<p>^^^
One of FEMA's chief roles is to be a coordinating agency between jurisdictions across states and localities during a time of emergency. They screwed up too. But you started this thing saying those who complained about the Katrina debacle were being overcritical blaming Bush for something he had no control over. Now you're saying the Feds did screw up. I think we're done here.</p>
<p>The Louisiana officials screwed things up just as much as the Feds. The state officials are more responsible, because they are first responders.</p>
<p>One example: having all the buses that were designated for an evacuation parked in a flood prone area...</p>
<p>The sense of entitlement and the victim mentality that a lot of Americans possess is what worries me.</p>
<p>Note: My comment is made in a general sense...not necessarily regarding Hurricane Katrina.</p>
<p>Much like 9/11, Katrina was a multi-state regional catastrophe. Biloxi, Miss got wiped out. There is no pushing blame off on an incapacitated city and state whose entire coast was destroyed. They bear responsibility too, obviously, but the federal response epitomized everything immoral about this administration. Anyway - that's not what the original comment was. You're twisting this into another topic entirely.</p>
<p>That said - I do agree with UCBChemEGrad generally. I've been equally appalled listening to victims of Katrina with all the federal resources in hand to support them complain that there's nobody to get their housing for them or show them what to do. People have endured disasters long before there were massive governments to assist. Now that they're not under water, these people need to take some responsibility for themselves.</p>
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the federal response epitomized everything immoral about this administration.
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Are you suggesting that red-tape is inherently immoral, or something else?</p>
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Are you suggesting that red-tape is inherently immoral, or something else?
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I believe he was suggesting that political patronage is immoral because it allows for the appointment of incompetent officials, which is the point of the Pendleton Act of 1883. We knew 100 years ago that it was wrong, but the current administration has brought it up to new levels.</p>
<p>^^^^^
Yeah. What he said</p>
<p>Ah. Yeah, that makes more sense to me.</p>
<p>um nope</p>
<p>i'm goin to amsterdam</p>