The american media made the black vs. white story. Pure and simple. They strive for sensationalism even in a time of disaster. You never heard anything from blacks in the other two states. New Orleans is predominatly black. Thats it.
What was wrong was that Fema was unable to multi-task(buzz word). Pretty simple statement but I think that hits the nail on the head and the interviews with FEMA's director clearly showed why. The guy was clearly out of his depth. That coupled with the mayors and govenors piss poor performance made a disaster even worse. Warning orders to the military should have been issued four or five days before the hurricane even made landfall when they knew how big an area it was lightly to hit.
Everyone knows I'm anti Bush but without that the responsibility of the
dismal goverment performance should lay squarely on the presidents desk. He is the man who installed these people in their positions. Some might say thats 20-20 hindsight but it isn't. Thats why people get payed these big paychecks is to think ahead. Prior planning is the name of the game. Even the military generals are at fault for not taking the initiative to give the units warning orders when they figured it was a given that the military would more than likely be mobilized.
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