Posted on 09/06/2005 8:36:49 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
Buffeted by criticism over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush said Tuesday he will oversee an investigation into what went wrong and why _ in part to be sure the country could withstand more storms or attack.
Bush also announced he is sending Vice President Dick Cheney to the Gulf Coast region on Thursday to help determine whether the government is doing all that it can.
"Bureaucracy is not going to stand in the way of getting the job done for the people," the president said after a meeting at the White House with his Cabinet on storm recovery efforts.
Double the ewwwwwwwww!...lol
You don't have the slightest idea what "federalism" means, do you?
Evidently, like all Communists, you would be much more comfortable with a supremely powerful central government.
Would you kindly explain why the buck stops on Bush's desk for state and local matters? Was he supposed to suspend republican government in Louisiana and New Orleans and fire the Governorette and Nonmayor?
With enough effort, these two will make it into American slang and lexicon.
To show in business or politics or administration someone not taking responsibility and waiting for help from the higher ups, without using all their own resources first, and then blaming because of the delays afterwords.
Such as:
"Hey did you hear about Stephenson down in Logistics and Shipping? Man, he sure pulled a blanco last week. Night manager is going to have his scalp!"
or
"If you naginate the Action Plan from Johnson and the Board, Flores, why I swear I'll send my report over to HR and you'll be lucky if you have a job by next weeek. Got it?"
"You don't have the slightest idea what "federalism" means, do you?"
Do you have me confused with someone else? My point is that
- NEVER expect the gubmint to save you - food , fuel, water and firearms.
- Its a foregone conclusion that the state and city f'ed up but Homeland has no excuses for the Red Cross and "Its Thursday - where am I?"
- The gubmint is too big and its broken - DOWNSIZE now.
- We have erased incredible gains we have made against Hollywoood and the MSM by allowing pictures of Oprah and Travolta instead of NG and Red Cross handing out water, food, and insulin shots.
My point is that Bush is not going to point fingers publicly, he'll do it behind the scenes.
Yep, expect the MSM to stop Bush-bashing and start saying "now is not the time to point fingers." When you hear that, you know the jig is up for the Rats.
No, Bush cares. But there were problems in making this thing work that are inherent in a bureaucratic system. I spoke to a friend last night, FEMA trained, police captain of a large city in my state, and he said his city sat for days, ready to send cops in to help but they had to wait for an "invite". Otherwise they would have been considered vigilantes. When the mayor wasn't able to get people out or supplies in, Walmart moved truckloads in on a back road. The national guard's wonderful - and so is Bush, but there was a breakdown here that goes to the core of a rotten system.
I live in a hurricane area - where they've projected thousands will die if we have a direct hit. Now I fear emergency systems that should work might not because politicians have to follow rules that they might or might not know about.
I don't want "on the job training" to happen in my city if we get hit.
Why not set up agreements with sister cities that are not in a state of disaster to bring in police and firemen as soon as the area is considered a disaster?
I agree with that.
I think the public backlash will begin fairly soon. I'm way past tired of the public whining, complaining, finger-pointing and Bush-bashing.
I believe it has already started, especially now that we have conservative talk radio pointing out the things that were previously only mentioned in the blogosphere.
You can see the panic starting to set in on those who thought they could use this tragedy as a "GOTCHA!" against the President. Expect them to start saying, "well let's not point fingers," and start giving some props to Bush. I believe Blanco has already done that.
Yoo hoo, Mr. President.
Over here:
I just wish he would quit apologizing for things that aren't his fault.
Cheney!! This may actually start to become entertaining to watch (as opposed to gut-wrenching).
I think the difference is that Nagin was just incompetent - but Blanco was calculatedly political. They are both over-emotional nutcases who shouldn't be in government, but that's a whole 'nother thing.
NAGIN: The president looked at me. I think he was a little surprised. He said, "No, you guys stay here. We're going to another section of the plane, and we're going to make a decision."Speculation is that 1 option was ...He called me in that office after that. And he said, "Mr. Mayor, I offered two options to the governor." I said -- and I don't remember exactly what. There were two options. I was ready to move today. The governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision.
The Bush Administration attempted to invoke" The Insurrection Act" (Title 10 USC, Sections 331-335) in order to provide a strong viable law enforcement presence in Louisiana and protect military personnel (title 10) against possible prosecution. This act allows the president to use U.S. military personnel at the request of a state legislature or governor to suppress insurrections. However, the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana would have had to state on the record that they had lost control of the situation in New Orleans and that a state of "anarchy" existed. Obviously, the politicians of Louisiana were unwilling to pay that political price.My guess is that the other option was to Federalize the National Guard - likely a similar action, but not involving the use of active duty military. In short, both options discussed dealt with prompt restoration of civil order, but Blanco NEVER wants to admit that civil order was lost.
Hence, the media focus is shifting to the slow response and is ignoring the fact that civil unrest was serious, and rampant, and casued a significant part of the delay in relief response. The Loisian authorities told the Red Cross not to come in after the hurricane, and the reason given was civil disorder.
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