Senate turns down an independent Katrina investigation

[PornoDoggy]

Now, XxXotic ... it ain't that simple. Knowing that something went wrong doesn't address what went wrong. Where were the fuckups in the system that kept things from functioning?

How is it that, 4 years into spending billions of dollars at ALL levels of government to improve our disaster response, FEMA can dirvert truckloads of water from a local community as unneeded - when it was badly needed?

Congress is a political animal. It has always been a political animal. I hope to gawdamitey it STAYS a political animal. That's how we govern ourselves. Saddam Hussein never had to put up with that shit. North Koreans don't have to put up with that shit. I hope to hell we continue to have to put up with that shit.

I think the best thing that could happen is a 9/11 style independent commission with members of that same quailty. I don't dispute that most Congressional investigations turn into politics as usual, so making it independent would reflect the fact that this is more important than whether an overpaid athlete doping himself.

[XxXotic]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

Now, XxXotic ... it ain't that simple. Knowing that something went wrong doesn't address what went wrong. Where were the fuckups in the system that kept things from functioning?

How is it that, 4 years into spending billions of dollars at ALL levels of government to improve our disaster response, FEMA can dirvert truckloads of water from a local community as unneeded - when it was badly needed?

Congress is a political animal. It has always been a political animal. I hope to gawdamitey it STAYS a political animal. That's how we govern ourselves. Saddam Hussein never had to put up with that shit. North Koreans don't have to put up with that shit. I hope to hell we continue to have to put up with that shit.

I think the best thing that could happen is a 9/11 style independent commission with members of that same quailty. I don't dispute that most Congressional investigations turn into politics as usual, so making it independent would reflect the fact that this is more important than whether an overpaid athlete doping himself.

I agree with you in on a few of these points, but appointing a commision to investigate 9/11 accomplished nothing we didn't already know. It was, at best a waste of time and tax payer dollars. I think it's fairly obvious WHAT went wrong with Katrina, no one did a damn thing until a black mayor got on the news and lost his cool. We don't need a commission to tell us that. We don't need a commission to tell us that Dubya gave his buddies high profile jobs that they weren't qualified for. Brown isnt qualified enough to wipe my ass, let alone be a director for FEMA. When did this country forget the buck stops on one desk and one desk only? When did this country forget that the most important thing a president could do is to take responsibility for his actions? (or lack thereof)

We don't need congress to investigate this, congress does absolutely nothing but waste time and money worrying about shit we didn't elect them to worry about. I agree congress should be at each others throats all the time but in times like these, the last thing we need is to have New Orleans politicized. Dems won't do this unless, Repubs won't do that unless... it's bullshit. There's a point where you have to stop worrying about getting votes and where you start worrying about your voters. It's pretty sad when a Louisiana born General has to risk his career by taking charge of the New Orleans situation when no one else had the balls or the gumption to step up and do it themselves.

Investigating this isn't going to change anything, nor will it find the people who are actually responsible for this responsible, so what purpose does it serve other then grandstanding?

[Red]

There is going to be an investigation regardless. The problem is that it needs to be independent, not just by Bush and his cronies. With that happening, the mayor will end up being the scapegoat.