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Katrina Love You Really Good

February 16, 2006

Congress did its thing to feel good about itself. It seems when Government screws up, they blame another branch of Government.

Then when they want to get sophisticated they open up officilial inquiries.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that deaths, damage and suffering could have been decreased if the White House and federal, state and local officials had responded more urgently to Katrina.

The House report - called “A Failure of Initiative” - found ample fault with state and local officials, including delays in ordering early evacuations in New Orleans. But it also criticized President Bush for failing to get more deeply involved as the crisis unfolded.

“Earlier presidential involvement might have resulted in a more effective response,” the inquiry concluded. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report Tuesday.

As if calling it a disaster 5 days before , instead of two days like he did, would have made some kind of difference.

Lieberman needled Chertoff on why the security chief was in Atlanta at a bird flu seminar on Aug. 30, the day after Katrina hit, instead of rushing to the disaster scene.

The hearing highlighted the searing emotions that Katrina evokes nearly six months after it slammed into the Gulf Coast. At one point, a member of the audience loudly heckled Chertoff, calling a FEMA decision to discontinue paying for hotel rooms for evacuees “un-American.”

Meanwhile, Congress increased the borrowing power of the federal flood insurance agency in an attempt to meet unprecedented claims from Katrina and other hurricanes last year.

And this is how we create a bloated Government. Everyone blame each other. The Governor and Mayor point fingers at one another then towards FEMA, and then towards the President.

The head of FEMA blames the President, who blames other bureacracies for not doing their job.

Then they blame Congress and they point to Chertoff. And White House reconstruction coordinator Don Powell announced $4.2 billion in grants that will probably be used to help uninsured Louisiana homeowners whose properties inside flood plains were destroyed. The money is part of an anticipated $18 billion spending plan for the Gulf Coast.

Now everyone feels better about themselves that they care. And we still have a crappie dysfunctional City that will get more Government Welfare than they did before the flood. And like their inhabitants who squandered their FEMA credit cards in strip clubs and Goochie bags. The leadership in New Orleans will piss away billions.

Written by untiled · Filed Under Conservative Liberal Moral Politics 

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