Katrina's lesson: US 'not safe' enough

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Katrina's lesson: US 'not safe' enough

By David Cook | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

"WASHINGTON – Some Americans perished needlessly in hurricane Katrina because the US government has not adopted several reforms urged by the Sept. 11 commission.

A SCOLDING: Thomas Kean (l.) and Lee Hamilton, former 9/11 commissioners, say people died needlessly in storm.
ANDY NELSON - STAFF/FILE

That is the view of former commission chairman Thomas Kean and vice-chairman Lee Hamilton. The two now lead the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, a successor to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks.

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"It was obvious that nobody knew who was in charge when Katrina struck. We had the same problem on 9/11," Kean said. "If you don't have a unified command structure with somebody in charge and somebody following through ... it is going to cost lives."

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Hamilton warned that "we could easily have a disaster much, much worse than Katrina." The greatest risks to the nation, he says, are a nuclear weapon exploding in a populated area and a biological attack on the food supply. "In setting priorities, you have to prepare for the worst cases," Hamilton said. Given the other threats the United States faces, "I think we have overdone it, personally," by spending an estimated $20 billion to protect passengers and crew on commercial airlines. "We are not preparing for other kinds of threats that would be far more devastating." "


http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0915/p04s01-usmb.html

[texpatriot2004]

1. True eh n/t

[NYC]

2. And now the whole world knows it.

Bush should resign in disgrace.

[DELUSIONAL]

3. Well Duh . . . .

yep -- I've been saying all along that the security airline passengers have to go through is ALL show. Plus the fools are feeling women passengers up -- for boobie bombs -- that is so damned stupid.

All of that stupidity -- and waste of money for SHOW. Meanwhile New Orleans and the Gulf States are suffering with more and more FEMA rules.

I'd feel safer if the Federal Government stayed the HELL away -- and let the State Government make up local rules to fit the crisis.

So what if a "something" kills of a whole lot of people -- Homeland security will still be trying to find their own BUTTS.

Every time I wonder -- can this chimp lead crowd get any dumber -- guess what -- the damned idiots have to demonstrate that they have not yet reached the bottom of stupidity.

[snot]

4. To me, emphasis should be:

(1) Terrorism as a threat has been vastly overhyped, used as an excuse to curtail fundamental civil rights and militarize federal agencies.

(2) Katrina reveals the folks pushing this agenda are doing so to serve their own desires for money and power, and certainly NOT out of concern for the ordinary American.