« Biz on the Interweb | Main | Glocalization » SundayMuch of the time I would have spent blogging the last few days I've committed to the Katrina PeopleFinder project supporting the data entry process. When I see what other people are doing, I realize that I'm being selfish, doing too little by comparison. I'm not taking people in or going to the sites where evacuees are staying. I haven't even donated any money yet, though I intend to. I've been thinking a lot about what's happened in the wake of Katrina, though, and I'm trying to write a longer piece for WorldChanging.com with some thoughts about government, volunteers, and a world where disasters may become commonplace events due to climate change and possibly other stuff &ndash terrorist attacks, atomic bombs, earth's magnetic field or lack thereof... I may never finish that piece, but here are some random notes from today's media. Barack Obama, talking to George Stephanopoulos on This Week about the limited and late Federal response response to Katrina, said passive indifference is as bad as active neglect. He said that the current administration has excellent responses when it come to PR, but detachment when it comes to goveringing. Later, Fareed Zakaria noted a 30-year de-funding and shrinking of government in the USA, and a growing supposition that the government doesn't have and shouldn't have solutions. Newt Gingrich then said that it was never the attention to make government impotent; rather, we should h ave a small but energetic and effective government. I like what Fareed said to George Will: You need people taking pride in the execution and delivery of government... jon posted this at 7:21 PM |
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Zakaria's comment to Will reminds of some of what Richard Clarke was saying when he came out with Against All Enemies. I can't remember where I saw the interview, but he was essentially saying that there weren't enough passionate, smart young people today involved in government. This article refers to the interview as well.
Posted by: ttrentham | September 12, 2005 12:29 PM