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naomikritzer's far-from-comprehensive but still bloody appalling list of fuck ups by FEMA in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
And also to add that there's a opinion piece in the Business section of today's edition of The Herald-Sun which says:
It's going to be hard to sustain the new meme that 'Bush ho(lied)ayed, thousands died', beyond the obvious inept and grossly negligent behaviour of the city and state authorities that did cause deaths.
Indeed, but for Bush's demand before the hurricane hit for the city to order its first ever mandatory evacuation, it would have been: 'hundreds of thousands stayed, tens of thousands died'.
OK, I may just be cynical here, but can anyone verify that it was Bush's call?
naomikritzer's far-from-comprehensive but still bloody appalling list of fuck ups by FEMA in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.And also to add that there's a opinion piece in the Business section of today's edition of The Herald-Sun which says:
It's going to be hard to sustain the new meme that 'Bush ho(lied)ayed, thousands died', beyond the obvious inept and grossly negligent behaviour of the city and state authorities that did cause deaths.
Indeed, but for Bush's demand before the hurricane hit for the city to order its first ever mandatory evacuation, it would have been: 'hundreds of thousands stayed, tens of thousands died'.
OK, I may just be cynical here, but can anyone verify that it was Bush's call?
