Subj : Hurricane recovery
To   : Frank
From : Newborn
Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 01:24:00

  Re: Hurricane recovery
  By: Frank to Newborn on Wed Sep 07 2005 11:09 pm

 >   Re: Hurricane recovery
 >   By: Newborn to Frank Reid on Tue Sep 06 2005 11:24 pm
 > 
 >  >  > The forward deployment of our military in Iraq, Afghanistan and dozens
 >  >  > areas had *nothing* to do with the speed of response to the Katrina di
 >  >  > That is *entirely* the result of established, legal processes which we
 >  >  > place in our Constitution for dispatching military troops to take cont
 >  >  > civilian locales.
 > 
 >       > Frank Reed
 > 
 >  > I believe their is a constitutional prohitation against the Federal
 >  > government using the Army to take over policing duties in the states with
 >  > the consent of local officials (posse-cominatius statue).  This is one
 >  > of the reasons the Army could not just take over the police functions
 >  > within the localities effected by the storm.  The biggest problem in this
 >  > storm was State-Federal conflicts resulting in time delaying buracricy.
 >  > An example is that all the people going into the affected areas to volunt
 >  > to help were subjected to searches under the homeland security act and th
 >  > weren't enough federal agents to provide those searches.
 > 
 >  > Newborn
 > 
 >    Is that you Newborn?
 > 
 >    You both make very fine points but when this all started it was viewed as
 >   *A RELIEF EFFORT* The military didn't need to provide a Policing response.
 >   In the end it just turned out that way which shocked the hell out of us
 >   all!
 > 
 >    Our Government has to find efficent ways to adapt. I'm sure government
 >   guideline stood in the way of the Army from making a response in less than
 >   48 hrs when the Coast Guard cleard the same hurdles applied to them in 6.
 >   If the Army is needed to provide huminitarian support they should be
 >   released sooner with restrictions that go NO FARTHER THAN RELIEF EFFORTS.
 > 
 >    The initial response to the Hurricane was perceived to be only a relief
 >   response. To the credit of the folks in some of the affected areas it just
 >   turned into the need for a police response which, disaster or no is
 >   UNACCEPTABLE!
 > 
 >    In a post 9/11 world it seems we havn't improved much at all in the ole
 >   homeland. As goverment goes. It's buisness as usual.
 > 
 >    I think honest intelligent political minds can make the needed correction
 >   it they truly want to serve the public good. I doubt they will though.
 > 
 > 
 >        The Dark Castle BBS - thedarkcastle.net - Elkhorn City,Kentucky
 > 
      I believe that they can too, but in my adult life I have seen precious
      little of that.  Politics and Public good seem to be polar opposites in
      the U.S. Frank.
 
Newborn
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