Friday, September 09, 2005
Blame Game Scoring
Here in Colorado, in lawsuits, the defendant can designate other people (non-parties at fault) who helped to cause the damages he or she is being sued for and have the jury designate percentages of blame. It is a good system.
The mainstream press and the Democrats (redundant) are blaming only President Bush. If I were his lawyer and this blame game being waged was a lawsuit, I would designate the following as non-parties at fault:
Hurricane Katrina
FEMA
Governor Blanco
Mayor Nagin
and here's how, at this point, I'd assign the 100% of blame for the suffering in New Orleans during the first two weeks after the storm hit.
Hurricane Katrina 99.6%
FEMA .o49%
Governor Blanco .10%
Mayor Nagin .25%
President Bush .001%
There are others assigning blame, here, here, and here. They're not using the same system as I am, though.
UPDATE: I've read some more and I'm ready to revise the percentages of blame. Here we go then.
Hurricane Katrina 99.6%
FEMA .oo99%
Governor Blanco .20%
Mayor Nagin .1999%
President Bush .0001%
I may have to update it again if there's an investigation.
The mainstream press and the Democrats (redundant) are blaming only President Bush. If I were his lawyer and this blame game being waged was a lawsuit, I would designate the following as non-parties at fault:
Hurricane Katrina
FEMA
Governor Blanco
Mayor Nagin
and here's how, at this point, I'd assign the 100% of blame for the suffering in New Orleans during the first two weeks after the storm hit.
Hurricane Katrina 99.6%
FEMA .o49%
Governor Blanco .10%
Mayor Nagin .25%
President Bush .001%
There are others assigning blame, here, here, and here. They're not using the same system as I am, though.
UPDATE: I've read some more and I'm ready to revise the percentages of blame. Here we go then.
Hurricane Katrina 99.6%
FEMA .oo99%
Governor Blanco .20%
Mayor Nagin .1999%
President Bush .0001%
I may have to update it again if there's an investigation.