Mud Slinging Govenor Takes on a Gun-toting President

An Associated Press article quoted the soft spoken Gov. Blanco:

Blanco: Body Recovery Taking Too Long Sep 13 2:41 PM US/Eastern

NEW ORLEANS

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco lashed out at FEMA on Tuesday, complaining the agency is moving too slowly in recovering the bodies of those killed by Hurricane Katrina.

The dead "deserve more respect than they have received," she said at state police headquarters in Baton Rouge.

She said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency still has not signed a contract with the company hired to handle the removal of the bodies, Houston-based Kenyon International Emergency Services.

Calls to a FEMA spokesman in New Orleans and the Homeland Security Department in Washington were not immediately returned.

I am amazed at the brashness demonstrated by some people. This is the lady that was given over a week to prepare for the worst disaster to strike this country and when her turn came to "stand and deliver," she failed miserably. Now to top it off, she continues to rant and rave against the people that are bailing her out. What kind of a dog bites the very hand that feeds them?

The other disgusting reality is that if the Govenor had done her job properly in the beginning and had evacuated the area properly or had supplied the aid needed, there would not be the amount of dead bodies to recover.

I work with disaster victims all the time in my occupation. If this was a business enterprise, most companies would have told her to take a flying leap at the moon. No amount of potential profit would justify working with this nasty, demanding, cantacerous, spiteful snippet. But to avoid confirming her damaging dialogue, the Federal Government and its supportive agencies are stepping forward and addressing the problems.

The Govenor's cadundrum is grasping the enormity of the task and the reality of the steps needed to avoid providing additional ammunition from future mistakes. Since she didn't grasp it in the beginning I don't know why we should be surprised when she can't grasp it now.

I have had other clients that fit the mold of the Govenor. The over-riding similarity between them is that since they really don't know what they want or how things should be done, they have a difficult time recognizing the goal when they reach it.

It was gratifying to see that the Mayor of New Orleans has changed his tune and is now trumpeting a more positive melody of how soon the City will be open and back in business.

My own company is sending personnel to work with the local restoration firm that will dryout the Hyatt Regency. This building will work as a staging ground for the other restoration companies that will do the cleanup and restoration. The amount of manpower and equipment to dryout and restore these communities is beyond the scope of most people. If too many people are allowed in to begin the work too soon, situations reminiscent of the Superdome and Convention Center will emerge again as too many start competing for too few resources.

My daddy used to say that when the mouth was open, the ears were closed. I hope that the Govenor can close her mouth long enough to see and hear what is actually happening and not spend her time inventing negative accusations to sling mud on the President. A mud slinging Govenor against a gun-toting President, I wonder who would win that fight?