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"Federal Attitude: "It's the weekend and I'll start working on after my coffee on Monday"...."

You know that's just plain dumb. I live in SC and I know at least three federal workers that were ordered to and in position on the gulf coast by Sunday as part of FEMA's and HLS plans. They have families here that were and are worried sick about them.

I am no big fan of the federal government. But your statement is just stupid. Considering the size of this double disaster I'm surprised they could act as fast as they did. The folks that screw up big time here is NO and LA leadership.

Agreed - as someone asked above:

"Do you realize how unprecedented it is to have a president not only issue a disaster area proclamation before the disaster hits, but a president having to call a governor to get her to act in the face of danger? It's insane that a governor completely shirks her duties and leaves it up to the federal government to come in to take care of her problems. There are responsibilities the state has. It's why it's called a state. If governors defer all responsibility to the federal government, what's the point of having states at all?

The fact that today people are being helped, that people are being airlifted out, that control is being exerted is proof that the federal level did not fail. It was just that period of time before the federal level could get assembled and on the scene.

That mayor and governor both need to resign in shame. They need to apologize to those poor people they abandoned."

Maybe .... but that is the appearance being presented to the majority of Americans. Again, ALL levels of the government FAILED. The President himself admitted the results were unacceptable. Again it is clear the FEDs were expecting NO to be destroyed .... the Federal response to an entire city being destroyed was wrong.