What a relief! After everybody seemed to be falling all over themselves the past couple of weeks to "accept responsibility" for the Hurricane Katrina/New Orleans debacle, it's almost refreshing to hear that Mike Brown isn't willing to jump on that bandwagon.
FEMA's Brown puts blame on Louisiana officials
Way to go, Mike. Good to see a guy that really knows how to pass the buck in full stride.
FEMA's Brown puts blame on Louisiana officials
"My biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional," he said in his opening testimony.The best part of this article may be the revelation that he's still on FEMA's payroll as a consultant "to assess what's wrong". The fallacy in that statement's so obvious, I don't even need to mock it!
Way to go, Mike. Good to see a guy that really knows how to pass the buck in full stride.
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I just wonder why Brown takes so much heat and people (even this blog post) give the Governor and Mayor a pass? Particularly when they are both doing a pretty good job of passing the buck themselves.
I like John Stewart's take on Brown's comment "You didn't realize they were dysfunctional? It's a wonder they can even SPELL Louisiana."
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And I love Stewart's comment. But that's no surprise.