In article GwNUe.4455$c27.1695@trndny01, George Patterson wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:

I'm really, REALLY tired of
New Orleans politicians pointing the finger of blame everywhere except at
their own chests.

Tough ****. They did everything they could. The Feds are the ones who fell down
on they job.


The Mayor and Governor should have admitted that they had not prepared for a
hurricane and were helpless *before* the hurricane.. Instead, they
continue to pretend that they had been doing their jobs and should stay
in charge.

On a newscast yesterday morning, various officials were giving status
reports and guidelines for what to expect. The Chief of Police spent
more than half of his allotted time asking for help for his wife who was
already safely in another city. Typical.

Not that FEMA did much better this time than they did in previous
hurricanes.

Rather than another useless attempt to "fix" governments ability to
conduct relief operations we should admit that governments simply don't
get the job done and change the tax code to provide a dollar for dollar
tax (not AGI reduction) for donations to private relief organizations.