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I answered that best in another thread but will repeat it here as this warrants it.

All I have to say is it took the press hours to get into places that it took FEMA 4 days to get into. (Say what you will about how they reported it, they were there far faster than FEMA.)

Something is wrong with that picture.

Plus, you can not truly hold responsible or expect local First Responders to be doing the job to the best of their abilities, that is why FEMA should be one of our better programs.

I defy anyone on here to say in all honesty that if you were police or fire and as a disaster hit your family was in serious jeopardy, that you would stay on duty and do the best job with total focus on the job at hand and not having it stray. It's impossible, so with FEMA you have first responders that most likely have no family there and will be able to give that 100% focus on the job at hand.

Added for this thread: you can argue the press knew the story was coming and prepared for it by sending people in ahead of the storm..... well if that is the case why did FEMA not send people in? To keep pointing fingers at the locals only and not face the fact that Bush and FEMA fucked up also is fucking partisan bullshit and shows a true lack of wanting to make sure FEMA does a better job next time.

I pray no one hear has to go through the Hell these people did only to hear the press and partisans talk about how the press exaggerated and how the locals were all fucked up while FEMA took 4 days and had an incompetent Arabian Horse judge political appointee with no experience for the job, as its leader.

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