You cannot see war dead in Iraq.
Now you cannot see the results, in some part, of Bush's FEMA handiwork.
But you know what?
Fuck 'em. You are adults, this is not some movie, it is not some story, it is real fucking life and people are really fucking dead.
"Thanks for the Cake"
"Thanks for the Guitar"
"Nobody thought the Levees would break"
"Brownie, you're doin' a heck of a job"
"We're gonna build Trent Lott a fantastic house, I look forward to sitting out on his new patio."
"New Orleans is where I used to come for fun."
I would go back and ask the firefighter to revisit his commitment to FEMA, to firefighting and to the citizens of this country," said FEMA spokeswoman Mary Hudak.
The government's disaster chief waited until hours after Hurricane Katrina had already struck the Gulf Coast before asking his boss to dispatch 1,000 Homeland Security employees to the region — and gave them two days to arrive, according to internal documents.
Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency sought the approval from Homeland Security Secretary Mike Chertoff roughly five hours after Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29. Brown said that among duties of these employees was to "convey a positive image" about the government's response for victims.
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