Originally posted by: irwincur
Stupid people. Understand the law of the land. This disaster was a State issue and as such the Federal Government is to have a limited influence.
Not as stupid as you look for your ridiculous comment. First, there's this agency called
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Let's parse those words:
Fed·er·al (fed'?r-?l, fed'r?l) pronunciation,
adj.
- 1. Of, relating to, or being a form of government in which a union of states recognizes the sovereignty of a central authority while retaining certain residual powers of government.
2. Of or constituting a form of government in which sovereign power is divided between a central authority and a number of constituent political units.
3. Of or relating to the central government of a federation as distinct from the governments of its member units.
E·mer·gen·cy (i-mûr'j?n-se) pronunciation,
n., pl. -cies.
- 1. A serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action.
2. A condition of urgent need for action or assistance: a state of emergency.
adj.
- For use during emergencies: emergency food rations.
Man·age·ment (man'ij-m?nt) pronunciation,
n.
- 1. The act, manner, or practice of managing; handling, supervision, or control: management of a crisis; management of factory workers.
2. The person or persons who control or direct a business or other enterprise.
3. Skill in managing; executive ability.
A·gen·cy (a'j?n-se) pronunciation,
n., pl. -cies.
- 1. The condition of being in action; operation.
2. The means or mode of acting; instrumentality.
3. A business or service authorized to act for others: an employment agency.
4. An administrative division of a government or international body.
Then, there's this from
the "about" page
The 1960s and early 1970s brought massive disasters requiring major federal response and recovery operations by the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration, established within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Hurricane Carla struck in 1962, Hurricane Betsy in 1965, Hurricane Camille in 1969 and Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The Alaskan Earthquake hit in 1964 and the San Fernando Earthquake rocked Southern California in 1971. These events served to focus attention on the issue of natural disasters and brought about increased legislation. In 1968, the National Flood Insurance Act offered new flood protection to homeowners, and in 1974 the Disaster Relief Act firmly established the process of Presidential disaster declarations.
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The new agency was faced with many unusual challenges in its first few years that emphasized how complex emergency management can be. Early disasters and emergencies included the contamination of Love Canal, the Cuban refugee crisis and the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Later, the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989 and Hurricane Andrew in 1992 focused major national attention on FEMA. In 1993, President Clinton nominated James L. Witt as the new FEMA director. Witt became the first agency director with experience as a state emergency manager. He initiated sweeping reforms that streamlined disaster relief and recovery operations, insisted on a new emphasis regarding preparedness and mitigation, and focused agency employees on customer service. The end of the Cold War also allowed Witt to redirect more of FEMA's limited resources from civil defense into disaster relief, recovery and mitigation programs.
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As it has for more than 20 years, FEMA's mission remains: to lead America to prepare for, prevent, respond to and recover from disasters with a vision of "A Nation Prepared." At no time in its history has this vision been more important to the country than in the aftermath of Sept. 11th.
Simple basic law - States vs. Feds is the oldest argument in US politcal history.
Originally posted by: irwincur
Quit being so reliant on the Federal Government - we have already given them enough power.
Let's see. Hurricanes caused a variety of disasters in a large part of the south-eastern U.S. across Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, including death, injury disease and hunger, loss of income for individuals, as well as city and state governments, and they demolished and damaged housing, commercial buildings, and infrastructure from wind, floods and pollution.
That sounds like disaster to me, and those hurricanes didn't stop to recognize any city or state boundries. How much more of a
Federal problem would you like it to be?
Michael Brown was a first class dipwad who didn't have a clue. He still doesn't.
What's worse is, he's
still collecting a paycheck from FEMA! :roll:
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