Bush government 'did not support' effective Katrina recovery (Brownie)

[sabra]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=236811515&p=z368yz378&n=236812458&x=

Bush government 'did not support' effective Katrina recovery

Michael Brown, who lost his job as director of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) because of Hurricane Katrina, today said his biggest regret a year later was that he was not candid enough about the lack of a coherent federal response plan.

“There was no plan. … Three years ago, we should have done catastrophic planning,” Brown said, charging that the Bush administration and his department head, Michael Chertoff, “would not give me the money to do that kind of planning”.

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Appearing on NBC’s Today show, he was asked about positive statements he had made at the time about how Washington would come through for the storm victims, rather than levelling with the country about how bad the situation actually was.

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“I have to confess … you want to protect the president when you’re a political appointee,” he said, "so you’re torn between telling the absolute truth and relying on those talking points. To this day, that is my biggest regret.”

[goclark]

1. "Good job'" Brownie

Way too little , way too late.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "You're doing a heckuva job telling us how screwed up Bush is." - America

"And why BushCo and the Republicon cronies need to be evicted from Washington" - Americans

[sueh]

3. Go to hell, Brownie!!!!

I'm sick of your smarmy ass and your flip-flopping. Do the right thing and admit you really did not know what you were doing.

[Dora]

4. Good, he has regret.

Regret came to him, and regret will come to others.

[Tracer]

5. I'm pretty tired of this guy ...

... getting so much TV face-time to absolve himself of his own failings.

[KamaAina]

6. Heckuvajob, Brownie!

Finally. Now get back to raising those Arabian horses -- or at least the posterior halves of them...

[samsingh]

7. so Brown's coming clean

[Anakin Skywalker]

8. Spill the Beans, Brownie!

Tell us everything you know, every cover-up, every incompetence.