Benjamin Smith wrote:
> Karen wrote:
>
>> How B wrote:
>>
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>>> Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Many times on this newsgroup I forewarned that the literal billions
>>>> of $$$
>>>> spent on natural or planned disaster (relief, recovery, preparedness,
>>>> evacuation, etc) was a near complete waste. I have sat in the
>>>> offices of
>>>> DHS NOLA, Emergency Management LA and countless other fed and state
>>>> agencies. They had the models of this calamity and they had the
>>>> resources
>>>> to prepare for it. They, for whatever reasons, chose not to.
>>>
>>>
>>> Right arm Chrissy. From the NY Times this morning:
>>>
>>> "Before 9/11 the Federal Emergency Management Agency listed the three
>>> most likely catastrophic disasters facing America: a terrorist attack
>>> on New York, a major earthquake in San Francisco and a hurricane
>>> strike on New Orleans. 'The New Orleans hurricane scenario,' The
>>> Houston Chronicle wrote in December 2001, 'may be the deadliest of
>>> all.' It described a potential catastrophe very much like the one now
>>> happening."
>>>
>>> "Last year James Lee Witt, who won bipartisan praise for his
>>> leadership of the agency during the Clinton years, said at a
>>> Congressional hearing: 'I am extremely concerned that the ability of
>>> our nation to prepare for and respond to disasters has been sharply
>>> eroded. I hear from emergency managers, local and state leaders, and
>>> first responders nearly every day that the FEMA they knew and worked
>>> well with has now disappeared.'"
>>>
>>> How B
>>
>>
>>
>> Love her or hate her, CC can be exasperatingly right most of the time.
>> That seems to bother a lot of people here.
>>
>
> When she wants to be informative and state her points eloquently, she
> can. She turns people off when she goes into attack/irreverent/provoke
> mode accompanied with foul language.
>
>
>> Godspeed (or whatever the agnostic expression is), Chrissy Cruiser, as
>> you go off to work.
>
>
> Solid post. This goes way beyond our leisure hobby interests. Hopefully,
> this is an eye-opening reality for some who view the world through stars
> and stripes colored eye glasses.
>
> Ben
Amen to that Ben. Being a real patriot is more than putting a flag
decal in your window. Being a true patriot means having the guts to
look at the country you love square in the face and say "this is not right."
How B
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