The logistics of moving and sheltering thousands and thousands of borderline indingent people are staggering. Just look at the unintended consequences caused by the bus trip from New Orleans to Houston--the mayor of Houston went from confidently saying Houston was ready for the evacuees the other evening to now asking Houstonians to open their homes to people b/c there's not enough room for all those who keep coming (and coming)...and this is in a city nearly five times the size of New Orleans, not under the gun of a Cat 4 hurricane and with a nation and federal government ready to foot the bill for it all (as FEMA is doing, right down to the last bus heading west from the Superdome).
I know this is a very emotional event, and we all want what's best for those involved, but, c'mon, think some of this stuff through before you post it here.
"Let me ask all of you who are attacking Ray Nagin so viciously:"
Back up. It was Ray Nagin that attacked, what you're reading here is a response. I think most people were giving him the benefit of the doubt before he started his own cya operation and laid the blame on Bush and Iraq this morning.
"I know this is a very emotional event, and we all want what's best for those involved, but, c'mon, think some of this stuff through before you post it here."
Maybe the good mayor ought to think some of "his stuff through" before he says it, considering that he is as much to blame as anyone in this mess.
Yes and that's why it needs to be planned for beforehand.