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Michael Brown, the ex-FEMA chief, today had an explanation for his failures to save lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: It's the media's fault.
Yes, he actually told a House committee that the pictures we saw and the screams we heard were really just the fault of the liberal media for turning on their cameras.
"You can't believe everything that you read in the newspapers, or everything that you see on television," Brownie whined.
Of course, the fact that Bownie had no experience with storm management had nothing to do with his problems. Why is it that Republicans preach personal responsibility when it comes to poor people, and all about rich people avoiding responsibility when they hurt poor people?
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Does this duplicity and total lack of responsibility surprise anyone? It's the modus operandi of the entire bush administration.
posted by Anonymous, at
9/27/2005 1:21 PM
According to a news article on CBS News website (Sept 27, 2005 - Brown still on FEMA Payroll) ... we are still paying this jerk's salary! Why wasn't he fired again?
FEMA, under Brown's command, did not even organize the basics in emergency response when responding to Katrina. This is why he failed. Responding to an emergency requires one, and only one, person in charge to identify hazards to life and limb, identify and dispatch resources, provide emergency first aid and medical care and provide the necessities of life: clean air and water and food and shelter. The glaring fact that exposed his completed inexperience and lack of knowledge was the time that elapsed from disaster to response. No emergency response system waits days after the fact let alone precious minutes and hours. No amount of finger pointing on Brown's part is going to change these fundamental failures. A month after the fact, I still firmly believe that the slow/lack of response to this disaster had everything to do with race and class of people along with incompetence beyond comprehension. Tim W. PS Is FEMA really still paying this moron?
posted by Anonymous, at
9/27/2005 11:31 PM
