The federal government claims that FEMA, The Federal Emergency Management Agency, is ready to go to work as soon as Hurricane Sandy floods the northeastern part of the United States. They want us to know that they have everything under control, and they are capable of handling the situation. I'm not sure that all Americans are so convinced. It's a huge bureaucratic agency, and they failed the American people in the past. Okay so let's talk about this shall we?
President Obama and FEMA held a big news conference before the storm as they surveyed the situation using the NOAA artificial intelligent supercomputer algorithmic modeling. They know what is before the American people, and claim they know exactly what to do. They have their flood mapping out, and they're ready to take control. They plan on taking control of everything, and that's what concerns me the most.
There was an interesting article on Government Executive on October 29, 2012 titled; "President pledges to cut through bureaucracy in hurricane response," by Tom Shoop. Indeed, yes, I heard that comments, by President Obama during his FEMA photo-op, still, what an absurd comment and silly thing to say. You see, FEMA's own charter allows them to bypass ALL Federal Regulations and/or any State regulations for that matter as needed, that's how it's set up.
In fact, they've gone overboard before literally taking over local jurisdictions with regards to telecommunication, police, fire, even fast food restaurants to use to feed the FEMA team. They go in and get it done. This wasn't Obama's doing, it's how FEMA works. So, what I see is President Obama as already attempting to pretend he is in charge of things to show his purported leadership skills, but really, anyone in the know must be turning their heads and snickering off camera when he makes such statements to the mass media in political photo-op style.
As we've all heard the promises before from FEMA, and although they generally do their job, their performance has never been exceptional or stellar. Of course, you can't please everyone and the media is looking for controversy and chaos, and they love to put the sound and fury on the front page - usually blaming FEMA for something, which may or may not have been justified. Yes, I get that, nevertheless, I wish we had a president who would stop taking credit, or making promises, or insulting our intelligence when it comes to the ability of our federal government.
Personally, I don't find this any excuse for raising my taxes. It appears to me that we can no longer trust the government to get the job done or do with a promised to protect us. I've given up hope on that one. Further, we have a lack of leadership in the United States, and it would be comical, befitting of a late-night talk show, if it weren't so serious.
Maybe it's time for Barack Obama to show us that he can do one thing right, and perhaps he has one last chance this final week before the election. Don't tell us Mr. President, show us. Please consider all this and think on it.
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