FEMA. I understand (but don't excuse) how the top management can be so screwed up by political appointees, but I don't understand all the stories about FEMA officials who were in the city turning away help and supplies. Is it misguided idealism to think that career emergency management people might think and act on their own based on the conditions around them?
I have wondered if the "turning away' of supplies was merely that they were redirected, and the rejection of workers or equipments was more of a "not right now, it will clog up the supply line to have to handle everything" but when FEMA cuts phone lines, then there's no benefit of the doubt to be given.
Oh dear, shirtless Harry Connick Jr. evacuating an elderly neighbor should NOT be making me tingly.
Harry Connick Jr. will never, ever have to worry about food, drink, or not gettin' any for the rest of his life, at least not in New Orleans Mark II.
Kinda how the 2004 Red Sox will never have to worry about those three things when they're in Boston.
Somehow, I think Harry Connick Jr was doing OK already.
ya think. what with the being hot and nice and married to a VS model. hunh.
I have wondered if the "turning away' of supplies was merely that they were redirected, and the rejection of workers or equipments was more of a "not right now, it will clog up the supply line to have to handle everything" but when FEMA cuts phone lines, then there's no benefit of the doubt to be given.
I don't know - if it was an isolated incident, sure, but I've heard too many similar reports. They can't all have misunderstood.
The White House Press corps goes to town on Scott McClellan, the press secretary:
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God, that just never gets old.
Thanks for the link Betsy. About time the Press does their job!
When I first read about this, I thought they were making it up.
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