[Steve_Seattle]

"Since these are really sort of vague criticisms, does anybody have any specific examples of functions that FEMA was supposed to do, but didn't do because they weren't prepared?"

The media don't need specifics. They've got the storyline defined - "Bush/Brown bad/Blanco/Nagin good" - and they're sticking to it. The story is now impenetrable by facts.

[TravisBickle]

I know the media is going to take the easy way out, but I think a lot of people here have done the same thing.