Fatal Errors

Michelle Malkin points to four -- literally -- fatal errors committed by Michael Brown, FEMA director, which she believes should lead to his dismissal:

- He admitted that he didn't act more aggressively because as late as last Sunday he expected Katrina to be a "standard hurricane" even though the National Weather Service in New Orleans was already predicting "human suffering incredible by modern standards."

- He proved himself utterly clueless about the disaster unfolding in New Orleans. He claimed that the federal relief effort was "going relatively well" and that the security situation in New Orleans was "pretty darn good."

- He blamed the flood victims in New Orleans for failing to evacuate on time, even though local authorities failed to make municipal vehicles available to residents who could not drive or did not own their own cars.

-It took four days to begin a large-scale evacuation of people stranded in the Superdome stadium and to bring in significant amounts of food and water to an American city easily accessible by motorway," the Observer notes. "Relief agencies took half that time to reach Indonesia after the Boxing Day tsunami. "

I agree. The man must go.

Comments

[Bob]

I did a post on this exact Malkin post. Independently I swear. You won't like mine but it was a GMTSABNE (Great Minds Think Sorta Alike But Not Exactly). Plus I trackbacked to Malkin's site for an experiment to see if I get much blowback.

[gail]

Why is she being disingenuous? Am I? I think the man needs to go too.

[Bob]

She's being disingenous because it's safe to call for Brown's firing knowing full well it will never happen. Or using him for a fusible link to avoid a presidential blown circuit. I don't think you're being disingenous at all, you're a straight shooter. One of many reasons I respect you.

[gail]

Let's wait and see what happens if Bush DOESN'T fire Brown. If Malkin doesn't go after him for it, I'll agree she's been disingenuous.

[Ana]

The White House defending Mike Brown is a big, stupid mistake. He's overseen over a hundred disasters since he came on. Who cares? This one mattered. Fire him--just like the International Arabian Horse Association did. Make this one a military operation with FEMA answering to the Guard. Holy Horseflop Batman.