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To: i-node who wrote (248540)	9/1/2005 6:02:11 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574004

Well, it is here. It isn't the FEMA director's fault. It isn't Bush's fault. Hell, it isn't even Clinton's fault. One thing is certain: The administration's response to this crisis has been swift and surefooted. The Gov. of LA is a dumbass, and the mayor of N.O. is an idiot. At least they are getting out of the way and letting FEMA run the show. Well at least you, Mr. Brown and the Mr. Bush are in sync. Fortunately, the press is in the area and the people speak English........we won't have to go through one of these long discourses like we did with Iraq. We will know how bad it is right from the get go. Maybe then we can prevent an Iraqi disaster from happening in NO.

To: i-node who wrote (248540)	9/1/2005 6:03:29 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574004

David, We are 72 hours into the worst disaster our nation has ever faced. Exactly. Just 72 hours, and already people are pointing fingers. At least with 9/11, we waited several months before resuming our regularly-scheduled partisan bickering. Tenchusatsu

To: i-node who wrote (248540)	9/1/2005 6:16:06 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574004

"The administration's response to this crisis has been swift and surefooted." Bullshit. They didn't even twitch until yesterday. A lot of stuff should have been going on before Katrina even hit shore. That was the IMPACT plan that got ditched. They did nothing but sit around with their thumbs up their butts. Yeah, FEMA under Clinton planned for a Cat. 5 hitting New Orleans and started to upgrade the infrastructure to deal with it. But, then under Bush, the upgrading was stopped. That pretty much puts the blame at his and Congress's door. No two ways about it.

To: i-node who wrote (248540)	9/1/2005 6:57:00 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574004

One thing is certain: The administration's response to this crisis has been swift and surefooted. Swift and surefooted? Biloxi doesn't agree with your assessement. Biloxi Newspaper Rips Relief Effort, Begs for Help by Greg Mitchell NEW YORK - The Sun Herald of Biloxi, Miss., in an editorial today, criticized the relief effort in its ravaged area so far, and told officials and the nation-at-large: "South Mississippi needs your help." It angrily revealed: "While the flow of information is frustratingly difficult, our reporters have yet to find evidence of a coordinated approach to relieve pain and hunger or to secure property and maintain order. People are hurting and people are being vandalized. "Yet where is the National Guard, why hasn't every able-bodied member of the armed forces in South Mississippi been pressed into service?" Pointedly, it declared that earlier today, "reporters listening to horrific stories of death and survival at the Biloxi Junior High School shelter looked north across Irish Hill Road and saw Air Force personnel playing basketball and performing calisthenics." It added: "We need the president to back up his declaration of a disaster with a declaration of every man and woman under his command will do whatever is necessary to deal with that disaster." The newspaper has managed to publish two print editions this week as well as keep its Web site updated. Here is the text of the editorial. * The coastal communities of South Mississippi are desperately in need of an unprecedented relief effort. We understand that New Orleans also was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, but surely this nation has the resources to rescue both that metropolitan and ours. EDIT.Apparently, the editors in Biloxi don't realize that things are going much worse in NO. Whatever plans that were in place to deal with such a natural disaster have proven inadequate. Perhaps destruction on this scale could not have been adequately prepared for. But now that it has taken place, no effort should be spared to mitigate the hurricane's impact. The essentials -- ice, gasoline, medicine -- simply are not getting here fast enough. We are not calling on the nation and the state to make life more comfortable in South Mississippi, we are calling on the nation and the state to make life here possible. We would bolster our argument with the number of Katrina casualties confirmed thus far, but if there is such a confirmed number, no one is releasing it to the public. This lack of faith in the publics' ability to handle the truth is not sparing anyone's feelings, it is instead fueling terrifying rumors.</b. While the flow of information is frustratingly difficult, our reporters have yet to find evidence of a coordinated approach to relieve pain and hunger or to secure property and maintain order. People are hurting and people are being vandalized. Yet where is the National Guard, why hasn't every able-bodied member of the armed forces in South Mississippi been pressed into service? On Wednesday reporters listening to horrific stories of death and survival at the Biloxi Junior High School shelter looked north across Irish Hill Road and saw Air Force personnel playing basketball and performing calisthenics. Playing basketball and performing calisthenics! When asked why these young men were not being used to help in the recovery effort, our reporters were told that it would be pointless to send military personnel down to the beach to pick up debris. Litter is the least of our problems. We need the president to back up his declaration of a disaster with a declaration of every man and woman under his command will do whatever is necessary to deal with that disaster. We need the governor to provide whatever assistance is at his command. We certainly need our own county and city officials to come together and identify the most pressing needs of their constituents and then allocate resources to meet those needs. We appreciate the stress that theses elected and appointed officials have been under since the weekend but they must do a better job restoring public confidence in their ability to meet this challenge.