I guess they must be warming up the auto-pen to sign that Medal of Freedom certificate for the Ol'Arabian. He's doing the Loyal Vassal dance even as we speak over on Capitol Hill, trotting out the 1600 Crew talking points, with enough deliberation that even the stupidest members of congress can get them written down.

The former head of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, who resigned under a hail of criticism about the slow response to Hurricane Katrina, on Tuesday blamed local officials and said his agency had done a good job.

"My biggest mistake was not recognizing, by Saturday (before the storm made landfall), that Louisiana was dysfunctional," Michael Brown told a House of Representatives panel looking into the aftermath of the catastrophic storm.

"I very strongly personally regret that I was unable to persuade (Louisiana) Governor (Kathleen) Blanco and (New Orleans) Mayor (Ray) Nagin to sit down, get over their differences and work together," he said. "I just couldn't pull that off."
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"It's my belief that FEMA did a good job in the Gulf states," Brown said. He said most of the problems were due to a failure of state and local officials to order a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans earlier than Sunday, the day before the storm hit land.emphasis added

Another mistake, Brown said, was not setting up a system for media briefings to respond to all of the interview requests during the storm.

For a guy with no resume, he sure lies convincingly, gee he must be a hack attorney or something.

Well, at least no prize Arabian Horses were lost in the hurricane, so he's still got that going for him. Gotta have something to write on the MoF commendation certificate narrative.