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Old 02-28-2006, 02:29 PM   #16 (permalink)
aceventura3
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Originally Posted by Poppinjay
I'll agree with this in some respect. The Superdome is going to be re-furbished before any low income housing or levy, but not because the NFL is threatening to remove pro football, but because pro football generates millions of dollars, especially in NOLA where the super bowl is a frequent lessee.
The Super Bowl is not going to be in NOLA for a long time, if ever again. The odds are that the Saints will leave NOLA. The NFL is concerned that there will be enough people to fill the Superdome for the eight regular season games scheduled.

So, not only do we have the issue with the trailers, but we also have FEMA spending millions on the Superdome for 8 games, while homes rot. This is bordering on insanity, but thats what you get with big government agencies. I don't want FEMA bigger, I want to get rid of it. I bet we could re-visit this post and have the same discussion about the same kinds of problems when Hilary Clinton is President
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Likewise, if people built stadiums and signed TV deals to watch levees being built, they'd be built quicker and more durable than ever thought possible.

But people don't really care to watch levees being built, and it is the short sightedness of local businesses to make re-building the dome a priority.
When my grandfather was alive he lived on and worked some farm land near a levy. He cared about the levy, and did not give a crap about sports. He would inspect the levy all the time, as would others. Oops, I sorry - thats another anecdote.
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How am I bashing Bush? I'm just trying to make clear what has gone wrong with FEMA. It's long been a right wing paranoia that FEMA could take over the country in the right circumstances. After the creation of homeland security, FEMA was tucked away under its umbrella with several layers of bureaucracy to null it. Then to render it completely useless, they placed a manager at the head of the agency who lied on his resume that he had been head of disaster preparedness in Oklahoma City when it turns out he was little more than a secretary who gave a political donation to the right folks in the right amount.
At one point I actually thought Bush should go in with the military and take control of the state, but that would have been unconstitutional. The federal government has to work with the state government and is not able to do anything without the state's o.k.. With so many layers of authority nothing is going to get done fast.

You lived in Florida, after a hurricane there, isn't the initial response handled by the State and local folks? What did FEMA actually do for you?
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