From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I'm glad Snow's  back and hopefully he'll recover fully.

"Mark"  wrote in message
news:4640fb89{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yes, it's good that Tony is back, isn't it? 
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:4640f3e8{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Nice press release. I wonder if Tony Snow typed it? Snow on Tuesday
>> morning first said "As far as we know, the only thing the governor has
>> requested are FM radios,"
>>
>> Later he had to admit that statement was wrong as Kansas had requested
>> search and rescue, a mobile command center, radios, and extra copters.
>>
>> I'm Sure Rush will only state Snow's first utterance
>>
>> Even the guard says they are under equiped. I posted the GAO report pdf
>> link yesterday
>>
>> http://www.azstarnet.com/news/181996
>> "Most of the units in the Army and Air National Guard are underequipped
>> for the jobs and the missions that they have to perform" domestically,
>> Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard bureau, told Congress
>> last month. "Can we do the job? Yes, we can. But the lack of equipment
>> (means it takes) longer to do that job, and lost time translates into
>> lost lives, and those lost lives are American lives."
>>
>> Mark wrote:
>>> http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=33080
>>> ..."Currently, the Kansas National Guard has 88 percent
of its forces
>>> available, 60 percent of its Army Guard dual-use equipment on hand, and
>>> more than 85 percent of its Air Guard equipment on hand, said Randal
>>> Noller, public affairs officer for the National Guard Bureau. Under the
>>> Emergency Management Assistance Compact, which is a national partnership
>>> agreement that allows state-to-state assistance during governor or
>>> federally declared emergencies, Kansas has more than 400,000 Guardsmen
>>> available to it, he pointed out. However, Kansas has not yet requested
>>> assistance from other states..."
>>>
>>> Has not yet requested..., Hmm, doesn't sound like she's very competent,
>>> nor very credible.
>>>
>>> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>>> news:fvj143pnb15lq4uvfqp6glsemqt7jopep8{at}4ax.com...
>>>> On Mon, 7 May 2007 23:20:17 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hmm, because she waited until there was an emergency,
then immediately
>>>>> "blamed Bush," instead of taking preemptive
action on behalf of her
>>>>> state's
>>>>> readiness years (as in over 4) ago?
>>>> The National Guard is trained and equipped by the US Army.  The US
>>>> Army is short of equipment, hence the National Guard is short of
>>>> equipment.
>>>>
>>>> Given those facts, what preemptive actions should the governor have
>>>> taken?
>>>>
>>>>> Nah, that'll never fly, it's always all "Bush's
fault."
>>>> Since Iraq is indeed Bush's fault, the resultant equipment shortages
>>>> are also his fault.
>>>>
>>>
>

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