09-07-2005, 03:27 AM
FEMA is not a first-response unit. It never was set up to be one. That's why there are local fire departments and local police and state and blah blah blah. It should not have taken a week to get them there, but it's not going to be two days to mobilize thousands of people. It is going to to day a few days. I just does. That's all I'm saying. By knee-jerk I mean that people's first reaction is that the federal government shold be fixing issues, when it should not be the case.
Obviously, we are a different country since the Consitution, more populous and with easier transportation, but there was no gray area. No question that the federal government was not responsible for state issues. That the federal government has gotten bigger every day and become more powerful is a negative. They are clearly slow and plodding and inefficient.
If people expect the federal government to be in charge of things like this, they are wrong. If they want them to be, then more often than not, it's going to be a shitstorm
Obviously, we are a different country since the Consitution, more populous and with easier transportation, but there was no gray area. No question that the federal government was not responsible for state issues. That the federal government has gotten bigger every day and become more powerful is a negative. They are clearly slow and plodding and inefficient.
If people expect the federal government to be in charge of things like this, they are wrong. If they want them to be, then more often than not, it's going to be a shitstorm