Kind of curious how you want to make any discussion of the complete failure of the 1st Responders (The City of NO) and the 2nd Responders (The State of Lousiana) verbotten so you can waste our time repeating every hysteric LIE told about the 3rd Responders (The Feds). MIght it be because you are ACTUALLY more intrested in HURTING the Conservatives then HELPING them?
No, I took my wrath out on the "1st and 2nd responders" on other threads for the last week or so. Now I'm directing my energy to removing brain dead, bumbling bureaucrats from their "lifetime" positions for incompetence. The first one that comes to mind is the boob from the US Army Corp of Engineers that said the their engineers were inspecting the levees for damage while Fox News was showing photo's of a total breach......
Did people just go and forget that even in times of disaster that rules still apply? I've seen a lot of people decry the looters and general lawlessness, then turn right around and decry the federal government for not stepping in immediately, overstepping their bounds and authority with regards to the state. Federal assets are just people from other states. It takes time to move them in, and they have to be moved in at the request of the governor. A natural disaster doesn't automatically confer upon the federal government authority.
You make the number one point too, that first responders are called first for a reason. When the first and second team of responders are not prepared or outright refuse to do their job, people are going to suffer until the third can get on site.