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It does and make note of the fact that local and state governments have to
share in the burden of blame. However, this does not excuse the federal government's slow response and mismanagement of the aftermath (which continues today).
posted by
saul_relative
on September 2, 2006 at 9:32 PM
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Question for Saul:
"A government for, of, and by the people should also care about its people" also applies at the state and local levels, does it not?
posted by
WriterofLight
on September 2, 2006 at 9:09 PM
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I find a total collapse of support and relief from one end of government to
the other, LeRoyCoyote. And, although federal aid has been generous, the mismanagement and utter inpeptitude of local, state, and federal officials has been astounding. It continues to be so. But I blame the federal government the most because it had and has the resources to have made this catastrophe so much less horrendous, but for a variety of reasons failed. Yes, corruption exists in Louisiana. It also exists on the federal end. Corruption cannot account for such pathetic developments in the Gulf states.
posted by
saul_relative
on August 31, 2006 at 8:39 PM
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Saul
I have to disagree. It was bad luck that this storm hit the Big Easy when it did. I was at an Earth First! rally in the late eighties and people were talking about a flooded Mississippi doing the exact same thing and nobody would be able to do anything about it. The difference in recoveries between the state of Mississippi and the corrupt state of Louisiana is stark. It's this endemic corruption, not federal response (which has been too generous) that is the reason for the slow recovery.
posted by
LeRoyCoyote
on August 31, 2006 at 1:23 PM
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Too late. They're already at it. And it wouldn't have been destroyed to
begin with if they'd shored up and strengthened the levees. Rebuilding is more a matter of finances than whether or not it should be done. Besides, there's millions of dollars to be made in real estate. Undervaluing and condemning property for the greedy to seize in the largest land grab since the Dawes Act, New Orleans will eventually become the Las Vegas of the south, say some.
posted by
saul_relative
on August 29, 2006 at 9:12 PM
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My mother said she doesn't "see the point" in even trying to rebuild New Orleans ...
considering it will probably "just get destroyed again eventually".
"Ringing death's doorbell."
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 29, 2006 at 1:23 PM
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