[fabsroman]

DS,

If I could smack you through the monitor, I would. You don't mention a single thing about how poorly the Mayor of New Orleans, Nagin, handled this situation. His head should be the first to roll. Nobody is in a better position to know the situation of the inhabitants of a city than the Mayor is. The Mayor should have known that a lot of citizens were too poor to own a car and too old to be mobile. He should have had a disaster plan in place to deal with that situation. Neither the governor of the state nor the President of the United States would have known that information or should know that information.

Yet, you blame this administration and the Arabian Horse Federation man that was put into office. I read the article you posted while I was in New York this weekend, and while I was taken aback about his most recent job, I have to wonder what his entire resume looks like. Let's see the entire resume before we beat this guy to death. If you look at my last job, I worked at a law firm dealing with construction litigation for the most part, so why am I preparing tax returns for my clients now? If you look a little further back on my resume, I am also a CPA and have plenty of background on tax preparation.

For some reason, I don't trust the media on this FEMA issue. However, FEMA did know that if the storm were a category 3 or higher that hit New Orleans, the situation would be almost hopeless. They ran a scenario on a category 2 storm the year before and felt they could deal with it adequately, but not a category 5 for sure. They got a category 5.

What really pisses me off is that this is a disaster that could have been prevented. The city knew for 15 years that the levies could not withstand a severe storm and that they would fall apart if water ever crested them. However, they did nothing about it during that time because it would cost money. Who paid for the New Orleans Saint's football stadium? Did the team build it or was it funded with gov't money? I would love to know the answer to that one. The city was told by the Army Corp of Engineers that armor needed to be added to the levies to ensure they could withstand a big storm, but nothing was done for 15 years.

Now, you want to blame the President for this. This President has dealt with way more than you beloved Clinton has. About the only major thing Clinton dealt with was his own impeachment, but he handled that really well and wiggled out of it. You have the audacity to say this is Bush's fault. How dare you!!!!!!

Why didn't Clinton supply New Orleans with the funding for the levies? He was in office more years than Bush and he should have known about this problem too if Bush should have.

New Orleans was completely ill prepared because the people remaining there must have been morons. How can you evacuate your home and not take food and water with you?

When Isabelle hit here two years ago, almost everybody was without power for days on end. My parents had no power for 10 days, but they kept a generator running and did okay. New Orleans had nothing at the Superdome and the convention center, which were the two designated evacuation sites.

There is no way that Bush could have overseen the evacuation and disaster plans of every city that MIGHT have been hit.

As far as taking 4 days to get involved, I have mixed feelings on that, but I didn't even know it was that bad down there until Thursday.

Last but not least, if I hear another TV reporter say, "Why is it so hard for the federal gov't to get food and supplies to these people when reporters are capable of going wherever they want?" I will throw up. Are the media so stupid that they do not understand that hauling food, water, and other supplies places is a lot tougher than flying in a single reporter and camera man. The media is really pissing me off on this one and the morons that don't question the media are pissing me off even more.

It seems as though Americans are simple minded people that believe whatever they see and hear on TV. I too have come to the realization that a lot of hunting shows are staged and a lot of the dialogue in the film occurs after the hunt. I am so upset with TV lately that I watch very little of it.