more on Game!!!! djf Blame the government...whoever that is.....;

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <kgb () kgb com>
Date: September 6, 2005 9:40:27 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: [IP] Blame the government...whoever that is.....;
Reply-To: kgbarkes () gmail com


We've been told repeatedly that now is not the time to play the "blame
game."

I find the use of the word "game" to be repugnant. An American city  
has been
destroyed, thousands have died, and storm victims are enduring an  
ongoing
evacuation of diasporic proportion. This is no game.

One third of our National Guard is overseas. There are seven weeks  
left in
the current hurricane season, and the Atlantic is spawning tropical  
storm
systems in record numbers. The fourth anniversary of 9/11 is five  
days away,
and, if you recall, a group of FBI counterterrorism analysts warned  
in early
August of possible terrorist attacks in New York, Los Angeles and  
Chicago
around that date.

So, just when would be a convenient time to identify those elements  
in the
emergency management structure which require repair?

I abhor sports metaphors, but if this is a "game", it's one with no
time-outs, and we're in sudden death. We don't have the luxury of  
deferring
action. We can't take our ball and go home.

The problems with the system need to be identified, and the process of
correcting them must begin immediately.

Regards,

KGB

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