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.
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