More Katrina

In article . net,
Rich Lemert wrote:

sfb wrote:
Are Moore does is show his ignorance is assigning responsibilities and
on delegating authorities in large organizations work. The President
signed the disaster declarations last week before Katrina hit the Gulf
coast. Apparently, Moore and the rest of the wacko left think the
entire US government is micromanaged by the President who retains his
full authorities regardless of where he happens to be.


It doesn't really matter whether the President has any direct
"responsibility" for the situation in New Orleans - this happened
on his watch, so he's responsible for how it's handled. He may have -
and in fact probably does - delegate _authority_ for emergency
management, but you can't delegate responsibility. (Ask any US Navy
commander - who's career often depends quite literally on the 19 year-
old that's 'driving' his ship not running into anything.)


No -- it starts with the mayor of New Orleans, then the governor of
Louisiana, THEN the President!

The mayor should have asked the governor to declare martial law -- AND
put the school busses and their drivers on duty to provide evacuation,
rathe than parking the busses where they would end up 10 feet under
water.

The governor should have (and has the authority) declared martial law
and called out the LA National Guard to keep order. She chose, instead,
to balame the President for not doing her duty.