Jason van Steenwyk is a Florida Army National Guardsman who has been mobilized six times for hurricane relief. He notes that: ... 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 1992. But after Katrina, there was a significant National Guard presence in the afflicted region in three.

Still, by focusing on the part of the glass that was half-empty, the national media imposed a near total blackout on the nerve center of what may have been the largest, most successful aerial search and rescue operation in history.

Mr. Lee went on to say that he's going to give airtime to the theory that the levees were intentionaly blown up to flood the 9th ward. He said he deliberately presented this theory not because he believes it but because he heard it so much. Really? It would be nice if fair and balanced documentary was produced about Katrina but it's obvious that Mr. Lee took this on with an agenda and this more then likely well made and brilliant documentary will push a political agenda that is unnecessary.

how could the documentary be fair and balanced if it failed to address this theory by giving it airtime.

The problem, of course, is that the documentary will not be accurate, and will have bias.

And then we have Some actual facts about response time.

The federal response here was faster than Hugo, faster than Andrew, faster than Iniki, faster than Francine and Jeanne.

Where is all this money Congress has supposedly authorized for the rebuilding of New Orleans? No one I know here has seen it, not in small business, not in infrastructure, not in housing assistance, not in rebuilding homes.

FEMA flailed and flip-flopped on its contracting policies for trailers, mobile homes and other temporary shelter. The first big contracts were handed out non-competitively to four well-connected companies -- Shaw Group, Bechtel Corp., CH2M Hill Inc. and Fluor Corp. Then in October FEMA director R. David Paulison promised to rebid the contracts after Congress complained that smaller companies, especially local and minority-owned firms, should have a chance to compete for the work.
A month after that, FEMA said the new contracts would not be awarded until February. That deadline came and went, and then in March a FEMA official announced that the contracts weren't going to be rebid after all.

trust ppj to quote an editorial and talk about it like it was a fact.

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

Now you not only don't read the links, you don't even read the quotes.

I am not the least bit surprised that Lee's film (this is not a documentary any more than Fahrenheit 9/11 is) bashes the federal government though.

The BIGGEST problem with the Katrina issues was Ray Nagin. The second BIGGEST problem was Gov. Blanco. The federal government wasn't perfect