{"id":1838,"date":"2005-09-10T10:25:17","date_gmt":"2005-09-10T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/09\/10\/katrina-links\/"},"modified":"2005-09-10T10:25:17","modified_gmt":"2005-09-10T17:25:17","slug":"katrina-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1838","title":{"rendered":"Katrina Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Spread the URL of <a href=\"http:\/\/wheretosenddonationsforkatrina.blogspot.com\/\">If You Want To Help<\/a>, a new blog which is gathering addresses for folks who want to send supplies to Katrina victims.<\/li>\n<li>From <a href=\"http:\/\/coldfury.com\/reason\/?p=955\">The Light of Reason<\/a>, an excellent post discussing why people had a hard time leaving New Orleans.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedwriting.com\/archives\/2005\/09\/fema_wont_accep.html\">Jody Wheeler<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/constructiveinterference.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/local-failure-caused-by-fema.html\">Constructive Interference<\/a> both have long, infuriating lists of links to articles about the various ways FEMA has not merely failed to be helpful, but has actively prevented help from reaching people who need it. Choice reading if you&#8217;d like to go blind with rage.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/archives\/individual\/2005_09\/007088.php\">Political Animal<\/a> quotes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realcities.com\/mld\/krwashington\/12605339.htm\">Knight Ridder report<\/a> which partly explains why FEMA is so incompetent: &#8220;In 2000, 40 percent of the top FEMA jobs were held by career workers who rose through the ranks of the agency, including chief of staff. By 2004, that figure was down to less than 19 percent, and the deputy director\/chief of staff job is held by a former TV anchor turned political operative.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Another &#8220;How FEMA was destroyed&#8221; article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altweeklies.com\/gyrobase\/AltWeeklies\/Story?oid=oid%3A150167\">from alt.weeklies<\/a>, concisely describes the major ways the Bush administration undercut FEMA and made sure it was incapable of operating efficiently. I think the record supports my belief that the problem isn&#8217;t malice; rather, it&#8217;s deep, deep idealogical blindness combined with genuine incompetence.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/s\/dws\/photography\/2005\/katrina_video\/straydogs.html\">The Dallas News<\/a> has a video about pet dogs left behind. Some army folks are trying to save the dogs; but at least one Sheriff&#8217;s office is shooting them in the street. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/coolbeanscool.blogspot.com\/\">Bean<\/a>, who emailed me this link at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2005\/9\/9\/18193\/98411\">Kos<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/archives\/individual\/2005_09\/007087.php\">Also at Political Animal<\/a>, a horrifying &#8211; and well-documented &#8211; story of cops using guns to prevent people from escaping New Orleans.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.townhall.com\/columnists\/JohnStossel\/js20050907.shtml\">This very famous libertarian<\/a> is too stupid to realize that not all thirsty people have $20 to spend on water, no matter how genuine their need. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com\/2005_09_01_echidneofthesnakes_archive.html#112631200732264595\">Echidne<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spread the URL of If You Want To Help, a new blog which is gathering addresses for folks who want to send supplies to Katrina victims. From The Light of Reason, an excellent post discussing why people had a hard &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1838\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-katrina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}