Republicat Lessons We Will Learn from New Orleans

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

This is a symptom of the idea that government can't do anything well, so it doesn't matter who's in any position.

I've been thinking about this very thing. When someone who doesn't believe in government is in charge he can go in one of two directions, make it fail or force it to be as effective as it can be by being skeptical of its capacity. Bush took the easy failure route with FEMA after a lot of bold talk about the effectiveness of the Homeland Security Department. That is not a great mix. Add to it the civil liberties we've handed over to make the department more effective and it starts smelling like the old Soviet Block, tons of power wielded by fools.