More Katrina!
Two more points.
1) Matt Drudge posted a note that a former Indiana Congressman, who was a 9-11 commissioner, (I forget his name), recommends that President Bush appoint Jimmy Carter oversee the rebuilding of New Orleans. If such a position is possible to create, I say do it, and put Carter in there. Just because someone was an inept president does not mean they are not capable of successfully doing other things - Jimmy Carter has demonstrated a capability to do humanitarian work. Everyone will gain from Bush making this appointment - even President Bush and the Republicans. Believe me on this one.
2) Mike Brown has been taken off hurricane duty. Supposedly, according to a Drudge report headline, he does not know why (in the linked article to ABCNews.com he said he was made a scapegoat by the press, but not by the president, maybe indicating the reason for this headline). Yes, President Bush said "And Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. The FEMA director's been working 24 hours" and Chertoff said "Mike Brown has done everything he could have possibly done... I appreciate his work." However, there is one word that explains those expressions. Rhetoric. All levels of government failed, and by all, I mean FEMA, too. We all make mistakes, and maybe this appointment was a mistake that President Bush made. I think Mike Brown knows why he got removed. If he is not intelligent to figure it out by now, then he should never have been appointed director of FEMA to begin with.
1) Matt Drudge posted a note that a former Indiana Congressman, who was a 9-11 commissioner, (I forget his name), recommends that President Bush appoint Jimmy Carter oversee the rebuilding of New Orleans. If such a position is possible to create, I say do it, and put Carter in there. Just because someone was an inept president does not mean they are not capable of successfully doing other things - Jimmy Carter has demonstrated a capability to do humanitarian work. Everyone will gain from Bush making this appointment - even President Bush and the Republicans. Believe me on this one.
2) Mike Brown has been taken off hurricane duty. Supposedly, according to a Drudge report headline, he does not know why (in the linked article to ABCNews.com he said he was made a scapegoat by the press, but not by the president, maybe indicating the reason for this headline). Yes, President Bush said "And Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. The FEMA director's been working 24 hours" and Chertoff said "Mike Brown has done everything he could have possibly done... I appreciate his work." However, there is one word that explains those expressions. Rhetoric. All levels of government failed, and by all, I mean FEMA, too. We all make mistakes, and maybe this appointment was a mistake that President Bush made. I think Mike Brown knows why he got removed. If he is not intelligent to figure it out by now, then he should never have been appointed director of FEMA to begin with.
posted by EricMatthew at 3:13 PM
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