Katrina fall-out

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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john smith wrote:
Interesting comments by the talking heads this morning.
Under the Renquist court, states rights were favored.
The question today is, will the new Supreme Court justices return
control to a more federal central system?

Aren't home rule and states rights the reasons for the New Orleans and
Lousiana debacles.

How could the federal government have enforced the madatory evacuation
order when the local and state didn't even bother?


Regardless of any opinions of the role of federal and state governments,
the fact is that the Constitution specifically prohibits federal
meddling in ANYTHING that isn't specifically stated in the Constitution.
It doesn't take much studying to determine that most of what the federal
government does is not constitutional. There is a mechanism to amend
the Constitution to permit additional federal authority, and that is the
mechanism that should be used--and not the courts--if the population
wants to grant the federal government greater authority.

The scary part about disasters like Katrina are the large populations
looking to the government, especially the federal government, to bail
them out. Decades ago, folks turned to their communities and local
governments for help, they toughed it out, and survived. In today's
world, responsible behavior is punished and irresponsible behavior is
rewarded with "free" hand-outs by the federal government.

I don't know much about the politicians in Louisiana, but I am having a
difficult time understanding why tens of thousands of folks would be
offered "refuge" at a location inside a city that is mostly below sea
level and surrounded by major bodies of water. Why weren't folks put on
buses and evacuated outside of the city to higher ground BEFORE the
storm?

Because the mayor did not act except to park the busses on low ground where
they soon became submarines.

It seems to me that the governor, mayor, and other state and
local politicians bear the brunt of the blame for the resulting human
debacle in New Orleans.



JKG