Heartbroken

Personally I don't care who is to blame here, we need weed them all out and get rid of them. But the federal government put forth an ACT that states that Bush has control to "do as he see's fit, without local government's interference" as soon as he declared a state of emergency. This was put into place after September 11 so we could amply reply to a disaster without the problems we are having now. So the lapse is at the local government as well but, its in the power of the federal government to take controll as soon as they declare a state of emergency. So basically the failure is on both sides of the fence.

This is an excerpt from the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended by Public Law 106-390, October 30, 2000. Basically if it saves lives, FEMA can do just about ANYTHING with or without expressed "local Government" permission.

Fema DENIED or IGNORED vital life saving tools at its disposal due to "lack of official paperwork" They sent dozens of buses back to Wisconson, Empty. They either denied or ignored other countrys pledge of assistance. They did not allow National Guard from other states to respond without the "proper paperwork". This all lead up to thousands more dead. All's our president has to say about this is "Browne, yer doin a heck of a job!".

I agree, we need to look at all levels, but, not just local, or not just the fed's. The local government didn't respond properly and "file" the appropriate grevences to put the federal government in controll. But also there is ample happenings for the government to declare control thus they are both at fault. Again, personally I really don't give 2 $h*ts who's at fault on either side, just find them and remove them before this crap happens again.