February 13, 2006

Isn't this going overboard?

We've all seen that the Bush Administration likes to offer up distractions when bad news is about to be reported or an unfavorable report about its ineptitude is about to be issued, but surely shooting a man accidentally is over the top.

The report in question concerns government's response to Katrina:

What is most disturbing about the hurricane response, the draft report says, is that the entire catastrophe was so easily foreseen — given the weather reports and the precarious position of New Orleans as a below-sea-level city in a major hurricane zone — yet still the response was so flawed.

"It remains difficult to understand how government could respond so ineffectively to a disaster that was anticipated for years, and for which specific dire warnings had been issued for days," the report says. "This crisis was not only predictable, it was predicted."

Ah, but never mind; the Prez is on top of it.

"The president is less interested in yesterday and more interested with today and tomorrow," Mr. Abney said, "so that we can be better prepared for next time."

Right, because "yesterday" makes me look like a detached manager whose hiring skills are, shall we say, questionable.

I've worked with a few Ivy League MBAs; frankly, I'll take spinach.

Posted by Linkmeister at February 13, 2006 08:02 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Did they take Cheney in for questioning?

Posted by: Toxiclabrat at February 13, 2006 10:30 AM