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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:27:13 -0700
From: David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Request Opinion on Political Issue
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Craig McCluskey wrote:
George Bush did not cause the Governor of Louisiana to
refuse to give permission to the Feds to help.
This has been repeated enough that people assume it's true, but AFAIK it
isn't. If you can provide me a source that says otherwise, I'd
appreciate seeing it.
There's a pretty well documented timeline here:
http://www.factcheck.org/article348.html
According to it, Blanco asked Bush to declare a state of emergency two
days before the storm hit, on August 27, and he did so. On August 29
she asked him again for help. Not exactly the actions of someone trying
to keep the feds out.
While Bush isn't personally responsible for FEMA's slow response, I do
hold him responsible for appointing an incompetant political hack with
no disaster response experience to head the agency. Unfortunately this
administration has seen a return to something of the old spoils
system, where government jobs are given as rewards to people who are
politically loyal, not to the people who are best qualified.
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It was the same incompetent political hack with no disaster response
experience
that handled the (4) hurricanes in FL last year
Roger
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