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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (248732)	9/2/2005 2:40:30 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573988

"I'm talking from my own personal point-of-view. All I see is what the media reports." What ever. The fact of the matter is that in the recent past, we have always pre-positioned men, equipment and supplies so they could be moved in as soon as possible. So what do we do when a large hurricane heads for a place where we know can cause a huge disaster? We sit on our hands for days. There might be a reasonable explanation, but I fail to see what it could be. You hold a hammer in your hand, fingers down, and open your hand. It is reasonable to expect the hammer to fall. It isn't reasonable to expect the hammer to float upwards. So why did we expect the hammer to float?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (248732)	9/2/2005 3:23:14 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573988

"The president's comments came after New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out at federal officials, telling a local radio station "they don't have a clue what's going on down here." Even Republicans were criticizing Bush and his administration for the sluggish relief effort. "I think it puts into question all of the Homeland Security and Northern Command planning for the last four years, because if we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?" said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich." news.yahoo.com I don't like Gingrich but he doesn't mince words when he is upset. ted