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September 27, 2005
Back In the Swing After Rita, and Where To Begin...
After several days off blogging, and as Houston's surreal environment slowly normalizes, there is much to ponder. Traffic dies down, power returns, and Houstonians try to get back in the swing, but certain things make that difficult.
Of course, it is tough to resume regular life when so many of our neighbors to the east have been devastated by two huge storms in a matter of days. Life in East Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi has been horrendously affected. But the behavior of some public officials adds to the oddity of the situation.
Consider the sage words of our good Governor Rick Perry. When asked on an Austin radio show about motorists running out of fuel while trying to escape the Houston area late last week, he replied: "I told folks they needed a full tank, but apparently some of them didn't listen." Perhaps Governor Good Hair is aware of an automobile that can run for 22 hours without running out of gas, other than his mouth.
Next in bizzaro world, were today's remarks to Congress from the stupidist man in America -- former FEMA director and now FEMA consultant Michael "you're doing a great job Brownie" Brown. The pathetic buck-passing from this fired horse show judge, turned disaster management guru speaks volumes about the cronyism that is ruining this administration.
Many felt that once Michael Brown was removed from the position for which he was so clearly unqualified and unable to fill, that it was scapegoating and piling on to further berate his incompetence. No more. This idiot deserves every public ass whipping he has coming. You're about to get jobbed, Brownie.
Finally, after-action reviews begin on Houston's Rita evacuation, and the Chronicle editorial page weighs in today. Many things about the evacuation went well, but the State of Texas' failures to quickly open "contra-flow" lanes and supply gasoline to stranded motorists stand out as lacking. Plenty of time to review what happened, but those simple screw-ups are obvious.
Posted by houtopia at September 27, 2005 10:24 PM