All right, who do we WANT in charge of disaster recovery?

[cjsmith]

Gotta give this a few points for sheer passive-aggressiveness. "The Feds didn't move fast enough in Katrina? All right, how about having the Department of Defense and its armed troops automatically in charge from the get-go?"

My laugh isn't a pleasant relaxed chortle. This state of denial ("It'll never pass") takes effort to maintain.

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

Why stop at disaster recovery? Let's just turn the Army into a great big Federal Department of Public Safety. Let 'em fight forest fires, shovel snow after blizzards, dig out after mudslides, all that stuff. (I write this half in jest, but a lot of countries do use their armies this way.)

[airporter.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. Goodness.

Further federalization of government power is disturbing amidst the finger pointing that I've heard about in the last while. Who's going to be the scapegoat if this comes to pass? Who will accept responsibility for direction of the government's resources? I fear no one.

Regrettably, given the tenor of 'things' in the last few, I can't hold much hope for "It'll never pass".

Of course, with more control from the start, they can more effectively administer the salvage and rebuilding contracts.

[layer.livejournal.com]

"using the military in domestic law enforcement is generally a very bad idea" seems to me the understatement of the century.

[ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com]

Another step towards totalitarianism, given the current situation.