Dear John, Doves & Brother Joe Hoyle
 
>HELLO
 
Hello to you too Brother. Hope all is well with you.
 
>Some months ago, I made a post saying that in event people
>found themselves victims of any kind of disaster or catastrophe;
>that they should expect little or no help from the likes of FEMA;
>and that they had better be prepared to fend for themselves the
>best that they can do.That is because FEMA is capable of being
>little more than a traffic cop, which is what I said at the
>time--and a bureaucratic traffic cop at that.The two articles
>below are proof positive of that; despite recent empty Washington
>political rhetoric to the contrary.
 
While I agree with you Joe that bureaucracy is often the problem, I
would not go so far as to suggest that (regarding the victims of
Hurricane Charley) people have to 'fend for themselves' because
there would be "little or no help from the likes of FEMA". Your
two articles demonstrate that there have been problems with the
recovery effort in Florida. But those articles do not prove that
ALL of FEMA's efforts have been of no help at all. It takes no
talent at all to find examples of bureaucracy (be it FEMA or any
other government agency) lacking efficiency, and failing to meet
the expectations of the taxpayers depending on that agency to do
their jobs. That does not mean that the entire agency is without
value, far from it. Only a fool or a blind man would believe that
there exists a federal agency that is run perfectly, as it was
intended to do, without waste, without corruption, without error.
 
The fact is, because such agencies, from the highest levels to
the lowest, are equally prone to failure as they are to success,
not because they are all evil bureaucrats, not because they are
all participants in some horrifying conspiracy, but because they
(like you and I) are human. Imperfect, sinning humans. The kind
that Jesus Christ died on the Cross to Redeem. I submit to you
that for every bureaucratic foul up, for every grand example of
government waste (and there are many!), there are also numerous
examples where government agencies and the workers who staff them
have performed not only up to standard, but magnificently. But we
never hear much about the successes, because as we all know: "bad
news sells best". And that is why disasters of all magnitudes sell
the most papers, and generate the largest viewerships and numbers
of listeners from television and radio respectively.
 
>And I might add; in speaking of human traffic control: FEMA's
>chief claim to fame one day will be in human relocation--as in
>providing Christian's, patriots, and others with one way tickets
>and transportation to the death camps.Outside of that, FEMA
>really ain't worth spit when the rubber hits the road.
 
Which 'death camps' are you referring to Brother Joe?
 
Regards,
 
John Russell