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..