Sunday, February 12, 2006

Katrina's fault is everyone's but the Boob

So, apparently, says the new report from the House. There's enough blame to go around, but sticking with the White House, here's what an AP summary of the report has to say:
The White House was unable to effectively sort through conflicting reports about levee breaches and other disaster developments, preventing rapid relief....
Apart from this it's everyone else's fault, including a mayor who didn't stick his finger in the dike. Chertoff and Brown are easy targets and dispensable for the administration (one being gone already).

...The special report concluded that Chertoff unnecessarily delayed naming a top federal coordinator for relief efforts and the activation of an internal disaster management group. More prompt action by Chertoff would have quickened the relief effort, the report said.

The House report also faulted Chertoff for not following a response plan specifically for catastrophic disasters.

In blistering testimony Friday, former FEMA director Michael Brown said Chertoff had marginalized the agency's role in the Homeland Security Department, which he said was focused more on fighting terrorism than preparing and responding to natural disasters.

However, an investigator who helped write the House report said Sunday that Chertoff was no more to blame for the sluggish response than other government authorities....

Whatever. America, if one truly wants to use blame as a tool for making better choices in the future and the best corrective decisions now, as well as to treat victims with decency and respect, maybe one ought to quit pointing fingers at the scions of a head that just doesn't work. In an administration of constant early retirements, firings, spending-more-time-with-the-kidses, and constant foreign and domestic policy fiascoes, maybe one ought to quit sharing the hurt and start looking at the guy who hires these incompetent boobs. Just maybe that guy is the Boob in Chief (and Trigger Dick)?

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