■"Govs to Bush: Relief our job; Few support military taking charge in disaster response," by Bill Nichols and Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 3 October 2005, p. 1A.
We predicted this in our Y2K scenario work: watch governors opt for worse disaster responses than risk being shown up by the Fed. In short, their political reputations are worth more than the lives of the people they serve. And, oh boy, just listen to them wax poetic about states' rights on subjects like these.
Just when you think national politicians can't get more stupid, the locals show them up in force.
I know, I know, slippery slope toward a police state and all that nonsense. Live free and die buddy! Better to let people croak for lack of disaster relief than show up some local politician. No kidding, that's actually what Bush feared on Katrina.
I'm with Bush on this one: make our military like almost every other military in the world--namely, the first responder when serious disaster strikes.
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