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Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam
Oh geez, you're killing me over here LOL
Why in the world would anybody need to congratulate Bush because portions of the city that only saw slight damage are re-opening?
OK... I'm game. I'll give it a shot.
Thank you, Mr. President, for insuring that the original French settlement that became New Orleans was constructed on high ground hundreds of years before your birth. Way to plan ahead there, guy!
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Well, in that case, why is it the problem of the feds that so much of it was built below sea level? If it weren't, there would be no disaster.
My post was primarily out of sarcasm - the thing that is frustrating to me is that the feds get no credit for anything that goes well, only criticism for what does not.
And actually, I find it sad that I expect that the feds should get any credit for anything that goes well. I am a states rights guy - but I am also a state responsibility kind of guy.
I take it upon
myself to be as prepared as I can be. I honestly do not expect anything from the government should there be a disaster. I buy insurance - health, home, blanket liability. I have tried to be as prepared as possible by always having a few cases of water in the garage, the cars tuned up, etc. Can everyone afford to do this? Certainly not.
I expect my state to be prepared. I expect the city of Phoenix to be prepared. I do not expect that the feds should have to come rescue me.
This is why I have so much more disdain for the governor and mayor than i have concern about the preparedness of the feds. To me, it is about their lack of preparation rather than the feds being slower than they should have to respond. And to see them whining like the immature brats that they are makes me ill. "Where's the help?", screamed the mayor, while the people he failed are the ones requiring it. "why is FEMA so slow collecting the dead?", whined the governor, while the dead are there because of her irresponsibility.
To me, it isn't about whether the feds will be able to save me next time. To me, it's about the morons who were so unprepared that hundreds are dead because of it. And they themselves turned away much of the humanitarian aid (from the red cross) that they were whining wasn't there to help them.
That is what make me ill.