[DMCForum] Re: Katrina

["brandelorean" <brandelorean@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cool, I'll try to pull them out for you....such a pain in the butt 
(the pedals are).

Thanks,

Brandon
Vin 3323

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> "The buck stops here"..
> 
> Yes, I can still use the pedals.
> 
> 
> --- brandelorean <brandelorean@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hey Marc,
> > 
> > The reason you don't hear Floridians talking about
> > living in their 
> > own filth is because their governor (Jeb Bush) and
> > state officials 
> > had a plan setup for such disasters.  Their disaster
> > response worked 
> > as to where Louisiana & New Orleans is clearly not. 
> > The Federal 
> > Government is not responsible for the State's
> > disaster plans and 
> > they're not the ones who are to be held responsible
> > when it comes to 
> > not responding quickly enough.  Why should those in
> > Washington be 
> > responsible for setting up evacuation plans and
> > disaster plans when 
> > the State's want to retain such power and
> > responsibility.  No state 
> > wants the Federal Government impeding their power,
> > yet now they do 
> > since they weren't prepared?  The state and local
> > governments have 
> > primary responsibility in dealing with local
> > disasters (it's the way 
> > our government is setup) and they clearly have
> > dropped the ball.
> > 
> > Then you have people like Senator Mary Landrieu from
> > Louisiana, 
> > threatening to punch the President if they mention
> > the local police 
> > not being able to maintain peace throughout the city
> > or if they 
> > mention anything regarding the State Officials lack
> > of readiness.  
> > That's the State's responsibility and even though
> > they've been 
> > through a disaster, it's still their responsibility.
> >  It's ok to 
> > bash Bush and call him all sorts of names, but don't
> > point the 
> > finger at those truly responsible or otherwise you
> > just might get 
> > punched in the face?
> > 
> > Natural disasters and politics sure don't mix, but
> > truly the state 
> > officials dropped the ball and are laughing while
> > everyone points 
> > the finger at Bush.  It truly is up to the State to
> > be prepared and 
> > they were not.  And as for the levees, again in 1996
> > (during the 
> > Clinton Administration) the levees were fiscally
> > examined and were 
> > approved at a category 3 strength.  Just because
> > Bush is in office, 
> > doesn't mean he is responsible for strengthening the
> > levees....they 
> > had the chance to make it stronger back in '96 not 2
> > days ahead of a 
> > category 5 hurricane.
> > 
> > Anyways, we could debate all day.  As for me, I
> > think we're at a 
> > good stopping point where things are beginning to
> > clear up, 
> > especially since the chaos is clearing.
> > 
> > As for those Manual Gearbox Pedals, do you still
> > need those?  I can 
> > hopefully try to pull them in the next couple weeks.
> >  Let me know if 
> > you already got what you needed!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Brandon
> > Vin 3323  
> > 
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy
> > <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> > > Bunch of stuff here..  But your last line is
> > true.. 
> > > So I am going to refrain from debating all of the
> > > specific political stuff.  I will try to focus on
> > the
> > > subject, and not the politics.
> > > /
> > 
> > 
> > 
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