How does this AP headline grab you?

Brown Says He Should've Sought Aid Sooner

Hey, no shit, Mike. You don't say?

Also of interest in this article:

Brown is continuing to work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency at full pay, with his Sept. 12 resignation not taking effect for two more weeks, said Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke.

Nice to know he'll be able to maintain his lifestyle on the taxpayers' dime, isn't it?

Never one to waste a soundbite, Brownie decided that accepting the blame himself just wouldn't be right; so he invited a few others to join in the fun:

According to the memo, obtained by The Associated Press, Brown took several shots at Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. He said the two officials "sparred during the crisis and could not work together cooperatively."

He also described Blanco as "indecisive" and refusing to cede control of the Louisiana National Guard to federal authorities because "it would have undercut her image politically," the document said.

You know, folks, there's plenty of blame to go around in this situation. Should Blanco and Nagin bear some of this responsibility? Absolutely. But that by no means gets Michael Brown off the hook; or, for that matter, the Bush administration. But thanks for playing, Mike.

We also noticed something that we touched on in a comment on an earlier post. In that post, we argued that Senator Clinton's proposal — to form an independent commission made up of various experts in fields related to emergency management — was the right move, although Republican Senators voted it down. As we said at the time:

...the worst thing that could happen would be for a group of Senators to get together to "investigate" what went wrong. According to the article we cited above, that's exactly what the Republicans are angling for. Now that would be a complete waste of time...

Gee, guess what happened?

As Congress launches its investigation into government missteps in responding to Katrina, Brown's appearance in front of the House panel Tuesday looms as the highest profile yet, potentially offering the most drama.

The inquiry, chaired by Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., is composed mostly of Republicans. Most Democrats have boycotted the investigation, which they say should be done by an independent commission.

What a fucking joke. Why not just let Michael Brown run the investigation himself? We're sure that would be just as productive.

I keep tryihng to think of an intelligent thing to say in response to all this. I keep coming up blank. It's just too moronic and self serving. And it's so pervasive, that...

I'm just dumbfounded.

"Brown Sees His Own Stupidity, and Raises" from The Two Percent Company's Rants

We saw a few more quotes from Michael Brown's testimony regarding the Katrina debacle, and we just wanted to respond to them. We picked these up from an AP story carried by ABC News: "I've overseen over 150 presidentially declared disasters.... [More]

[Editor's Note: Apparently not satisfied with double posting some good old Xian proselytizing on two of our Rants, charles decided to double post a nutty JFK assassination conspiracy theory on this post about Michael Brown, and he double posted it all within one comment. Nicely done! Once again, this is so ridiculously off-topic that we have moved it to the Urinal. If you enjoy reading stupid conspiracy theories, then feel free to indulge.

To charles: Please refrain from posting off-topic nonsense on our site. If you want to spout off about your silly beliefs, go start your own website. If you persist in this behavior, you will be asked to leave (or forcibly made to do so). If, on the other hand, you care to read what we've written and if you'd then like to respond to us in what at least passes for an intelligent manner, we'll be all ears.]