John_Stone Report This Comment Date: September 09, 2005 07:26PM
And now he's been sacked.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: September 09, 2005 07:51PM
as he should be...
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: September 09, 2005 08:15PM
Headline "FEMA CHIEF REPLACED"
inside: "Embattled Brown Taken Off Katrina Duty"
Now this is MSM at its finest bullshit...
iiskelw Report This Comment Date: September 09, 2005 11:01PM
he's the designated fall guy for this event
foible Report This Comment Date: September 10, 2005 12:58AM
Fans of "The Office" (UK version) will appreciate this: "Time
magazine claimed the official biography of Mr Brown - which stated that he had
worked as an "assistant city manager with emergency services
oversight" in the Edmond, Oklahoma - exaggerated his record. Officials said
he had been an assistant to the city manager, not assistant city
manager."
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: September 11, 2005 07:04PM
Michael Brown is a scapegoat. In case you aren't familiar with how our
government is SUPPOSED to work:
The chain of responsibility for the protection of the citizens in New
Orleans:
1. The Mayor
2. The New Orleans director of Homeland Security (a political appointee of the
Governor who reports to the Governor)
3. The Governor
4. The Head of Homeland Security
5. The President
What did each do?
1. The mayor, with 5 days advance, waited until 2 days before he announced a
mandatory evacuation (at the behest of the President). Then he failed to provide
transportation for those without transport even though he had hundreds of buses
at his disposal, which now sit under water!!
2. The New Orleans director of Homeland Security failed to have any plan for a
contingency that has been talked about for 50 years. Then he blames the Federal
Gov't. for not doing what he should have done. (So much! for political
appointees)
3. The Governor, despite a declaration of disaster by the President 2 days
BEFORE the storm hit, failed to take advantage of the offer of Federal troops
and aid. Until 2 days AFTER the storm hit.
4. The Director of Homeland Security positioned assets in the area to be ready
when the Governor called for them
5. The President urged a mandatory evacuation, and even declared a disaster
State of Emergency, freeing up millions of dollars of federal assistance, should
the Governor decide to use it.
Also, the levees that broke were the responsibility of the local landowners and
the local levee board to maintain, NOT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
The disaster in New Orleans is what you get after decades of corrupt
government going all the way back to Huey Long.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: September 12, 2005 04:10PM
And thats the way it is folks..