cowards is 3 fold: > > 1.) Government's 1st job is to protect its citizens, not to outsource and > blame. > > 2.) The local gov't coordinated with FEMA years before, just before, > and after the hurricane. Further, Mr. Bush was supposed to have done > a complete review of homeland security. If there were holes, he > should've found them. > > 3.) There was a plan endorsed, coordinated, and managed by FEMA. It > worked until it was stressed by communications failures. At that > point the entire thing fell apart. > > There will be others that will try to deny responsibility and > accountability, but the blame lies solely with FEMA and, therefore, > the President. > > If he had character he would step up and accept responsibility with a > "the buck stops here and I failed" speech. Then he would ask for an > independent commission to investigate the problems and come up with > solutions which he would pre-accept. > > But he doesn't. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:173091 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
