The whole states rights thing was kind of an experiment that was turned off quite a while ago anyway.
It was pretty much over by 1861, I think.
The government is my shepherd. I shall not want.
(from the article) "To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Bush says
I have no quarrel with that.
The problem is, people have widely differing views of what IS and IS NOT the federal government's job.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Tuesday acknowledged "serious problems" in the government's response to emergencies, and said he takes responsibility for the federal government's failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina.
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government and to the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Bush said during a joint news conference with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
Bush was responding to a reporter's question about whether Americans should be concerned that the government is not prepared to respond to another disaster or terrorist attack after it took several days for aid and troops to arrive in New Orleans and other areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
He said it is "in our national interest" to find out what went wrong on every level of government.
A bipartisan joint congressional committee is to review the response at all levels of government to the hurricane and report its findings to Congress no later than Feb. 15.
(Posted 12:05 p.m. Updated 12:24 p.m.)