[extropy-chat] Getting AId to people in need

[The Avantguardian]

--- "kevinfreels.com" <kevin at kevinfreels.com> wrote:

> Are you kidding? Do syou seriously expect anyone to
> believe this is a
> cash-flow problem? They take out loans for this kind
> of stuff and can borrow
> damn near without limits.

I am not trying to convince anyone of anything. I was
merely hypothesizing why the federal government would
sit idly by and watch one of its oldest and most
historic cities become a third-world-country over
night and then let it sit that way for days before
doing anything. My assumption was that it was a cash
flow problem as even loans take time to process but if
you are right and cash flow/logistic problems are not
to blame, then I was being overly charitable to the
government.

If the snafu was not logistical, then it was
intentional. If the federal govern COULDN'T provide
immediate disaster relief, that would be one thing.
But if it COULD then apparently, it was just reluctant
to do so and that opens a whole new can of worms.
Because then one is left with the question of why the
federal government didn't want to? Was it because the
victims were blacks? Was it because New Orleans voted
democrat last time around? Or maybe all the FEMA guys
were waiting for Bush to get back from vacation so
that he could tell them what to do? If it was Miami,
Dubya would have had check in Jeb's hand before the
hurricane hit.

I don't think it's a state jurisdiction issue either
as the federal government has made it crystal clear to
California that it will come in and step all over
state's jurisdiction when it WANTS to. 

Lets face it. In this administration, if you live in a
blue state (or a blue county in a red state) you might
was well be in Somalia.


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