Author: Mark Draughn
Helping MADD Help MADD
I thought I’d try to get away from Katrina blogging for a while, so I visited the MADD web site to see what those paternalistic weanies are up to. I turns out they’re trying to cash in on the hurricane: Contribute to MADD‘s Katrina Fund and provide aid to MADD volunteers and staff whose lives… Read more
Mike Brown
According to an AP wire story by Ted Bridis, former horse-show manager and current FEMA director Mike Brown… Wait a minute! What was that? The FEMA web site gives Mike Brown’s history as follows: Prior to joining FEMA, Mr. Brown practiced law in Colorado and Oklahoma, where he served as a bar examiner on ethics… Read more
Inattention at FEMA
So far, I’ve been willing to give FEMA the benefit of the doubt. The rescue effort is a gigantic operation, and I’m not surprised that it took a while. However, I’m beginning to have my doubts. Via Brendan Loy’s excellant hurricane coverage, comes a link to a quote by FEMA Director Mike Brown: “Saturday and… Read more
As If Those Poor People Haven’t Suffered Enough…
Geraldo Rivera has arrived in New Orleans. Read more
205 School Buses
I’m getting pretty tired of hearing the Mayor of New Orleans whining about the rescue effort: The mayor of New Orleans made an impassioned plea for help on Friday as tens of thousands of people remained stranded in the flooded city. Ray Nagin, in a radio interview, said: “I need reinforcements. I need troops, man.… Read more