Tuesday, September 06, 2005

 
My frequent whipping post of late, Jeff Crouere, writes a must-read column titled "Bush, Federal Government Failed New Orleans". I agree with it about as completely as I disagreed with his other efforts-- and that is saying something.

Excerpts:

In recent days, defenders of the Bush administration have been trying to shift blame to Democrats like Governor Kathleen Blanco, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard. But, in the view of this conservative Republican, all three of these individuals have acted admirably and have been working literally 24 hours a day since well before the hurricane hit.
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On his desk at the White House, President Harry Truman had a sign that read "The buck stops here." In a similar vein, President Bush should accept responsibility for these deadly foul-ups and fire the officials who failed. Due to this catastrophe, heads should roll because of the utter ineptitude. Finally, President Bush should take a leadership role to make sure this great city is rebuilt. He needs to embark on a national initiative to recreate New Orleans and make it a top national priority. Hopefully, guilt caused by neglect of this great city will motivate Congress and federal government officials to join in the rebuilding process. Otherwise, an already obscene catastrophe will be magnified even more.


Read it all. Conservative New Orleanian Jeff Crouere deserves credit for writing this.
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4 Comments:

So I guess Labor Day really was the end of the Crouere Summer.

By Blogger Murph, at 6:02 PM  

More on the New Orleans infrastructure by National Geographis News:
New Orleans Levees Not Built for Worst Case Events: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0902_050902_katrina_levees.html

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:51 AM  

Geez--yesterday I agree with Ken, today I agree with Jeff Crouere. Funny--I didn't see any flying pigs this morning...

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