Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00114)

In a message dated 9/4/05 11:41:06 PM Central Daylight Time, 
danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com writes:

> 
> For example, on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Bush could have seen on the 
> major news networks the terrible crisis that millions of us also saw 
> on those same cable networks. He could have quite easily called the 
> governor of LA, the mayor of NO, the secretary of 
> Homeland security, the director of FEMA, the U.S. senators of LA, 
> etc. and said that he wanted to send in within the next twenty four 
> hours the military and FEMA to aid local and state officals because 
> of the overwhelming nature of the disaster. He could have even 
> tried to have a teleconference or videoconference with all of these 
> officals in order to get everyone on the same page.....
> 

I agree with you. My guess is that he had people telling him that everything 
was under control and he made the mistake, in retrospect, of believing them. 
When it became obvious that no one down there knew how to wipe their own 
rears he took over.

I'm willing to give him some benefit of the doubt, not because I think he did 
a particularly good job, but because I don't see any utility in the debate. 
Arguing over who didn't do what when is not going to find homes for people.

Chuck the Heretic