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Is it possible that FEMA was under orders to be part of the problem rather than part of the solution? Or, at least, set up deliberately so that it could ONLY be part of the problem? I mean, FEMA used to help people, under a Democratic administration.
More to the point, I'd personally like to see people starting talking about how the Department of Homeland Security turned back trucks, refused aid, and kept people from evacuating the city, rather than FEMA. 'Cause FEMA, right now, is part of DHS, so I like to think of this as the Department of Homeland Security, not FEMA. When FEMA was its own agency, it didn't act like this. Therefore, this is DHS.
More to the point, I'd personally like to see people starting talking about how the Department of Homeland Security turned back trucks, refused aid, and kept people from evacuating the city, rather than FEMA. 'Cause FEMA, right now, is part of DHS, so I like to think of this as the Department of Homeland Security, not FEMA. When FEMA was its own agency, it didn't act like this. Therefore, this is DHS.
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There is my cite. Transcript of an interview with Major Garrett, reporter from Fox News, former CNN reporter.
Here's a transcript of Marty Evans' comments on O'Reilly's show. Now, I don't know why she'd lie. The ARC has a good reputation with both Totems, but I suppose it's possible she's fibbing. (I didn't see it myself, as I generally want to kick Bill O'Reilly in the teeth when I hear his screeching):
http://www.newshounds.us/2005/09/07/head_of_the_red_cross_points_finger_at_louisianas_homeland_security_department.php
Full disclosure: In the second link there's a quote for a parish official that the RC wouldn't come into their parish, feeling it was unsafe to do so. He may be right. (though his point about Iraq is out of place. The ARC and the IRC are different organizations, and the ARC is not in Iraq or Afghanistan, the IRC is.)