In his final news conference yesterday, George Bush passionately defended Federal reaction right after Katrina. In the immediate sense, he was right. Federal first responders - Coast Guard, Navy, Army personnel and aircraft - were here and working quickly. But in the greater sense, he is wrong. What failed at the Federal level was one the one thing that was supposed to work in this case - FEMA. The Agency that exists to deal with helping people in emergencies, but instead puts it's never ending focus on "compliance", "events", "vectors" and "deltas", and keeping their high-paying contractor jobs as long as possible. Some help. For inflicting FEMA on our fair state, Mr. President, you are indeed responsible.
Read the whole thing. Note also the idiot-calling-the-moron-dumb moments where Kathleen "Indecision" Blanco and Ray "What Evacuation Plan" Nagin pass the buck faster than a Countrywide executive at a Chris Dodd fundraiser.
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