Hurricane Katrina Devastates The Gulf Coast.

[PhillyGirl]

http://www.nearlygood.com/video/foamykatrina.html

[Phanatic]

The Onion's headline is irreverent as usual.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40305

God Outdoes Terrorists Yet Again
September 7, 2005 | Issue 41•36

[MadMarchHare]

http://www.nearlygood.com/video/foamykatrina.html

I posted that pages ago.

[PhillyGirl]

Awesome, I suck.

[MDS]

Awesome, I suck.

Anything else in the news?

[TexasEagle]

Awesome, I suck.

Boy, you're just getting it from all sides today.

[PhillyGirl]

Awesome, I suck.

Boy, you're just getting it from all sides today.

I care about as much as I care about the Arizona Cardinals.

[PhillyGirl]

Reports: FEMA Top Managers Had Little Experience

POSTED: 8:02 am EDT September 9, 2005
UPDATED: 8:17 am EDT September 9, 2005

Reports on Friday allege FEMA director Michael Brown's biography misstated his experience, while five top FEMA officials had no disaster-management experience.

NBC News said Friday morning that Time Magazine is reporting that Brown's official biography states he had emergency-management experience in the late 1980s in Oklahoma, when in fact he served in an intern-like capacity there a decade earlier.

The Washington Post also reported on Friday that five of FEMA's eight top officials had virtually no disaster-management experience when they took their jobs with the agency.

Brown and FEMA are under intense criticism for their delayed response to Hurricane Katrina, particularly in New Orleans.

Brown's biography on FEMA's Web site says he served as "assistant city manager with emergency services oversight" in Edmond, Okla.

But Time reporter Carolina Miranda told NBC News this morning said Brown was an assistant to the city manager in the late 1970s, a role on par with an intern.

It is unknown who wrote and approved the biography.

FEMA has issued a statement saying that some elements in the Time report were inaccurate.

Brown was named as FEMA's top lawyer in 2001 and became director in 2003.

The Washington Post's report said that FEMA's top three leaders had ties to President Bush's 2000 presidential campaign or the White House advance operation.

Two other senior operational jobs are filled by the former Republican lieutenant governor of Nebraska and a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official.

Copyright 2005 by NBC10.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I know I'll sound like a Bush apologist here, but it should be noted that these kinds of government posts are quite often filled by under-qualified cronies of the President.  It doesn't excuse the ineptitude and risks of doing so, but it's been common practice in our government for 50+ years.  Hopefully, this will bite Bush in the ass and prevent future administrations from being so liberal (excuse the term) in handing out cushy government jobs to their buddies.

[Diomedes]

It's so simple.  Really, it is.  People are dead because incompetant people were put in life or death position based on political allegience.   These are Bush's guys.  Where does the buck stop?  The likes of Joel will say "but Clinton," ignoring the fact that Clinton isn't president.  Maybe JFK cut funding in NOLA, too.  But he's not president.  Maybe FDR appointed buddies, but FDR isn't the president.  Bush is.  His head should roll.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I agree, Dio.  Harsh action against Bush will deter future Presidents from making bonehead decisions when it comes to disaster preparedness and relief.  If you want to make an omelette...

[Rome]

Just to let you all know, I'm copying all anti-American/Bush statements down and sending them to the ministry of propaganda.

You're all going to be in sooooooo much trouble.

[MURP]

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Go ahead and report me.  I'll be the only one registered Republican.

[PhillyGirl]

Is that mold on his chest?