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Originally posted by Lindz928
I don't think this is true at all. People and the government are TRYING. Yes, it is taking much longer than it should. But, the government has not done anything to tell them that they just don't care.
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If the government was trying there damndest and this was the best they could muster - well lets just say that erodes my faith in the US Administration even though I thought it couldn't get any lower.
If the government really cared - then FEMA would have been in place the day after the hurricane, not today 6 DAYS LATER!!!... I mean seriously Fire & Resuce vehicles from LA could arrive at the same time as the first FEMA convoy - that is pathetic.
If the government really cared - they'd be dropping food and water supplies to those stranded at major gathering points... not dropping sand bags trying to plug breaks in the levee (helicopters really can't do that).
If the government really cared - THEY ACCEPT HELP FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES DAMMIT!!! Many countries have offered to send disaster relief teams as well as experts to help in any way they can - and yet Bush and the State Department haven't given permission for any teams as of yet.
If the government really cared - they'd have listened to the warnings that have been made concerning the threat to NO and Louisiana... instead of CUTTING the funding to the levee system.
I'm seriously disgusted by the response from the federal government and the US Administration - after all isn't this what millions of dollars have been spent on training for?
I also wonder what is being made of this overseas in Iraq - I mean if they can't get their heads out of their asses in responding to Katrina, it's seriously no wonder that Iraq is still so f*cuked-up... (although a BBC talking-head had a intersting observation: Was the response planned by Rumsfeld and Cheney? Because it bears all the hallmarks of their "foresight" and understanding of the situation)