Priorities

[catscradle]

You know what nobody really needs right now? Assessing blame. The Mayor's blaming the fact there's no coordination between the the different relief efforts; FEMA's blaming Homeland Security for snatching all their funds and the Bush Administration for diverting funds for securing the levees to the war in Iraq; the Army Corps of Engineers is blaming the underpants gnomes. Know what people? Act of God. Instead of staying awake last night trying to locate the right scapegoat, why don't you all just do your jobs? You can't do anything to correct administrative problems right now, so lets focus on what you *can* do and work from there. Yeah, there are REAL legitimate issues at hand and they WILL need addressed - but right now getting people off roofs, establishing proper shelters and being proactive in stopping typhoid and cholera epidemics should be the only concerns right now. We can bitch about how the government sucks next week.

(Edit - I was not talking about US - you and me - criticizing the government's handling of the situation. I speak of the different government organizations shifting blame on each other. There are a lot of dirty hands in this mess from all branches and levels.)

Comments

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

I kinda want to say 'But HS -did- steal FEMA funds. But I get your point. Make a note of 'things contributing to the difficulties' but forge ahead on the difficulties so the body count doesn't rise.

Semi-randomly 'Yay for no hurricanes in Vienna' cause damn.

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Dear New Orleans,

You can't be drowned. Star Trek's DS9 clearly shows you hale and hearty in the year 24something.

And everyone knows that Trek future is the best of all possible outcomes.

So you have to survive to be pretty in the 25th century.

Love,
Wil.

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm very pissed at what HS stole from FEMA and I'm twice as pissed about Levee security being diverted to fund Iraq. And I'm not even pissed about media coverage of it. What pisses me off is the blame pointing of the officials - like the mayor and the governor and all the organization involved. The victims of this disaster really don't give a shit about who is at fault right now, they want help. A time and a place for everything, you know?

I heart that you know that about DS9 :)