--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > SUNDAY MORNING IN NEW ORLEANS FROM DIRECTNIC - MY DOMAIN NAME REGISTRY > COMPANY... > THE FOLLOWING WAS POSTED BY KEVIN BROWN > WRITTEN BY MIKE OF DIRECTNIC: > > Sunday, September 4th, 2005 8:51 am > Phones for City > Sig has been coordinating with the city to get them phones for the past > couple of days. It's a daunting task but hopefully we can get the some comms. > > That huge convoy of utility type trucks rolling in appears to MCI. Seems > like the tech type stuff is gonna be up and running before the flooding is > pumped out and the water is turned on. > (_19 Comments_ (http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/49971.html) > |_Comment on this_ > (http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/49971.html? mode=reply) ) > 7:55 am > Up and at 'em > Slept in til 7am today. The police and military still control the streets > and they're patrolling in force by vehicle -- you can see this on the cam. A > lot of people have asked about the vehicles and who's in them. They're all > police vehicles now -- commandeered. > > Let me address the political situation for a moment. I noticed that the > responses I've been getting on the blog and the stuff I've been reading in the > mainstream media has become very politicized. I'm not going to get into > politics here -- I'm just going to do my work and then report what I see and hear > throughout the day. If you guys want to play Democrat vs Republican vs > Independent, go right ahead, but I'm really weary of the permanent election season > this country's turned into. Honestly, these are politicians you guys are > getting so excited about. Politicians. As far as I'm concerned, I don't trust > people who want to tell other people how to spend their money and what they can > read or see on television and what they can do in the privacy of their own > homes. There's no way I'm going to feel comfortable supporting someone who thinks > he knows what's best for the rest of "society" and is willing to use force > and the threat of force to make others fall into line. > > So yeah, I'm not going to support or condemn anyone specific for what's > going on here. > > And another thing to think about when we start pointing fingers is this. The > government is never equipped to handle a crisis like this. There's too much > bureaucracy -- initiative-stifling bureaucracy which prevents swift, > effective action. I would like to hear from government employees on this. The nature > of that bureaucracy is such that you have very specific guidelines to follow > for even the most minute tasks. You need approval for just about everything, > and the person you need approval from usually needs approval to give you the > approval. > > It's not as easy as say rounding up 4 of your co-workers and saying, "We've > got someone at such and such an address, let's go grab her and get her out of > there." Now add a destroyed or disabled command and control center to that > bureaucracy and you've got a total and complete mess. > > You (as a civilian) don't need "Approved" stamped on 3 different forms > before you can run into your neighbor's house and pull them out. I hope this makes > sense. > > Anyway, I'm sure there's been human error in this catastrophe. How could > there not be? But what I'm saying is that I've come to expect poor decision > making and a total lack of initiative from government. They can't even balance a > budget, at the federal, state, or local levels. I could balance my checkbook > and spend within my means when I was a teenager. But I'm not gonna point > fingers and get into the blame game. If you want me to blame something besides > the storm herself, I blame the nature of government in the first place. It's > too big, it's too slow, it's too inefficient, it's too bloated, and it's too > intiative-stifling to be effective in normal circumstances, much less in a > disaster. It's a systemic issue, more than an issue of individual people in > government. > > Ok, that being said, I see more civilians on the street now -- although many > of them appear to be journalist types. > > More later. I see. You're a professional exploiter, just like Pat Robertson, calling for the murder of Hugo Chavez, as long as your hat is full when it's passed! Too bad they didn't snipe you, O white boy, holier than thou or those "coloreds" as you call them. I'd like to see the video of one of them "thugs" as you call them giving you a good old fashioned ass-whipping! You deserve one! Pretending to be a man of the cloth, to keep from holding a REGULAR job! How's your 501C3 status going? Have one! Got a EIN? I wished the FBI would wire me up to catch you!
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