Meanwhile, the Louisiana Senator who's been telling everyone about how the Federal government should have stepped right in, first thing, and done everything, has a bit about FEMA on her web site (pre-Katrina, of course):

http://landrieu.senate.gov/services/agencies.cfm

"DISASTER ASSISTANCE

Emergency management operations for disasters include three phases: preparedness, response, and recovery. In the preparedness phase, state and local governments administer emergency preparedness programs with ongoing activities to help ensure that they are ready to respond to disasters. The Louisiana Department of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for all initial damage assessment prior to federal involvement.

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) partially funds disaster assistance and emergency preparedness programs. Victims whose immediate needs are not met by voluntary relief organizations, such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, can register with FEMA."

Cirby, that is an incredible catch.

I said on my blog that the longer this blame game gets played out, and the harder people looked at the facts, the further from the White House and FEMA's door the ultimate fault would be found. That city and state was a sewer long before Katrina came to town.

rocketeer:

I'm starting a collection of what the noisier members of the chattering and political classes said during the time up to about mid-August. So far, it's not looking good for any of them...

(It's going to be the first post on my soon-to-be blog, some time this week.)

Be sure to let us know your url when it's up and running. Because, you know, Ace needs the competition to keep him on his game.

Dude I thought the Army Corps Engineers were responsible for the levees, no?

Well I just read this article on TIME and they said so. They also said Congress slash the budget on the leeves by more than half from $496 million to $249.5 million..

Read all about it:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101331-2,00.html

And we all know the Army Corps of Engineers is under the direct control of George W. Bush.

It's in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence or something.

gee, probably not even worth the time, but at least giggs isn't anonymous...

the local levees are maintained and managed by multiple districts and boards... with overlapping authority. funding is sought at the federal level (of course, we'd rather spend local monies on casinos and beach projects... or maybe get the Orleans Levee Board outta hock so we can issue bonds), but to say "the levees are the responsibility of the Corps of Engineers" is just plain wrong. Their responsibility is primarily navicable waterways (i.e. the Mississippi River), not the canals and Lake Ponchartrain.

And here's a link that doesn't require you to subscribe to Time magazine. It slams Bush around so you'll give it some credibility.

last post was me. stupid after all that anonymity crap.

loose shit

Or was it the Magna Carta?

Napoleonic Code.

You're all wrong; Westminster Confession of Faith

ACE: Thank you again for your good work.You know what gripes me the most are all those conservative Bush bashers. I expect the lefties to be out there, but these bush bashing conservative know-it-alls that really know nothing drive me up the wall. I just resolved to quit going to one of those sites and took it off my favorites list. What a Joy to come here. Ya big pussy.

Torah. I win.

Code of Hammurabi. No backs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702462.html

The above ought to clear up Griggs Army Corp Funding meme.
Posted by loftfield at September 8, 2005 02:24 PM