Mikey the scapegoat

I used to think that Michael Brown was a complete dufus who had bungled the Katrina disaster. I've been watching him getting ragged on, by members of a Senate investigating committee this mornng, about his response to Katrina and I'm beginning to think he may not have been a total dufus and has been "thrown off the sled to the wolfes". "Mikey the scapegoat" was passing the buck at this inquisition but it also sounds like he was not getting support from his "superiors" when he was FEMA Director. He referred to telling his people to "go balls to the walls".

None the less, there have been too many stories about FEMA not having "gamed out a large Hurrican and not being prepared. Michael Brown, the Commanding Officer was responible (thus speaks the Navy Officer in me...) for the fucked up situation. Had the brilliant James Lee Witt been Head of Fema, then FEMA would have had a moment of glory!

But, El Presidente replaced Mr. Witt with a political appointee...