New Orleans: stop the blame game!

And another thing to think about when we start pointing fingers is this. The government is never equipped to handle a crisis like this. There's too much bureaucracy -- initiative-stifling bureaucracy which prevents swift, effective action. I would like to hear from government employees on this. The nature of that bureaucracy is such that you have very specific guidelines to follow for even the most minute tasks. You need approval for just about everything, and the person you need approval from usually needs approval to give you the approval.

This guy is blogging from the spot. Th entire post and his blog in general are defenitely worth reading.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/