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Originally posted by MrInquisitive
Originally posted by phroziac
Fema probably should be eliminated for the most part. Give the funding to states for emergencies.
Whatd you expect from republicans anyway?
Thanks for not bothering to read much of the OP. According to the congressman and local citizenry, the local municipal utility is not cutting it in this matter. You've responded before to threads involving federal disaster relief/help and your stock answer is get rid of FEMA. You're a broken record.
Originally posted by badgerprints
The fact that Republican senators want to revamp fema has no bearing on the fact that Fema is paid for by all taxpayer money. It is not "Hypocricy" to utilize the system that is in place at present to deal with emergencies.
Fema does need to be revamped. It is a big government money hog that is poor on results but it's what we have to work with until improvements are made.
Originally posted by phroziac
Thanks for assuming. i infact read the whole op. And i dont remember ever saying to get rid of fema before? I did see that the local utilities werent getting it done. I think each state should have essentially a mini fema, federally fund it. But since its not run by the feds...ah nevermind. Nobody gives a # what i say. Ill stop being a broken record after making my second #ing post on the matter.
Originally posted by phroziac
Originally posted by MrInquisitive
Originally posted by phroziac
Fema probably should be eliminated for the most part. Give the funding to states for emergencies.
Whatd you expect from republicans anyway?
Thanks for not bothering to read much of the OP. According to the congressman and local citizenry, the local municipal utility is not cutting it in this matter. You've responded before to threads involving federal disaster relief/help and your stock answer is get rid of FEMA. You're a broken record.
Thanks for assuming. i infact read the whole op. And i dont remember ever saying to get rid of fema before? I did see that the local utilities werent getting it done. I think each state should have essentially a mini fema, federally fund it. But since its not run by the feds...ah nevermind. Nobody gives a # what i say. Ill stop being a broken record after making my second #ing post on the matter.
Originally posted by MrInquisitive
reply to post by beezzer
Given that I dispensed with your non-sequitur anti-union argument as it pertains to the point of this thread, what have you to say about Rep. Peter King's and other Republicans' hypocrisy in the matter at hand? Do you acknowledge that their calling for the feds to a lead role in restoring power undermines their political rhetoric about getting the feds out of the disaster relief biz and leaving it to local and state government and private companies? That is the point of this thread after all, not the pro's and cons of unions.
Originally posted by MrInquisitive
Originally posted by badgerprints
The fact that Republican senators want to revamp fema has no bearing on the fact that Fema is paid for by all taxpayer money. It is not "Hypocricy" to utilize the system that is in place at present to deal with emergencies.
Fema does need to be revamped. It is a big government money hog that is poor on results but it's what we have to work with until improvements are made.
That is not what I am calling hypocrisy on. It is the fact that the congressman is calling for the federal government to take a lead role in the restoring power task, when it is the responsibility of LIPA and the sub-contracted business to handle it. This acknowledges that the federal government can likely do a better job than these other agencies and private businesses when an overwhelming catastrophe happens.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who yesterday was in blame-deflecting mode, too — demanding that Washington initiate a more aggressive response to what he called “a Katrina-style disaster.”
If Hurricane Irene and its subsequent operational analysis didn’t move the governor to make any governance changes whatsoever at LIPA, the only reasonable conclusion is that he just didn’t care.
Calling the policy shots is LIPA’s 15-member board of directors — whose members are all non-utility professionals and are named by the governor and two legislative leaders.
For years, the agency has neglected such critical tasks as maintaining rotting poles and trimming trees around power lines.
Originally posted by Logarock
The republicans are not a monolithic political block for one thing. These republicans may be doing the same thing that some dems do under stress.....the defelect attention off themselves and toss the blame ball to the administration if it happens to be another party. At least their not saying that Obama blew up the dikes yet or anything. Or that Obama laughed when he saw bodies floating in the water while riding over in marine 1.
Originally posted by Phoenix
The OP is somewhat hypocritical by suggesting its only Rep. King calling for Federal help. A few other points to made that have not been covered is the fact that LIPA is an invention of Dem party decisions in the first place and the help being asked for is from Army Corps of engineers not FEMA which essentially has bungled the response.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who yesterday was in blame-deflecting mode, too — demanding that Washington initiate a more aggressive response to what he called “a Katrina-style disaster.”
Calling the policy shots is LIPA’s 15-member board of directors — whose members are all non-utility professionals and are named by the governor and two legislative leaders.
Seems a one dimensional picture is being painted by the OP when much more revolves around the issue.