Originally posted by Antonio Wright:
Originally posted by Corbett:
Originally posted by BP:
i feel the same way. there's enough blame to go around, but a lot of people are focusing on this guy like it's mostly his fault.
Between him and the spineless Governor I would have to say yes, what happened after the disaster was their fault. they have know for how long that this would eventually happen and when it did they have no plan whatsoever.
Sor, your telling me the blame falls squarely on the local and state? Come on, Tim! When you have the director of Fema stating that, "he did not know people were trapped in the convention center." Even though news about the center was being broadcasted all over the world.
The blame ABSOLUTELY falls on local and state. They're the ones who are supposed to be the first line of eyes and ears focused on what's going on in the city, not the federal staff who may not even know where the convention center is. And call me crazy, but I don't think the director of FEMA should be channel-flipping looking for news on who's where in the city when he's supposed to be managing the assets at the federal level and is EXPECTING those local authorities to keep him updated with the situation at street level. Besides, Brown later said that he completely mis-spoke at that point in time; they knew there was a situation at the convention center, but I don't think they had many details.
Not that it matters what we armchair mayors think, although I never saw footage of any other mayors of heavily impacted areas like Biloxi or Gulfport holding press conferences to cry and scream. I *did* see, however, a reporter interviewing a group of evacuees in Houston after Bush's appearance the other night and they quite emphatically talked about how badly their mayor screwed up.
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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