Mike Brown Out?

[RandomGuy]

Still waiting for something specific from YOU...

dodge dodge dodge...

[RandomGuy]

Tryin to put a specific number on the number of dead due to any X cause would be a difficult in most cir stances.

I would point out a very good article that I read in the Houston paper that had detailed something that had gone very right there in the medical triage.

A large triage was set up kind of spontaneously that saw 15,000 odd people. They very specifically pointed out a number of people that would have been dead in another day had they waited to seek attention. Dehydration, discontinued blood pressure medication, insulin deprived diabetics were some of the things they listed.

It is now up to you to provide links to any kind of first hand accounts that show a fast federal response.

[RandomGuy]

Here is some food for thought along the lines of a meteor or other more down to earth concerns..

"With Rita, we had the benefit of time. We may not have that time in an earthquake scenario or similar incident," said Maj. Gen. John White, a member of the military task force for hurricane Rita, on Sunday.

Rita response showed gains

Nothing like the sting of a botched response at all levels to focus the minds of those responsible...

[RandomGuy]

You will notice how hard Bush is trying to look like he gives a now.

I'm impressed that he finally came back from vacation. Pfft.

[jochhejaam]

[QUOTE]

You will notice how hard Bush is trying to look like he gives a now.

Is that one of the things you were taught as an army intelligence analyst?
Discerning Individuals Motives and Sincerity 101

[RandomGuy]

[QUOTE=jochhejaam]

Is that one of the things you were taught as an army intelligence analyst?
Discerning Individuals Motives and Sincerity 101

Nah, that is something that a pissed off citizen would say, and has little to do with intelligence training. Please take it as such.

[boutons]

[RandomGuy]

Heh, pictures are worth a thousand words...

[RandomGuy]

Originally Posted by The Ressurrected One

What's to admit? The federal government has executed the swifted, most efficient, most effective disaster response in the history of this country and you're nitpicking over dubious, unverified anecdotes that, even if true, don't come close to defining the scope and breadth, or the success, of the operation.

And if these anecdotes add up enough to conclude that it wasn't the "swiftest, most efficient, most effective disaster response in the history of this country" would you admit it?

A simple yes or no would suffice.

I am not asking you to say that this was anything less than an unqualified success. I am asking if you would EVER admit the Bush administration dropped the ball on something. If I played a recording of GW saying "nah, don't worry about that hurricane" would you admit THAT might have been a mistake?

If no level of evidence is sufficient for you to admit that GW might make a mistake, say so, and I will stop wasting my time on it.

I have very rarely ever seen the ability of people at your end of the political spectrum to admit fallibility, so I am not holding my breath...

Never got an answer on this one question.