Nobody seemed to really understand what FEMA was!

Competence Finally Returns to FEMA

Posted by Phoenix Woman, Firedoglake at 5:43 AM on March 5, 2009.

After seeing the once-proud FEMA devolve into a turkey farm under Bush, it's so nice to see it coming back to its former glory.

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In keeping with the general theme of rolling back the wasted years of bogus Republican ideology, President Obama's FEMA pick, Craig Fugate, heralds a return to the days of James Lee Witt, when the Federal Emergency Management Agency was as good as it gets in terms of speed, efficiency and competence.

After seeing the once-proud FEMA devolve into a turkey farm (that is, a place to park otherwise-unemployable political buddies as a reward) under Bush, it's so nice to see it coming back to its former glory. And isn't it ironic that the Republicans, who whine so much about corruption in government, seem to be its patron saints?

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FEMA was a turkey farm? [Report this comment] Posted by: WilliamDuane on Mar 5, 2009 10:35 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I thought the entire administration was a turkey farm. L. Paul Bremer's CPA is another shinning example that also comes to mind. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Thank God! [Report this comment] Posted by: Longdream on Mar 5, 2009 8:15 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The Brownie syndrome was downright frightening, in addition to being disastrously stupid and reckless. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Nobody seemed to really understand what FEMA was! [Report this comment] Posted by: BigRon on Mar 6, 2009 10:02 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Which was a hangover from the bad old days of the Cold War: an alternative post-nuclear-holocaust system of government, ready to go if the balloon ever *did* go up. The war it was planned to survive never happened, but that's what it was there *for*. That it got used for smaller emergencies was a handy accident. The fact remains, the machinery for surviving a nuclear WW3 is still there... and it's HUGE. Big enough to run a nation after nuclear decapitation. Oliver North ran "Irangate" out of FEMA's extensive (and secretive) facilities. Katrina... Irangate... Government itself is expensive. TWO governments - so that you've got a spare one if the first one breaks! - is VERY expensive, expecially when the spare one seems to be "unfit for purpose." Maybe it might be an idea to save a LOT of money by disassembling much of his hidden white elephant? Because US taxpayers are footing the bill... and most have no idea what FEMA was for, let alone how big it is. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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