Ex-FEMA chief faults Homeland for slow response
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chcr
Too cute for words
I knew FEMA was in trouble as soon as they put it under "Homeland Security." FEMA needs to be a separate department. Working with Homeland Security when necessary but not part of it. Now, given that FEMA now operates under the auspices of Homeland Security and given the recent record, anyone besides me worried that the "homeland" probably isn't really all that secure?
catocom
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not in AL, and MS.Professur said:
I think the problem wasn't fema being under HS in the whole sense.
Brown showed an evident problem with authority. It seemed to me that he really dislikes Chertoff.
He basically said as much at the hearings.
I like Chertoff myself.
I think the moneys are getting diverted to the wrong places somehow now.
Brown is a scapegoat. Unqualified, perhaps but a scapegoat none the less. He's doing what EVERY Washington worker does-passes the buck.
New Orleans was not destroyed bya hurricane. It was destroyed by incompetent government, starting at the very most local levels (the idiot Mayor is still pissing & moaning). The Governor stopped federal assistance. The Mayor stopped federal asistance. The city flooded, as had been forewarned, because of faulty levees.
Brown is out of a job. Why is he testifying to anybody about anything, except to be made the martyr.
New Orleans was not destroyed bya hurricane. It was destroyed by incompetent government, starting at the very most local levels (the idiot Mayor is still pissing & moaning). The Governor stopped federal assistance. The Mayor stopped federal asistance. The city flooded, as had been forewarned, because of faulty levees.
Brown is out of a job. Why is he testifying to anybody about anything, except to be made the martyr.
catocom
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I don't remember the exact wording, but..listening to the hearing..
he said "when he did a response to the hurricanes in FL 2003, he was asked what he
needed." He said, and these are his words..."Keep HS off my back".
So now this time he wants to blame them. That just doesn't jive with me.
he said "when he did a response to the hurricanes in FL 2003, he was asked what he
needed." He said, and these are his words..."Keep HS off my back".
So now this time he wants to blame them. That just doesn't jive with me.
Winky
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chcr said:
FEMA along with hundreds of other government giveaway program departments
needs to be done away with.
Why should I have to pay a dime for those idiots in LA
Let their state government pay for them.
Stop and think,
people are pisin' and moanin' cuz they ain't gettin' enough free shit
handed to ‘em
Fook em'
catocom
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Don't get me wrong, I believe the governor of NO needs share in the blame game too.Gonz said:
I think She dropped the ball worse than Brown, as far as preparation of evacuations.
But that's just the NO aspect.
People in AL, and MS are working there asses off still, but running out of resources.
chcr
Too cute for words
While I agree about it being a "giveaway" department the way it is, there needs to be a Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with and coordinate relief that states can't handle for whatever reason. Like everything else in the republicans (or the democrats, oh look, another similarity) "smaller is better" (Winky said:
) government, it needs to be streamlined and run by competent people.
Professur
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chcr said:While I agree about it being a "giveaway" department the way it is, there needs to be a Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with and coordinate relief that states can't handle for whatever reason. Like everything else in the republicans (or the democrats, oh look, another similarity) "smaller is better" (
Competent people don't kiss ass enough to get the job.