--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Jack Kelly: No shame > > > > > > The federal response to Katrina was not as portrayed > > > > > > Sunday, September 11, 2005 > > > > > > > > > > > > It is settled wisdom among journalists that the federal > > > > > > response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina > > > > > > was unconscionably slow. > > > > > > > > > > Actually it's pretty well settled among the feds > > > > > that it was unconscionably slow too. Even Bush > > > > > himself said it was "unacceptable." > > > > > > > > Well, here's a new perspective, Judy. And it's one that seems > to > > > > indicate that, compared to other disasters it wasn't as bad as > > > > once thought... > > > > > > Death-wise, yes. But the aftermath will be quite nasty for years > > > tocome. There's a superfund site in New Orleans that's been > flooded > > > for instance. > > > > He's referring to the slowness of the federal response, > > actually. > > > > The article cites a bunch of hurricanes and makes a > > big deal of the fact that the Katrina response was > > faster. > > > > However, if you check out the hurricanes with a > > slower federal response, it turns out none of them > > occurred during the period 1993-2000. > > > > Now, I wonder why that could be? What was different > > about 1993-2000? > > Clinton made FEMA a genuine federal agency instead of a political > crony dumping ground?
Oh, of course that must be it! Hurricanes are so frequent -- and huge ones at that -- that we are able to draw and cause and effect between who was president at the time...NOT! ------------------------ 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/
