Comments on: FEMA Follies; or, Adventures with the Crony Fairy http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/28/fema-follies-or-adventures-with-the-crony-fairy/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:53:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve from Canuckistan http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/28/fema-follies-or-adventures-with-the-crony-fairy/comment-page-1/#comment-7244 Steve from Canuckistan Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:15:45 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=651#comment-7244 Joe Lieberman is almost as big a phony as Bush. He should have his org charts taken away from him. Wasn’t he the guy that proposed the creation of the hapless DHS in the first place? Joe Lieberman is almost as big a phony as Bush. He should have his org charts taken away from him. Wasn’t he the guy that proposed the creation of the hapless DHS in the first place?

]]> By: Alex http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/28/fema-follies-or-adventures-with-the-crony-fairy/comment-page-1/#comment-7236 Alex Sat, 29 Apr 2006 03:55:14 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=651#comment-7236 I've blogged some more on the background of FEMA <a href="http://nuisance.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_nuisance_archive.html#114625719947693997" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Also significant is this <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060402/ts_alt_afp/usstormpolitics_060402142924 "> story. </a> Nobody wants the job as FEMA head. They don't want it because they know that FEMA isn't going to be ready for this year's hurricane season, and because they aren't being offered authority to do the job right - to dump the cronyism appointees. I’ve blogged some more on the background of FEMA here.

Also significant is this story.
Nobody wants the job as FEMA head. They don’t want it because they know that FEMA isn’t going to be ready for this year’s hurricane season, and because they aren’t being offered authority to do the job right – to dump the cronyism appointees.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/28/fema-follies-or-adventures-with-the-crony-fairy/comment-page-1/#comment-7221 Anonymous Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:47:45 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=651#comment-7221 This is my impression of Bush's photo-op in Biloxi 27 April. He did not meet with the average fed-up Biloxian. There are only twio east-west routes in Gulfport/Biloxi which are U.S. 90 and Pass road. Both were shut down at 2 PM through 4 PM to accommodate this photo-op. Drivers were sent to go in circles like the Bush Administration.The Biloxi natives are irate! They have had it with Bush; the Dick,"Shoot'em if ya' got'em"; the Administration; Haley Barbour's upstate cronies whose only interest is the proceeds from the Gulf Coast's casinos; Chertoff and his entire Homeland Security fiasco; the Loyalist Loyal Republican Women who circulate evacuee hate e-mail by the hour; the eviction threats and dun letters from FEMA; offers to lease FEMA trrailers which are not worth what it cost the Federal Government and are in fact hazardous to live in; the cold callous indifference exhibited by the well-paid representatives of government and Red Cross; the stupidity of having our National Guard in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan while the looters had a free reign; the import of out-of-state law enforcement at high overtime rares who treated the storm victims as criminals; eight months of foot-dragging and false promises from Bush on down. Bush should have gone to Point Cadet then Henderson Point and explain foot by foot why ???? I am waiting. We are not New Orleans with massive media coverage. We are the poorest state in the union. We made a mistake by going Republican because it is party known as, "The Dixiecrats of the Twenty-first Century." This is my impression of Bush’s photo-op in Biloxi 27 April. He did not meet with the average fed-up Biloxian. There are only twio east-west routes in Gulfport/Biloxi which are U.S. 90 and Pass road. Both were shut down at 2 PM through 4 PM to accommodate this photo-op. Drivers were sent to go in circles like the Bush Administration.The Biloxi natives are irate! They have had it with Bush; the Dick,”Shoot’em if ya’ got’em”; the Administration; Haley Barbour’s upstate cronies whose only interest is the proceeds from the Gulf Coast’s casinos; Chertoff and his entire Homeland Security fiasco; the Loyalist Loyal Republican Women who circulate evacuee hate e-mail by the hour; the eviction threats and dun letters from FEMA; offers to lease FEMA trrailers which are not worth what it cost the Federal Government and are in fact hazardous to live in; the cold callous indifference exhibited by the well-paid representatives of government and Red Cross; the stupidity of having our National Guard in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan while the looters had a free reign; the import of out-of-state law enforcement at high overtime rares who treated the storm victims as criminals; eight months of foot-dragging and false promises from Bush on down. Bush should have gone to Point Cadet then Henderson Point and explain foot by foot why ???? I am waiting. We are not New Orleans with massive media coverage. We are the poorest state in the union. We made a mistake by going Republican because it is party known as, “The Dixiecrats of the Twenty-first Century.”

]]> By: justme http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/28/fema-follies-or-adventures-with-the-crony-fairy/comment-page-1/#comment-7215 justme Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:55:22 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=651#comment-7215 With Maha pointing out this is dear leaders 11(!) visit to NO... this seems like the perfect time to make the point that the government and bush enablers are fast to point out that if we dislike the gas prices we should conserve....drive less, drive slower...don't let the dog hang out the window cause the drag uses more gas,, ect.....but the one person who has a chance to be an example in this department can't seem to stay his ass in DC and do his Goddamn job.... This takes the cake for me....tell me to conserve why using the countries credit card to fill up air force one..WTF?????rummy and rice popping into Iraq(like we own the place) on OUR fucking dollar,, and the troops are suppose to be impressed??If they wanted to impress the troops they should have paid for their tickets to fly ..... Not to mention the ski trips for rummy, trips to crawford,, and SOMEONE had to shuttle the twins from dancing ON A TABLE in a NY bar to fashion week,,, guess who paid for that ??It's a good bet it was us. Massive SUV convoys to "throw off " the bad guys so they can't decide which one is the VIP.....I bet bush has wasted enough fuel to create a crisis on his own.. So when will he step up and pratice what he is preaching? We need to stop wasting fuel,, and that means ALL of us,especially when the American people get stuck paying for it...bush reminds me of a flighty child ,, he can't seem to sit still and focus on a project until it is complete,,, instead he needs to waste tax payer money to fly somewhere to ride his bike.... Word to the righties,, tell your leader to get over his A.D.D and sit sown at his damn desk and WORK ..I am tired of funding his travel while I cannot fund my own.Park airforce one until further notice!!! With Maha pointing out this is dear leaders 11(!) visit to NO… this seems like the perfect time to make the point that the government and bush enablers are fast to point out that if we dislike the gas prices we should conserve….drive less, drive slower…don’t let the dog hang out the window cause the drag uses more gas,, ect…..but the one person who has a chance to be an example in this department can’t seem to stay his ass in DC and do his Goddamn job….

This takes the cake for me….tell me to conserve why using the countries credit card to fill up air force one..WTF?????rummy and rice popping into Iraq(like we own the place) on OUR fucking dollar,, and the troops are suppose to be impressed??If they wanted to impress the troops they should have paid for their tickets to fly …..

Not to mention the ski trips for rummy, trips to crawford,, and SOMEONE had to shuttle the twins from dancing ON A TABLE in a NY bar to fashion week,,, guess who paid for that ??It’s a good bet it was us. Massive SUV convoys to “throw off ” the bad guys so they can’t decide which one is the VIP…..I bet bush has wasted enough fuel to create a crisis on his own.. So when will he step up and pratice what he is preaching?

We need to stop wasting fuel,, and that means ALL of us,especially when the American people get stuck paying for it…bush reminds me of a flighty child ,, he can’t seem to sit still and focus on a project until it is complete,,, instead he needs to waste tax payer money to fly somewhere to ride his bike….

Word to the righties,, tell your leader to get over his A.D.D and sit sown at his damn desk and WORK ..I am tired of funding his travel while I cannot fund my own.Park airforce one until further notice!!!

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