Re: [DMCForum] Re: Katrina

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

"The buck stops here"..

Yes, I can still use the pedals.


--- brandelorean <brandelorean@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey Marc,
> 
> The reason you don't hear Floridians talking about
> living in their 
> own filth is because their governor (Jeb Bush) and
> state officials 
> had a plan setup for such disasters.  Their disaster
> response worked 
> as to where Louisiana & New Orleans is clearly not. 
> The Federal 
> Government is not responsible for the State's
> disaster plans and 
> they're not the ones who are to be held responsible
> when it comes to 
> not responding quickly enough.  Why should those in
> Washington be 
> responsible for setting up evacuation plans and
> disaster plans when 
> the State's want to retain such power and
> responsibility.  No state 
> wants the Federal Government impeding their power,
> yet now they do 
> since they weren't prepared?  The state and local
> governments have 
> primary responsibility in dealing with local
> disasters (it's the way 
> our government is setup) and they clearly have
> dropped the ball.
> 
> Then you have people like Senator Mary Landrieu from
> Louisiana, 
> threatening to punch the President if they mention
> the local police 
> not being able to maintain peace throughout the city
> or if they 
> mention anything regarding the State Officials lack
> of readiness.  
> That's the State's responsibility and even though
> they've been 
> through a disaster, it's still their responsibility.
>  It's ok to 
> bash Bush and call him all sorts of names, but don't
> point the 
> finger at those truly responsible or otherwise you
> just might get 
> punched in the face?
> 
> Natural disasters and politics sure don't mix, but
> truly the state 
> officials dropped the ball and are laughing while
> everyone points 
> the finger at Bush.  It truly is up to the State to
> be prepared and 
> they were not.  And as for the levees, again in 1996
> (during the 
> Clinton Administration) the levees were fiscally
> examined and were 
> approved at a category 3 strength.  Just because
> Bush is in office, 
> doesn't mean he is responsible for strengthening the
> levees....they 
> had the chance to make it stronger back in '96 not 2
> days ahead of a 
> category 5 hurricane.
> 
> Anyways, we could debate all day.  As for me, I
> think we're at a 
> good stopping point where things are beginning to
> clear up, 
> especially since the chaos is clearing.
> 
> As for those Manual Gearbox Pedals, do you still
> need those?  I can 
> hopefully try to pull them in the next couple weeks.
>  Let me know if 
> you already got what you needed!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brandon
> Vin 3323  
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy
> <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> > Bunch of stuff here..  But your last line is
> true.. 
> > So I am going to refrain from debating all of the
> > specific political stuff.  I will try to focus on
> the
> > subject, and not the politics.
> > /
> 
> 
> 
> 
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