Thirtysomething

The Blame Game

What should be happening right now is everyone being 100% focused on helping the victims of Katrina. There will be a time and a place to hold people accountable, but I don't focusing on who's to blame should be a priority right now. Not with people still trapped.

I'd love to find out how this "should have" worked, because clearly it should have worked better. Mayor Nagin, your radio address was heart-wrenching, but it also demonstrated that you weren't quite sure what you were doing. You seemed out of control and I don't believe that helped your constituents any. Don't think you get to point all the fingers and not take any of the blame. Governor Blanco will have to take some too. I'm not sure if you two never talked previously about how to handle a disaster but when push came to shove, you two didn't seem to be on the same page and it wasn't because of downed phone lines.

Totally different situations in many respects, but after 9/11 Mayor Guiliani and Governor Pataki got it right. They had resources and they kept it together.

But again, this is a discussion for a different day.

posted by DJ Heavy D @ 9:08 PM