New FEMA guy is "Duct Tape" guru from 2 yrs ago

[SuniSurf]

Is this from "bad" to "worse?"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8514671/#050912a

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David Paulison, then the government's Fire Administrator, joined with the then-head of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, on February 10th, 2003, to say that duct tape and plastic sheeting should be part of any home's "survival kit" in preparation for a terrorist attack. That set off a run on duct tape at stores, and widespread criticism of the administration. It might have been the first time after 9/11 that a large number of Americans wondered if the government really knew what it was talking about when it came to disaster preparedness.

And the man behind that politically explosive proposal, has just been named to succeed the man who had been the face of the politically explosive response to Hurricane Katrina.

[halobeam]

1. The only thing that would've surprised me was

if he didn't have something completely asinine about him.

[rosesaylavee]

2. Ahh. More good news to wake up to.

I feel completely ... not safe now.

:hide:

[Skidmore]

3. Begs the question "Do you feel safer yet?"