Brown Was Paid To Aid Investigation Of Katrina Response, Now Refuses To Cooperate
Brown Was Paid To Aid Investigation Of Katrina Response, Now Refuses To Cooperate
For nearly 2 months after Mike Brown was forced to resign from FEMA for his incompetent response to Hurricane Katrina, he continued to collect his full $148,000 salary as a “consultant.” Why was Brown retained? According to a FEMA spokeswoman, it was so he could fully cooperate with the investigations into what went wrong:
FEMA spokeswoman Nicol Andrews confirmed that Brown is still on FEMA’s payroll as a consultant. She said he works from home, where he is “pulling all the documentation together” to aid in the investigations into the government’s response to Katrina.
Now that Brown has cashed his checks, he is refusing to cooperate with the Senate investigation:
While FEMA has been helpful, Mike Brown — the former FEMA director who resigned amid intense criticism of his agency’s response — has refused to answer even the simplest questions, [Sen. Joe] Lieberman added.
Brown continues to talk about the issue, but only for a fee. He recently keynoted a storm response conference and provided “insight and perspective on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” Senators investigating the issue could have attended for the low price of $375.
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real disgusting!
January 25th, 2006 at 9:14 amYou're doin' a heckuva job, Brownie. A heckuva SHITTY job.
Hey 'wingers, aren't you glad you're paying this moron's salary with your hard-earned dollars?
January 25th, 2006 at 9:17 amThe Justice Department should subpoena him right this minute! And if he still balks, swear out a warrant, and have him arrested. Who the hell does he think he is? That it is for him to decide if he wants to talk or not is TOTAL CRAP!!! Perhaps charging him with Negligent Homicide would get his attention? I could kick him till he was a blob on the floor! GAWD!!!!
January 25th, 2006 at 9:23 amDISGUSTING. The right wing gestapos time is up. People are at a tipping point.
January 25th, 2006 at 9:26 amI think this calls for a new word: feema.
January 25th, 2006 at 9:33 amMike Brown, I hope you drown.
January 25th, 2006 at 9:37 amBEFORE everyone condems BROWNIE, just ask yourself...
Where did he learn this method from?
Who else implements a flawwed policy and then launches a campaign to sell it, knowing that it does not help the people?
Who else stonewalls individuals from accessing public information, only to use partial information to promote his incompetence?
Who else attends fund raisers to tout policy, to say the country is doing well, when in fact we are worse off than we were 12 years ago?
Who else BLAMES others for their faults when they are caught?
Who else disregards answering questions directly when it comes to the American people, only to say that they are doing the job they hired him for?
IT's NOT BORWNIES fault, it is a learned pattern of behavior that has been used by DUMBYA, and MILLIONS of Americans are accomplicies in the crimes he (and his party) have committed...
Without a strong voice for accountability, he may have his friend McCain to clean up all of the evidence that would be otherwise exposed, unless someone from the otherside stands up and takes the lead! But will the DEMS ever decide to get off their butts? GORE has made the move and DEAN needs to start begging him NOW, because I can NEVER support Hillary!!!
January 25th, 2006 at 9:53 amThis morning's SF Chronicle had an article stating that everyone from the administration is clamming up and not cooperating.
You can read it here.
Typical of this administration. It tied in nicely with this morings Op-Ed by Robert Scheer in a round about way. For those of you who are link averse here is the salient paragraph:
"The bottom line is these guys in the Bush administration are obsessed voyeurs, poking their noses into everyone's business, whether the excuse is squelching pornography or preventing terrorism. They simply do not believe civil liberties and privacy are important. It is an executive branch power trip, and completely anti-democratic."
Yes. I have to agree with Mr. Scheer in that that does appear to be the norm with bushco.
Why aren't you libertarians out there raising hell over this?
January 25th, 2006 at 9:55 am"Brownie, you're [still] doin' a heckuva job!"
January 25th, 2006 at 9:59 amThe only people more stupid than Brownie are any who would pay $375 to listen to how this moron ruined New Orleans; and those who told him he could charge it.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:03 amMike Brown is doing nothing different than alot of other United States Government Employees that have been told to give the requested information to the elected represenatives of the stockholders of this country. However the management feels that they are accountable to no-one either the people or their elected represenatives, look at McClellands lame excuses for not informing the public as to whether the white house employees did or did not have meetings with a self confessed Felon, who did work for the presidential transition team in 2001, at the same while he (Abrarmoff) was defrauding his clients, the denials of Cheny et al on giving any details on the energy taskforce, even now as energy prices start to go through the roof, maybe he doesn't want us to know how it was planned? Brownie's a team player and knows as long as he takes the heat for the COMPLETE INCOMPETANCE OF THE ADMINISTRATION, whether from BUSH and BROWN, Cheny, Rumsfeld, Chernoff, and a whole lot of other people who coverup rather than explain they ran a senario a year before about a cat4 hurricane hitting New Orleans and did nothing to prepare for that occurrance even as Katrina bore down on the city. They were also warned by the same professor from LSU who worked the with the Homeland Security and FEMA in the summer of 2004, on the saturday before landfall he sent an e-mail to Dept Homeland Security and FEMA that the levees couldn't hold if a cat 4 hurricane hit New Orleans. Well if Brownie keeps silent for them, they'll make sure his "golden parachute" is as good as any other incompetant uppermanagement that fails a corporation and gains a windfall as they push the failure out the door.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:05 amWhy the hell would ANYONE pay $375 to hear this idiot speak?Did you see the topics listed? "Fact or Fiction: impact of the media "crying wolf" when it comes to evacuations"?! Huh? "How the emphasis on terrorism may have affected FEMA's preparation for national disasters"?! What the...?
You've got a hell of a nerve, Brownie.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:06 amI wouldn't want to listen to Brownies speech if he paid ME $375.
That's why I read newspapers.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:15 amHmmm - seems like not so long ago, this would have been considered a traitorous act... but what's one more traitorous act when compared with all the other similar events by this administration?
January 25th, 2006 at 10:17 amSadly, Clif # 11 and IraqVet # 7 are correct.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:19 am“The bottom line is these guys in the Bush administration are obsessed voyeurs, poking their noses into everyone’s business, whether the excuse is squelching pornography or preventing terrorism. They simply do not believe civil liberties and privacy are important.
Robert Scheer
Pornographers and terrorists deserve their privacy too! How can we ever repay the Donks for these sound bites they are giving us right before the election?
January 25th, 2006 at 10:23 amNow that it IS time for the "blame game" the Whitehouse and the rest are stonewalling. I expect nothing less from this criminal enterprise that does not give a shit about working Americans.
Brownie, Bush, Cheney, it is OUR fucking government, not your private little business.
Sick, pathetic, maddening.
-GSD
January 25th, 2006 at 10:23 am#8
kindness,
Haven't had a chance to read the SF Chronicle article, but CNN.com had a report in their Politics section. This is the part that gets me:
"Indeed, at yesterday's staff interview of former FEMA Director Michael Brown, agency lawyers advised Mr. Brown not to say whether he spoke to the president or the vice president, or comment on the substance of conversations he had with any other high level White House officials," Lieberman said.
I guess since the White House's own review of the crappy response is not yet complete, this is more of the "we cannot comment about an ongoing investigation" crap.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:24 amSee, I-right does the classic winger troll dodge and parry. This thread is about Brownie and Bush and the gross incompetence of the the Bush adminsitration and all I-right can do is dodge and try to bring in an extraneous argument that includes the great right wing talking point bogeymen of terrorism and pornography.
Nice work, but no one fell for it.
Obviously not willing to come to the defense of the criminal acts of Brownie and Bush.
-GSD
January 25th, 2006 at 10:25 am#3: what makes you think the Rethuglican-bought Justice Dept. is going to investigate anything of import? There is NO accountability for any of these idiots and thieves and liars, so they will continue to do any damn thing they please unless or until we get a change in who runs both the House and the Senate. They don't care what you and I think or say; they don't have to. This country is in a very, very bad place.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:27 amI-right can do is dodge and try to bring in an extraneous argument that includes the great right wing talking point bogeymen of terrorism and pornography.
Nice work, but no one fell for it.
Obviously not willing to come to the defense of the criminal acts of Brownie and Bush.
-GSD
Comment by Granite State Destroyer
I have ZERO interest in the Katrina boondoggle the Donks have created or in Chocolate City itself. Who cares? It's your baby you nurse it. I just saw the comment what's-her-name posted and responded to that.
If you want to look for criminals involved in Katrina look at LA State Donk Hdqtrs and look in Houston where Mayor Nagin's supporters are raping and pillaging on a daily basis.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:46 amIs it any surprise that Brownie could get away with that? The corrupt Republicans are in charge and they just bow to the White House.
And Katrina was just the beginning, look at what happened recently in the mines. Now the White House and the Republicans are trying to get that out of the headlines. What will be next? Will it be your community? Brownie may be gone, but the same mentality is in place, in the White and the Republican Congress.
See and read "Black Ribbon" at http://www.editorialpaintings.com
January 25th, 2006 at 10:46 am"I wouldn’t want to listen to Brownies speech if he paid ME $375."
I would listen and then donate the money to rebuilding New Orleans... or ... I would buy the most expensive bottle of scotch I could find and drink my sorrows away for a day or two...
I really have to stop reading the news. It it killing me to watch Bush and Co. destroy the country and have most Americans not give a sh!t. As long as they have their TV and McDonald's food, they can't be bothered. Why aren't the Democrats running ads about New Orleans and the miserable tragic failure of our government to respond? When are they going to come out swinging? Pictures of people dying on roof tops with captions of Brownies' emails about fashion and the like. Of course the Republicans own the media so that is that I suppose. What the hell else can we do other than write our senators and representatives and talk to our peers? Does anyone have some constructive advice as to where we can direct all this anger and energy and have it be productive? How do you wake up half the country?
January 25th, 2006 at 10:51 amI-RIGHT-I:
"Pornographers and terrorists deserve their privacy too! How can we ever repay the Donks for these sound bites they are giving us right before the election?"
Just remember, when we, the Democrats, regain all the power, "Don't start cryin' when we start spyin' on you!"
(Somebody please make a song out of that!)
January 25th, 2006 at 10:54 amAdditional crimes that must be investigated and prosicuted. The Bush Crime Machine is on the move.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:54 amBush sets the example for his mis-administration. NEVERadmit a mistake or error but pass it along to someone else. This practice will not suddenly end. GWB, Rove, Cheney have the MOSTsecret administration in history. They are not about to provide access which would show they are lining the pockets of financial supporters. This is a pay as you go administration. You pay, they will let you go make as much money as you can. Why do we expect their failed participants to change even after leaving?
January 25th, 2006 at 11:05 amJanuary 25th, 2006 at 11:09 am
January 25th, 2006 at 11:10 am
January 25th, 2006 at 11:11 am
Accountability is what is absent in this administration. IRI's arguments are ridiculous because as usual they have nothing to do with the actual topic. The point here is that Michael Brown was the head of FEMA when the Katrina disaster occured. He was an incompetent crony placed in a position that requires knowledge and experience that he didn't possess. Instead of being fired, Mr. Brown was kept on as a consultant.
Now, even though he has continued to recieve a taxpayer funded salary Brownie feels as though he doesn't have to answer for his actions. How hypocritical and unethical is it for Brownie to refuse to answer questions from investigators, yet lecture on Katrina for a fee. You have got to be kidding me. As unbelievable as that is, it's more disturbing to think about the long term effects this could have. This stonewalling could get people killed. If we don't have answers and remedies in place by the next hurricane season, we could be in big trouble. I guess it doesn't matter to Bush supporters though because all of the hurricanes will only hit democratic areas. Oh, the lunacy of thinking that everything is a partisan issue!
January 25th, 2006 at 11:13 amThere appears to be criminal activity galore, around Katrina,why isn't the FBI doing there job!
Maybe Mueller needs a stick of dynamite up his you know what and somebody needs to be appointed that will enforce law!
America needs the FBI to work for AMericans not Bush.
They need to take down corruption not cover-up or promote it!
He's a third generation rich man who probably is worthless and a pu*s!
America needs a detached FBI unit that is separte from the government,and it's soal purpose to be on a constant vigial to clean up corruption in government!
January 25th, 2006 at 11:15 amBut this won't work if the Bush employees the NSA because they have better equipment and can spy on the FBI!
Hence why Bush wouldn't go the proper chanels,he's using our NSA as a personal SPYATHON on anybody and everybody!
Don't worry fellow progressives.
When we take the House in the '06 elections, (I have less faith that we'll take the Senate although we should) the republinazi's will be demanding that every non-republican politician (they are equal opportunists that way) be investigated fully for ever having oral sex of any kind with someone other than their spouse and prosecuted fully before a Federal setting. Republicans, of course, are going to be exempt because as we all know, they prefer to do us all in the ass.
January 25th, 2006 at 11:23 amWell, I-right has officially exposd himself as an outright racist. Of course I am sure he has Christian bonafides but has "no concern" for the tragic condition of an American city struck by disaster. Also pulling out the racist tactic that "them negroes" are running amok and raping and pillaging.
Go get your sheets and hoods starched I-right.
Pathetic, hateful and typical of the "blame the victim" strategy employed by the elite loving, privileged right wing in America.
-GSD
January 25th, 2006 at 11:26 amJust remember, when we, the Democrats, regain all the power, “Don’t start cryin’ when we start spyin’ on you!â€
(Somebody please make a song out of that!)
Comment by KJW
I'm used to it. Hillary had my IRS file in her bedroom, or so I'm told.
January 25th, 2006 at 11:30 amHow ridiculous and stupid our Congressmen and Senators are!They are so corrupt and dishonest. I'll bet the same repubs are put back into office again in 2008. Were sinking and fast into the bottom of the mess and we will end up being a 3rd world country once Bush gets thru. I feel impeachment of his whole administration is whats needed to get back to normal.
I read this a.m. that they found 2Mil in a bathroom in Iraq that was misplaced. Also one of our soldiers was using the money for gambling purposes so they said. I suppose they will ask for more money to rebuild once again and they will give dumbo a blank check!
I'm ashamed to be an American as all the world is laughing at us!!!
January 25th, 2006 at 11:34 amGood lord people, don't you see? Democrats and Republicans are the SAME! This is a dictatorship. There is no hope. Amerika is dead and we are all slaves. Good fucking luck.
January 25th, 2006 at 11:36 amisn't that called fraud? he should be held to his promise, even if takes legal action...
January 25th, 2006 at 12:00 pmSimple solution!
Put that scumbag sombich in prison for fraud, theft of federal funds, and any other charges they can think of...
January 25th, 2006 at 12:10 pmBrown should be held in contempt of Congress. How dare he accept one red cent from FEMA! He should be jailed for murder.
January 25th, 2006 at 12:13 pmFolks,
Leave a message to the students in Georgetown who protested Abu Gonzales and his American Gestapo Roadshow.
http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/01...e-constitution/
It will do your hearts and minds some good.
-GSD
January 25th, 2006 at 12:15 pm#37 I tend to agree with you, with one important diff. The Republicans are in control and the Dems WANT control. So the Dems are more likely to listen to voters at the moment, however short that moment may be. So maybe they will do SOMETHING to bring this hairy loose cannon of a president to heel. But long term, as long as PACs exist to bribe Congress legally, we will all be at the mercy of the corporations who fund the campaigns, no matter what party is in power.
January 25th, 2006 at 12:20 pmBoy whew,
I couldn't take this Mike Brown thing...
had to e-mail several senators about this sh*t...
That bastich should be doing HARD TIME for negligent homicide, theft of gov't funds under pretext to manage (I made that one up)...
But da*n, is it good to be a WASP Al Cracker male or what?
January 25th, 2006 at 12:31 pmin Houston where Mayor Nagin’s supporters are raping and pillaging on a daily basis.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I #22
unI'ntelligent-R'edneck-Impactedbowel
It's a comforting thought knowing those murderers, rapists, looters and pillagers are in the same city with you...
Maybe, God will grant my wish that they catch your pus infected, spineless, Al Cracker redneck a*s with that 357 (you're so fond of) and shove it so far up your Brokeback a*s that you die with gunpowder on your breath!
January 25th, 2006 at 12:38 pmWell, I-right has officially exposd himself as an outright racist. Of course I am sure he has Christian bonafides...
Comment by Granite State Destroyer #34
GSD,
All Ku Kluxers have that "Christian bonafides"...
It's fed to 'em by their Brokeback Pentacostal ministers (on the down low) in snake ceremonies...
...then there's the "hooding" ceremony and saturday night cross burning evangelical jubilee, you know sorta' like the Jewish "barmitzvah"...
That's why they're all headed straight to hell...
...them Ku Kluxers especially
January 25th, 2006 at 12:45 pmWhat a F-ing gig! Start consulting and speaking about your expertise gathered from a job you were fired from for incompetence. Truth really is stranger than fiction. Try to make one up like that.
January 25th, 2006 at 12:51 pmIt will do your hearts and minds some good.
-GSD
Comment by Granite State Destroyer #41
GSD,
You were right, it did make me feel good to salute those young, PATRIOTIC, AMERICAN, warriors...
I hope everyone visits the site and shows support:
hammermoftruth.com
Yeah!
Score one for the people!
January 25th, 2006 at 12:55 pmI’m used to it. Hillary had my IRS file in her bedroom, or so I’m told.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I
hahahahahahaha!!!
Selling snow cones doesn't get you investigated by the IRS/FBI...
...it's when you kept trying to lure the kiddies into that old van that got you in trouble...
Incorrigible-peR'verted-I'mmolator
January 25th, 2006 at 1:00 pmKAY,
The FBI is too busy sorting through millions of useless leads provided by the NSAs illegal wiretaps.
January 25th, 2006 at 1:20 pmGSD,
Your link seems to be broken. Maybe they are getting hit with too much traffic for their servers to handle. I will keep trying.
January 25th, 2006 at 1:21 pmThese guys aren't in jail simply because they are Republicans. The same Joe Sixpacks that have been brainwashed by Limbaugh for the last 15 years into believing that Liberals are evil are just as easily duped into thinking that Republicans are above the law.
If this were a Democratic president and congressional majority doing the EXACT same things, Fox News and their copycats, MSNBCNNBCBSABC, would be telling these Republican voters how evil the Democrats are to be building this police state. We'd already be have had ethics hearings and investigations and the Special Prosecutor would have already indicted the Democratic leadership, and the impeachment of the Democratic president would already have begun.
Hypocrisy, hubris and doble-standard are too mild to describe the Republican party and their operatives in the media.
January 25th, 2006 at 1:24 pmNo one has ever accused the Republicans and/or their toadies of being short on nerve - or gall. Intelligence, competence, experience, ethics and morality - well that's something else.
January 25th, 2006 at 1:34 pmBrownie fits in as the poster child for Bush Administration lackies - self-interested, Peter Principle types, who rose to their level of total incompetence. He should be jailed.
Banish him.
It is not necessary for our Imperial King, or his minions, to deign to answer questions from the subjugated bodies of either the House of Unrepentant or the Seenot.
Their impudence should have been punished by public horse-whipping, if not draw and quartering. Their sheer gall of presuming to question His Highness or his decrees will soon be unimaginable, as it is now established that His Majesty IS THE LAW, and possesses the power to abrogate or even rewrite that bogus document the Subjects of this land formerly referred to, quaintly, as their Constitution.
It does give one pause to think: if the Emperor decided to use the US military to attack his domestic enemies, which are legion, WILL THEY COMPLY? Or are there still command grade officers out there that would risk the King's ire for failing to shoot and kill the Royal Highness' citizens?
January 25th, 2006 at 1:42 pm53- L'Etat, c'est Bush? More and more, it sure seems like it. Why the hell, at the beginning of the 21st century, do we have yet another "Sun King?"
January 25th, 2006 at 1:57 pmIs this what they call being CONSERVATIVE?
January 25th, 2006 at 3:34 pmBuschco is but a Few. If Congress would stand up and speak what they truly feel what can bushco do?
Take out the Whole Congress?
Jail America?
Silence the world?
Hes Weak, and hes uncredible.
Take out the Trash and kick it to the Curb.
January 25th, 2006 at 3:39 pmSee Bushco is Weak;
January 25th, 2006 at 3:42 pmBy BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer Tue Jan 24, 4:32 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is looking to Russia for diplomatic help in harnessing Iran's nuclear program despite growing U.S. criticism of Russian domestic policies.
Weak and ineffective.
Buschco has centered on neo-kook ideologies and bipartisanship propaganda ignoring foreign policy.
However, what Buscho is still NOT SAYING about Delay and abramoffs russian communications. (NSA program caught them) needs to be vetted.
could this be abramoff and delays trump card?
January 25th, 2006 at 3:47 pmWith the advice of APCO, Yukos created the Open Russia Foundation in London in 2001 with a paltry $15 million "to build cooperation between Russia and the West." Henry Kissinger joined the board of the foundation and traveled to Moscow when the U.S. Agency for International Development signed on to a joint project with the foundation to promote "Russian democracy". (Also present at this event was George Bush Senior.)
Open Russia Foundation's grants seemed aimed more at cultivating powerful friends than promoting democracy. A book of photographs of Russia by Lord Snowdon, the official photographer of the British royal family, was commissioned. The foundation also gave $100,000 to the National Book Festival, a favorite charity of Laura Bush, the wife of President George Bush.
Hmmmm....
January 25th, 2006 at 4:06 pmRemember the Republicraps and Democraps at election time.
January 25th, 2006 at 4:19 pmDON'T VOTE FOR AN INCUMBENT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Kick them all out and start over.
It's simple.
White House abandons Gulf Coast...
From the New York Times:The Bush administration, citing the confidentiality of executive branch communications, said Tuesday that it did not plan to turn over certain documents about Hurricane Katrina or make senior White House officials available for ...
January 25th, 2006 at 9:05 pmBrownie is a leech on the government!
He must be cut off from his blood sucking!!
He is a worthless incompetent fool!!!
January 25th, 2006 at 11:27 pmBrownie: Corrupt Crony Crackhead. May you rot in Hell.
January 26th, 2006 at 12:49 amHello, wake Up! The democrats and the refugingbublikins are no different anymore. It's just an act to make more $. They're all cashing in on Israel's war and our stupidity and the sooner everyone realizes that our country is the only the pawn of Israel, the sooner thay will stop paying their unconstitutional federal taxes.
January 26th, 2006 at 2:06 amNew Orleans? Call it what it was: a land grab. Now wait for the casinos...
January 26th, 2006 at 2:08 amWhere is helluva jobBrown today?
January 26th, 2006 at 8:40 amWait! Let me guess. Mr. Brown is Out of Town!Good riddance, creep!
Gosh. Where can I get a job like that? I can take the fall and then refuse to cooperate. Really. I may be overqualified but I am sure I can do it.
January 26th, 2006 at 12:08 pmHere's my two cents... if anybody reads this far.
Brownie certainly DID do "a heckuva job." In fact he did an excellent job. His job was to create as much chaos as possible so that the ruling regime could take effective control of the area affected by the hurricane. The reason they imposed chaod and seized political control was so their corporate sponsors could make the maximum profit out of the disorder.
Consider it a business model. It's the one they imposed upon Iraq, and it is the same one small scale looters use on inner cities, i.e. slumlording and charter schools. Of course, in the inner cities they are merely taking advantage of the already prevailing chaos, but in Iraq and New Orleans they are MAKING CHAOS. And they are MAKING CHAOS WORK FOR THEM.
Get it? Brownie's job was to MAKE CHAOS. And he did a heckuva job. He really did.
-dwvr
January 26th, 2006 at 1:15 pmFEMA ( That means Bush) were warned point blank four years ago that a direct hit on New Orleans was Number three on the top dangers most likely to hit the USA........ ( Number One was a Terrorist attack on New York)
You've had number one.... You've had number three......
You put these people in power....
And you are not willing to gewt rid of them.
Live with it.
January 26th, 2006 at 3:18 pmOr more accurately, DIE with it.
( Wave Bye bye to A major American city ( New Orleans) while you still can).... there's more to come ..... Global Climate destruction is accelerating while your "President" hands out tens of thousands of tax dollars to the already wealthy to buy more humvees.
Let's see what some of your other coastal cities on the south and east coast look like a few years from now
January 26th, 2006 at 3:55 pmBush loves appointing people who are as incompetent and corrupt as he is. He's always chosen cronyism over competence, so "heck-of-a-job Brownie" is what we got instead of someone who could do the job.
January 26th, 2006 at 3:58 pm# 60 Paul Revere - you have a supporter in an older - used to -be conservative turned big Bush critic Charley Reese. Here is a clip from his column today
"Congressional reforms should be viewed the same way you would view a career criminal's promise not to commit more crimes - after he's been caught. Those nabobs knew they were doing wrong. Now they are trying to throw pixie dust
in the people's eyes.....
How dumb would you have to be to believe that some lobbyist is spending thousands of dollars to show you a good time just because he likes you? What could be more immoral than to tell lobbyists that if you want your message
heard, you'll have to hire Republicans and help fund Republican campaigns? This is the plainest case of corruption in Washington since the Teapot Dome
scandal.
The best way to reform Congress is to vote every single incumbent out of office. The shock to the political system would be profound and salutary. As I have pointed out before, it is humanly impossible to find a group of men
and women who would be worse than the present bunch."
About Katrina - I have always been incredulous that Bush stayed on his 5 week vacation and even after the storm, he went to CA to play the guitar w/ someone (I forget) before he did his famous fly by! There is a story that was going around. Years ago, a horrible hurricane hit LA., and the out of the pure darkness came a voice and a flashlight went up to the person's face, and he said "This is the POTUS and I am here to help you." That voice belonged to Lyndon Johnson - that's what was needed - only LBJ backed it up with arsenals of food and water and troops. The fact that Brownie found out about the Convention Center and the fact that there were people ther from CNN is absurd!!! Why doesn't anyone in this administration watch the news????
January 26th, 2006 at 5:42 pmWell, I-right has officially exposd himself as an outright racist. Of course I am sure he has Christian bonafides but has “no concern†for the tragic condition of an American city struck by disaster. Also pulling out the racist tactic that “them negroes†are running amok and raping and pillaging.
Go get your sheets and hoods starched I-right.
Pathetic, hateful and typical of the “blame the victim†strategy employed by the elite loving, privileged right wing in America.
-GSD
Comment by Granite State Destroyer
iRi a racist? Nonsense, I just don't let color get in the way of telling the truth. But just to be clear, where do you see racism in anything I said? Maybe I owe some murdering ghetto gang banger and his fat assed welfare sucking mother an apology.
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