It's the local official's fault for the late Fed. response...
Sep 5, 2005
It's remarkable how many Bush lovers have had the balls to say that it's the fault of local officials that the situation in N.O. got as bad as it did. Here's my take on it:
What's so sick about claiming that local officials are to blame is that in effect, the feds are saying either:
1. The feds weren't keeping track of the storm, and as such, because the local officials didn't ask for help, how were the feds supposed to know help was needed?
or
2. The feds knew what was going on with the storm, but because of beurocracy, didn't want to step on the toes of local authorities, so they sat back, didn't get prepared, and waited for local authorities to call up before they moved into action.
Either case is unacceptable. A good bus-boy in a restaurant is always watching the waiter and the customers, and is there with a napkin or whatever else he/she knows will be required - 2 seconds before the waiter, or the customer asks for it. The same should be expected from the Feds, who have more money, resources, and power than any organization in the world to predict, plan, and mobilize.
If one wants to split hairs over who's responsibility it was to pick up the phone first - FEMA should have been on the phone w/local officials - making sure that the locals understood the magnitude of the hurricane, and that they were evacuating properly, at the ready to cover the bases locals weren't/couldn't cover.
May Zarathustra help us when the next wide-spread terrorist attack hits... I know Dumbya won't.
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