FEMA is attempting to minimize the damage to their reputation and status caused by their FUBAR handling of the relief efforts in New Orleans. They are attempting a cover-up, blocking media access to the search operations, therby preventing photos and videos of the bodies from being taken. Let’s not forget that Bush also prevented (or at least tried his best to prevent) photos and video of flag drapped caskets of fallen soldiers from being taken. That the government thinks it can get away with this, and even worse, that it probably will, is a distressing blow to liberty.
Geoffrey is an Aristotelian-Liberal political philosopher and an adjunct instructor for Buena Vista University. His work has appeared in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, the Journal of Value Inquiry, and Transformers and Philosophy. He lives in Edgewood, KY with his wife and two children.
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