Thanks, Teresa, this is a powerful reminder of what our duties and responsibilities are to those in need, especially now with Katrina and for months, perhaps years to come given the scale of both Katrina and the Christmas Tsunami along with other disasters around the world, both natural and man-made.
Yes, both the city & state govts fell down on the job, but that does not excuse the federal govt, especially FEMA from being equally, if not greater incompetent in their response. Given 1) all the chest thumping over the last couple of years by Bush & Co. about how the govt was ready for any emergency and 2)the emergency that happened, New Orleans being devasted by a hurricane was one of the three most talked about potential disasters in recent years,* and therefore persumerbly one that a lot of preparations had been made for. Thanks for qouting from the Times-Picayune editorial, Jim. Hope they do get a Pulitzer for it. Can only add please continue to GIVE EM HELL to all who are responsible for this diasterious response to Katrina!
*The other two were 1)another terrorist attack equal or greater to that of 9/11 and 2) a massive earthquake in southern California.
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