What kind of investigation should there be?

[What the Heck]

I saw wvrevy's thread that got locked due to personal attacks and it started my mind going (doesn't take much, the problem is sometimes getting it to come back). Anyway, I wasn't able to post because I was out of town, but there was some good points in what wvrevy had to originally say. The only good reason I could see for doing it that way, would be to do a quick look at what went wrong so it can be fixed (with Rita coming down hard, that could possibly be). For a complete investigation, I don't think that is the way.

Of course, I think an independent congressional committee is an oxy-moron, especially one led by Senator Clinton.

I also think that any committee that does look at it, if they only look at one aspect of it, is like trying to fix a stool where all of the legs are broken by fixing only one. In addition, I would favor the commission being charged with one item and one item only - to find out what went wrong, not who was wrong. By this point, many of us have our minds fixed on who was wrong when - the only way (in my opinion) for it to be constructive would be to not even mention (except in matters of fact) that the Mayor or the Governor or the President did not do such and such when they should have. It should be backed up by fact, precedent, and law, not opinion.

Just my thoughts.

[C.Ann]

I would not put the fox in charge of guarding the chicken coop...

[What the Heck]

I agree, but it's not a good idea to let another predator run it either.

Personally, I like the idea that one lady at Fox had. I saw her on Bill O'Reilly (I can't remember her name) and her suggestion was perhaps 5 previous generals, who have experience in emergencies. She suggested Colin Powell run it. I would love to see something like that.

[C.Ann]

Personally, I like the idea that one lady at Fox had. I saw her on Bill O'Reilly (I can't remember her name) and her suggestion was perhaps 5 previous generals, who have experience in emergencies. She suggested Colin Powell run it. I would love to see something like that.
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As long as none of them were in anyones "pocket", it sounds good to me..

[Tigger_Magic]

Sadly, there is no way to have a completely independent, completely non-partisan investigation. That might happen in utopia, but this is the real world where politics reigns supreme. Any investigation started and conducted in or near Washington, DC is going to be tainted by politics and has the good possibility to devolve into partisan bickering.

I like the idea of keeping current politicians/elected officials off the commission. Too often these events become just another opportunity for them to showboat and bloviate. A few (very few) retired politicians MIGHT be ok.

I'd like to see Gen. Honore chair the investigation; at least then it might not get "stuck on stupid." :teeth: I'd like to see some regular people from LA, MS and AL on the commission -- just normal citizens who were impacted by Katrina.

To keep things honest, hold the meetings way away from Washington -- preferably in someplace like a Motel 6 or Super 8. Nothing fancy, no luxuries; just the basics. Instead of focusing on how to milk the federal coffers or pad expense reports, the commission could focus their attention on investigating what went wrong.

The commission should have free rein but a fixed, unchangeable time limit. They should be required to submit a report on a specific date, no extensions.

[WebmasterAlex]

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