It's not like complaining on a messgae board or list service gets in the way of assigning blame for the disgraceful way this has been handled by all levels of our government. Now is exactly the time to look at who is failing at doing what (while simultaneously being thankful for having that ability).
I gave money yesterday, but I still have time to write an angry rant. But thanks for suggesting it's immoral to criticize the govenment. It's never the right time, is it? 9/11 couldn't have been forseen (oh wait, we had pertinent information floating around somewhere), the disaster that is Vietnam II couldn't have been foreseen (umm, anyone with a 12th grade education could have told you that Iraq is rife with sectarian divisions and that the idea of "being greeted in the streets with flowers" is preposterous), etc. When does this administration actually accept responsibility for anything? Everything is someone else's fault. Once again Bush's speech was too late, too uninformed and lacked any semblance of the necessary seriousness or gravitas. Yesterday Bush said, "I don't think anyone predicted the failure of the levees." Where has he been? This has been discussed for many many years. Thankfully some reporting of this is occurring and he's being made to look like the ill informed buffoon he is. Also, the failure of his FEMA is plain to see. For some reason he picked a former estate lawyer to head the organization. I'm not sure what sort of dirt Michael Brown had on Bush to get this job, but it must have been good. (please see: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050902/ts_nm/weather_katrina_criticism_dc http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/opinion/02fischetti.html) It also seems to be that despite our govenment's poor response to these events, Grover Norquist and his other crazed anti-tax activists (anarcho-capitalists, really) would absolutely destroy any ability for our government to do anything about a large scale disaster like this if they had their way and truly made the Federal Govenment "small enough to drown in a bathtub." I don't think Bush or anybody in any level of our current govenment deserves all the blame. Some must go to those who served before and refused to show leadership by drawing up proper plans, listening to the scientists (and others) who predicted just such an event, and who failed to sacrifice money to erect a proper levee system (such as exists in the Netherlands). --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am going to have to agree with David. You know, I > hear Michigan has opened > up some schools and other facilities to take > displaced people from New > orleans. I'm not sure this is a good idea....What > will they do with these people > once they are here? They are going to bus them into > michigan.... any idea what > a school bus ride from new orleans to michigan would > be like? THe costs of > this would be astronomical. Why not send the money > down there and provide > tents, shower facilities, water purification > equipment instead? > AND who's idea was it in the first place to build > this city in a hole next to > the ocean? What kind of thinking went into that? > They should take this > opportunity to fill that big hole and start over. . > it wasn't the hurricane from > what I can tell did the most damage it was the > breaking of the levy's which > hold back the water. > > All our national guard troops are overseas.... its > no wonder they can't > mobilize something.....but ask yourself does bush > really care? NOO.....anyone > seen Chaney lately? He's vaporized.... > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
