Re: [DMCForum] Re: Katrina
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Re: [DMCForum] Re: Katrina
- From: Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:23:23 -0700 (PDT)
"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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