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Posted by tgl on 2005-09-13 05:21:37 +0000

Whoa! I just realized...

He is completely incompetent. Please, read the whole thing. Every politician prevaricates and tries to avoid answers to direct questions. But, thousands of willing evacuees stranded for days? In America? Doesn't that indicate something must be wrong? Brown _resigned_! You don't know the head of FEMA resigned? No shit you were surprised that the Hurricane was a strong Cat. 4 when it hit New Orleans. Everyone in the Army CoE and NOAA knew a hurricane of Cat. 3 could do serious damage to the levee system. Everyone except a former Bush campaign manager's former college roommate. (Brown was never confirmed by the Senate as Director of FEMA because he was promoted from Deputy Director. Apparently, 5 senators should up at that his confirmation hearing for Deputy). Hey, I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt. 51% of the people that voted couldn't be wrong. But, alas, it seems they were. I've given up on being let down by the Bush policies that are hopelessly wrong-headed. I am completely exasperated that this man-child and the cronies he's placed in positions of power are so completely incompetent. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? I've been thinking about db's post. It reminds me about new policies of openness that hospitals are putting in place. They are recommending that doctors apologize for failures up front, instead of trying to gloss over or hide them. It's actually cut down on malpractice suits. ---- It's not scientifical, but I did a google search for "dodged a bullet", it seems no one was reporting that NO dodged a bullet until Chertoff used that as an excuse in his "Meet the Press" appearance. ---- BTW, my 'gansett is just... about... kicked.

Posted by G lib on 2005-09-13 13:05:34 +0000
BTW, my 'gansett is just... about... kicked. --Sounds like it!

Posted by tgl on 2005-09-13 13:37:24 +0000
In the clear light of day, maybe I went a little overboard. I mean, it's pretty clear everyone in Bush's government is incompetent, so, my surprise isn't actually that great. --- "5 should up" --> "5 showed up" Brown was confirmed to Deputy Director when Democrats controlled the Senate. Not that the confirmation process in the Senate has any semblance to actually qualifying candidates. All bums out now!

Posted by tgl on 2005-09-14 04:08:40 +0000
I think I just had a heart attack: " Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government. And to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility. I want to know what went right and what went wrong. " -- George W. Bush (source)

Posted by Miriam on 2005-09-14 14:48:05 +0000
Did you catch Kurt Vonnegut on the Daily Show last night? He said, "Bush is not the dumbest person in the White House; the Secretary of Defense is." I know that's not the same as FEMA, but these days they're both working with coordinating troops on the ground.

Posted by tgl on 2005-09-14 15:38:47 +0000
More heads should roll at FEMA, for sure. The problem with FEMA is not corrected with the absence of Michael Brown. Chertoff isn't exactly a shining beacon of hope either. Rumsfeld should be allowed to "spend more time with his family" as the parlance goes. Sounds like Bush has in the past refused to accept Rumsfeld's resignation.

Posted by tgl on 2005-09-14 16:07:25 +0000
Is it too much to ask for Bush to take responsibilty for this other national tragedy?

Posted by cdubrocker on 2005-09-14 16:21:38 +0000
It seems that even on vacation in Wyoming, Cheney was pretty much on top of things. (via TPM)

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-09-14 17:04:28 +0000
Al Qaeda is now largest terrorist organization in Iraq. Remember when they weren't even there? Damn I miss the 90's...

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