List Politicians, X-politicians, Former Presidents or anyone ,

[Alamom]

Americans and the World will "HEAR" who have stepped up and made it perfectly clear,

"The current administration has failed this country"



#1

CNN-Clinton: Government 'failed' people

-- Former President Bill Clinton on Monday said the government "failed" the thousands of people who lived in coastal communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and said a federal investigation was warranted in due time.

"Our government failed those people in the beginning, and I take it now there is no dispute about it," Clinton told CNN. "One hundred percent of the people recognize that -- that it was a failure."


Clinton is just the latest in a long line of critics who have blasted the federal government for not moving fast enough to help people in the immediate aftermath of Katrina, which slammed into the Gulf Coast one week ago as a Category 4 hurricane.

He said that the utmost priority was saving people now -- and evaluating the mistakes in the months to come.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/05/clinton.katrina/




A Poll , same Link


Do you agree with former President Clinton that government "failed" the people in the aftermath of Katrina?

YES 81%
69098 votes

NO 19%
16230 votes





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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Rep. Maxine Waters

said as much and more on Air America Radio yesterday.

[charlie]

2. Kooch

Excerpts from a floor speech Friday:

"The Administration yesterday said that no one anticipated the breach of the levees. Did the Administration not see or care about the 2001 FEMA warning about the risk of a devastating hurricane hitting the people of New Orleans? Did it not know or care that civil and army engineers were warning for years about the consequences of failure to strengthen the flood control system? Was it aware or did it care that the very same Administration which decries the plight of the people today, cut from the budget tens of millions needed for Gulf-area flood control projects?

...

"The President said an hour ago that the Gulf Coast looks like it has been obliterated by a weapon. It has. Indifference is a weapon of mass destruction.

"Our indifferent government is in a crisis of legitimacy. If it continues to ignore its basic responsibility for the health and welfare of the American people, will there ever be enough money to clean up after their indifference?

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=19698