Homeland Security Michael Chertoff announced today that FEMA Director Michael Brown was being removed from the disaster area and will no longer be overseeing relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina, but instead will be preparing for any future needs.
Wait a second...Two major problems with this equation. First of all the Administration isn't going to fire him, they are only going to take him off of this disaster. This even after reports that he meagerly padded his resume, and he botched the relief efforts.
Second, the Administration is basically saying that they no longer trust him to oversee this relief effort so instead they will put him in charge of planning for the next. Hold on, wasn't he in charge of the planning for this one, and we see were that got us. It is time for ole' "Brownie" to start padding the old Resume again and look for a new job.
I am not sure however that the blame should stop there. What about the fact that every major White House official was on vacation at the SAME TIME. Okay I understand that people need to be able to take vacations, and although the President takes way to many that is another topic, but I have never worked somewhere were all of the top managers went on vacation at the same time, you spread them out so that you always have a strong leadership base at home base. This is just common sense. Someone seriously needs to do some answering here.
Also what about the fact that Bush was asked for support days before the hurricane hit yet it was not received until the Friday after Katrina hit because the White House said they were not asked. Clearly they are LIEING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. It is far past time that Bush be held accountable for his mistakes. I am not saying that Bush deserves all the blame and that the New Orleans Mayor or the Governor of LO, don't deserve any, of course they do, but they are taking theirs and moving on to try helping the people who need help whereas Bush just keeps passing the blame, but don't forget he's not "playing the blame game".
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LOL Trust me, you're not saying things that I haven't already said in my own blog. I prefer to think on the bright side. At least they took him off our current disaster. Maybe, not so far into the future, they'll can his butt and put someone better in charge. Not saying that they will, but I find this thought a lot more encouraging.
I have also found if funny that not only was the whole White House staff on vacation, but most of them didn't really know what was going on. Rice didn't get back to work until people yelled at her during her shoe shopping excursion. (I'll NEVER get over that one).
Just one more sign of the incompetance of the Bush adminitstration. Maybe people will wake up and see the truth now.
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