> Cameron wrote: > I just find it > totally disgusting that this disaster is being immediately turned into > a political soapbox for people on the left or on the right
Well, there is legitimacy to that. Of course number 1 is making sure there's a system in place to care for the affected. For those of us not directly involved in that effort, however, we can take steps to PREVENT this kind of tragedy from happening again. The fact is, this disaster revealed some ugly truths: 1.) There really are 2 Americas, for whatever reason. 2.) Government (local, state, federal) failed both systemically and structurally to protect it's citizens. 3.) Our elected officials, probably for decades, have been failing to competently govern. That's a problem both with them for failing, and us with electing them. This is not a partisan issue, it's a voter issue: we are simply not electing leaders, they are mere placeholders, and it includes both Democrats and Republicans. Is Katrina 100% Mr. Bush's fault? Of course not. But it did reveal serious problems that he, his party, and the Democrats are not capable of fixing and maybe are compounding. The answer is to get closely involved with the next election cycle and elect leaders rather than placeholders. Who's ultimately responsible for the slow response? Voters. Us. C'est moi. J'accuse! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173790 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
