[Rhodes22-list] Blame the

[michael meltzer]

bill for what it worth, the "post modem" on the
response starting to come out, maybe it spin, but the
Governor and her chain of command might be worth your
wrath -mjm 

--- michael meltzer <michaelmeltzer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Frankly bill "blinded by the light" comes to mind or
> Target fixation(same thing that cause a fighter
> pilot
> fly his plan right into the ground). All you see is
> the "Feds", I think it a little broader. 
> 
> I have a problem with allot of the players and also
> take the view that people make rationale decisions
> 
> 1)IIRC this is a coastal city that is 6 feet on
> average below sea level. You notice the original
> French quarter is OK, why did they let house be
> built
> in the lower zones? cheap land maybe?????
> 
> 2)When I bought my house, I had to get a sign off on
> the flood maps, people did not know????? Their are
> sign post all over town showing flood stages(west
> port), I am sure the locals know the score.
> 
> 3)what happen to every local officials? cut and run
> maybe???, I am sure their were least 500-1000 school
> bus in the local area before the storm. No need to
> spend the money????????
> 
> 4)population conditioned to "just ride it out", like
> last time, ever notice all the cars in the flood?
> 
> 5)this has been a problem 30 year in the making,
> where
> were the district, and city official "planing",
> again
> they knew the score for a somewhat unique local
> problem, move equipment to high ground? preposition
> supplies(at least 72 hours worth)?, buy only high
> water capable vichicals for city use(like we does
> with
> trash truck for plowing)? A quick reaction group
> with
> supplies and methods to plug a level break? The
> flood
> plans are were know, were was the automatics
> reaction
> from the local side to get their people out, you
> know
> the plan and supplies? 
> 
> 6)why did it take the Gerard/ to bring order? maybe
> something about being shot? the local cops looked
> just
> like crown heights
> 
> 7)oh, do not forget all state people, both potical
> and
> full time staff who seemed duct all responsibly.
> Nice
> living off the government tit? never make a decision
> that could cost you your job? only contract out
> work? 
> 
> 
> 8)how of the levels did break? 500 feet out of 100
> of
> miles? 99.99+% where OK, the repair thing again,
> their
> are never any kick backs? shirty work?  
> 
> 9)FEMA looked bad, no too ways.
> 
> 10)maybe I am crackly in my old age, but the Russian
> system shooting the general and turn to next in
> command "you are next if this is not solved in 24
> hour" was need here.
> 
> 11)the military has a problem moving, it it supply
> train, logical support, because everything is
> "organic" it take a while to move into position.
> they
> used the 82 because they come with their own
> supplies
> in the drop.
> 
> 12)could it be bill, just maybe, bush saying "he not
> happy" was enough to shake the lead out of some
> burocrats to make a call, take a risk, solve the
> problem, like in keep their job. how many government
> employs are in play, from at least four pairale
> reporting lines(local, city, state, fed)? 10,000,
> 100,000, more, I am not sure, how much is "command
> and
> control" that failed? 
> 
> 13)So how much of a new asshole are you going to rip
> me :-), I got at least 2 holes now :-) you will
> slice
> and dice me in writing style. But when you claim I
> wrong, uninformed, misguided or do not understand.
> well that brings me back to the beginning.  "blinded
> by the light"
> 
> 
> 
>  I am only getting started in the list, their are
> allot of players here who failed in leadership now
> and
> over the years.
> 
> 
> -mjm
> 
> PS. ED has the latest decoder ring:-)
> 
> 
> 
> --- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> 
> > Wally,
> > 
> > The death and destruction unfolding on the Gulf
> > Coast is not an "Act of 
> > God", and I'm going to speak up when anyone tries
> to
> > shift the 
> > responsibility for this ongoing tragedy from our
> > federal government 
> > either to God or to the victims.
> > 
> > The killing damage was not done by the hurricane
> in
> > New Orleans.  The 
> > center of the hurricane narrowly missed to the
> East.
> > Gulfport was flattened.
> > 
> > The killing damage in New Orleans happened as a
> > result of Federally 
> > built levees, designed to withstand Category 3
> > storms, failing, and 
> > allowing the city to fill with water.  The Federal
> > Government then 
> > failed to understand that a catastrophe far worse
> > than any hurricane was 
> > in the process of unfolding.
> > 
> > You may remember the discussion on this list about
> > the Army Corps of 
> > Engineers saying the water was going to be no
> > problem--that as soon as 
> > the level of the lake water fell below the level
> of
> > the levee, New 
> > Orleans would naturally drain right back out into
> > the lake.  Just don't 
> > plug up the holes.  I said that was stupid then. 
> Is
> > there anyone today 
> > who wants to argue that it was smart?
> >  
> > The citizens of New Orleans, along with virtually
> > all of their 
> > politicians, begged the federal government to
> > strengthen the levees for 
> > 30 years prior to this collapse.  The Federal
> > government actually 
> > reduced the amount of money, and refused to
> upgrade
> > the levees.
> > 
> > This is a political disaster, not a natural
> > disaster, although the Swift 
> > Boat Captains are already out there, trying to
> > rearrange the facts to 
> > fit their politics.
> > 
> > More Americans will die as a result of this man
> made
> > disaster than will 
> > die in Afghanistan, Iraq and 9/11 combined.  I
> have
> > many friends in New 
> > Orleans who still have not been heard from.  We
> all
> > hope they just have 
> > been too busy to call any of us who were out, or
> who
> > got out.
> > 
> > When a judge ruled after 10 years that a feeding
> > tube could legally be 
> > pulled out of Terri Schiavo, the entire Republican
> > Political machine 
> > hopped on airplanes, interrupted vacations, passed
> > legislation, and 
> > attempted to "save" that one life.
> > 
> > When perhaps 10,000 people in New Orleans were
> > dying, President Bush 
> > never left his ranch except for fund raisers,
> > Congress did not 
> > reconvene, Dick Cheney never left his ranch at
> all,
> 
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