[Rhodes22-list] Katrina Update

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Dave L:
You said, “The public system can work, but somebody has to lead it and make
it work. Like any large bureaucracy”.  Those people had names like Stalin,
Hitler, and Mao.  Your belief in ‘fellow traveling’ is consistent with the
sheep waiting for the other person, like Fema, Fed Gov, to solve the
problems.  You and they have developed a television personality.  Just press
the button and the channel will change.
	When major disasters cause widespread destruction, you cannot expect the
problems to be fixed overnight.  Such an expectation is not in touch with
reality.  Get over it, the damage is not Bush’s fault.  The repairs will
take decades.  Take Brad up on his offer and spend a week on the Gulf Coast
just helping out.  You might grow as a person.  You might even develop some
leadership skills.

Ed K 
Greenville, SC, USA 

     

Woten wrote:
> 
> 
> Brad,
>  
> If FEMA, or anyone in the govt (e.g CoE). aren’t going to do shit - to use  
> your terminology - it would be helpful for them to tell your buddies in
> the  
> private sector.  At least your private sector buddies could plan and 
> execute 
> their own plans.  
>  
> The public system can work, but somebody has to lead it and make it  work.  
> Like any large bureaucracy, if nobody cares it’s business as  usual.  The 
> leader to make it happen doesn’t have to be Bush, but it has to  be
> someone with 
> authority and responsibility to make it happen.  Who is  that leader?  Has
> Bush 
> appointed a special representative?  I don’t  think so.  Leadership out of 
> FEMA?  DHS?  CoE?  You wonder  why they are all working at cross purposes? 
> Has 
> it occurred to anyone in  the Administration that focused leadership,
> planning, 
> funding, and execution are  necessary to make it happen?
>  
> Actually, it might be a great job for Cheney to take on.  I think he 
> could 
> do it and it would give him some positive visibility and bring him 
> credit.  
>  
> Dave
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