> William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted: > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1764115,00.html
<big DEFANGED_snip> > Earth to Bush: the breaching of the levees had been > foreseen for > decades. If anyone wanted evidence that this > president was completely > divorced from reality, that statement was Exhibit A... Not to mention that a LA-raised friend of mine called on _Monday_ night with news of deadly chaos at the Convention Center, while all the interviews of gov't officials I've seen state that 'they didn't know' until Wed. -- not excusable, IMO. > http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003458.htm > > "During his visit to Mobile, Ala., on Friday, > President Bush singled > out Michael D. Brown, head of the Federal Emergency > Management Agency, for praise: <snip> > - He blamed the flood victims in New Orleans for > failing to evacuate > on time, even though local authorities failed to > make municipal > vehicles available to residents who could not drive > or did not own their own cars. This was a local gov't failure, certainly. > "It took four days to begin a large-scale evacuation > of people > stranded in the Superdome stadium and to bring in > significant amounts > of food and water to an American city easily > accessible by motorway," > the Observer notes. "Relief agencies took half that > time to reach > Indonesia after the Boxing Day tsunami. " > This is not the time to give a weak performer the > benefit of the > doubt. The FEMA director's role in the ongoing > recovery effort is too > important to be entrusted to a clueless political > hack with such poor judgment. A lawyer who previously managed the International Arabian Horse Association...*what* kind of experience is that for managing disasters? Still, that handicap could have been overcome with diligent homework; apparently, it wasn't. Debbi Any One Of Us Would Have Studied Ahead Maru >:/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
