Watch O Politicize Earthquake For Gain

[RIROCKHOUND]

I think Joe is being a bit tongue in cheek...
This is a tragedy, in every sense of the world. What a poor, misrun country. On the same island as the DR... take a look at Google earth and compare the forest cover between the countries. Haiti has been raped in an attempt to sell lumber trees.

And the fact that "He" hasn't rebuilt New Orleans is pretty stupid. What year did that happen, and how many years did the previous administration have to work to rebuild? "He" should hopefully be working to better prepare NO and other coastal cities for future events.

[Fishpart]

We should send Military Engineers, they can help dig out, provide fresh water, begin the rebuilding process including training locals and the beauty is they can deploy and sustain themselves without placing a burden on infastructure that is already stretched....

[buckman]

Originally Posted by Fishpart

We should send Military Engineers, they can help dig out, provide fresh water, begin the rebuilding process including training locals and the beauty is they can deploy and sustain themselves without placing a burden on infastructure that is already stretched....

Obama has already started this process

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

I think Joe is being a bit tongue in cheek...
This is a tragedy, in every sense of the world. What a poor, misrun country. On the same island as the DR... take a look at Google earth and compare the forest cover between the countries. Haiti has been raped in an attempt to sell lumber trees.

And the fact that "He" hasn't rebuilt New Orleans is pretty stupid. What year did that happen, and how many years did the previous administration have to work to rebuild? "He" should hopefully be working to better prepare NO and other coastal cities for future events.

The chief building inspector for Haiti said ove a year ago that at least 60% of the structures in the capital city were not up to basic building standards. It's even worse outside of the city. There's no money to build anything there. Hopefully they can get the hospitals set up fast and get supplies and medicine there asap. I don't care if Obama claims it as an accomplishment, I'd just like to see lives saved. It's an awful situation there.

And New Orleans is rebuilt for the most part. I was there 2 months ago and the city is thriving as much as can be expected in an economic period such as we're in. The areas that are in rough shape now were in rough shape before Katrina. You can't pin NOLA entirely on Bush, either. The mayor down there at first tried to refuse aid and it was sent immediately anyways. They also totally screwed up the evacuations there, not Bush.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishbones

You can't pin NOLA entirely on Bush, either. The mayor down there at first tried to refuse aid and it was sent immediately anyways. They also totally screwed up the evacuations there, not Bush.

Ah, but the people Bush appointed screwed the ensuing aid and care of the displaced residents. As is stated by many on here about our current economic state, the buck stops with the President.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Ah, but the people Bush appointed screwed the ensuing aid and care of the displaced residents. As is stated by many on here about our current economic state, the buck stops with the President.

Sounds like you're trying to put words in my mouth. I said he wasn't "entirely" to blame. There was a big piece of blame for the way the administration handled it, but not as much as a lot of you Bush haters would like to think. I'd be willing to bet that you weren't there during the aftermath, huh?

[nightfighter]

I hope to see the US aid effort focused on the infrastructure, as soon as the 48-72 hour rescue period has passed. Water, sewer, and electrical will be the largest needs to help stave off typhoid, cholera, malaria, etc. Building codes would be nice...

And to pay for our part of this, let's pull the money from the millions we currently send to Pakistan every month.....

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishbones

Sounds like you're trying to put words in my mouth. I said he wasn't "entirely" to blame. There was a big piece of blame for the way the administration handled it, but not as much as a lot of you Bush haters would like to think. I'd be willing to bet that you weren't there during the aftermath, huh?

I tried to be, but they wouldn't allow my MA EMT credentials to carry over because I allowed my National Registry credentials to expire (Nat. Reg isn't recognized in MA) and the ambulance company I was working for wasn't taking part in sponsoring workers. I'd volunteer again in a second should something like that happen any time soon.