here’s an obvious point. hurricanes happened under the current president’s administration before katrina. granted, none were as severe, but somehow florida survived without much incident. somehow they were able to handle hurricanes, due to the preparation done on the state and local levels. that’s not surprising, considering how much practice floridians have had in dealing with similar situations. however, i’m not excusing FEMA or michael brown at all for hurricane katrina even though governor blanco and mayor nagin totally dropped the ball on their end. brown probably deserved to be fired. he wasn’t really qualified to do that job.

that said, it’s worth pointing out that states like florida and texas have well-thought out plans in case of a hurricane. these plans are implemented on the state and local levels. we didn’t hear about drastic chaos until katrina. this was because cops were on the job and prepared for the scoundrel element thinking about benefiting from human suffering, and people were given instructions and some time to evacuate the area. jeb bush is a smart man. his brother should ask his advice on how to deal with hurricanes or even hire one of jeb’s people to run FEMA. the president couldn’t possibly damage himself any further by this move.

coming up in future posts…more on galloway v. hitchens.

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