Simply put, FEMA sucks!!

[That Guy]

FRPLG:

you went point for point, and except for one issue, every single one contains you making (wrong) assumptions about what i actually said. thus when you're trying to call me out on things i didn't say but you think i did, it's a bit hard to take.

and if you read about the charter they actually do cover civil defense and disaster preparedness, which you've been vehement in denoucing:


wikipedia:

September 11th, 2001, President Bush created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to better coordinate among the different federal agencies that deal with law enforcement, disaster preparedness and recovery, border protection and civil defense. FEMA was absorbed into DHS as of 2003. As a result, FEMA became part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of DHS, and employs more than 2,600 full time employees. In September 2003, Michael D. Brown, FEMA's director and DHS Undersecretary, warned that the shift would make a mockery of FEMA's new motto, "A Nation Prepared,"...

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by That Guy

FRPLG:

you went point for point, and except for one issue, every single one contains you making (wrong) assumptions about what i actually said. thus when you're trying to call me out on things i didn't say but you think i did, it's a bit hard to take.

Are you saying what you said wasn't what you meant or are you saying I don't understand English? If you are going to say I am making incorrect assumptions you ought to point out what they are. Otherwise it is impossible for me to even comprehend what you are trying to say.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Are you saying what you said wasn't what you meant or are you saying I don't understand English? If you are going to say I am making incorrect assumptions you ought to point out what they are. Otherwise it is impossible for me to even comprehend what you are trying to say.

alright, i'll get to the others in a bit since i'm working on some code, but we can start with where you said (3-4 times) that I blamed Bush for the entire thing, when in fact, what i actually said was I blame bush for appointing an inept guy to a somewhat important cabinet position (and nothing more). Though I did also think he could have done more to convince people an evacuation would be a good idea. (a president would lose some small amount of face if he had to overrule a governor and order an unneeded evac, but a governor ordering one, even if unneeded, wouldn't be a big deal.)

Some people have commented that every administration engages in cronyism, and that's great, but that doesn't make it right or absolve them from blame when it blows up in their face.