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Re: Try Consistency (none / 0)

The local officials simply did what they had done for other lesser storms - put people in a large sturdy structure (the Superdome) that was likely to withstand the storm. That worked, but they didn't have any plan to deal with flooding from the hurricane directly or a levee breach, either of which were quite possible.

You had a good point until here, and then you overreached.  The disaster cleanup was FEMA's job.

You have to do a significant amount of "monday morning quarterbacking" and playing "professional disaster planner" to second-guess the local official's decisions.  On the other hand, it's not that hard to realize that a president who should know a very serious national disaster is taking shape had better get his ass off of a golf-and-guitar vacation to oversee federal disaster recovery efforts.

So once again, we have the right wing pushing personal responsibility for everyone but them.  And yet, you have the gall to shout about hypocrisy?

by jonweasel on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 02:32:39 AM EST
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