Subj : Re: Brown Speaks...
To   : Ken McElhaney
From : Finnigann
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 23:14:00

-=> Ken McElhaney wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=-

 KM> From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

 KM> Well, the horse-show judge who's on everyone's "go to hell" list speaks
 KM> out;
 KM> http://tinyurl.com/9fa4w

 KM> Not surprisingly, he puts most of the blame on Blanco. Not
 KM> surprisingly, Blanco denies it.



From the article:

	In his first extensive interview since resigning as FEMA director 
	on Monday under intense criticism, Mr. Brown declined to blame 
	President Bush or the White House for his removal 
	or for the flawed response.

Would have been better to have had some sort of post mortum while he was still
in office.


	"I truly believed the White House was not at fault here," he said.

	He focused much of his criticism on Governor Blanco, contrasting 
	what he described as her confused response with far more agile 
	mobilizations in Mississippi and Alabama, as well as in Florida 
	during last year's hurricanes.

It might have been anticipated but considering what was going on, FEMA should
have been ready in anycase. As mentioned else where and by many other posters.
Resources should have been staged and waiting for the all clear signal. Waiting
for a state to ask for help is a rather weak repsonse and signals little
understanding of their responsibilities. What woud have been the responses if
the govenor had said that she was waiting for district or parish requests for
help? 


	But Mr. Brown's account, in which he described making 
	"a blur of calls" all week to Mr. Chertoff, Mr. Card and 
	Mr. Hagin, suggested that Mr. Bush, or at least his top 
	aides, were informed early and repeatedly by the top federal 
	official at the scene that state and local authorities were 
	overwhelmed and that the overall response was going badly.

It's too bad better phone records were not kept. I think an experienced leader
would have done that (along with alot of other things) Clearly political
croneny-ism isn't new, but lives may have been lost because of it. Perhaps
after the next election we can get better oversite in place and maybe the press
will question some of these choices BEFORE they become front page headlines.

It sems alot of mad choices were made way before Katrina was formed in the
Atlantic.

Leaders that deny wrong or negligent doings will hold onto their party
faithful, but the leaders that take direct responsibility for their part may
see new areas of loyalties formed.

	"Hope we don't get fooled again" - the Who

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