Actually, I agree with you. Brown was right, IMHO, but he was wrong in not following what he was told to do.
I too support FEMA being detached from DHS. Different mandate and FEMA needs the freedom to change or respond quicker than DHS is able to do.
I agree about FEMA being made its own department, once again.
I just hope that CONGRESS remembers that THEY are the ones the "built" the Department of Homeland Security, with the "help" of the 9/11 Commission....so, I don't want to hear "Bush's fault" at all.
Sure, the "Bush had never vetoed a bill" crowd can complain that he didn't veto it....but he would have had the Jersey Girls protesting outside the White House like Cindy Sheehan has.