Posted on 09/04/2005 8:38:30 AM PDT by wildwood
MEMO TO BUSH: FIRE MICHAEL BROWN
By Michelle Malkin · September 04, 2005 08:17 AM During his visit to Mobile, Ala., on Friday, President Bush singled out Michael D. Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for praise:
"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."
Really? "Brownie's" job is to direct the federal response to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Let's review his public statements during the past week:
- He admitted that he didn't act more aggressively because as late as last Sunday he expected Katrina to be a "standard hurricane" even though the National Weather Service in New Orleans was already predicting "human suffering incredible by modern standards."
- He proved himself utterly clueless about the disaster unfolding in New Orleans. He claimed that the federal relief effort was "going relatively well" and that the security situation in New Orleans was "pretty darn good."
- He blamed the flood victims in New Orleans for failing to evacuate on time, even though local authorities failed to make municipal vehicles available to residents who could not drive or did not own their own cars.
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That does not include who knows how many municipal cars and trucks that could have been pressed into service. Shameful.
what problems? I've been on the live threads for 3 days now, where all the specifics were itemized in real time. sure, there were some logisitcal problems. but for 24+ hours, alot of rescue efforts were hampered by the security situation - red cross could not enter the city, small rescue boats and choppers taking sniper shots. FEMA is not designed to handle that. new orleans police walking off the job in droves. plus the sheer magnitude of having to evacuate an entire city and find places for all of them to go.
so far, I give FEMA an 8 out of 10 for this overall effort. and a 10 out of 10 for yesterday's evacuation efforts, the airlift to get everyone out of that convention center was magnificent.
What good will firing him now do? I say use him up, get every ounce of resources out of him, then when things are more stable, throw him out the door on his butt.
Does Michelle propose anyone specific elsewhere to take over for him? If so, I must've missed that that in this article.
No, once again Michelle Malkin shows herself to be a knee-jerk shrieking backseat-driving harpy.
I agree! FIRE BROWN!
and let's not forget what political stripe the mayor of N'awlins and the governor of LA belong...
anyone?...anyone??? LOL
starts with a "D"...
The storm was a category 1 off Florida on friday, on saturday it was a 3 in the Gulf. Sunday it became a 5. Typically there's a 3-5 day advance warning for these situations. Despite the short notice, the bulk of the city evacuated safely. Those who chose to stay are responsible for their own actions, and their peril was self-induced. It takes 72 hours to get the complete recovery operation in place. This was done on schedule by FEMA, who was also there setting up in advance. Considering the size of the organized operation it's a miracle they can even do that. We should be praising their efforts here. Instead, all conversation is the classless, obnoxious media blame game, to which Michelle Malkin has surprising joined in on.
The city had advance knowledge of potential looting, since they released hardcore criminals from jails into the city. When the looting began, they should have quickly set up snipers on rooftops and shot to kill the predatory animals seizing the city. It would have ended quickly, but they chose to let it get out of control. When the NG and feds arrived they had to divert all rescue attention to cleaning up the violent mess the locals left.
They have predicted this storm for 200 years. That's plenty of time to have plans setup for a temporary tent city outside of town somewhere, and use of public transportation would have gotten the poor there.
No, she is dead right pal. Why did Brown comment that the security situation in N.O. was "pretty darn good" when every other person in the country could clearly see that it wasn't. He obviously was not cognizant of the situation at all. Bush has proven that he values personal loyalty to him above all else, forget how incompetent the idiot may be.
Having Brown in charge of FEMA was like having that idiot Zig Ziglar in charge of the INS ( before public condemnation forced him out of his job, remember? ).
What is it with conservatives? Whatever Michelle thinks, she could remain silent at a time when the Bush-Hating choir doesn't need any more members in the soprano section. It is odd. It's almost as if some consevatives have to 'prove' their fairness and good sportmanship by eating their own. Got some bad news Michelle......It doesn't work.
Reading comprehension isn't much of a strongsuit for you bushbots, is it? First of all, the only thing she blamed Bush for was overlooking Brown's screw-ups. And what she blamed Brown for was:
- He admitted that he didn't act more aggressively because as late as last Sunday he expected Katrina to be a "standard hurricane" even though the National Weather Service in New Orleans was already predicting "human suffering incredible by modern standards."
- He proved himself utterly clueless about the disaster unfolding in New Orleans. He claimed that the federal relief effort was "going relatively well" and that the security situation in New Orleans was "pretty darn good."
- He blamed the flood victims in New Orleans for failing to evacuate on time, even though local authorities failed to make municipal vehicles available to residents who could not drive or did not own their own cars.
It's absolutely flabbergasting that none of you clowns has ever even bothered to respond to any of the actual points she made. Then again, that would involve thought...
Well, after all that's what counts; how he LOOKS on TV.
It was Saturday night.
That being said, they'll probably need to have some person sitting in the corner watching the TV to look out for situations that pop up like the convention center, where it now appears that people just showed up based on rumors of supplies/relocation.
LOL! The thought of simply holding public officials accountable for their actions is too advanced for you, apparently.
Absolutely.
And I note once again, that those doing the carping on this forum are in states where hurricanes never hit.
I beg your pardon? Where was I criticizing the President?
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