tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post112699284620998766..comments2023-06-25T08:12:06.640-07:00Comments on tested by research: Incompetence And Intentallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-1127244407053286032005-09-20T12:26:00.000-07:002005-09-20T12:26:00.000-07:00Yeah, I'm with stankyfish on this one also.Deliber...Yeah, I'm with stankyfish on this one also.<BR/><BR/>Deliberate? Why? This gov't is dumb, but not THAT dumb.<BR/><BR/>It's just stubbornness, ignorance, and incompetence rolled into one. And a current approval rating in the thirties is proof that the American public is finally waking up to that.<BR/><BR/>Great link, thanks - what a compilation!Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689105226676741932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048554.post-1127237646988925372005-09-20T10:34:00.000-07:002005-09-20T10:34:00.000-07:00As much as I would love to call the complete failu...As much as I would love to call the complete failure of the federal response deliberate, I still think that it was more a combination of utter incompetence and political power games.<BR/><BR/>GWB refusing aid from other countries is an example of stubborness so extreme that it should be considered criminal.<BR/><BR/>The day long FEMA training in Atlanta of the firefighters (that included a sexual harrassment component) before sending them on a their primary mission of FEMA public relations instead of rescuing people is bureaucracy at it finest.<BR/><BR/>The rushing of a group of those same firefighters to stand next to the president during his tour of the city for photo ops is disgusting politicking -- again, almost criminal.<BR/><BR/>The White House memo asking Blanco for a request for the Feds to take over is more political power games to shift blame away from GWB.<BR/><BR/>Politics came first, people came second. It's the reason FEMA was transformed from a reasonably effective organization to a useless, bloated, chaotic bureaucracy full of incompetent, excuse-filled assholes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com