Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Had Federal authorities ordered an > evacuation of N.O. and Katrina > weakened or the levees held, the same > people who have been raking the > Bush administration over the coals for > their slow response would probably be > doing the same thing for ordering a > wasteful evacuation which turned out > to be unnecessary.
Don't think that a statement like this dismisses the Administration from facing accountability. There are more than enough ample reasons to "rake the administration over the coals" for their bungling even if we leave evacuation out of the equation. The Bush Administration failed to put competent emergency management leadership in place, and subsequently completely failed to manage the situation after the New Orleans disaster. They failed just as badly for New York and the WTC disaster, but NYNY was blessed with better local leadership, and perhaps more competent staff. Also, NYNY found a way to channel contributions of time and skill from individuals who came to help, something that was thwarted in NOLA. -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
