[dts32041]

Just some thoughts.

[sarasota]

Prepare for the naysayers!

[MNJohnnie]

Intresting how Rass is polling 50% support for the President's plan while only 27% support this authors doom and gloom whining.

[EagleUSA]

Republicans in Congress don't know how to control spending and are at a loss as to why they even should. That's one way to govern. But if Republicans no longer believe in smaller government, why not put the Democrats back in charge?
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Something for Rove to think about as 2006/2008 approach.

[mosquitobite]

But if Republicans no longer believe in smaller government, why not put the Democrats back in charge?

[Wonder Warthog]

"But now disaster has struck, and it's becoming increasingly clear that Democrats are better off for it. In ripping through the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Katrina has peeled back the lid on Republican rule and many Americans aren't happy with what they see."

What tripe. I guess ole "Brendan Miniter" is just another knucklehead leftist. Federal performance during Katrina has surpassed the level previously set by the hurricanes that hit Florida.

Sure, there have been some problems, but that is simply due to the sheer magnitude of the area and number of people affected.

And to a large extent, people are seeing that it has been LOCAL DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS (Nagin and Blanco) who dropped the ball---not George Bush (and that DESPITE the constant drumbeat by the MSM that Katrina is "all Bush's fault").

[dts32041]

My point has been proved, did a selective edit and apparently no one read the whole article including the parts about Condi Rice.

Just goes to show most people don't use this resource effectively.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Excellent post. Thank you.

[conservativehistorian]

At the risk of being flamed, Miniter is mostly on target. The issue now is not the timing or the present efficacy of the federal response, but rather the nature and cost of the rebuilding and resettlement. The rash Republican rush to spend our money in response to MSM and Dimocrat carping will lead to recklessness and waste. How can 62 billion be approved in a blink while cutting back the wasteful Medicaid entitlement by a few percentage points over ten years requires month and months of debate.

Let's be honest, the so called 'conservative' majorities in Congress and our President have been almost as bad (maybe at most five percent better) in throwing away the people's money as would the democrats. As proof - No Child Left Behind, the gutting of the 1990s caps on Farm payments, the Transportation Bill, Medicare Part D, the establishment of the ineffective Department of Homeland Security boondoggle etc, etc.

The president has been excellent on the war on terror, judges, and most social issues, but he has not been a fiscal conservative.

Now I'll duck from incoming.

[RFEngineer]

"if Republicans no longer believe in smaller government, why not put the Democrats back in charge? "

This has been stated many times. In the end, it doesn't matter what government spends money on, because every dollar it spends makes it larger.

I used to be for limited government, but now that I see that is a quaint constitutional anachronism, I see that government will only be limited by how much it can spend (these limits have yet to materialize), to the long-term detriment of every citizens life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

I suppose I almost feel more sorry for the poor SOB's that lend us money, because we won't be paying it back.

[votelife]

Go here, this is a Katrina video tearjerker, very well done!

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/bommer/Praise%20you%20in%20this%20storm.wmv