Hec, I think you're right.
Edited to add, "Community relations"?? WTF? You don't send in firefighters to do community relations! God. Just when I think I can't get more pissed off. And my doctor wonders why my blood pressure is high.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Sep 11, 2005 12:10:37 pm PDT #6424 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 11, 2005 12:12:37 pm PDT #6425 of 10002
What is even happening?
I think the biggest single cause of fuckup was simply that the Bush Adminstration redirected FEMA after 9/11 so that it was not in charge of an emergency situation, but there to serve local administrators basically doing what they asked.
That, and that the qualifications for FEMA and Homeland jobs seem to place patronage above experience and ability. Look at the current regional directors of FEMA and their qualifications: [link]
Topic!Cindy - Sep 11, 2005 12:13:30 pm PDT #6426 of 10002
What is even happening?
Hec, would you provide a link for that, please?
DavidS - Sep 11, 2005 12:19:29 pm PDT #6427 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That quote is at the end of the big New York Times review of the mismanagement of the relief efforts.
brenda m - Sep 11, 2005 12:19:57 pm PDT #6428 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yep. That's my question. How could the POTUS know less than the average citizen?
Because the POTUS cares less than the average citizen. Simple enough.
erikaj - Sep 11, 2005 12:20:52 pm PDT #6429 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
And because "Crime makes you stupid."
Gus - Sep 11, 2005 12:22:00 pm PDT #6430 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
brenda m - Sep 11, 2005 12:22:53 pm PDT #6431 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I love you, Erika.
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2005 12:23:27 pm PDT #6432 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yep. That's my question. How could the POTUS know less than the average citizen?
Because the POTUS cares less than the average citizen. Simple enough.
And because he doesn't read or watch TV. He doesn't have to - he's always right, and doesn't need to be bothered by those pesky "facts."
erikaj - Sep 11, 2005 12:32:01 pm PDT #6433 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Thanks, Brenda. It's an icon for a reason.(three times may be overkill, but hey)
TIM: Why would he take the car, knowing it's the first thing we'd be looking for?
FRANK: Because crime makes you stupid.
TIM: May I quote you on that?
Ha. Wanna see Jack McCoy try to run Shrub in for depraved indifference... but you know someone would sigh and tell him not to make new laws, and his jurisdiction is NY anyway, not NOLA.