This is not a partisan issue. This is not a time for politics. But if you ask why, you deserve a straight answer. So here it is.
We have an agency of the US government to manage, and prevent, disasters like this one. It's called FEMA. And FEMA, apparently staffed by skilled, competent people under Carter, Reagan, Bush the First, and Clinton, knew this was going to happen:
And now "the leader of the free world" is once again lying about his mistakes to protect his dry-drunk ass.
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/9/1/123536/7907
I'll leave you with this quote from that December 2004 article:
In case Congress hasn't gotten the message, former FEMA director James Lee Witt recently restated it in strong terms. "I am extremely concerned that the ability of our nation to prepare for and respond to disasters has been sharply eroded," he testified at a March 24, 2004, hearing on Capitol Hill. "I hear from emergency managers, local and state leaders, and first responders nearly every day that the FEMA they knew and worked well with has now disappeared. In fact one state emergency manager told me, 'It is like a stake has been driven into the heart of emergency management.'"
by Chris — Sep 01
We have an agency of the US government to manage, and prevent, disasters like this one. It's called FEMA. And FEMA, apparently staffed by skilled, competent people under Carter, Reagan, Bush the First, and Clinton, knew this was going to happen:
http://www.hurricane.lsu.edu/_in_the_news/houston.htm
So why weren't they prepared? Because BushCo gouged FEMA to pay for the Iraq bloodlust:
http://www.indyweek.com/durham/2004-09-22/cover.html
And now "the leader of the free world" is once again lying about his mistakes to protect his dry-drunk ass.
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/9/1/123536/7907
I'll leave you with this quote from that December 2004 article:
In case Congress hasn't gotten the message, former FEMA director James Lee Witt recently restated it in strong terms. "I am extremely concerned that the ability of our nation to prepare for and respond to disasters has been sharply eroded," he testified at a March 24, 2004, hearing on Capitol Hill. "I hear from emergency managers, local and state leaders, and first responders nearly every day that the FEMA they knew and worked well with has now disappeared. In fact one state emergency manager told me, 'It is like a stake has been driven into the heart of emergency management.'"