more on "United States of Shame"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Warren Magnus <wmagnus () samespace com>
Date: September 3, 2005 6:55:06 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on "United States of Shame"


Dave:

I note that there is much finger pointing at the local and state  
governments by those politically aligned on the right. I suppose this  
is to be expected, but on August 28, the formal request for FEMA  
involvement and disaster aid went out. <http://gov.louisiana.gov/ 
Disaster%20Relief%20Request.pdf>

The President Declared a disaster nearly immediately after that,  
making FEMA resources available and theoretically engaging the DHS.

Supposedly by Monday afternoon, there was talk of FEMA evaluating  
damage on the ground, events as unfolded on the Times-Picayune newslog.
<http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times- 
Picayune/archives/2005_08.html#074879>.

Even as I write this things are unfolding in a much more disturbing  
way. The ball has been dropped so badly by this administration that  
war has essentially been declared on the very people who need the  
help of the military.
<http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1077495.php>
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx? 
type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-09-03T202355Z_01_FOR373303_RTRIDST_0_USRE 
PORT-WEATHER-KATRINA-HELPLESS-DC.XML>

This is not a rebellion. This is a battle for survival brought about  
the total inability of the gutted FEMA and its lords at the DHS being  
prepared for the wrong kind of homeland risk. Terrorism is no threat  
compared to what can happen due to natural disaster and we as a  
nation have totally blown it.

There is no war on terror that we can win so long as our own people  
are dying in the streets of their home towns due to disease,  
dehydration and at the hands of our own defenders.

Do I point fingers? You bet. Can we fix things immediately? No, but  
there needs to be a clear responsibility where the buck must  
ultimately stop.

We have a naval vessel named after Harry Truman heading to the Gulf  
of Mexico. That man understood where the buck stopped. This President  
does not and he needs to be held accountable for his bad management.

-W






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