Posted on 09/06/2005 3:09:59 PM PDT by mdittmar
As unlikely as it sounds, the decision to not drop food into the area was a good and standard decision. Probably saved lives.
And for the benefit of the character assassins who may wish to follow, I have posted four threads today on, among other things, Coast Guard heroes, and the market function in relocating New Orleans' economic activity. Get rid of Rummy's taxpayer funded PR machine!
Ha!
OK, I see the new angle here.
The local authorities are now "first responders" who were rendered helpless by "conditions on the ground".
This angle will allow the administration to lobby to change the law and amend Posse Comitas to allow federal take over in the event of large scale emergencies. In retrospect, spreading responsibility was a major error that allowed the locals to start playing legal and political games.
Unfortunately, this angle will also leave the locals off the hook, officially. But it puts the Republicans on the high ground, looking to change things without assigning blame.
It's that evil ROOOOOOVE I tell ya!! /sar.
wanna bet hes gonna run in the 08 primaries. (rolling eyes)
"Rumsfeld acknowledged that under the current system the first responders are state and local officials who can be rendered “incapable of functioning” by conditions on the ground."
I didn't realize that an idiot governor constituted "conditions on the ground".
Dips like those you mentioned and then real men like Rumsfeld. No comparison.
direct and to the point
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