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September 16, 2005
Here's Something I Don't Understand
I don't get it. Why do so many people think that pointing to the negligence of state and local government (or, more maliciously, to the negligence of the storm victims themselves) is somehow an adequate defense of the federal government's inaction? I sure as hell do not know enough about the intrastate workings of Louisiana or standard disaster relief protocol to conscionably add my two cents on exactly where the blame should be parceled out and how and in exactly what measurements. Nevertheless, I think it is awfully obvious why most people find it extremely troubling and upsetting that, independtly of the egregiousness of failings on the state and local levels, the federal government's response was so woefully inadequate. One hopes that in times of crisis and chaos and when local authorities are AWOL that the big guys-- the president, the army, the FEMA, the what-have-you-- are there to step up/ swoop down and set things (at least somewhat) right and maintain (at least some degree of) order, to be the deus ex machina, the soldiers at the end of the storm.
On different yet not completely unrelated note, I think that, as far as the Roberts' hearing, this just about sums it up. (via BitchPhD)
Posted by hissycat at September 16, 2005 10:30 AM
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