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To: i-node who wrote (248570)	9/1/2005 8:18:04 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574001

"This remark is insane. Never in the nation's history has a relief effort geared up so quickly." Bullshit. I was in Galveston when Alicia hit in 1983. There was Even though FEMA was regarded as pretty worthless, they were there the day after the hurricane blew through. According to news accounts, the same was true with the Mississippi flood of 1993. IMPACT had a plan on the books for moving hospital ships, pump ships and supplies to a point where they could be moved to New Orleans if a large hurricane was going to hit so that they could move in as quickly as possible. But, that was under Clinton when the head of FEMA actually knew what he was doing instead of some party hack. Plus, this isn't the first time an area has been declared a disaster area before the actual disaster had occurred.

To: i-node who wrote (248570)	9/1/2005 8:19:30 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574001

Watched about a minute of Anderson Cooper on CNN just now. He tried to interview Sen Landrieu(D) from Louisiana. First question was about blaming the feds. She cut him off and the interview was practically over. Another example of why CNN sucks.

To: i-node who wrote (248570)	9/1/2005 8:36:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574001

Anyone who bitches about is either ignorant or mounting the usual ABB attacks. Thinking people realize, with amazement, just how fantastic this response has been. I can understand how you could see it that way. If you listen to just Bush and to the FEMA director everything sounds great.....difficult but great. But then when you listen to the affected people......there is nothing great.....they are not getting adequate water, food and medical attention. The FEMA hospital at the New Orleans airport which has been open since yesterday btw is swamped. They don't know what to do with the increasing number of people being sent to them. That is just one of hundreds of examples that suggest there was not adequate planning done for this disaster. Turn on the tube.......watch CNN and MSNBC. You'll get to see dead bodies floating in the water, dead bodies stacked up against the Convention Center, along the streets of New Orleans. No one doubts this is a difficult disaster but to state that the Bush response was "swift and sure footed" as if you are writing a fiction novel is really too much to bear. Its partisan propaganda of the worst kind.