Cut the red tape, Lott says (need to cut through the bureaucracy)

[sabra]

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/05/katrina.lott/

Cut the red tape, Lott says

POPLARVILLE, Mississippi (CNN) -- Sen. Trent Lott berated both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and his own state's emergency management, MEMA, for being mired in red tape at a time of urgent need given the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina.

Lott said he has been trying to get FEMA to send 20,000 trailers "sitting in Atlanta" to the Mississippi coast, and he urged President Bush during a meeting Monday to intervene. He said FEMA has refused to ship the trailers until contracts are secured.

"FEMA and MEMA need to be saying, 'Yes' to Mississippi's needs, not, 'No.," the former majority leader said in a written statement.

"Mississippians are homeless, hungry and hurting."

...

Lott said he appreciated Bush's visit, but stressed to the president the need to cut through the bureaucracy.

[sniffa]

1. is he kidding? his party created this mess

[TaleWgnDg]

2. Yeah! Trent Lott wants his porch back . . . so does Dumbya . . .

.

_________________________________________________________

"We got a lot of rebuilding to do . . . the good news
is and it's hard for some to see it now but out of this
chaos is going to come a fantastic gulf coast . . . out
of the rubbles of (Republican U.S. Senator) Trent Lott's
house -- the guy lost his entire house -- there's going
to be fantastic house. I look forward to sitting on the
porch. Out of New Orleans is going to come that great city
again."
- George Walker Bush, September 2, 2005 while in
Mississippi after the devastation of hurricane Katrina.
http://www.wonkette.com/politics/george-w-bush/index.php
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[joemurphy]

3. Scarborough and Bobbie Jindal are saying the same thing...

"We gotta cut through this ridiculous bureaucracy." They're ranting about how government doesn't work. Just wonderful corporate and private aide. Of course, the military has been wonderful."

It's standard libertarianism. Government can't work.

It used to work. The dorks who hate government aren't real good at it now.

[bemildred]

4. "Save my ass" Lott says. nt

[Rex]

5. Lott has no friends.

He will say whatever because everyone hates him. Even his friends turned on him.

[Secular Agent Man]

6. Gee Lott, didn't you help create a "lott" of that "bureaucracy"?

:spank:

[Imagevision]

7. Didn't this dork make some racial slur that cost him his job...?

[Liberty Belle]

11. Yep. Here's his chance to make up for his past: IMPEACH BUSH!

We need to urge Southern Republicans to not just support, but introduce an impeachment resolution.

[MisterP]

8. more privatization! the problem is the solution!

[xray s]

9. Lott can go kiss Bush's ass

Lott's getting his house rebuilt. Everythings fine

[PsN2Wind]

10. Wants them to hurry

and get started on his "fantastic house". Personally I'd like to see Jimmy Carter offer to come down and build him something a bit more modest.

[burrowowl]

12. Exactly

what I was thinking!

[SoCalDem]

13. Dammit..! Trent wants his house rebuilt..Snap to it!

He's probably out 200K on toupees alone..come on people the man is destitute..

[brooklynite]

14. Hmm, the trailers are in GA, and they're not getting to MS, so...

it must be the LA Governor's fault, right?