PUBLIC FORUM.Not the White House Re ``Storm engulfs Bush'' (Sept. 7): Why must everyone blame the White House for the affected states' ignorance and actions in regard to prepared awareness? Disasters will occur in all areas. Most states have mandatory programs that are ready for urgent actions should they arise. The White House gets involved when the state employees that ``we'' the taxpayers have to trust fail. The military will always be dispatched in urgent form once the White House gets the reports of what has happened and what needs to be done. If you reside in an area that has fire, flood, earthquake, heat, cold, etc., you the person need to make sure your state has emergency readiness. The White House is not in control of your state. You and your state employees make the rules. When you fail, the results are as what we see today. - Mike O'Donnell Reseda Seeing George If anything, now we can see how far we have got since 9-11 as far as disaster response. All the billions that have been spent and we can't even get to victims for nearly a week? Our Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States chief declares any terrorist threat pales in comparison to the destruction of this hurricane? I guess he can't imagine the destruction of a nuclear bomb going off in a major city and contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. survivors panicking and running into uncontaminated areas to seek help and refuge. I can't believe this man could say such a thing. I have to admit how much better I felt seeing George with his sleeves rolled up. - Laurien Dutremble Northridge Keeping them dumb Re ``Storm engulfs Bush'' (Sept. 7): The womb-to-the-tomb politicians are blaming President Bush for Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . Ninety percent of the problem would have been solved
if the local mayor, politicians and the governor (who controls the state
militia) had done their jobs. But it is a lot easier to blame someone
else than to look into a mirror.
Keeping people uneducated and on welfare so that they continue to vote for the left-wing womb-to-tomb politicians will always result in a people incapable of helping themselves or each other. - Barney Klinger Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Leadership? After reading the latest memo with regards to Hurricane Katrina from Michael Brown Michael or Mike Brown may refer to: In politics:
n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. director, it all comes down to one thing: leadership. When he ends the memo with ``Thank you for your consideration in helping us to meet our responsibilities,'' these are the words of a pencil-pushing, self-fulfilling bureaucrat who has no concept of leadership. Brown should have stayed as a bar examiner for ethics and professional responsibility for the Oklahoma Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and leads the Oklahoma Court System, the judicial branch of the Oklahoma state government. . Leadership is when you have to make timely decisions to fulfill the obligations of the office and put your own ego and self-gratifying face on the shelf. My message to Brown: ``You're fired.'' - Al Bermudez Canyon Country A bigger disaster President George W. Bush has said this is the biggest disaster to hit the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . No. This is the second-biggest disaster. The biggest disaster was when the Supreme Court made him our president. - Victor Allstead Woodland Hills Americans first Millions of people in the U.S. are at the poverty level. I don't mind spending my tax dollar to help people in my country, but I do mind spending it on a war overseas that is never-ending. Our government needs to take a long look at where its priorities are. We spread ourselves so thin helping other people all over the world that it results in neglect to the people back home. Charity should begin at home. This latest Katrina disaster is a perfect example. - Sharon W. Sharpe Newbury Park Being helpful It's easy to criticize, but when are the critics going to start being helpful, stop being political and being thankful that they live in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , the greatest country in the world. The mayor of New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded and the governor of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. should be recalled for inaction prior to the coming of Katrina. - Francis Adams Francis Adams is the name of:
Glendale The biggest thieves We saw on TV the looters who took everything not bolted down. But the people who are the biggest thieves - without feelings - are the billionaire oil companies that are raising prices in the face of a national disaster. They are the biggest criminals in the world and Washington (Bush) is not doing anything to stop it. - William Needy Burbank Rebuilding lives I've been watching the news and I can't believe the destruction and the need of these people to care for their families. Then I remembered - during the Great Depression, President Roosevelt set up the Civilian Conservation Corps Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established in 1933 by the U.S. Congress as a measure of the New Deal program. The CCC provided work and vocational training for unemployed single young men through conserving and developing the country's natural resources. . Why couldn't, once the areas are drained, tent cities be put up on high ground and pay the refugees to clean up and rebuild their cities and towns? It would give these people a sense of caring for their own, plus a sense of dignity. They could be paid a living wage rather than unemployment. - Diana N. Loomis Sherman Oaks Stole my districts Re ``District boundaries'' (Your Opinions, Aug. 28): For as long as I can remember, my state senator's office was located in the State Building on Van Nuys Boulevard. For the past 10 years my state assemblyman's office was also there. But for the past year, my state senator Noun 1. state senator - a member of a state senate senator - a member of a senate (Jack Scott) has been in Pasadena and my assemblyman (Dario Frommer Dario Frommer (born October 22, 1963 in Long Beach, California) was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006. He served as Majority Leader from 2004 until 2006. Frommer also served as Chair of the Health Committee. ) in Glendale. These may be fine legislators, but I live just five city blocks from the Van Nuys Government Center, and the recent gerrymandering gerrymandering Drawing of electoral district lines in a way that gives advantage to a particular political party. The practice is named after Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry, who submitted to the state senate a redistricting plan that would have concentrated the voting places me in Pasadena and Glendale. - Richard A. Rofman Van Nuys Work ethic work ethic n. A set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence. work ethic Noun a belief in the moral value of work Re ``As the unions go, so goes the middle class'' (Viewpoint, Sept. 4): Dick Meister is mistaken. It is a slap in the face of the middle class to pin its hopes and future on a system that does not reward hard work or self improvement. Unions have made themselves obsolete. They have done that by gouging Gouging can be:
I have been in construction my entire life and never worked union. I have been successful because I went to school and pushed myself to learn my trade. I did not ride on the backs of others for my raises, I earned them. A strong work ethic is what the middle class is hinged on, not an organization controlled by business agents. - Gavin Spector Associated Builders and Contractors Los Angeles/Ventura Chapter The Six Day War Re ``Mideast history'' (Your Opinions, Sept. 2): During mid-1967, Syria, Jordan and Egypt massed their armies on Israel's border, jumping up and down and rattling their sabers and screaming for the annihilation of Israel. Egypt also blockaded the Straits of Tiran, which was an act of war. During this, Israel kept asking the U.S. and the U.N. to talk these countries into withdrawing. Arab attack was imminent. In the early morning of June 5, Israel launched a pre-emptive strike, taking out the Egyptian air force The Egyptian Air Force, or EAF (Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, in a few minutes and the Six Day War was on. A few hours later Jordan attacked Israel and lost the West Bank and East Jerusalem. I was living there at that time. - Max Rosenfeld Los Angeles It should follow As the baseball season winds down, I have lost count of the number of players who point to the heavens (sometimes with both hands) while standing on base after a hit, or while walking off the field after hitting a home run. What I have never seen is a player shaking his fist at the heavens while walking off after popping out, or a three-pitch strikeout. - Alan Falconer Northridge |
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