Youl'll never get on Jim Romensko's site that way

Jack Kelly writing in the Post-Gazette: "the federal response to Katrina was not as portrayed"

But the conventional wisdom is the opposite of the truth.

Jason van Steenwyk is a Florida Army National Guardsman who has been mobilized six times for hurricane relief. He notes that:

"The federal government pretty much met its standard time lines, but the volume of support provided during the 72-96 hour was unprecedented. The federal response here was faster than Hugo, faster than Andrew, faster than Iniki, faster than Francine and Jeanne."

For instance, it took five days for National Guard troops to arrive in strength on the scene in Homestead, Fla. after Hurricane Andrew hit in 2002. But after Katrina, there was a significant National Guard presence in the afflicted region in three.

Journalists who are long on opinions and short on knowledge have no idea what is involved in moving hundreds of tons of relief supplies into an area the size of England in which power lines are down, telecommunications are out, no gasoline is available, bridges are damaged, roads and airports are covered with debris, and apparently have little interest in finding out.

So they libel as a "national disgrace" the most monumental and successful disaster relief operation in world history.

Of course. That's what our MSM do. And, guess what? Their cronies won't win the next election either. They're crowing now. But it won't change things. Except. Except the MSM has portrayed this country as vulnerable when it is not. And when terrorists look at that vulnerability, they take heart. Hey, but the MSM managed to smear good men. That's all they care about.