"If FEMA and DHS had paid attention to the news reports it would have been clear that there was a disaster brewing -- especially when compared with what they were getting from the local officials."
Yeah, you got a point considering we all saw ALL of NO underwater on CNN. Part of the administrations misguided perceptions, is to want to believe the best of people at all times and that the appointed local and state officials are always competent.
So,what's the other part,or parts,are there many,few,gee,these misguided perceptions are worth sharing,don't you think?
Part of the administrations misguided perceptions, is to want to believe the best of people at all times and that the appointed local and state officials are always competent.
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They may "want to believe" those things, but they aren't naive enough to depend on it as has been demonstrated and, I believe, will become more apparent in this instance as more information comes out. We may see things happening in real time on television, but the logistics of responding require time. I have no doubt that improvements will be made as a result of what has been learned here, and that we will benefit from them in future disasters that are certain to come. What aggravates me is the willingness to blame the president for the incompetence of others. It is easy to say after the fact that he should have known that they wouldn't do their job. If the president hadn't been the competent leader he has proved himself to be, the lack of competence of LA officials would have been an even greater set back, imho.
Sure, and if all the screaming idiots who are wanting Bush's head on a silver platter had got what they wanted and Bush took over the operation from these incompetant children for evacuation and relief from day 1, then they would now be screaming that he was a tyrant, ignoring chain of command and protocol...he can't win for losing...but he can't lose because he has God's hand on him...they know it, we know it, s'aint happening, Bush will come out smelling like a rose as he always does, driving MSM into further insanity...
It strikes me too that it is highly unlikely that Nagin said at once and forthrightly, "We don't know what's going on. Our communications system is out." Would still have been a bad situation, but maybe someone would have turned to media to get any info.