From: "Mark" 

Yes, I didn't take your post any other way. He's one of the nicest guys in
the world, agree or disagree with him 


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> I'm glad Snow's  back and hopefully he'll recover fully.
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> Yes, it's good that Tony is back, isn't it? 
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
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>> 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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