Just in case ya'll thought all of the "logistics" snafus, Re: Katrina,

[Heidi]

had been cleared up, think again. This really chaps my butt, folks.

Hurricane aid remains in Switzerland
Sunday 11.09.2005, CET 09:09
Switzerland is still waiting for the United States to give it the go-ahead to start sending aid to states on the Gulf of Mexico devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Bern and Washington blame logistical problems, but Daniel Warner, an American at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, blames US bureaucracy.

<snip>

The 50 tons of emergency supplies comprising blankets, tarpaulin, tents and hygiene kits – in addition to eight Swiss experts in logistics, medicine and water – have been ready to go since Tuesday.

"We're still waiting for approval from the US authorities," Andreas Stauffer, a spokesman for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), told swissinfo.

"There has been a standby situation that has been ordered by Fema, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. After that the European countries were allowed, according to a specific list, to deliver materials and specialists."
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=6075257&cKey=1126286151000

[enigmatic]

1. unbelieveable

simply unbelieveable...

[NMMNG]

2. Unbelievable under normal circumstances

But totally believable considering the current administration.

[Clintmax]

3. I am hereby approving Switzerland to proceed with their aid!

Forget those idiots in Washington! If you encounter any resistence when you get here, tell them to call me! Clintmax!

[khashka]

4. I'm with Clintmax - it has my approval

They'll have to fight us both off to stop it, which should make the idiots cower in fear at the very thought!

In all seriousness, though, I'm not surprised. This has been mishandled, mismanaged from the beginning. A circus of fools.

It makes me sick. And anyone who thinks racism is not a part of this is deluded.

Hey, Heidi, you know you can get T-shirts with Mr. West's comments on them? First time I saw one I thought of you :)

Khash.