Wow, a proper debate w/o flaming (ahem). Congratulations. My thoughts are though, that (as much as I think Bush should be cast off to some remote Antarctic island) Bush was come off the raw end of the deal here. Disaster management over a city should, primarily rest with the CITY (the mayor). Then the state, then FEMA. That's how it works here. Works fine.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman