Good for Joe Scarborough of MSNBC for ripping off the sanctimonious shrouds of FEMA and the Red Cross.
Mr. Scarborough’s September 13 column recounts two incidents in which civilians like himself were turned away by so-called relief agencies when they tried to help some of the Katrina evacuees.
As Mr. Scarborough put it: There is a level of arrogance. All of these groups are like rival gangs. I have seen it first-hand. Every politician on the ground has seen it first-hand. These people would rather have people in their areas suffer than not get the credit for helping them out.
I’ve run into this recently myself, on a much smaller scale. I call it the same as Mr. Scarborough: an unbecoming display of petty jealousy and territorialism.
Anyway, I’m glad I passed on Senator/Mrs. Dole’s old organization and donated to the Salvation Army instead.