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Posted on 09/11/2005 1:57:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Hey Bill, why you only made Capt???? duh!
He most likely spent a significant portion of his military career as enlisted, before entering the officer corps.
I distinctly recall President Bush saying there needs to be an investigation and why. That's sober leadership. In a well-defined context, it would be fine to show some anger about specific actions. But no, he shouldn't surrender to this trend that every accident or disaster must be someone's fault.
Well, by God a lot of this was a lot of someone's' fault.
A little honest outrage from the president after a VERY MAJOR disaster relief effort is bungled, doesn't make it a trend.
The MSM needs to be medicated.
The next time some numbskull, idiotic, news reading, so-called reporters ask George Bush why the help didn't come sooner, the President should turn the whole thing around on them. He should ask them how soon should they have been there? He should ask them how they would get all the people, equipment and life sustaining products there when there was still a storm was there. He should turn it around and ask all these idiots HOW they would have handled it. The President won't do that, of course, but I would love to see the looks on the faces of the press if that did happen. My tagline says it all!!
I agree. I am increasingly frustrated by his lack of leadership during this. I am a big "W" fan and am sick of him taking the beatings for EVERYTHING and doing nothing about it. His poll numbers are lower than ever now as a result of Katrina. He had very little direct responsibility and those that did are going unscathed for the most part. What is wrong with him?!
You can make any changes you want in FEMA but unless you address the cause it won't change. I've mentioned before FEMA handled 4 hurricanes in a row last year with NONE of this debacle, not small storms, 3 cat 4 and 1 cat 3. I've been told it doesn't matter. Well it does, because unless the real causes of this debacle are addressed it will happen again.
My final question to all those who believe in the constitution. Do you REALLY believe the President should have abrogated his oath of office and sent in Military forces over the objections of the legally elected head of the State? If you do, just which presidents will you support in doing that? All, some, only conservatives? In which incidents do you believe the President, any president should do this?
Did people die, yes people died. Is it terrible, yes it is terrible. Should something have been done, yes something should have been done. If you don't want it to happen again, then scream at congress to change the law! Just think how different that would have been had the President had the ability to take over on Wednesday when he was denied that right by Governor Blanco. BUT, when you change it think of the consequences of that change....a president with the right to send active duty military into the heart of this country for other than insurrection!
LOL.
I believe, because of posse comitatus, that federal plans are limited to a state of insurrection. The implication is that there were no plans at the city and state levels so they were caught totally by surprise and what? Trying to blame the federal government (FEMA). Otherwise, only if the city and state governments were wiped out, which they were not, then the Federal plan would automatically go into effect.
duh, it should be obvious that if he retired an air force Captain then he was a mustang with previous enlisted service or he was medically retired.
I love it!!!!
Local response is first, since they know the ins and outs of the local terrain, etc. Trying to make the Feds be first responders would be a recipe for delay and inefficiency just due to logistical reasons alone, never mind politics.
I agree, but how do you have a frank discussion with MSM screaming and yelping like a pack of whipped dogs?
Every time I think I've seen new lows from the liberals, they manage to sink even lower...
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I disagree profoundly. The President is not a holographic projection of the feelings of the citizenry. He's not the nation's hand-holder- and head-patter-in-chief. In a properly functioning society, that's what parents are for.
On a more practical level, he doesn't (and shouldn't) have authority over elected officials at the local and state levels. He should certainly take action to remove or otherwise discipline Federal employees who have failed in their jobs, but at this point, there hasn't been time to make any but the most shallow evaluation of who has failed and who has not, among Federal officials.
The President is not our husband, our Daddy, our Pastor, or our Messiah. I categorically reject the idea that we are a nation of such infantile capacity that we "need" the President to emote for us as part of his job. That's where the Democrats want us to be, but if we fall for it, we deserve what we get. Bill Clinton, anyone? He'd be outraged, you d*mn betcha!
(Comments suggested by your fine rant yesterday, StoneCold.)
You know I stand with you on what you say.
However, I don't see this as hand holding.
I see it as the President of the United States of America doing his job.
If it takes showing honest outrage that there were too many failures on too many levels to unlock this bureaucratic logjam, then so be it.
It's as plain as the nose on anyone's face, so it's better to talk about it. It gives people confidence in their leadership. It dispels myth, rumor and spin. It's called the bully pulpit and he needs to use it.
I guess we agree to disagree on this point. It happens :-).
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