Bush has made an appointment to head the investigation into what went wrong with last week’s response to Katrina. The head of this investigation is none other than the President himself, leaving one to wonder the kind of conflict of interest that lies in that decision. One of the critical components that failed was FEMA’s […]
The blame game in the wake of the hurricane is in full swing. We are starting to witness the victims of partisanship in the images of floating bodies around Louisiana. It is the most dreadful price to pay for political bickering. I am a Democrat, and I do hold Louisiana Governor Blanco responsible for not […]
Further reading into the 426 pages that make up the National Response Plan (NRP) put out by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), I uncovered a few more interesting facts. First it mandates that the DHS The Homeland Security Act of 2002 established DHS to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States; reduce the vulnerability […]
I was thinking something along the lines of “This is how high the water must be before we help”
The Times Picayune reported this article and it is truly troubling. Bush visit halts food delivery By Michelle Krupa Staff writer Three tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent City Connection bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was halted because […]
As a quick break from family visiting, I just wanted to post and let everyone know that the right wing blogosphere is now calling for the firing of Mike Brown, director of FEMA. Andrew Sullivan, a well known right wing blogger, is keeping an updated list of bloggers calling for Mike Browns terminitation. Michelle Malkin […]
Today I found the National Response Plan (NRP) for the Department of Homeland Security, which was put into effect December 2004. The most pertinent part of this document lies with in the last part under a section called the Catastrophic Incidents Annex (NRP-CIA). Now I would like to quote some significant aspects of this document. […]
As people are being rescued, the questions are pouring into the catastrophic breakdown in our government’s infrastructure to handle such a disaster as we have seen unfold this week. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson offered Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco help from his state’s National Guard on Sunday, the day before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. Blanco […]
Throughout this weeks events one argument has been echoing over and over again – this is not the time for politics. I have to disagree strongly with that. This is the time for politics. We have seen a collapse in our infrastructure and planning and the politicians are the ones who over see that very […]
We keep hearing horror stories coming from the front lines of Katrina’s aftermath. One that has been echoed numerous times is the lack of helicopters to help the people. This is an alarming issue you think the government would be working hard to correct, but think again. Think Progress picked up on an important point […]