Have you seen this? Bush taking blame.

(Putting on my flame-proof suit) I admire him for owning up to things. What president (or politician for that matter) has ever done that before?:eek:
 
Hi Dani. I hadn't seen it. Thanks. What I thought of while watching it was how God works. What if it had been a terrorist attack on the U.S. instead of a storm? If it was an attack, the entire country would be in chaos. At least he's aware of the problems and hopefully can do something so something like this doesn't happen again. Do you know what I mean?

Kali

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I didn't see the whole thing but I understand his position. He is the head of the government and where the buck stops so to speak. Works that way in any business. The head of the dept is responsible for anything the subordinates do.

Personally, I think the government really needs to review their processes and procedures and fix what went wrong. But, I'm will not support petty political witch hunting and blame game antics. I don't think its a productive way to spend our tax dollars or time.
 
>I didn't see the whole thing but I understand his position.
>He is the head of the government and where the buck stops so
>to speak. Works that way in any business. The head of the
>dept is responsible for anything the subordinates do.
>
>Personally, I think the government really needs to review
>their processes and procedures and fix what went wrong. But,
>I'm will not support petty political witch hunting and blame
>game antics. I don't think its a productive way to spend our
>tax dollars or time.


I completely agree!!

Charlotte~~
 
It's inadequate. He takes responsibility only for the "response" to the disaster not for backing policies which permit the environmental destruction which permitted the effects of Katina to be as horrendous as they have been.

Until you look at why disasters happen, i.e., the cause, not just the cure, even a more rapid respose to the next calamitous event is merely applying a band aid to a seriously gaping wound.

Clare
 
I think the govenor of Louisiana needs to take alot of blame. Why wasn't that government working harder to get people evacuated before the hurricane hit? I think the mayor and governor could have done more.
 
Here is an exerpt from http://slate.msn.com/id/2125229/?nav=ais

"Bonus Explainer: If New Orleans is below sea level, why isn't it underwater? Because it's protected by natural and artificial barriers. The city sits on the banks of the Mississippi, where sediment from the river had created areas of elevated land called "natural levees." New Orleans' earliest buildings sat on top of these levees, but as the population grew, houses were built farther inland at lower elevations. To create usable land, water had to be pumped out of the area, which in turn caused the ground to sink even lower. It's possible for part of New Orleans to exist below sea level because the levees that surround the city protect it (most of the time) from floods."

NO flooding happened not becuase of global warming. It was below sea level before we started driving cars. I think that we can hardly expect Bush to accept responsibility for something that nature created and then others settlers made worse.

Missy
 
How about the mayor of New Orleans. He knew his people needed to be evacuated by the gov since they couldn't afford to get out on their own. Local gov is the first line of defense. He chose not to follow the evacuation plans!
 
Missy, your points are very well stated and I agree. People who want to lump all of the blame onto GB really haven't looked into the history of New Orleans. Many administrations, of both political parties, have failed to update the levees in NO.

Did anybody watch Fox News Sunday. Chris Wallace interviewed Mary Landrieu and asked her why the hundreds of buses parked in NO were not used to evacuate the citizens. Her reply, and I heard it with my own ears, was, "You can't get those people to work on a bright sunny day much less during a hurricane". How's that for a racist remark!?

Michele
 
Michele-Are you sure she meant "those people" in a racist way? Maybe, she was just referring to transit workers as being generally lazy. Neither of which is an appropriate remark so I guess it doesn't matter which way she meant it. Just a thought.
 
I think all levels of government are to blame to some extent for the poor response. I admire the president for shouldering the responsiblity, rather than pointing the finger, as many are doing. I hope that by admitting there are problems, there will be a real and meaningful change in policies regarding catastrophes, whether natural or man made.
 
If the state evacuated the prisioners, certainly the mayor and the governor could've evacuated the poor and others. Bush shouldn't have to take responsibility. No one can control the hurricane. It was all nature and bird-brained settlers chose to make a city in that area. Any other areas would've been so much better. I think there's something rotten in the state of Denmark with the mayor and the gov'nor.

Lisa
 
What was the context? Was she talking about black people or welfare leaches (black and white)? I knew people in high school that were having babies to get welfare money to buy gold chains nice shoes and refused to work (yes, that young!) nad then complain about what society isn't doing for them because that is what their mothers do and their friends, and it has become a culture. Have someone else do for you because you don't have to do it for yourself. Forget working. Welfare is there to take care of you. Either way, I agree it was an incredibly umprofessional statement nad it is an unfair broadbrush statement to describe all of the victims, though I definately see her side as I have seen it firsthand.

Missy
 
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