Relief effort has racial element?

[PanzerJaeger]

I fail to see how this has anything to do with a hostility towards government Adrian. Who was hostile towards government, the people who evacuated or the people who did as they were told and went to the superdome?

On the contrary, it has everything to do with the incompetency of the local government. Making it bigger does not solve this problem.

PS - First you pushed gun control and now you are pushing bigger government.. I sense a bit of an agenda.

[Adrian II]

I fail to see how this has anything to do with a hostility towards government Adrian.

I mean the hostility against government that began with Ronald Reagan, based on the notion that the govenment is the citizen's worst nightmare. Cut-backs, tax cuts or tax ceilings, privatisations and outsourcing of government tasks or staff to the private sector, together with the adverse rhetoric of 'Who needs government?' have led to an erosion of the government's sense of purpose. Poor Mr Brown's failure over the past week is not just the result of his incompetence. It is also the result of a situation where he was faced with calls for greater domestic terrorism preparedness on the one hand, and years of funding cuts, personnel departures and FEMA's downgrading from a cabinet-level agency to a subordinate department of Homeland Security on the other hand.

Who was hostile towards government, the people who evacuated or the people who did as they were told and went to the superdome?

All of them were, and I guess all of them feel let down. Even those who survived will wonder why those levees were never upgraded.

PS - First you pushed gun control and now you are pushing bigger government.. I sense a bit of an agenda.

Well spotted. I actually have political views of my own. What amazes me is that views are suddenly called 'agendas'. Are you suspecting me of planning to run for U.S. Senator or something?