[Anti-Bubba182]

This was posted on DRUDGE. I thought this one might lose his job, but I don't think the President should cave and fire him now for what has been turned into a political issue to take pressure off abysmal State and Local performance of the Democrats in Louisiana.

The hearings will be partisan and vicious.

[Prime Choice]

The hearings will be partisan and vicious.

You don't say!

Personally, I think the Democrat Mayor of New Orleans and the Democrat Governor of Louisiana should be getting all the heat. It was their supreme and unbridled idiocy that killed thousands (if not tens of thousands) of Americans.

FEMA did its job. This is evident in Mississippi and Alabama. The only breakdown was due entirely to the sheer and utter incompetence of the Louisiana governor and the idiot mayor. Until the Democrats acknowledge it, they'd best be prepared for a major butt-kicking.

[putupjob]

Search the page. Blanco doesn't appear. This is a noticeable trend. Blanco is disappearing as a player in this whole story.

[advance_copy]

I hear Hillary Clinton is considering the appointment of Gov. Kathleen Blanco to be head of FEMA if she is elected President.

[msnimje]

I think within a matter of days, Nagin and Blanco are going to bring each other down. Nagin has already made a few remarks about Blanco and yesterday she pulled rank on Nagin.

[HAL9000]

He's been called an idiot, an incompetent and worse.

The #2 guy at the Arkansas Office of Emergency Services told me that his boss - James Lee Witt - was an idiot too.

[SR 50]

What should be said about Brown, that is not being said, is that he was hired for the job "BY THE SENATE" after his conformation in 2002. That's why we have the hearings, to give senate approval. The same could and should be said about the war in Iraq.

[kenth]

hmmm... The AP titles an article with a headline that implies an overall dissatisfaction with the FEMA head, then goes on to quote crazies/democrats. Yeah, the AP has no bias.

The dems were salivating at the potential loss of life before the hurricane hit. The majority of criticism of Nagin and Blanco here started during the live threads as we watched with disbelief at the sheer scope of incompetence with which they "performed" their duties. That they were dems was beside the point.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Was talking to a friend tonight who's a local first responder. He said it makes him mad that FEMA is blamed for things that aren't their responsibility. He also said there are some things that are their fault, but their role is misunderstood and overstated. The MSM doesn't help by reporting the falsehoods as fact.

He said that their fire department was told by FEMA to equip themselves to last five days without outside help. It cost them $20,000 just to upgrade their generator to that standard. It can now fully power their station for 5 days.

He told me that he was surprised when he found out that the radios in NO didn't work. It seems they have no chargers in the vehicles. He saw where the National Guard had to set up a generator and had plenty of power cords hooked up just to recharge their radios. He also told me that emergency personnel in NO can't talk to each other. Fire, police , EMS, and disaster units are all on separate frequencies.

[bd476]

"Brown, a 50-year-old lawyer..."

Wait, are you saying that his resume listed more than "head of the International Arabian Horse Association"?

"But the dim view of Brown's qualifications by senators seems to have emerged only in hindsight. Members of both parties seemed little troubled by his background at 2002 Senate hearings that led to his confirmation as deputy FEMA chief.

I'm shocked. /sarcasm

Indeed, Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, who led those hearings, called Brown's long-ago stint as assistant city manager in Edmond, Okla., a "particularly useful experience" because he had responsibility for local emergency services.

As FEMA chief, Brown has pressed for greater attention to natural disaster planning, including strategies for a major hurricane in New Orleans..."

[palmer]

The hearings will be partisan and vicious.

Considering that the foregone conclusion is that the federal government needs more power and that it's the federal government's responsibility to wipe everyone's nose, I think it will be a veritable love-fest.

[dennisw]

Michele Malkin despises this guy. Called him a cretin in her NY Post column.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

I"m know that we always want to do better. I'm sure that for those who survived Katrina, minutes felt like hours while waiting for help. For those of us watching the 24/7 news reporting minutes felt like hours too.

BUT.

All emergency preparedness stuff I read says that people should be prepared to spend at least 72 hours caring for themselves while help rolls in.

It depends upon when you start counting in NO - but if you start from the time of the real disaster (the levee break) despite all ineptetde of the locals and lawlessness that slowed rescuers, things started to turn a corner at about 72 hours. I've heard that things took about this long for Andrew as well.

We can always look to see how we can improve, but it seems to me the FEDS (FEMA) got there about as planned/promised.

[newzjunkey]

The sheeple are just parroting what the MSM has told them. Go figure the polls reflect what the Media's propagandist coverage has decided to tell as this week's "it's Bush's fault" tale.

[Peach]

Hillary must have forgotten that nearly one month after Hurricane Floyd, her husband's FEMA director still hadn't provided trailors or housing for those made homeless from the storm. He came under a lot of criticism.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1479542/posts

[txzman]

FEMA has approximately 2500 employees nationwide - that is it. These idiots expect them to be supermen. FEMA is a coordinator of Federal assistance for state and local efforts only.

But then again, Liberals don't understand the Constitution either.