It's obvious: neo-cons WANT FEMA to fail. They want privatization.

[johnaries]

they've been saying all along that FEMA is just a big out-of-control "entitlement" program, and they wanted to privatize emergency management. Bush did everything he could to undermine it. Now, every time you hear of a "failure" it's FEMA this, FEMA that.

I'm beginning to think this was the plan all along.

[valerief]

1. Well, the spin should be that Halliburton failed

[applegrove]

2. Yup.

[chalky]

3. For some reason, I don't think that tactic is going to take this time...

especially with pictures of shrubby strumming guitars and chowing down on cake being forwarded far and wide over them thar 'nets.

[Erika]

4. And Condi (Emelda) doing NYC and shopping shoes n/t

[Cha]

5. They had already gutted it..

Fema needs to get out of homeland Insecurity and back front and center..with all these hurricanes hitting the fan.

[EC]

6. That is what the problem was

they basically did privatize it, Look at the HS website under FEMA - it talks about the private industries that will do part of the work...they outsourced to private industries and social organizations...(churches)

[izzybeans]

7. It's failing because of privitazation. Don't forget that! nt

[M155Y_A1CH]

8. Kick

:kick:

[bribri16]

9. Now why do you think they failed. They are already privatized to the gill

Contracts = privatization.

[wli]

10. I wonder how they'll privatize FEMA's black bits.

e.g. REX 84, Continuity of Government, etc.

[ksilvas]

11. Exactly.

I was thinking the same thing.
In a messed up way, this plays right into there hands,
Large gov. org. messes up. More privatisation.
read I.E. Haliburtan contracts.

[Carolab]

12. It's that and MORE. They want Federal control over the area.

So they can do what they "deem necessary" with the property...like seize it all for "other uses" (read: private development).

[kodi]

13. if privatized FEMA yields this, what'll privatized Social Security yield?

pass it on.