There were serious problems with planning, coordination, response and information handling on the federal level, proceeding all the way up, and down, the chain of command. This is a manifest failure. This has to be dealt with, if you are at all rational, at the end of the day- this has to be dealt with.
While you find deep offense that blame was laid at the federal feet within hours of the levees failing and things going to hell, I take great offense that blame avoidance and 'Not my/their fault! Not my/thier defined repsonsibility!' has been yelled at top volume by the administration and their shills since the storm hit the ground.
Okay, so fine, lets call it equal. I'll see your partisan hacks with my mindless shills. Now lay your cards down and lets see what you got.
If you're not a 'buttmonkey' [sic], you'll insist that the problems at all levels be addressed. Thats what I have yet hear from you, Tom. Thats why you are indestinguishable, as far as I am concerned, from those in the 'get Bush!!!' armada. I see you out for political points every bit as much as they are.
At the end of the day, the government exists to serve the needs of the people.
DL
Current Events » in reply to Context
Regardless if it sits well with your politics or not
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- This was reply to something on flame, but rightly belongs here
- re: This was reply to something on flame, but rightly belongs here
- One thing you said, in all of that glop, was meaningful
- You missed the main point and dodged others
- Which was easy, because there was no main point, nor any others
- Not Federal Troops
- Gosh, Don't make me pull a Brosz on you. ;-)
- re: my point
- Talk about bullshit
- Try not skimming next time.
- Talk about bullshit
- Which was easy, because there was no main point, nor any others
- You missed the main point and dodged others
- One thing you said, in all of that glop, was meaningful
- Where is chicken little when we need her?
- So what if he lied. So what if Bush lied. What's the difference?
- Context
- Agreed, start to finish
- go ahead, blame Bush.
- For non-response by an agency administered by the Executive branch of which he is the head? Sure!
- go ahead, blame Bush.
- Levee failure
- This is silly
- what preparation would have prevented the levy failure?
- se above (n/t)
- re: This is sillier
- for every thread, spin,spin,spin
- Lets assume everyone knew the levy was going to fail 60-70 hours before Katrina.
- Thats sort of the point- they *should* have known the levees were going to fail 36-48 hours out, and ended up doing nothing
- Lets assume everyone knew the levy was going to fail 60-70 hours before Katrina.
- for every thread, spin,spin,spin
- what preparation would have prevented the levy failure?
- This is silly
- Oh, the original lead into that, the context that its missing was:
- re: This was reply to something on flame, but rightly belongs here