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To: KLP who wrote (136870)	9/3/2005 1:21:52 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Yes, that is interesting, isn't it? In fact, some of them are saying that Bush should have shredded the Constitution and federal law, bypassed the duly elected state and local governments, come in with federal troops and evacuated the city by force before the hurricane hit. Can you imagine what they would be saying now if he actually attempted such a thing?

To: KLP who wrote (136870)	9/3/2005 2:31:29 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Hi KLP: Bush is well prepared to survive the condemnations resulting from Katrina. Compare his responses to what Chirac might have done/said while standing so tall dressed in his finest suit and traveling to visit NO in a parade of limousines. So high and mighty above the common rabble. In defense of local politicians who screwed up so badly, the true magnitude of the disaster was slow to become obvious and is still growing. But the greatest weakness was displayed by those locally in charge who did not have the proper people in charge to inform them of happenings or an organization set up the integrate incoming reports. Politicians are not useful people to have in charge, when they are educated to pass the buck, to avoid responsibility for any bad happenings, to play nicey-nicey to other elected officials of the same bent. Or to present a problem as being less than the actual and easily overcome. There has in recent years been a closely spaced series of events endangering our way of life , and the US now knows the value of studying those problems and similar possible events. We should consider ourselves lucky that we now have a a Department of Homeland Security and FEMA, a great start in planning what will be needed if similar or even worse events( such as promised by Al Queada) occur. A meteor strike, an earthquake on the Mississippi fault line , an explosion of an LNG tanker or storage facility. Not all these events can be perfectly planned for, like evacuating a radioactive NYC or State. In those events plans must be developed as the sequence of events occurs. Katrina points out a major deficiency of our system, in that it is so hard to get a politician's ass in gear after a week-end of partying and get out of somebodies warm bed on a Sunday at midnight to make powerful clear minded decisions. Based only on Meteorologists reports and weather forecasters. The storm existed and was tracked but still hard to estimate the force and direction. A nuclear attack on major city can occur with no warning. Any response must be at the national level, with one person in charge, properly informed in a timely matter ( perhaps minutes) of all activities being conducted or needed. In Summary: Mayors, Governors, and Institutional leaders must recognize that they are Americans first, and they must talk to each other and plan together as well as possible. And that at some time they will need to accept leadership and direction for their own States actions from higher authorities on behalf of the Nation as whole. Sig