--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency, that's their job, the > FEDERAL response to national EMERGENCIES, in conjunction with the > National Guard. In fact, these people used to do their job very well > - don't confuse them with some gov't bureaucracy. The military is > usually the last to response to homeland disasters, but FEMA and the > Guard are the first. The fact that 40% of the Guard is not here, that > FEMA's budget has been significantly cut, that Bush fired the very > competent head of FEMA and replaced him with a friend whose last job > was a lawyer for an arabian horse association and who has no disaster > experience is definitely part of the problem.
Don't forget that FEMA is no longer its own federal agency. It was absorbed into the (cough) Homeland Security Department, an organization so disorganized and mismanaged so far that even its right-wing supporters say it's a madhouse. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
