Originally posted by jebrydzaginActually, Mz. Hillary (named after Sir Edmund, don't ya'know, her words not mine) Clinton doesn't like the head of DHS [Dept Homeland Security] M. Chrekoff (I think I've got the name right) because he was the lead Whitewater investigator.
(sigh) The news item referred to an enquiry about the government's response to the hurricane. This included local, state, and federal governments and their combined actions before and after the disaster. The President said he would direct this enquiry.
Ms. Clinton has been making partisan noise about an investigation. In any case, it is not relat ...[text shortened]... s about which you are informed, English football or London police, for example.
Adieu.
Jeb
It may have been stated, but the actual evacuation was the responsibility of the municipal and state governments. The federal government, of which President Bush is head of one of three branchs, may not overextend its jurisdiction; that is, the feds weren't welcome until the state government requested aid.
I know posts like this are just meant to either poke fun or stir people up, but I do get tired of the America / Bush bashing. I guess as an American I should take a certain amount of pride that so many people try so hard to find fault with us… Lord knows it’s not hard to find. After all we don’t have the pleasure of living in the Utopian societies that all the mudslingers do.
To the point of the hurricane response:
The individual states and local municipalities are responsible in large degree for their own emergency preparedness and response, not the federal government. The first fault lies with them. The federal government is not supposed to be the first or only response to a calamity. Look at New York after 9/11. Were the Marines patrolling the streets of the city? They would have if needed or called upon but the city and state of New York responded properly and swiftly to aid their citizens.
Clearly the scale of the bombings and this hurricane are hardly to be compared, but the fact is the mayor of New Orleans had hundreds of school buses at his disposal before the storm came and chose not to use them. After the storm came the Red Cross had supplies ready for the thousands at the Super Dome and were refused access to deliver them for fear that more people would flock to the site.
Did the Feds respond to slowly? Yes, but if the city of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana had done their jobs it wouldn’t have cost nearly the lives that were lost.
Originally posted by jebrydzaginoriginal post wes a general enquiry .
(sigh) The news item referred to an enquiry about the government's response to the hurricane. This included local, state, and federal governments and their combined actions before and after the disaster. The President said he would direct this enquiry.
Ms. Clinton has been making partisan noise about an investigation. In any case, it is not relat ...[text shortened]... s about which you are informed, English football or London police, for example.
Adieu.
Jeb
Admitting my ignorance.
The reason for the number of deaths is quite obvious.
This is what the mayor of New Orleans said on the Saturday before the Sunday evacuation; " Well will order people to evacuate the city tomorrow, until then there is no need to worry".
If he KNEW the city was going to need to be evacuated; why didn't he call it as soon as possible?
Originally posted by Freddie2004Because, somehow this must be McSmirkyHaliburtonOilChimpBushJoooooos' fault.
The reason for the number of deaths is quite obvious.
This is what the mayor of New Orleans said on the Saturday before the Sunday evacuation; " Well will order people to evacuate the city tomorrow, until then there is no need to worry".
If he KNEW the city was going to need to be evacuated; why didn't he call it as soon as possible?
Or sometimes you can just write it as *'s fault.
The man is sooooo stupid..........
HOW STUPID IS HE?!?!?!?!
He can direct a hurricane to smash into New Orleans cause he hates poor people and he hates black people. He doubly hates poor, black people don't cha' know.
I believe most of the fault lies with the US Congress, since they control the budget for the Army Corps of Engineers who were responsible for the levees in the first place. Cutting their budget time and again, in the face of countless studies showing how New Orleans was at risk, is practically criminal. Now we must spend hundreds of billions ultimately over something that could have been prevented at MUCH less cost.
Originally posted by SuzianneNah! It has to be Shrub's fault.
I believe most of the fault lies with the US Congress, since they control the budget for the Army Corps of Engineers who were responsible for the levees in the first place. Cutting their budget time and again, in the face of countless studies showing how New Orleans was at risk, is practically criminal. Now we must spend hundreds of billions ultimately over something that could have been prevented at MUCH less cost.
BTW, they weren't spending the money on the leevees as they were suppossed too.
Originally posted by FersbooProbably because they weren't getting nearly enough money to fund what they needed to do with the levees... about all they got was bare maintenance funds... certainly not enough to shore up the levees against Cat 5 hurricanes.
Nah! It has to be Shrub's fault.
BTW, they weren't spending the money on the leevees as they were suppossed too.
Originally posted by SuzianneNo, I believe they have received $1.9 Billion for the leevees since President Bush has been in office.
Probably because they weren't getting nearly enough money to fund what they needed to do with the levees... about all they got was bare maintenance funds... certainly not enough to shore up the levees against Cat 5 hurricanes.
It is a corrupt state, with members of the LA DHS already under investigation for misappropriation of funds.
Originally posted by FersbooBut we live in the modern world... even 1.9 billion (over what, 5 years?) doesn't go far enough these days. Tens of billions going to shore up the levees against Cat 5 storms would have prevented the hundreds of billions that will have to be spent now... not to mention countless lives...
No, I believe they have received $1.9 Billion for the leevees since President Bush has been in office.
It is a corrupt state, with members of the LA DHS already under investigation for misappropriation of funds.
Originally posted by SuzianneAh shaddup
But we live in the modern world... even 1.9 billion (over what, 5 years?) doesn't go far enough these days. Tens of billions going to shore up the levees against Cat 5 storms would have prevented the hundreds of billions that will have to be spent now... not to mention countless lives...
Originally posted by Suziannelook after your ppl.
But we live in the modern world... even 1.9 billion (over what, 5 years?) doesn't go far enough these days. Tens of billions going to shore up the levees against Cat 5 storms would have prevented the hundreds of billions that will have to be spent now... not to mention countless lives...
and shut up
