Centralized sounds good ... but the reality is that the National Guard and Army don't have the kind of ties with local organizations that ultimately deliver lots of service, your nonprofits, churches, humanitarian organizations. Those types of linkages get built up over time, in local communities. |
Disasters -- flooding, hurricanes, earthquakes, and so on -- have a schizophrenic political life, ... Before, or between, events you don't have people marching on city hall or state capitol steps saying, 'Save us from the hurricane, earthquake etc.' |
Everybody's highly discounting right now. |
How far should public officials go in protecting somewhat indifferent citizens who have other concerns? |
Kathy has broad experience in the mortgage insurance industry. She is very familiar with the territory and knows all of the major customers. She is a great addition to Triad and the Northeast Sales Team. |
The federal role is being called on in ways that certainly the Republican Party has not traditionally endorsed. |
The political dilemma in attempting to invest funds, create regulatory programs, or other efforts to avert losses in the first place stems from the fact that the costs [or burdens] are up front, while the benefits are longer term and uncertain. |
The political reality is that seismic safety, like hurricane protection, is not a mass politics issue, |
We did donate one because the museum felt it was very important to get one back in Ligonier, because that was a community sort of left in the lurch without its dinosaur. |
What Bush is talking about is a massive economic development effort which speaks as much to the issues of declining industry and declining populations. That raises a whole different set of questions. |
You can't take the politics out of disasters. That's what politicians are supposed to do: serve their constituents. |
You do not get groups of people marching on city hall saying 'protect me from the earthquake.' |
You don't want it to be an open-ended handout. You want to create incentives for people to act wisely. |
You have these 'hot towers', tropical storm clouds acting like chimneys to carry heat to the upper atmosphere. |