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LIVE Hearing on Katrina (Michael Brown on hotseat)
C-Span ^ | 09/27/05 | SE Mom

Posted on 09/27/2005 7:05:46 AM PDT by SE Mom

Hearings beginning now on C-Span- Michael Brown will be grilled.

Have at it, folks:)


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fema; katrina; katrinaprobe; michaelbrown
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To: Dane

Brown is telling it like it is - my point is, if later this afternoon McClellan goes to a microphone and makes some statement about "Brown does not speak for the administration" or "Brown's opinion are his own" - it undercuts the effectiveness of this.


681 posted on 09/27/2005 9:27:08 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Howlin
FEMA doesn't have ANYTHING to do with anything BEFORE the storm. Period.

Except to facilitate disaster planning and to preposition assets and to prearrange working quarters for themselves and local authorities. All of which was done before Katrina, and before Rita.

682 posted on 09/27/2005 9:27:08 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: OXENinFLA
80 out of 500 HUH?!?!? Like there were 500 on the payroll and only 80 actual cops?

So am I reading this right, they have checked 500 names of people said to be on NOPD and only 80 of them actually exist???? They still have more names to check, and one of the police officers who took his own life was somehow involved in keeping track of the names.

This could be the reason for taking his life.

683 posted on 09/27/2005 9:27:08 AM PDT by mware (Keeper of the I's)
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To: MoefromMs

Funny, my mother lives in Meridian, MS and the NG was there right away handing out ice, etc. She was very complimentary of how things were handled. My friend lives in Slidell, LA and she had nothing but good things to say about FEMA. Guess they just don't like you.


684 posted on 09/27/2005 9:27:40 AM PDT by beandog (Bean the Real Dog - 10/3/90-6/13/05 - Doggie Heaven is Lucky to have you.)
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To: OXENinFLA

That is what someone posted . It will be interesting to see the exact number. Who got the damn money!

Perhaps some of what we think was ineptness by the Gov and the Mayor was actually an attempt to cover up something . Maybe they were banking on NO not getting hit .

I am beginnning to think what we saw was much more than just ineptness.


685 posted on 09/27/2005 9:28:03 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: mware

A New Orleans arkanside?


686 posted on 09/27/2005 9:28:15 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: Howlin

By the way, I love how when anyone disagrees (commits a mortal sin) by having the unmitigated gall to question or disagree with any aspect of this admin. all of a sudden they become a liberal.


687 posted on 09/27/2005 9:28:23 AM PDT by MoefromMs
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To: markman46
I agree with the people here who had stated that blanco, and landrieu and nagin etc jumped the gun out of the gate and began blaming the feds in order to AVOID the press looking at their failures too closely.

It is an old dem game, played better by hillery and bill klinton than any dirtbags to cross our political arena. They always put their failures upon their enemies, first, keeping their own snakey crap out of the press. And the press, because they are mostly out of the investigation game and undereducated, maybe even biased, accept the news as edited by fenton communications ( a liberal group who offers a discussion forum and pre-printed articles for reporters to use) and sent on to reuters and the AP from there....NEVER TAKE a DEEP LOOK.

The last thing blanco, nagin but ESPECIALLY Landrieu want is for their dirty, dirty, abusive, horrific misuse of federal money, the manner in which they have denied services ( police, evacuation plans, etc) and safety to their poorest population TO BE EXPOUSED TO ALL OF AMERICAN.

Never have these grunts prayed harder that the mainstream press will do a major cover-up for their atrocities.

688 posted on 09/27/2005 9:28:30 AM PDT by Republic
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To: Howlin

Comedy of errors...eeesh.

Gotta do some errands..hold the fort- ping me for exraordinary moments:) be back shortly.


689 posted on 09/27/2005 9:28:34 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Cboldt

Exactly. I wasn't very clear; I meant they don't do anything except get themselves ready.

Thanks for correcting me.


690 posted on 09/27/2005 9:28:45 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: mware

Voter fraud?

I wonder how many of those 420 phantom cops voted?

I wonder how many of those 420 phantom cops were a result of the Bill Clinton cops on the street tax increase BS.


691 posted on 09/27/2005 9:29:19 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: Guenevere

Yeah, my agenda is the people of my state. I'm not trying to "sell" anything because I don't give a d@#$ what you think.


692 posted on 09/27/2005 9:29:42 AM PDT by MoefromMs
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To: RummyChick
I am beginnning to think what we saw was much more than just ineptness.

EXACTLY!
693 posted on 09/27/2005 9:29:43 AM PDT by maggief (No 'luffs)
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To: MoefromMs

Listening to Browne talk about logistics issues... inventory control, and shippment tracking...

We need UPS or FedEx to handle FEMA logistics.


694 posted on 09/27/2005 9:29:55 AM PDT by Tim n Texas
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To: FreedomCalls
On noon Friday, three days before the storm hit NO,

Look at the far right side of the white circle. That's the zone of uncertainty for the forecast.

NOLA is right on the edge of it - and the track shifted by the 5pm advisory and it was running right over NOLA.

My parents live along the Texas Gulf Coast. During Rita's approach, their town ordered a mandatory evacuation 60 hours before any anticipated landfall, even though the forecast track was 100 miles to the north - because the town was in that zone of uncertainty. Rita ended up missing them by a wide margin - but if you wait for the track to become absolutely certain, it's too late.

Nagin should have ordered evacuations Friday night when two straight advisories (5pm, 11pm) had NOLA dead center in the path. Instead, he spent Saturday asking for legal advice about issuing a mandatory evacuation. Don't you think he should have worked that out, say, LAST YEAR?!?

695 posted on 09/27/2005 9:30:04 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: advance_copy
Don't know but they sure have a scape goat now.

Isn't this the guy Rush talked about, his family was killed and that is why he took his life?

696 posted on 09/27/2005 9:30:10 AM PDT by mware (Keeper of the I's)
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To: dfwgator

Having Brown there testifying FIRST gives info/evidence that can counteract the inevitable lies of Blanco, Nagin et al in later hearings.


697 posted on 09/27/2005 9:30:22 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Call 202-224-6542 for your FREE credit report.)
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To: mware
They still have more names to check, and one of the police officers who took his own life was somehow involved in keeping track of the names.

This could be the reason for taking his life.

Whoa.

698 posted on 09/27/2005 9:30:29 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: MoefromMs
By the way, I love how when anyone disagrees (commits a mortal sin) by having the unmitigated gall to question or disagree with any aspect of this admin. all of a sudden they become a liberal.

You're not disagreeing; you are out and out posting misinformation. Now there are two reasons for that: 1) you're woefully ignorant of how the government works, or 2) you're a liberal and buy into everything you hear on TV.

699 posted on 09/27/2005 9:30:42 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Tim n Texas
We need UPS or FedEx to handle FEMA logistics.

What can Brown do for you?

700 posted on 09/27/2005 9:30:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Flower Mound, TX)
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