My opinion is based on the article being in the Wall Street Journal, a conservative bastion much like the Washington Times or Fox News. The timing of this op-ed is also very convenient.
Just my $.02 Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 03:55 pm To: CF-Community Subject: Re: WSJ: Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin failed their constituents Importance: Low 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:5:173092 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
