[Rhodes22-list] Katrina Update

[Brad Haslett]

Dave,

I have the same attitude about Bush 43 I had from the'get-go', like Ed Koch,
I disagree with almost every domestic policy, but he's right on the war on
terrorism.  Don't put words in my mouth you sanctimonious, uh, person.  Ed
is right, you are a 'fellow traveller'.  The alternative definition in
Websters is 'useful idiot'.  Look it up!

Brad



On 1/31/07, DCLewis1 at aol.com <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Ed,
>
> Your right, people who made government bureaucracies work had names  like
> Stalin, Hitler, and Mao; they also had names like Washington, Jefferson,
> Lincoln, Roosevelt and Churchill.  The difference is that Stalin,
> Hitler,  and Mao
> coerced, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Churchill and Roosevelt
> rallied  and
> led the bureaucracies.  It may surprise you that I'm not  embarrassed at
> all to
> be aligned with Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Churchill  or Roosevelt.
>
> The sheep that you allude to pay good money every April 15th for
> government
> services, seems to me they have a right to expect some return on that
> investment  at the local, state, and Federal level.  Yes we expect the
> Federal
> government to move in and facilitate a solution (this includes FEMA, CoE,
> HHS,  and
> the entire panoply of trigraphs) because we paid them for
> that  service.  We
> expect the response to be coordinated and effective, we accept  mistakes
> but we
> expect a "best effort".  We expect somebody to be in charge  and held
> accountable.  What happens when the sheep's expectations
> aren't  met?  Review the
> results of the mid-term elections they are a harbinger of  things to come.
>
> And yes, when a disaster takes down 2 states I expect the
> president,  whoever
> he is at the time, to get involved immediately - not as a photo opp  but
> as a
> chief executive.  I expect him to do his darndest to help in every  and
> any
> way that he can.  The claims that the public rebuilding is  tied up in red
> tape
> are nonsense, total nonsense, the president or his  representative can
> waive
> all that red tape by executive order and that  will take less than the
> morning
> of 1 day.  I expect him to do whatever  it takes to encourage and
> facilitate
> getting those citizens and that  region back on their feet and to track
> and
> insist on progress.
>
> I am not expecting problems to be fixed overnight, but overnight happened
> a
> long time ago - it's been a long time since Katrina hit.  There's no
> reason
> in the world bridges and roads shouldn't be rebuilt in a matter of months.
> Without the infrastructure of bridges and roads it's difficult for the
> rest  of
> the rebuilding effort from the private sector or public sector to
> kick  in.
> Ask Brad, I gather he does infrastructure.
>
> I never said the damage was Bush's fault, but not getting it fixed in a
> timely manner is his fault.  He's supposed to be the nations
> chief  executive, his
> job is to make it happen.  It hasn't happened.  My  constructive
> suggestion
> was to put Cheney on the job, maybe he could focus  on the task and make
> it
> happen.
>
> Finally, it's real interesting to watch Brad dance away from the Bush
> administration after years of defending him.  Henry's gone quiet,  Brad's
> now
> posting "Bush was never a conservative", you may be the  only person left
> on the
> board defending jr and the neocon  follies.
>
> Dave
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