Mister Mustard says:

#99 – Thomas

>>Many on the left, specifically many that post
>>on this blog, blame Bush for the fiasco that
>>occurred with Katrina.

Many all across the political spectrum blame Bush/ FEMA for the fiasco that occurred with Katrina.

I suggest you read the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, and Related Authorities (FEMA 592, June 2007) to find out what FEMA was SUPPOSED to do, and compare and contrast it with what they actually DID DO.

Why do you continue to enable Dumbyaphiles in their denial of responsibility for the massively catastrophic tragedy Katrina turned into? Sure, Dumbya wasn’t responsible for NO being below sea level, he wasn’t responsible for the storm, he wasn’t responsible for what NO and LA government officials did or did not do. The buck stops somewhere though, and in this case it stops with FEMA. Your transparent attempts to shift the blame elsewhere are akin to someone’s stovetop dinner catching on fire, and the fire department not putting it out, resulting in the whole house, then the block, then the entire city burning down. Sure, the homeowner shouldn’t have let his dinner catch on fire, he should have had a fire extinguisher, the houses shouldn’t have been built so close together, blah blah blah. The guy would have ended up with a burnt dinner no matter what, but if the fire department had done its job, the WHOLE CITY would not have burned down.

Face it. In this case, just as in so many others, Dumbya muffed up big time. Face it. He must be jinxed or something. He can’t do ANYTHING right.

On another very important note:

http://tinyurl.com/5flo4q

Thomas says:

As typical of your responses, your analogy is flawed. Imagine that it was well known that a fire in the area of the house could ignite the entire city. They knew for decades that it was a real danger to everyone in the area and the city, county and State governments through years of corrupt politicians did nothing.

Now imagine that once the blaze starts, the local city and county fire departments leave and the State government is too incompetent to send help from elsewhere. Finally, late, the Federal government sends assistance and the management of that assistance is bungled.

You want to blame the Federal government for those problems which is entirely misplaced. Blame should go to, in order:

A: The people that started the fire. In Katrina’s case, this is Mother Nature so no dice.

B. The city, county and State that ignored the danger *for decades* which made the problem 1000 times worse that it should have been. Had the politicians in NO and Louisiana really focused on preparing for a major category 5 hurricane which could wipe out the city of NO, this would have been a non-issue.

B1. Closely related are the voters of these governments which regularly elected corrupt politicians that did not work to protect them.

C. Federal assistance.

Note that blame on the Federal government is LAST. If you do not help yourself, help from the Federal government will be crap. FEMA was *never* meant to be the single major source of help in a disaster nor was it ever all that competent.

Like I said, there are plenty of cities along the Caribbean and the Gulf that are hit by hurricanes all the time. Somehow they never have the problem that occurred at Katrina.

Thomas says:

#104
You cannot seriously believe that. Tax revenue during the Reagan administration went *UP* after the tax breaks. More importantly, the *Federal* government is not a nanny that wipes up after everyone’s problems. That is not their role. Are you telling me that the Federal government was to blame for the 1905 earthquake and fire in San Francisco? No. Lack of proper **local** fire control and building codes were to blame.

Each city has a unique set of expected natural disasters in which they are responsible for preparation. The people of Wisconsin are not responsible for damage to the city of San Francisco due to severe lack of preparation for an anticipated natural disaster.

yakool says:

Can’t wait till some of you rabid types get to know the priciple of it all when someone throws a shoe at that nigger in office now.