Bush:state gov't. cooperation better for gustav than katrina?

Question

shouldn't that read state gov't. states that bush's interest is better for gustav than katrina?

Answer 1

Nothing has changed, the work that has to be done with these situations is work done by states, not the federal government.  Bush did nothing essentially different during Katrina, it was state and local governments that failed.

Answer 2

Yes it should. Of course it's election time and someone probably made him do it. It should be obvious to all that the current administration is a puppet government for the mega rich and could care less about the American people. It's obvious as well that George W.Bush couldn't be the brains behind it.

That b.s. that it was the state and local goverments fault was pure nonsense. Bush bypasses all laws when it comes to making his buddies rich and keeping the truth about most everything from the American people. Don't tell me he couldn't have done something. That is pure right wing Christian nonsense. Just like the church made a mistake with the Inquisitions, yeah that's the ticket it was just one big mistake, like the slaughtering of the South and Central American natives in the name if "their" religion.

Answer 3

There were federal resources at the Louisiana border as Katrina bore down on Louisiana but they needed an official REQUEST from the Louisiana Governor Blanco under the Stafford Act of 1988 before they could enter the State.

She did NOT do it.

The rest of the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida was wiped out - just like New Orleans - but the Governors worked easily with FEMA and other authorities because they had plans in place and ASKED for help in time.

Preparation for and action during and after emergencies is the responsibility of State governments.

During Katrina and Rita (as well as during other Gulf Coast Hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, floods and disasters), mayors and governors have had plans in place and acted responsibly to call for evacuations and implementation of emergency plans that had been coordinated well in advance and had been tested.

This did NOT happen in New Orleans and Louisiana for Katrina.

Not before Katrina.

Not during Katrina.

Not after Katrina.  

The Governor of Louisiana and Mayor of New Orleans didn't order evacuations until it was too late and didn't provide the means for people to leave.  

They did not ASK for Federal help as they were able to do and as the other States did.

Now there is a NEW Governor in Louisiana.

Gov. Jindal had a plan in place this week.  That is easy to see.

It has been tested and retested.

The Bush Administration has a first-class disaster preparedness operation to coordinate with.

Jindal smoothly evacuated almost almost 2 million people including their pets and the critically ill in a matter of a hours, and secured the Gulf Coast against the assault of Gustav.  

People used Katrina as yet another excuse to jump all over Bush but they should have jumped all over the incompetent Blanco and Nagin administrations.

The difference is night and day.

Same Bush.

Different Governor.

Why is this hard to understand?

Answer 4

Actually no, it is the responsibility of the state to ask for help if they deem that they can't handle a problem.

Blanco and Nalin did an extremely poor job during Katrina.