Subj : Re: It seems not everyone To : alt.tv.farscape From : Ken McElhaney Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 08:12:34 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Finnigann wrote: > To: Ken McElhaney > -=3D> Ken McElhaney wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=3D- > > KM> From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape > > > > The last poll I saw was down to 38%. > > KM> Which poll? Are you saying 38% of Republicans approve of his handling > KM> of the Katrina disaster? Or, are you just citing the 38% (now 45%) > KM> overall job approval rating? > > http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200509u/nj_schneider_2005-09-06 > > 40% > > Perhaps your poll was in Houston - Haliburton headquaters. Hmm, then this Gallop Poll will not be to your liking, then; http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=3D18412 Despite overwhelming negative press, it seems that most Americans do NOT blame Bush. > Anyway it's been on a slow spiral since the declared victory in Iraq. Hmm, yet he still beat Kerry quite convincingly in the 2004 election. Doesn't say much for Kerry. > It was > about at this point just prior to the World Trade Center attacks. It was higher, around 50%. > So it seems > the only person to benefit from the taliban - Osssama bin Laden > thing = is 'w'. Yea, what did Osama do to us, anyway? > Might explain why we are chasing geese everywhere else these days. So you are saying that our efforts in Afghanistan and around the world have had NO effect on reducing terrorist attacks against the US? So, Osama has waiting more than four years to attack us again because....why? > KM> This is approximately the same level at > > which you've burned away everything except the rock-headed right winge= rs who > > would approve of a Republican President if he, say, lied about the rea= sons > > for starting a war that he proceeded to thoroughly f*ck up > > KM> Yea, tell that to the Kurds 'n Shia, I'm sure they think getting > KM> liberated, forming a constitution, and putting on trial a madman who > KM> killed 400,000 of them was "all screwed up". > > KM> I tell ya what, John, when the terrorists come to North Carolina, we= 'll > KM> wake you up. > > >, or dismantled a > > working Federal Emergency Managent Administration so it could become a > > patronage arm of his presidential campaign committee. You know, the R= etard > > and Moron constituency. > > KM> Hmm, the people in Alabama 'n Mississippi (you remember them, don't > KM> you? the ones also hit by hurricane Katrina) don't seem to share that > KM> opinion about FEMA like you do. > > > > > > >> And while the federal response was way too slow and disasters of th= is > > >> size should NOT be handled by FEMA, but rather the US military (whi= ch > > >> has no buerocracy to get in the way), I do have some questions for = the > > >> local 'n state authorities, namely; > > > > > > I disagree. I think FEMA is the proper place to handle this sort of= thing > > > but it needs more of a military type heirarchy in which quick decisi= ons > > > can be made on the spot without a long approval process. Of course,= any > > > decisions made will not look as good a few days later but that will = happen > > > anyway. > > > The _Federal_ _Emergency_ _Management_ _Agency_ isn't a state pep squad. = It's > supposed to bring resources to bear on problems too big for states to han= dle. > Or where jurisdictions need to be combined. > > > From their web site: > > FEMA Mission > > DISASTER. It strikes anytime, anywhere. It takes many forms -- a hurrican= e, an > earthquake, a tornado, a flood, a fire or a hazardous spill, an act of na= ture > or an act of terrorism. It builds over days or weeks, or hits suddenly, w= ithout > warning. Every year, millions of Americans face disaster, and its terrify= ing > consequences. > > On March 1, 2003, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) became p= art of > the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). FEMA's continuing mission > within the new department is to lead the effort to prepare the nation for= all > hazards and effectively manage federal response and recovery efforts foll= owing > any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive mitigation activitie= s, > trains first responders, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program= and > the U.S. Fire Administration. And while it has handled other disasters fairly well (at least I didn't see the resident Bush-basher John disparage FEMA last year when FOUR hurricanes hit Florida), the one in New Orleans was clearly way too big and too immediate to handle. Only when the US military went in on Friday did things start turning around. For almost all disaster relief, FEMA has worked just fine (although it usually is the local/church groups that carry the biggest burden, as it has been since this country was founded). > > > > It has the hierarchy. > > KM> Actually John, it doesn't have the kind of power you suggest. FEMA > KM> works with state 'n local officials. And when they have NO PLAN and > KM> spend time yelling on radio programs that they can't get any help, i= t's > KM> time to bypass FEMA and send in the military. > > > > It just didn't occur to the dipsh*t in charge to look > > at it. > > KM> Ah, consistancy. I see a fist-raising, Bush-bashing, screaming to the > KM> heavens theme from the Democrats which will result in even more Sena= te > KM> seats to the Republicans in Nov. 2006. > > KM> Keep gritchen, John. > > As every concerned citizen must do! And the response so far has been pretty clear, most Americans do NOT blame Bush for this. But I'm sure that Republicans will hope that you guys keep bashing away, a strategy that put quite a few Republicans in the House 'n Senate over the past 5 years. =20 Ken .