Elphaba

Heh. I thought about the source and quoted the factual statements only and left out the liberal "outrage."

I don't agree with you that FEMA was an entitlement program. The agency had rightfully gained some respect for it's multi-state responses to natural disasters. I have no argument with the decision to move FEMA under the Homeland Security banner, but a Federal first response team for either natural or unnatural disasters seems to have withered away. The Federal government responding to any kind of multi-state catastrophe is not an entitlement, but a duty.