Sunday, February 01, 2009
Kentucky: Where's The Cavalry?
I guess President Obama doesn't care about white people. Well, at least not the ones who pay their taxes, anyway.
No, I'm not slamming FEMA. Roads are icy and treacherous, and it is extremely difficult to reach many areas of rural Kentucky, and that's true whether you work for the federal government or the state or the county.
And bitching doesn't change that fact.
So I'm not slamming FEMA, or Obama. I'm slamming the dipwads who were so hysterical over FEMA and the Bush Administration's incompetence in the face of FEMA's solid performance during Hurricane Katrina, and who ignored the utter ineptitude under Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin.
Is the Kentucky government inept? I don't know. I'm pretty confident they're better than the chuckleheads down in Louisiana. And as a former Kentucky Guardsman, I know those great soldiers will be up to the job. They are competent, professional, and, incidentally, they have, hands down, the best sense of humor I've ever seen in the military.
Splash, out
Jason
Local officials were growing angry with what they said was a lack of help from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In Grayson County, about 80 miles southwest of Louisville, Emergency Management Director Randell Smith said the 25 National Guardsmen who have responded have no chain saws to clear fallen trees.
"We've got people out in some areas we haven't even visited yet," Smith said. "We don't even know that they're alive."
Smith said FEMA has been a no-show so far.
No, I'm not slamming FEMA. Roads are icy and treacherous, and it is extremely difficult to reach many areas of rural Kentucky, and that's true whether you work for the federal government or the state or the county.
And bitching doesn't change that fact.
So I'm not slamming FEMA, or Obama. I'm slamming the dipwads who were so hysterical over FEMA and the Bush Administration's incompetence in the face of FEMA's solid performance during Hurricane Katrina, and who ignored the utter ineptitude under Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin.
Is the Kentucky government inept? I don't know. I'm pretty confident they're better than the chuckleheads down in Louisiana. And as a former Kentucky Guardsman, I know those great soldiers will be up to the job. They are competent, professional, and, incidentally, they have, hands down, the best sense of humor I've ever seen in the military.
Splash, out
Jason
Labels: disasters, FEMA, logistics, Media, Obama
