"That's What It Said In The Manual"

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has been accused of being so concerned about the possibility of a terrorist attack that it failed to prepare properly for a much more inevitable natural disaster.

That's bullshit. They've been accused of squandering the money it was given, under the guise of being so concerned about the possiblity of a terrorist attack. The failure was because they were unprepared for any circumstance, attack or otherwise.

After the authorities in Baton Rouge had prepared a field hospital for victims of the storm, Fema sent its first batch of supplies, all of which were designed for use against chemical attack, including drugs such as Cipro, which is designed for use against anthrax. "We called them up and asked them: 'Why did you send that, and they said that's what it says in the book'," said a Baton Rouge official.

That's what it says in the book? Who the fuck are we kidding?

The authorities in Baton Rouge say they have tried to raise such problems with Fema representatives deployed to the city but were told all decisions had to be relayed to Washington. "They sent down Mike Brown [the head of Fema] for television interviews, but everyone else is really low-level," an official said.

Well, duh. If anyone has been thinking otherwise, it was always the intention of the federal government to drag its feet. I mean, first you have Dubya on continued vacation, playing guitar and giving pointless Iraq is hard work speeches. You have that black tart bitch shopping in New York, buying thousand dollar really ugly shoes. You have that pink fat pig VP off fishing. This is a government that truly shows it represents only the white very rich people of America (note to black bitch, you ain't white, honey).

Federal officials have defended their response. Michael Chertoff, head of the homeland security department, which has responsibility for Fema, said: "We are extremely pleased with the response of every element of the federal government, all of our federal partners, to this terrible tragedy.

That would be all and well, if one could actually point to every element of the federal goverment's actions, as well as those actions of their federal partners, to this terible tragedy. How about pointing to one element?

As usual, they just say they did even though they didn't.