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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 48172">tie, Good comments concerning FEMA and the locals. In my perfect world a FEMA agency would likely not exist at all but being that it does your 3rd point of all parties be in the same office working together is dead on.&nbsp; I think UPS should loan you to those folks down there so you can whip em into shape with the old 2x4 management style!&nbsp; LOL!&nbsp; Seriously, good observations on your part. &nbsp;UPSdude, You are dead on about FEMA and Hugo and nobody screamed and cried foul.&nbsp; What happened in NO is on scale a nightmare scenario but in smaller ways other communities experienced just as complete a devisation and maybe even moreso.&nbsp; NO will get rebuilt because of it&#039;s impact on national life but I&#039;ll bet you some small out of the way places won&#039;t as they will be viewed to have no national impact.&nbsp; Will we hear those people scream and howl or will the so-called &quot;leaders of rightousness&quot; stand in the breach demanding the political leaders do for them?&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; These people don&#039;t exist as some special interest group that the &quot;leaders of rightousness&quot; can use for their own political agendas and advantages so they will be ignored and overlooked.&nbsp; These impacted people will pick themselves up off the ground and begin the job themselves of rebuilding their lives and those of their neighbors and I&#039;ll do what I can over the months and years ahead to help them achieve their goals.&nbsp; They are the backbone and foundation that is the core of what America is.&nbsp; Gob Bless em&#039; for being a shining example and reminding us all of that fact. &nbsp;Over the last week the amount of charitible actions by private citizens and private groups have made me proud to be an American.&nbsp; Yes, we all get caught up in our lives and miss the mark at times on helping others but I&#039;m encouraged by the actions of others.&nbsp; Some 6 year olds in the Atlanta area raised $600 for relief by selling lemonade and not much gets to me but when I heard that story I&#039;ll admit my eyes watered up.&nbsp; People are doing amazing things and when it&#039;s all said and done I think the private citizens of America will get more done and help more people and get little to no credit for it.&nbsp; To many politicians will get on TV after the rebuilding has made progress and take the credit on behalf of themselves and gov&#039;t.&nbsp; Don&#039;t let em get away with that crap!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 48172"] tie, Good comments concerning FEMA and the locals. In my perfect world a FEMA agency would likely not exist at all but being that it does your 3rd point of all parties be in the same office working together is dead on. I think UPS should loan you to those folks down there so you can whip em into shape with the old 2x4 management style! LOL! Seriously, good observations on your part. UPSdude, You are dead on about FEMA and Hugo and nobody screamed and cried foul. What happened in NO is on scale a nightmare scenario but in smaller ways other communities experienced just as complete a devisation and maybe even moreso. NO will get rebuilt because of it's impact on national life but I'll bet you some small out of the way places won't as they will be viewed to have no national impact. Will we hear those people scream and howl or will the so-called "leaders of rightousness" stand in the breach demanding the political leaders do for them? Nope. These people don't exist as some special interest group that the "leaders of rightousness" can use for their own political agendas and advantages so they will be ignored and overlooked. These impacted people will pick themselves up off the ground and begin the job themselves of rebuilding their lives and those of their neighbors and I'll do what I can over the months and years ahead to help them achieve their goals. They are the backbone and foundation that is the core of what America is. Gob Bless em' for being a shining example and reminding us all of that fact. Over the last week the amount of charitible actions by private citizens and private groups have made me proud to be an American. Yes, we all get caught up in our lives and miss the mark at times on helping others but I'm encouraged by the actions of others. Some 6 year olds in the Atlanta area raised $600 for relief by selling lemonade and not much gets to me but when I heard that story I'll admit my eyes watered up. People are doing amazing things and when it's all said and done I think the private citizens of America will get more done and help more people and get little to no credit for it. To many politicians will get on TV after the rebuilding has made progress and take the credit on behalf of themselves and gov't. Don't let em get away with that crap! [/QUOTE]

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