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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic
Are you Bush apologists gonna care about the performance of the state and local goverments of Louisiana if an epic natural disaster (or terrorist attack) hits your state? Fvck no.
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Hmm...dare I assume you are referring to me?
Actually, I do care about the performance of the state and local government in Louisiana. They screwed up before the disaster hit. Period. Incompetent. Does this mean that I think the feds - or Bush - has done a good job? No. Well, not at first. The first three-four days was a joke and incompetence reigned. Bush is at fault in that he appointed certain people like Brown. But, yes, I do care. The locals screwed up so badly that people died. So did the feds. Please point out where I said that I think Bush and the feds have done a good job. I'm just pointing out that if the locals had done their job, there wouldn't have been the opportunity for the post disaster screw ups. So we can rightly criticize the post disaster, but it is more important to examine the predisaster screwups that put the people in the position they were in.
So yes, I do care. And obviously my state government in AZ does, too. Why do I say that? Well, they are undergoing serious review of the AZ disaster plans. Now why would they do that? Because they realize that it is the responsibility of the local government to be prepared, not the responsibility of the feds to do it for them. I'm no Governor Napolitano fan here in AZ, but she is exactly right to take on a serious review of the procedures. I would like to think that perhaps my own local government isn't so inept so as to cause my community to be in such a situation. If I were, would I want the feds to do a better job in the first couple days? Damn right I would. And that needs to be corrected.
And who the hell cares who bin Laden is laughing at? I don't. Maybe some people laughed when the tsunami hit primarily Muslim countries, and they're a$$holes, too.
I do agree with you Sac, that Bush needs to answer why he hired someone as obviously incompetent as Brown. But if he gets the blame, as he should, then he gets credit for putting the general that is currently running things in New Orleans in charge there, and I read that he's doing one hell of a job.