Subj : Re: It seems not everyone shares the "Blame Bush All The Way" viewpoint...
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 16:53:04

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

NotSinatra wrote:

> AAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!
> 
> You just DON"T GET IT!!!!
> 
> The problem many people, including me, are having with the pres and his 
> peeps is that they are only responding NOW! Every climatologist, 
> geologist, environmental planner and TV weatherman knew this was coming 
> 5 DAYS before it hit and absolutely nothing was done to prepare. THAT is 
> why FEMA should not have been gutted the way it was. Far from learning 
> from this mistake, however, the wingers are claiming this as further 
> proof that FEMA doesn't work. Guess what, my car wouldn't work either if 
> you took the wheels off! The Bush administration has once again 
> displayed complete disregard for the researched conclusions of actual 
> scientists. Then your boy has the RAW NERVE to come out and say "No one 
> anticipated the breaching if the levees." I think what "W" meant to say 
> was "No one listened."
> 
> Yes, the army does a better job of responding quickly in a crises, 
> that's their job, and they are damn good at it. What they DON"T DO and 
> SHOULD NOT DO is disaster preparedness planning. That is and MUST remain 
> a civil responsibility.
> 
> The Army and Red Cross could not have possible moved any faster then 
> they did once they were given the go ahead. The problem is that they 
> should have been given to go ahead two days prior to the storm hitting. 
> Trucks could have been loaded, supplies ordered. Materials moved from 
> other states, all the prep work could have been done so all they folk on 
> the ground had to do was start the trucks and move Tuesday morning.
> 
> But thank god, at least Trent Lott's beach house will be rebuilt even 
> better then it was. I guess they were prepared for THAT!
> 

NotSinatra, you're singing my song.

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