Posted on 03/02/2006 10:42:59 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast
I wonder if Benjamin Chertoff, Research Editor for PM was one of the contributing Editors for this article.
Lessons from Katrina:
1) If you vote Democrat, you're a FOOL
So what's wrong with the White House? Why can't they get this message out?
Good article. Bookmarking.
The WH has been unable to get any message out on anything.
The Press Sec. needs to go and the entire WH message machine needs to be changed.
that was a great article!
Excellent article! Thanks for posting this.
Now it is understood that the entire Louisiana coast is threatened by weakened barrier islands as well as the politically charged(money charged)new orleans levee system. As an architect I came up with a solution 5 years ago, after the Des Moines flood : a buoyant flood road concept, and sent it to the nat'l FEMA director and the city, completely ignored. Then came katrina. I do a table top model, photograph it, sent to 22 coastal states governors this last christmas. Only Gov Bob Riley of Alabama responded, but he sent it on to his FEMA director. His(basic)response : do it for us for FREE. Yeah, sure....Anyway, picture 20'x20' steel road panels with rubber-like surface(like aircraft carrier decks), buoyancy chambers below, piano-hinged to top of concrete wall on landward side, dead man anchors on sea side(or river side). Along comes your hurricane storm surge, tsunami, river flood; and the panels float up into a vertical seawall, held from flopping on over by the anchors. Then when the waters abate they float back down into a useful roadway again(99.99% of its lifetime). No sand bags, no levees, just natural forces operate it. There is also a companion parasail parachute system to slow down winds based on the same principles...But HEY, I'm not going to do it for you for FREE! Ok?
I wonder if you've ever met any of the FR kitties.
P.S. Sometimes, the truth hurts.
This is very sad & disgusting what they did to you. They expect people working to do it for free. That's government slavery progressist mentality for you, a progressive chokehold, that is. I wonder if a lawyer or a lawyer culture advised this governor to go extortive-anorexic in this. It cannot be friendly if sharing means only one way access indeed.
On another note, the cigarette business is better, the gov gets an immediate political tax out of the addicted, while your stuff saving people what not is too long term & too noble.
Now if you were a capitalist setting up a toll system, my, you'd be called a capitalist swine, & lawyers would sue for having no government safety standards, the gov would approve & ask for licensing fees, which you would be expert at it since you're the builder, not them, because though you saved lived, some people got hurt.
(end sarcasm)
The WH has been unable to get any message out on anything.
The Press Sec. needs to go and the entire WH message machine needs to be changed.
Agree...Scottie McCellan is like the kid who always got bullied in high school. He's taking Bush down with him.
And people taking personal responsibility for their own safety instead of waiting for someone else to do it for them.
"Dozens of National Guard and Coast Guard helicopters flew rescue operations that first day--"
The problem is that federal units can't go into a state without first getting coordinates from the locals--who, what, when and where--and THERE'S the rub.
I've noticed that media reports citing a slow response have lately used the generic "government" rather than a slow "federal" response.
Dear President Bush,
Please hire the Editors at Popular Mechanics as your new Press Staff.
You won't be sorry.
I'm glad an article like this finally appears. It's disgusting the way the Bush administration has been characterized with regard to Katrina relief.
They took total blame when they gave up Brown's trophy scalp and didn't pulverize Blanco for resisting fedral control of the emergency/failing to evacuate N.O.
My thoughts exactly. They should have slapped down both Blanco and Nagan.
If anything, the recent video shows that Bush was concerned and hands on before Katrina hit.
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