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To: combjelly who wrote (248956)	9/3/2005 9:13:17 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572095

But first we must take the criminals to task. You guys and girls are losing it. FEMA could have shit gold bricks and you would have the same situation you have right now...

To: combjelly who wrote (248956)	9/3/2005 10:30:06 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1572095

Great post... can that message get through the thick skulls of most US voters.

To: combjelly who wrote (248956)	9/3/2005 12:24:14 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572095

Why, when you follow the threads of the major stupidities of this disaster, do all roads seem to lead to FEMA? They don't. You see it this way because you WANT to see it this way. FEMA and the federal government have done everything they could possibly do. You can understand the victims in this crisis looking at it from an emotional viewpoint. You can understand that all of us are affected emotionally by the events. But any rational look at the government response to this problem has to view it as phenomenal. CNN's coverage has been egregious, with reporters losing any objectivity whatsoever. And frankly, Fox has been almost as bad. The scope of this crisis is huge. Take the Marial Boatlift and multiply it by 10; take away all communications, ground transportation, shut down all medical facilities, and put armed gangs in the streets. It is easy to understand the victims' anger. Their perspective is limited to their own sphere of vision. But rational, thinking people should be able to comprehend that evacuating tens of thousands without ground transportation in a virtual war zone within the course of what is now 5 days (the storm didn't leave until late Monday, the same reporters who are now complaining were claiming at that time that New Orleans had "dodged a bullet"). It was mid-day Tuesday before anyone realized that an evacuation MIGHT be necessary and that ground transportation couldn't be used. THAT'S BEEN FOUR DAYS AND MOST PEOPLE ARE OUT. The partisans here will blame Bush, AS USUAL. Nobody will blame the local government which failed to have anything remotely resembling a disaster plan (THE SUPERDOME, PURPORTEDLY THE BIGGEST OF THE SHELTERS, HAS NO PROVISIONS WHATSOEVER). Not all problems have easy solutions.

To: combjelly who wrote (248956)	9/3/2005 3:25:03 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572095

And while we are on the subject of recanting, I will now officially withdraw my objections to rebuilding New Orleans. We need to rebuild New Orleans. We need to do this, not because it is in a strategic location. Not because it is a unique American city. Not because it is a humanitarian thing to do. Not because as Americans, we rise to the challenge of adversity. But because New Orleans is a symbol. It is a symbol of what happens when a country loses control of their government. A symbol of what happens when the self interest of the few triumphs over the greater good. A symbol of what happens when ideology runs rough shod over pragmatism. Well said. I have come to the same conclusion. New Orleans must survive if for no other reason than it must be a reminder to these buttholes that they can't get away with their garbage.