who do you hold responsible?

Rolo · 09-02-2005

As someone who have only seen this from the media side, then it looks like the leadership failed... this is not a situation where resources and manpower have been lacking. It has been the leadership that have not been able to connect the dots in a timely manner given room for chaos to spread.

Hopefully we select our leaders based on their ability to lead, and not because of nepotism. The frustration will always be present in a crisis situation, but things have clearly been taking to long - evacuation from the large gathering places should have been done by now, looting/disorder should have been crushed - all of these are problem which are man made, and not the work of nature.

Winetalk.com · 09-02-2005

more on the subject of leadership failure:
http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/showthread.php?t=42890

Timon · 09-02-2005

Just saw something interesting on TV, it was known the levees could only withstand a category 3 hurricane. There were plans for the army engineers to upgrade them but Bush canceled the funding for them.

Now if they knew in advance a cat 4 or 5 was coming, and the levees could only withstand a cat 3 then whoever is in charge of getting aid and the national guard in place fucked up pretty badly by not organizing the relieve effort before the storm hit.

If I were an American I'd be pretty pissed right now.

09-02-2005	#1
Rolo Members Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Six Feet Under Posts: 2,150	Re: who do you hold responsible? As someone who have only seen this from the media side, then it looks like the leadership failed... this is not a situation where resources and manpower have been lacking. It has been the leadership that have not been able to connect the dots in a timely manner given room for chaos to spread. Hopefully we select our leaders based on their ability to lead, and not because of nepotism. The frustration will always be present in a crisis situation, but things have clearly been taking to long - evacuation from the large gathering places should have been done by now, looting/disorder should have been crushed - all of these are problem which are man made, and not the work of nature. __________________ "Chaos is the law of nature, order is the dream of man." ~Henry B. Adams (Historian) 1838-1918

09-02-2005	#2
Winetalk.com Prostate Examiner I quoff fine wine at corkd.com Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: good 'ole USA Posts: 21,018	Re: who do you hold responsible? more on the subject of leadership failure: http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/showthread.php?t=42890 __________________ why dogs sniff each other butts?

09-02-2005	#3
Timon Hospitality Supervisor Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,338	Re: who do you hold responsible? Just saw something interesting on TV, it was known the levees could only withstand a category 3 hurricane. There were plans for the army engineers to upgrade them but Bush canceled the funding for them. Now if they knew in advance a cat 4 or 5 was coming, and the levees could only withstand a cat 3 then whoever is in charge of getting aid and the national guard in place fucked up pretty badly by not organizing the relieve effort before the storm hit. If I were an American I'd be pretty pissed right now.

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