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kcchief19 · 09-02-2005, 01:10 PM

I've searched and scanned the thread, but I've haven't seen any reference to this. Has anyone seen/heard the interview with CNN's Soledad O'Brien that she did with FEMA director Mike Brown? It was unreal.

She asked why it's taken until Friday to get the national guard and troops on the ground when Tuesday the mayor and the governor issued the "SOS" and begged for help. He also admitted that HE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE REFUGEES AT THE CONVENTION CENTER UNTIL HE SAW IT ON TV THURSDAY. That's why these people weren't getting any food or water -- FEMA didn't know there were there. Hell, I knew there were there. So did most people paying attention to any media reports since Tuesday. And Brown had the never to blame a "lack of communication with city officials," as though he were trying to pass off the blame on them. What a tool.

I'm at a loss. Troops and everything we had should have already been there. Brown also blatantly lied several times during the interview. He said "every" urban search and rescue team in the country was in New Orleans now helping to rescue people. I know SNR people in Kansas City who are not there, so it's a flat our lie.

How this guy every got to head FEMA is beyond me. He needs to be replaced NOW. Whether you militarize the situation and turn everything over to the National Guard or what, I'm not sure. But this clown shouldn't be running a Baskin and Robbins much less the single-largest humanitrian effort and disaster recovery in our nation's history.

I don't know if I have ever heard anyone make me so angry. They played most of the inteview on a local radio station this morning and then played clips from Ray Nagin and he was more pissed than I was. He accused FEMA and the federal government of nothing having a "goddamned clue what they are doing," and I think he was dead on.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/20...199344-ap.html

Nagin started to turn this into a Bush bashing, and I don't want to do that. I realize there is something to be said for the "buck stops here" mentality, but I don't think now's the time to blame Bush for the problems.

I'll change my tune if Bush doesn't take Michael Brown and put a boot up his ass and lock him in a closet until this mess is over.

09-02-2005, 01:10 PM	#1148
kcchief19 Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kansas City, MO	I've searched and scanned the thread, but I've haven't seen any reference to this. Has anyone seen/heard the interview with CNN's Soledad O'Brien that she did with FEMA director Mike Brown? It was unreal. She asked why it's taken until Friday to get the national guard and troops on the ground when Tuesday the mayor and the governor issued the "SOS" and begged for help. He also admitted that HE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE REFUGEES AT THE CONVENTION CENTER UNTIL HE SAW IT ON TV THURSDAY. That's why these people weren't getting any food or water -- FEMA didn't know there were there. Hell, I knew there were there. So did most people paying attention to any media reports since Tuesday. And Brown had the never to blame a "lack of communication with city officials," as though he were trying to pass off the blame on them. What a tool. I'm at a loss. Troops and everything we had should have already been there. Brown also blatantly lied several times during the interview. He said "every" urban search and rescue team in the country was in New Orleans now helping to rescue people. I know SNR people in Kansas City who are not there, so it's a flat our lie. How this guy every got to head FEMA is beyond me. He needs to be replaced NOW. Whether you militarize the situation and turn everything over to the National Guard or what, I'm not sure. But this clown shouldn't be running a Baskin and Robbins much less the single-largest humanitrian effort and disaster recovery in our nation's history. I don't know if I have ever heard anyone make me so angry. They played most of the inteview on a local radio station this morning and then played clips from Ray Nagin and he was more pissed than I was. He accused FEMA and the federal government of nothing having a "goddamned clue what they are doing," and I think he was dead on. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/20...199344-ap.html Nagin started to turn this into a Bush bashing, and I don't want to do that. I realize there is something to be said for the "buck stops here" mentality, but I don't think now's the time to blame Bush for the problems. I'll change my tune if Bush doesn't take Michael Brown and put a boot up his ass and lock him in a closet until this mess is over.