FEMA, which should be in DHS
It is part of DHS. Did you mean it shouldn't be?
I guess I meant it should be more integrated within DHS. Too many cheifs and not enough Indians.
Pure revisionism, trying to disassociate Bush from conservatives. Bush is (literally) the offspring of American conservatism. Bush is the endpoint, the logical conclusion of the Reagan revolution. He is part of that line, and his failures are conservatism's failures.
And your evidence is...?
Wasn't FEMA supposed to be an all-powerful shadow government that was going to step in and take over when the s**t hit the fan? Oh wait, that was in X files.
24 spoiler alert! Don't read any further if you Tivo'd last night!
So anyway, DHS steps in and takes over CTU (which is basically Jack Bauer the one-man army with 50 people answering phones for him and stuff, so no big deal) but it happens because CTU is getting too close to the conspiracy...which leads back to the President! Interesting parallel to FEMA perhaps, but my actual point is that FEMA is supposed to be an independent coordinator of other organisations' resources, but with Katrina, nobody wanted their resources coordinated by anyone else...true bureaucratic mucking up of affairs, which has become the rule rather than the exception in Washington.
My conclusion is that George W. Bush has been unable to "change the tone" in Washington, but more because of an incredibly entrenched bureaucracy than a lack of ideological clarity.
Great post, Ryan. Not sure I agree entirely (too tired to think at this point, desperatly awaiting spring break for me...), but very well written - this could go in any newspaper in the US and be credible. Well Done.
Thanks for the praise.
Yes. Agreed. Excellent post.
The Legacy of George W Bush, A Collection of Conflicting Opinions
ISBN-13 9781441455437
The debate over George W Bush is probably the most visceral debate of our century. There often seems to be no in
between. Folks either love him or hate him. As we approach the inauguration of Barrack Obama, the internet has
been bombarded with opinions ranging from one extreme to the other. In this book is a collection of dialog from all
over the world and every walk of life. In an eight hour period of time just prior to GWB stepping out of the White
House, one that that rings true is that we live in an amazing country just to be able to have this conversation.
Can a man's legacy be drawn from an eight year period in time? What kind of a footprint has GWB left on the
American people, or the world for that matter? Has he served his country well by protecting us from terrorism, or has
a alienated America from the rest of the world. What role did Christianity play under the leadership of George W
Bush? Has he acted as a Christian in his role as President of the United States, or has he misused the Bible as a
means of procuring votes and evoking war? Was the rebuilding of Iraq set in motion years before the Twin Towers
tragedy, or was this a rapid decision based on an emergent circumstance? Did Iraq have
weapons of mass destruction, or should we have been focusing on catching Bin Ladin? What about North Korea and
Proliferation of nukes in Iran? Was there miscommunication between the CIA and the FBI and why was Home Land
Security restructured as it was? Were our civil rights violated by the Echelon Program? The list of questions will go
on for an eternity and there will probably be more theories about the Bush Administration than the JFK assassination
and the Watergate Scandal combined.
I have tried to keep this debate as original as possible. That includes errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling. I
have also tried to collect them in a somewhat chronological method in order to keep a level playing field. I have
simply collected publicly posted comments of others from open sources with no expectation of privacy or
concealment. This is simply a collection of what others have had to say. I have tried to eliminate
personal attack between the folks debating (or at least leaving out what I thought may be real names of folks) Some
of the statements are redundant, just as they came down the pipeline. What ever your opinion of George W Bush Is....
This is a compelling, and somewhat disturbing read.
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