The Antediluvian Kings

This picture about sums it up. Sort of a "What, me effectively perform the duties for which I was responsible?" look.

Ex-FEMA director Michael "Brownie" Brown testified to the Senate today about the utter failures of the federal government in response to Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, the Senate is getting pretty loose with the term "honorable". To sum up, Brown blamed the Department of Homeland Security and government bureaucracy for the disasterous response to the, umm... disaster. He was promptly assassinated byMichael Chertoff.

It's pretty incredible to watch this woefully inexperienced, inqualified, and way over his head crony attempt to shift all of the blame to Homeland Security, when it has been made very clear that FEMA had no idea what it was doing, and was unprepared and literally not large and organized enough to handle such a disaster, which, while terrible, would have paled in comparison to a chemical, bioterror, or nuclear attack. Makes me feel good about the last 4 years of a post 9/11 United States.

So, a complete collapse in every level of federal government authority, the same authority that is responsible for not only dealing with the aftermath of terrorist attacks, but in the case of Homeland Security, is responsible for stopping terrorist attacks. The White House knew about the levees breaking at least 12 hours before they responded. They also knew that at least 100,000 people in New Orleans would not be able to be evacuated if the levees broke.

Is anyone else wondering if President Logan would have done a better job?