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Originally posted by TerryBPP
All I hear on CNN is the mayor and other politicians complaining about how the situation is being handled in New Orleans. Also, they complain that there wasn't enough planning for this type of scenario.
WTF, its the biggest destructive force ever to hit the US. How do you plan for that? How do you organize and provide needs to a angry mob of rioting, low income people?
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I think a lot of the frustration is with the response. I mean, if this were a terrorist attack (one without 2 days warning), we would be _majorly_ screwed right now. With that in mind, even with the 2 days of warning, the response has been completely anemic:
Condi was off buying shoes
Bush showed up for work 2 days after the attack
The National Guard was non-existent
FEMA still doesn't know which way is up, much less what the people need
And the people of NO, no matter what their race or income, are dying, starving, living like animals, and cannot escape
A lot of tax money was paid out over the course of the last 4 years in the name of homeland security to prepare for unannounced terrorist attacks. This act of God was announced in advance. Is it too much to ask of the people in charge to start mobilizing the rescue efforts when they've been told of a coming catastrophe? What have we been paying for all this time?