Um, who cares where it appears. It is clearly marked as an "opinion" piece. After you see it's an opinion piece, you next check out who the author is. As soon as I saw who the author was....i figured i should lend some credence to his opinions. Of course, i don't know what his politics are.
I mean, i read the opinions/editorials in the New York Times....a liberal bastion. I take each one on an author by author basis, and don't instantly discount it just because it's printed in a liberal paper. > My opinion is based on the article being in the Wall Street Journal, a > conservative bastion much like the Washington Times or Fox News. The > timing of this op-ed is also very convenient. > > Just my $.02 > > Scott A. Stewart, > Web Application Developer > > Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) > 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 > Chantilly, VA 20151 > Phone: (703) 995-1737 > Fax: (703) 834-5527 > > "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep > carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" > > .... the Scottish Rogues > > > -----Original Message----- > From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 03:55 pm > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: WSJ: Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin failed their constituents > Importance: Low > > Wait a second.....why are you guys so quick to dismiss this guy and his > opinion??? > > "As a former state legislator who represented the legislative district > most > impacted by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980...." > > Um.....wouldn't that put him in a position to have a legitimate opinion on > this matter? Or does fact that his opinion differs from yours...make him a > quack spin doctor? > > >>> Robert wrote: >>> Blame Amid the Tragedy >>> Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin failed their constituents. >>> >> >> Yeah, that was hilarious, nice try. The problem with the "blame the >> horse" mentality of these cowards is 3 fold: >> >> 1.) Government's 1st job is to protect its citizens, not to outsource and >> blame. >> >> 2.) The local gov't coordinated with FEMA years before, just before, >> and after the hurricane. Further, Mr. Bush was supposed to have done >> a complete review of homeland security. If there were holes, he >> should've found them. >> >> 3.) There was a plan endorsed, coordinated, and managed by FEMA. It >> worked until it was stressed by communications failures. At that >> point the entire thing fell apart. >> >> There will be others that will try to deny responsibility and >> accountability, but the blame lies solely with FEMA and, therefore, >> the President. >> >> If he had character he would step up and accept responsibility with a >> "the buck stops here and I failed" speech. Then he would ask for an >> independent commission to investigate the problems and come up with >> solutions which he would pre-accept. >> >> But he doesn't. >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173097 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
