CLUELESS….Could the people in charge of managing the catastrophe in New Orleans possibly be more clueless?
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George W. Bush, President of the United States, six days after repeated warnings from experts about the scope of damage expected from Hurricane Katrina: “I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees.”
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Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, following widespread eyewitness reports of refugees living like animals at the Convention Center: “I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the Convention Center who don’t have food and water.”
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Mike Brown, Director of FEMA, referring to people who were stuck in New Orleans largely because they were too poor to afford the means to leave: “…those who are stranded, who chose not to evacuate, who chose not to leave the city…”
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Patrick Rhode, deputy director of FEMA, commenting on his agency’s performance after four days of steadily increasing urban warfare, deeply flawed coordination, and continuing inability to evacuate refugees: “Probably one of the most efficient and effective responses in the country’s history.”
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Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, providing needed reassurance to the newly homeless: “It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that’s seven feet under sea level….It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed.”
This is beyond belief. What’s with these people?
