ext_2232 ([identity profile] missmurchison.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] jwaneeta 2005-09-02 01:20 am (UTC)

Oh, honey, please don't feel bad about anything you've done. You donated blood, and you've worried and thought. You're trying to cope, just like everyone else.

I don't think the administration wants people to die, I think it's just their culture, where making decisions don't come quickly or easily, and they aren't comfortable acting spontaneously and trying Plan B when Plan A doesn't work. The non-governmental people, like the staff of the hospitals and the hotel management, are making do and finding some way to cope. But that's foreign to government philosphy, where things have to be signed off on and vetted.

Of course, the fact that even gov't people in an emergency service think this way is incredible, but the head of FEMA's been on every talk show in creation today, and it's clear he does. It's also clear he thinks his job is public relations, since he's apparently done nothing but give interviews.

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